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General Dynamics has received a $42 million contract modification to conduct repairs and alterations on the USS Oak Hill dock landing ship of the U.S. Navy. The company said Thursday its NASSCO subsidiary will provide ballast tank preservation, habitability upgrade, close-in weapons system repairs and engine replacement services under the cost-plus-award-fee contract. NASSCO will perform work in Norfolk, Virginia and is […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Black Knight Financial Services have renewed their contract to extend VA’s use of a web-based reporting application the company designed to help the department evaluate mortgage loans. The VA Loan Electronic Reporting Interface app works to help department personnel communicate with loan servicers and access reports on delinquent borrowers, loan […] More

The Missile Defense Agency plans to award a potential five-year contract to provide information technology management and analysis support services to MDA’s information management and technology operations directorate. MDA said in a presolicitation notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps potential contractors will provide such services under a small business set-aside contract in support of global information systems across all agency […] More

AirMap and DJI have partnered to add real-time wildfire alerts to the latter company’s geofencing system for unmanned aerial vehicles in an effort to help operators avoid flying UAVs near wildfire-fighting locations, HSToday reported Wednesday. Amanda Vicinanzo writes AirMap works to gather wildfire information from the U.S. Interior Department and transmits the data to DJI’s Geospatial Environment Online platform via the GO flight […] More