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  • CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Army Passive RFID Tech
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    CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Army Passive RFID Tech

    CSRA‘s SRA International subsidiary has been awarded a five-year, $25.5 million contract to provide a common, integrated radio frequency identification system to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Monday that the Army will implement passive Radio Frequency Identification III technology to track, locate and identify commodities and assets. SRA is scheduled to complete work by Dec. 18, 2021. The […] More

  • CMS to Extend Use of McKesson InterQual Criteria for Medicare Auditing Efforts
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    CMS to Extend Use of McKesson InterQual Criteria for Medicare Auditing Efforts

    McKesson‘s health solutions business has received a contract to continue to provide the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services access to company-developed criteria for Medicare services auditing programs. InterQual Criteria works to help administrative law judges, Medicare fiscal intermediaries and administrative contractors, quality improvement organizations and CMS departments to make evidence-based clinical decisions and manage care, McKesson […] More

  • Polaris Industries to Deliver 78 DAGOR Combat Vehicles to Canada; John Olson Comments
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    Polaris Industries to Deliver 78 DAGOR Combat Vehicles to Canada; John Olson Comments

    Polaris Industries has received a $14.9 million contract from Canada’s government to deliver of fleet of 78 combat vehicles with a capacity to carry up to nine commandos, Ottawa Citizen reported Thursday. David Pugliese writes the contract will cover integrated logistics support and technical support services for including spare parts and driver training for the DAGOR […] More

  • Navy Eyes F-35 Block 4 Update Contract Award to Lockheed’s Aeronautics Business
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    Navy Eyes F-35 Block 4 Update Contract Award to Lockheed’s Aeronautics Business

    The U.S. Navy looks to award Lockheed Martin an initial contract for the Block 4 configuration of the F-35 fighter aircraft in the fourth quarter of the government’s 2018 fiscal year. The service branch said in Dec. 13 in a FedBizOpps notice that the F-35 Lightning II Program Office will solicit proposals for “multiple contract actions” from Lockheed’s aerospace business […] More

  • Andrew Lewis Appointed Chemring Group Finance Director
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    Andrew Lewis Appointed Chemring Group Finance Director

    Andrew Lewis, formerly group finance director at Avon Rubber, has been appointed to the same role at U.K.-based technology products and services provider Chemring Group  effective Jan. 9, 2017. Chemring said Dec. 13 Lewis will succeed Andrew Davies, who has served as the company’s interim finance director over the past two months, and will also join the board of […] More

  • Doug Harlow Named an ACT I Executive Program Manager; Michael Niggel Comments
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    Doug Harlow Named an ACT I Executive Program Manager; Michael Niggel Comments

    Doug Harlow, formerly a business development executive at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has been named executive program manager for the acquisition management services company’s contract with the Department of Homeland Security‘s national protection and programs directorate. ACT I said Harlow will oversee program management and service delivery efforts and serve as the primary contact for contracting personnel on matters […] More

  • Symantec Launches Research Campaign to Help FBI Track Down ‘Bayrob’ Cyber Crime Group
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    Symantec Launches Research Campaign to Help FBI Track Down ‘Bayrob’ Cyber Crime Group

    A security response team at Symantec collected intelligence data to help the FBI track and facilitate arrest of three cyber criminals in Romania that are part of a cyber crime group called “Bayrob.” Symantec said Friday the group conducted computer intrusion, credit card fraud and auto auction scams that resulted in the theft of up […] More

  • Coast Guard Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built ‘Munro’ National Security Cutter
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    Coast Guard Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built ‘Munro’ National Security Cutter

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has handed over a sixth company-built national security cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard. Munro belongs to the military branch’s Legend class and is scheduled for commissioning in Seattle by April 1, 2017, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “We have a mission statement in the NSC program that says during the construction of each […] More

  • Northrop Flies Hawkeye Aircraft Equipped With Aerial Refueling System
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    Northrop Flies Hawkeye Aircraft Equipped With Aerial Refueling System

    Northrop Grumman has conducted the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye  jet fitted with a new aerial refueling system that company designed to extend the aircraft’s mission time capacity. The company said Thursday the updated E-2D airborne early warning aircraft includes new electrical and lighting, endurance seats, probe and associated piping to support aerial refueling capacity as well […] More

  • Air Force Medical Support Agency Taps Nika for Engineering Operations & Info System Services
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    Air Force Medical Support Agency Taps Nika for Engineering Operations & Info System Services

    The Air Force Medical Support Agency has awarded Nika a contract for engineering operations, systems and project management support services at 73 AFMSA facilities worldwide. Nika said Thursday it will work with the agency to plan, develop and execute operations and maintenance-funded construction projects in conjunction with medical repair and sustainment efforts. Nika CEO Kabir Chaudhary said the company aims to […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Contract Funds for Amphibious Transport Dock Engineering Work
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Contract Funds for Amphibious Transport Dock Engineering Work

    A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has secured a $51 million contract modification to provide life cycle engineering services for the U.S. Navy‘s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding business will also provide post-delivery planning, integration, research, material support, supply chain management, maintenance and training support for certain San Antonio-class shipboard systems. Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said the company […] More

  • Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments
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    Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments

    Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business has sent a communications satellite into orbit for client Hughes Network Systems using a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida at 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, Lockheed said Sunday. The satellite is designed to help the HughesNet Gen5 system deliver […] More