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Lockheed Sending Radar Support to Egypt

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $6,874,340 contract modification to continue engineering and technical support of AN/TPS-59 and M34 radar sets in Egypt according to a Pentagon announcement. Lockheed will send two people to Egypt for one base year and the contract has four one-year options. The company’s work will include: Operation and [...]

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Dell to Support Navy Submarines with Engineering, Management

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Dell’s federal government unit, Dell Services Federal Government, has won a $9,786,225 contract modification to support Ohio and Trident class submarines. The Pentagon announced Dell will provide program management, engineering, logistics and financial management. Dell will complete the work in Washington by February 2012. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington is the contracting activity.

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Serco Expands Business in UAE with Facilities Management Acquisition

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Serco has acquired JBI Property Services, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, in a move to fill growing regional demand for facility management services, Reuters reported today. JBI employs more than 130 workers and specializes in integrated facility management services around Abu Dhabi. The company has performed services for various government agencies and educational facilities [...]

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BAE to Help US Military, Saudi Arabia Avoid Friendly Fire

BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integration sector has won a $13,480,910 firm-fixed-price contract to provide CXP digital transponder hardware to the U.S. Army and Navy and the governments of Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands. The Pentagon announcement said the foreign military sales account for around five percent of the award. BAE will provide its common “identification friend or foe” [...]

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Oracle to Support Saudi Municipality with IT Services

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Oracle has recently been selected by Makkah Municipality, located in Saudi Arabia, to enhance e-services and automate operational processes. The firm was also chosen to help maximise overall service equality. The municipality needed an e-service platform that could implement various e-services including building, shop and excavation permits, automating processes to better control all operations as well [...]

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Contractors Play Role in Integrating Healthcare IT as Budget Swells; Susan Penfield Comments

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A recent Wall Street Journal report found that as the healthcare industry evolves amidst new pressures, traditional roles provided by care providers, insurers and other industry participants are beginning to overlap and blur. Anna Mathews writes that while Americans are demanding better care, the recent economic downturn has accelerated providers’ need to be efficient and cut costs. [...]

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Northrop to Upgrade Navy Aircraft Computer Systems

Northrop Grumman‘s guidance and electronics company has secured a firm-fixed-price delivery order worth $8,880,685 from the U.S. Navy. The Pentagon announced Tuesday the delivery order is against a previously issued ordering agreement for 52 Gen II mission computers for H-1 aircraft upgrades. Work will be performed in Woodland, Calif., and is expected to start in [...]

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