GSA Seeks Proposals for Phase II Consolidated FBI HQ Construction Project The General Services Administration has asked shortlisted contractors to submit proposals for the construction of a consolidated FBI headquarters building that will receive $1.4 billion in funds under President Barack Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2017…

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Textron Subsidiary Awarded $97M Army Shadow UAS Contract Modification A Textron (NYSE: TXT) subsidiary has received a $97.1 million contract modification to retrofit the U.S. Army‘s Shadow unmanned aircraft system data link. Textron’s AAI Corp. will perform work in Hunt Valley, Maryland, through Oct…

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OMB’s Jamal Brown: White House to Form New Employee Background Investigation Bureau The White House has announced it will create a new government organization to perform background checks on federal employees and contractors as part of its push to reform the security clearance and investigation process…

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Reports: France’s Francois Hollande Hints at $9B Rafale Aircraft Deal With India French President Francois Hollande has said his government plans to strike a deal that would allow the government of India to buy 36 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale aircraft from France for approximately $9 billion, Reuters reported Sunday…

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General Atomics to Develop Air Force Drone Software Line General Atomics has received a $34 million order to develop and deploy a new software line for the Air Force Special Operations Command’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will field the MQ-9 medium-altitude long-endurance tactical lead-off hitter software line under the basic ordering agreement with the U…

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Sotera Lands DARPA Counter-Insurgency Research Contract Sotera has received an $11.4 million contract to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s research and development counter-insurgency operations program. The company will perform work in Virginia and Texas through Jan…

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NIST Invites Govt, Industry Participation in New Cyber Education Working Group The National Institute of Standards and Technology is inviting interested government, academic and corporate personnel to become part of a new working group under the agency-led National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education…

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January 25 Morning Report: GovCon Index, Other US Markets Post Significant Gains The GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 1.35% to 71.466. The Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices also posted significant gains at 1.33%, 2.66% and 2.03%, respectively. West Texas Intermediate crude oil also went up over 9% to close at $32…

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