Navy Taps 14 Firms for Potential $750M Administrative, Healthcare Support IDIQ The U.S. Navy has awarded 14 companies spots on a potential five-year, $750 million contract for administrative, healthcare and clerical support services. The service branch awarded the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement process with 112 proposals received, the Defense Department said Friday…

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SAIC Wins $700M Chemicals, Petroleum & Lubricants Supply Contract From DLA Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has won a potential 10-year, $700M contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency to supply chemicals, packaged petroleum, oils and lubricants to military and government organizations…

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Lockheed Awarded Potential $426M Contract for Aegis Combat System Support Work Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $426 million contract from the U.S. Navy to build and field the Aegis Weapon System and the integrated Aegis Combat System on three of the military branch’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ships…

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FireEye’s Tony Cole: Agencies Should Make IT Systems Resilient to Cyber Attacks Through ‘Intelligence-Driven Security’ Tony Cole, vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has said federal agencies should work to make their data infrastructures resilient to cyber attacks through the adoption of an “intelligence-driven security” strategy…

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Calibre Buys Fusion Technology in Federal Market Expansion Push; Joe Martore Comments Management consulting and information technology services contractor Calibre Systems has purchased Reston, Virginia-based Fusion Technology for an undisclosed amount as part of Calibre’s portfolio diversification efforts…

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Gov’t Services Vet Paul Averna Joins Three Wire Systems as Enterprise Sales SVP Paul Averna, former vice president of enterprise solutions at Micro Focus and a U.S. Navy veteran, has joined Three Wire Systems as senior vice president for enterprise sales at the Falls Church, Virginia-based information technology services contractor…

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General Dynamics Subsidiary Lands $400M Contract to Help Navy Repair Nuclear Subs, Training Ships The U.S. Navy has awarded a five-year, $400 million contract to a General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary to repair in-service nuclear-powered submarines, special mission submersibles, moored training ships and submarine support installations…

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DynCorp to Continue Navy Trainer Aircraft Logistics, Maintenance Services Under $107M Modification DynCorp International has been awarded a $107.2 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to continue to provide trainer aircraft logistics support services for the Chief of Naval Air Training…

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Air Force Taps Lockheed to Conduct SBIRS Logistics, Sustainment Studies Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business unit has secured a $45 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for logistics support, legacy sustainment and combined task force support work on the Space-Based Infrared System…

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Report: OFPP Administrator Anne Rung to Join Amazon Business Anne Rung, administrator of the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy, will step down from her position by the end of September after two years on the job, Federal News Radio reported Friday…

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September 19 Morning Report: GovCon Index Posts Friday, Weekly Drop Ahead of Fed Reserve Meeting Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed in the negative Friday with a 0.953-percent or 0.760-point drop to 78.957. The Index also recorded a weekly decline ahead of the Federal Reserve‘s two-day meeting on Sept…

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