Two different states announced that they awarded contracts to run their Medicaid billing systems. New Jersey extended the contract of Unisys and North Carolina hired CSC. Previously North Carolina had utilized EDS to run their system. The New Jersey contract is reported by WashingtonTechnology.com here and is worth over $200 million if all options are exercised. The News & Observer has...
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In the largest contract between India and a U.S. company the nation purchased eight P-8 maritime patrol aircraft from Boeing. The Times of India reports that the deal is worth over $2 billion. The P-8 is a Boeing 737 based aircraft that will replace the P-3 in U.S. service. India hopes to receive the first aircraft in 2012. India has traditionally purchased Russian based equipment and has...
As we wrote about a few days ago NASA awarded Orbital Sciences and SpaceX two contracts to conduct commercial launches to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the third company that bid, PlanetSpace Inc, may protest one of the awards. Somehow somebody has been talking about the post award conference where the government briefs the...
Most of the people serving in the U.S. military are young. They ride motorcycles and drive cars. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in this report accidents are the second leading cause of death for the military outside of combat recently. In the past it has been the leading. Now as reported in The Morning Call the U.S. is investing in a system to study auto accidents as...
As we wrote a few months ago BAE and the Federal Prison Industries (FPI) are in competition over helmet manufacturing. U.S. government contracting rules mandate that the FPI be favored when it comes to awarding contracts. This is one of three special types of companies that receive this benefit. Now at Michigan.com the Grand Rapids Press editorializes against the advantage that FPI has for...
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