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Optum‘s public sector business has received contracts to manage three regions of the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ network of care service providers. The company will work to manage parts of the Community Care Network, VA’s new contract vehicle for procurement of community health care services that comply with industry standards, the department said Monday. “As […] More
Elizabeth Robey, an 18-year veteran of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has been appointed director of Enterprise Senior Information Technology Advisors II programs at Assured Consulting Solutions. ACS said Monday Robey will lead the Reston, Va.-based company’s work with the Defense Intelligence Agency under the ESITA II contract. She previously worked as deputy program manager at […] More
John Swift, a program director at BAE Systems, has said the company is likely to deliver the first batch of new amphibious combat vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps in the summer, Marine Corps Times reported Friday. Swift added that BAE aims to complete delivery of 30 lot 1 ACVs by the end of this year and another 30 […] More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has booked new contracts and renewals worth up to $65M combined to support various space and satellite communications programs. The company said Monday it will provide technology platforms for satellite command, cloud computing architecture, signal monitoring and service assurance applications designed to aid space defense efforts of the U.S. and […] More
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has confirmed a spacecraft it built for NASA has reached its target object in the Kuiper Belt, performing the farthest space exploration in history. The New Horizons probe encountered Ultima Thule before New Year and already sent flyby data to an operations center on Earth, APL said Tuesday. APL received the images 10 hours […] More
DynCorp has received a potential five-year, $51.4M contract to provide depot level maintenance and progressive structural inspection for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s C-130H and C-130J aircraft. Inspection efforts under the contract would aim to verify the aircraft’s airworthiness in accordance with the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program, the company said Monday. Work will take place in […] More
Brian Piedfort, vice president of business development at consortium management firm Advanced Technology International, has said using other transaction authorities can offer federal agencies the speed and flexibility to procure new technology platforms. He wrote in a commentary posted Friday on Federal News Network that OTAs work to accelerate the procurement process due to less restrictions compared […] More
The Department of Health and Human Services has released a four-volume document that outlines 10 industry practices that health care organizations can implement to counter cyber threats. HHS said Friday it collaborated with industry stakeholders through a public-private partnership to come up with the publication “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients.†The primary […] More
Pat Tamburrino, vice president of health markets at LMI, told Government Matters in a video interview aired Thursday about the need to increase satisfaction among clinicians and its addition as another piece to the “triple aim†in the health care field. He said the “triple aim†consists of three pieces and those are to improve […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a four-year, $51.9M contract to supply air defense radars designed to help soldiers counter aircraft and cruise missile threats. The company will provide 50 Enhanced Sentinel A3 radars along with associated spares to the military service, the Department of Defense said Friday. Contract work will take place in Fullerton, Calif., through Dec. 30, 2022. Army […] More
The U.S. Army looks to partner with Lockheed Martin‘s missiles and fire control unit to review system requirements for a guided missile system’s networked interceptor communications kit. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the project will include engineering work on the software-based communication technology intended for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3. Work will […] More
PAE has secured a potential $75.2M contract to support the Department of Homeland Security‘s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office in efforts to detect potential biological threats. The company said Monday its team of scientists will work in laboratories equipped with frontline early warning systems built to monitor airborne attacks as part of the multicity federal program dubbed BioWatch. […] More
