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ARMY
Cubic Corp. has won a $21 million foreign military sales contract with the U.S. Army for the company’s Engagement Skills Trainer 2000, a virtual small arms training system.
The system was built by Cubic Simulation Systems, and uses digital video projectors, high-definition screens, game-based computer graphics and ballistically accurate weapons for marksmanship, collective and escalation of force training.
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NAVY
Lockheed Martin has won a $52.9 million contract with the U.S. Navy to perform maintenance, testing and integration of a minehunting system onto Littoral Combat Ship mission modules.
Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the company will maintain, test and integrate the Remote Minehunting System with LCS mission modules and seaframe programs.
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PEOPLE
Octo Consulting Group has named Tracy Denny vice president of business development, where he will be responsible for establishing and leading all aspects of Octo’s business development function.
The firm’s business development function will include business development personnel oversight, capture and proposal management functions and leading strategies to achieve Octo’s strategic growth objectives, the company said in a release.
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OPINION
On May 15, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on strategic sourcing. It's worth reading…carefully. For while it clearly endorses the greater use of strategic sourcing for government needs, it is important to pay close attention to the sometimes less than obvious messages it contains.
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In 1996, when I started my career with Washington Technology, the dotcom bubble was just starting to inflate.
Over the next couple years, I watched as several government contractors tried their hand at cracking commercial markets. They saw greener pastures in the commercial sector, which was growing rapidly, and had healthier margins compared to the slow and steady government market.
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NAVY
Honeywell Technology Solutions has won a $25.9 million task order contract to continue providing the U.S. Navy with technical and analytical support services for the Office of Compliance and Assessment.
The contract has a $14.2 million base.
The company will provide cyber-related services, including command cyber readiness inspections, cybersecurity inspections and command assessments/trainings.
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EPA
The inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency has kicked off an audit of the agency’s recently completed migration of its email and collaboration software to the cloud.
EPA migrated to the cloud earlier this year via a contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. Lockheed and Microsoft worked together on the $9.8 million project. When Lockheed won the contract in October, it claimed that EPA would save $12 million over the life of the four-year contract.
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VETERANS AFFAIRS
Three companies have won a $200 million task order contract with the Veterans Affairs Department to provide mobile devices and cellular wireless services including voice, text and data services.
The winners of the contracts are:
- Cellco Partnership
- AT&T Mobility
- A&T Systems Inc.
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NAVY
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has won a $111.5 million contract with the U.S. Navy for the development, integration and production of undersea warfare systems.
Under the cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-only, firm-fixed-price contract, the company will develop, integrate and produce AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Systems.
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CLOUD
Microsoft is building two new cloud computing centers in Australia in a move to expand its Windows Azure business into the country, Yahoo News is reporting.
The data centers will be built in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
Windows Azure has around 200,000 customers, but Microsoft has not released any revenue numbers, Yahoo News reported.
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