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Navy awards $653M Microsoft license deal

Government IT reseller Insight Public Sector wins a $653.2 million blanket purchase agreement to supply Microsoft brand-name software licenses and cloud computing tools to the Department of the Navy.

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Air Force focuses on frequency transfer systems

Three companies will participate in a $24 million contract to study frequency transfer techniques and technologies for the Air Force.

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Air Force awards $51M cyber support contract to ICF

The firm will carry out cyberspace support services for the Air Force’s Air Combat Command.

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DOD to discuss $8.2B cloud services initiative May 16

Amid speculation and controversy surrounding its massive “JEDI” effort, the Defense Department schedules an event to discuss its second large cloud initiative for email and calendar services.

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Army extends ADMC-2 contract into 2020

The Army has extended the current Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-2 contract for hardware, software and related services as the legal battle for ADMC-3 drags on.

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Navy awards contract for unmanned sea mine hunter

Raytheon takes a potential $362.7 million contract to develop an autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle for the Navy to use in the detection and mitigation of sea mines.

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Navy awards $105M warfare systems order

Delta Resources takes in a $105 million task order to help the Navy design, deploy and integrate warfare =systems onto vessels and other platforms.

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Air Force announces $950M contract for agile cyber R&D

The Air Force picks five small businesses to carry out agile research-and-development work in cybersecurity.

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An autonomous vehicle strategy that ranges from seabed to space

With various unmanned pieces in place, Boeing pushes forward with the strategy of connecting communications and data sharing across multiple platforms.

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Army contracts for visual info support system

PlanetRisk books a $12.5 million contract to help the Army run a global system for sharing information on incidents and threats near military facilities.

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Seaport-e to see changes after General Dynamics-CSRA acquisition

The Navy raised concerns about conflicts of interest because of work CSRA was doing under Seaport-e and now General Dynamics is looking for a buyer for the business.

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GSA opens VETS 2 IT services contract

The General Services Administration's potential 10-year, $5 billion IT contract for veteran-owned small businesses is ready to accept task orders.

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DOD secures IT support for Joint Navigation Warfare Center

LinQuest wins a, $99.2 million contract to support a Defense Department-run center used for navigation warfare functions.

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Air Force awards $961M drone support contract

AECOM’s URS Federal arm wins a $961 million contract to help the Air Force operate and maintain unmanned aircraft.

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Army awards NETMOD Pacific contract

LGS Innovations takes an $81.5 million contract to help the Army build a new single data delivery network for the Asia-Pacific region.

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The state of unmanned systems

The Defense Department is expected to continue to invest in unmanned systems in air, on land and at sea as missions expand and capabilities grow.

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Air Force Research Lab IT awards $97M IT contract

Three companies win spots on a five-year, $97.3 million contract for IT support services.

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How defense contractors are adapting to today's demands

General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have all kept their IT and services work rather than divested it. We go under the hood of what these businesses mean to them and how they can win in a crowded market.

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Army awards precision guidance contract

BAE Systems' U.S. arm takes in an $8 million contract to develop guidance kits that help munitions change course without the use of GPS.

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milCloud 2.0 could go live Feb. 1

Contractor CSRA plans to roll out the unclassified portion first, with classified infrastructure to follow in late 2018.