Who Says Summer is Slow? $400M+ July Contracts 

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Even though some people are saying everyone is on vacation, July appears to be a strong month for high-value government contracts. As such, we™d like to highlight major, $400 million+ contract awards over the past two weeks and offer congratulations to the summertime warriors.
On Tuesday, GovConWire detailed that Perspecta will provide geography data integration, validation and creation support services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under a potential 10-year, $920 million contract. Awarded in May, the ID/IQ Janus Geography contract will see the company merge its open-source data acquisition strategy with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mac Curtis, Perspecta™s president and CEO, is a four-time consecutive Wash100 winner. 
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon all landed spots on a potential five-year, $4.1 billion ID/IQ contract to develop and deliver radar platforms for the Missile Defense Agency, GovConWire reported Wednesday. The companies will vie for task orders to provide autonomous acquisition and persistent precision tracking and discrimination technologies, designed to bolster the Ballistic Missile Defense system.
ManTech International won a potential 10-year, $959 million contract to help a Defense Department agency manage information technology systems, GovConWire reported Thursday. The single-award, ID/IQ contract covers managed services for the customer agency™s enterprise IT users worldwide. Kevin Phillips, ManTech™s CEO and president and a two-time Wash100 recipient, said the award reflects the company™s efforts to craft an IT delivery approach for a wide range of applications. . Rick Wagner, president of ManTech™s mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group, and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said the contract will help the agency modernize and secure its networks, infrastructure and endpoints. 
On Tuesday, GovConWire reported that GE Aviationreceived a $437 million Air Force contract modification to implement risk reduction methods for a new propulsion technology. Dan McCormick, general manager of GE™s Advanced Combat Engine Program, said the company will use data from the 10-year design and test phase to help usher the project toward production and deployment.
Today, GovConWire reported that Fluor™s marine propulsion business won a potential a $13.07 billion contract to perform work for the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. Two offers were submitted to the Naval Sea Systems Command for the cost-plus-fixed fee contract, which has a $1.22 billion initial value. The DoD noted it does not provide completion dates or other additional information on contracts pertaining to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
On July 2nd, GovConWire reported the California Institute of Technology won a potential 10-year, $30 billion contract to provide operations support for NASA˜s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Caltech will help develop and sustain key programs in the fields of astrophysics, aeronautics, heliophysics, Earth and planetary sciences and space technology. Work also includes management of NASA™s Deep Space Network, agency-sponsored competitive research efforts and academic, private and federal partnerships.
The same day, GovConWire detailed that a joint venture between Boeing and Textron™s Bell Helicopter secured a potential $4.19 billion contract modification with the U.S. military and Japan. Under the deal, the JV will produce variants of the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marines. The modification converts a previous advance acquisition award into a multiyear, fixed-price-incentive-fee contract, and provides for the foreign military sale. Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, is a two-time consecutive Wash100 winner.