Mitre has secured a contract to continue to operate a federally funded research and development center for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over the next five years. The CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare is the first FFRDC dedicated to strengthening the U.S. health care system and addressing the business, policy, technology and operational challenges affecting the health sector, Mitre said Tuesday.

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Two technologies developed by an RTX business have shown success in detecting and defeating unmanned aircraft vehicles. In an assessment that took place during the U.S. Army’s annual summer test period, Raytheon’s KuRFS and Coyote, which make up a portion of the service branch’s Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defense System, demonstrated the ability to take down multiple types of targets.

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Giri Rajaiah, formerly executive leader and head of sales at staffing services company Dexian, has taken on the role of business development director of federal health at Science Applications International Corp. Rajaiah said on LinkedIn on Monday that, in this new role, he is responsible for overseeing SAIC’s BD efforts for the Department of Health and Human Services.

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The State Department is warning U.S. citizens traveling anywhere in the world "to exercise increased caution". In an Oct. 23 travel advisory, the department called for vigilance on the part of U.S. citizens when visiting locations frequented by tourists and recommended that they enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Information and Technology is seeking information on potential industry sources to provide application development and operations and maintenance services to the Cargo Systems Program Directorate. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that CBP OIT seeks to award a five-year blanket purchase agreement to a single vendor to support CSPD programs and projects.

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A joint venture between Akiak Technology and NikSoft Systems has secured a $99.9 million contract from the Defense Health Agency to provide technology life cycle support services to the DHA Solution Delivery Division Technology Support Branch. Akiak NS will provide assessment, planning and implementation support to the SDD in areas such as digital transformation, system life cycle management and operations support, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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Fortress Information Security has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's public-private partnership initiative aimed at strengthening U.S. defenses against cyberattacks. The company said Monday it will share information on cyber risks to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative's efforts to develop and implement joint cybersecurity planning and cyber defense initiatives.

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The Defense Health Agency has awarded Tyto Athene's government solutions division a $65.8 million contract to provide operational system support services for DHA's E-Commerce program. Tyto Government Solutions will maintain, operate and provide engineering technical support to DHA's enterprise information technology infrastructure supporting the commercial health care system, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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Leidos has completed deployment of the MHS Genesis electronic military health record to 9,000 medical providers and clinicians outside the contiguous United States. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health said Tuesday that the first wave of overseas distribution brings the platform's deployment rate to 91 percent.

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Godspeed Capital Management has made a strategic investment in Kentucky-based Stengel Hill Architecture as part of a move to make SHA its new architectural, engineering and consulting platform company focused on serving the U.S. health care facilities market.

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The Air and Marine Operations division of U.S. Customs and Border Protection intends to issue a sole-source 8(a) Alaskan Native corporation award to address a requirement for aerostat platform support. The awardee will provide business, engineering and logistics services to support the operation and sustainment of CBP's aerostats and their payloads, according to a notice the Acquisition Planning Forecast System posted Monday.

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Empower AI has received a $21 million contract from the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command’s National Capital Region Engineering Directorate for information technology and engineering support. Services provided under the task order are intended to enhance command, control, communications and cyber-defense and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems for the Army Intelligence and Security Command and Army Counterintelligence Command.