Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 07/21/2016

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VSE Corp Receives Potential $74M Order to Recommission 2 US Navy Ships for Taiwan

VSE Corp. (Nasdaq:VSEC) has received a potential 16-month, $74 million delivery order under a foreign military sales Naval Ship Transfer and Repair contract for services to reactivate decommissioned U…
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ASRC Federal Subsidiary to Support NOAA Environmental Satellite Info Service; Mark Gray Comments

ASRC Federal‘s ASTS subsidiary has landed a potential $42 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide engineering and mission operations support services for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service…
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Deltek’s John Slye: DHS IT Spending to Top $7B in FY 2021

A Deltek report estimates that the Department of Homeland Security‘s spending on information technology contracts will increase by a 2.5% compound annual growth rate to $7.4 billion in fiscal year 2021 from $6…
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Comtech to Install, Manage Washington State’s 911 Emergency System; Stanton Sloane Comments

Comtech Telecommunications‘ commercial solutions business unit has secured a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide IP-based next-generation 9-1-1 technology to support emergency communications across Washington state…
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Michael Fallon: UK Wants DoD to Finalize Procurement Deal for Lockheed’s F-35s

Michael Fallon, U.K. defense minister, has said the U.K. has called on the U.S. Defense Department to finalize and approve the former country’s request to procure 138 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft under two contracts worth approximately $15 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday…
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GSA Solicits Proposals for New US Courthouse Site in Des Moines, Iowa

The General Services Administration seeks proposals on a Des Moines, Iowa-based site where a new U.S. courthouse could be built to replace a courthouse in downtown Des Moines and a leased courthouse annex…
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HPE-Built Continuous Security Monitoring Platform Enters Operational Readiness Review Phase; Marilyn Crouther Comments

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has moved forward to the operational readiness review phase of its cybersecurity platform for federal civilian agencies under a Department of Homeland Security-run continuous diagnostics and mitigation program…
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NASA, Baylor College of Medicine Enter Potential $246M Agreement for Astronaut Health Research

NASA and Baylor College of Medicine have entered into a potential 12-year, $246 million agreement to establish a research institute that will work to address health risks associated with human spaceflight…
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Northrop Grumman to Provide IT Support for Army Business Operating System

Northrop Grumman has secured a $14 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, incrementally funded contract from the U.S. Army to provide information technology services in support of the Army Planning, Programming and Budgeting Business Operating System…
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GSA Unveils New Schedule 70 Special Item Number for Health IT Offerings

The General Services Administration has released a single item number for a wide range of health information technology products and services on the agency’s IT Schedule 70 governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle…
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NASA Estimates Mars 2020 Rover Development, Launch Costs to Hit $2.1B

NASA officials estimate the development and launch of the proposed Mars 2020 rover mission will cost approximately $2.1 billion and that mission operations will be worth around $300 million, Space News reported Wednesday…
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