The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded a potential five-year, $100 million contract to L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) to enhance and extend the service life of its existing fleet of 550 L3Harris Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT), the company announced on Monday.

A VSAT is any two-way satellite ground mounted or a stabilized maritime VSAT antenna with an antenna (dish) that is smaller than 3 meters, and generally refers to any two-way satellite Internet terminal that is not a ground station.

The Hawkeye III Lite auto-acquire VSAT, the model being upgraded, is a 1.2 meter aperture terminal. It provides vital information reach back capability to Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and other government entities. 

L3 Harris will be providing software, hardware and warranty upgrades that will extend the life of existing Hawkeye III Lite VSAT terminals and deliver significant cost saving.

“This agreement extends the service life of our customer’s existing terminals and highlights the priority USSOCOM places on ensuring their deployed users are equipped with the latest in VSAT technology,” said Chris Aebli president of Global Communication Systems of L3Harris.

Other USSOCOM contracts L3Harris has received include an $86 million full-rate production order for handheld tactical radios. The company also contracts with the U.S. Air Force within the Department of Defense.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles “Chuck” Schumer said, “L3Harris Technologies has the best workforce, and the U.S. Special Operations Command's $100 million five-year contract will only boost it even further.”

About L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $17 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in 130 countries. L3Harris.com.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a potential four-and-a-half, $30.5 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Unisys for providing a secure service desk, end user support and infrastructure operations and engineering services to the OIG, the company announced on Wednesday.

With Unisys support services, OIG employers will have direct, seamless and secure access to tools and information they need to combat fraud, waste, abuse and other inefficiencies. Unisys will also provide security services including endpoint protection, network access control, continuous diagnostics and mitigation and identity management.

"This new task order with HHS will allow the Office of the Inspector General to leverage Unisys' proven solutions to support its base of end users. The capabilities of Unisys' new, best-in-class service offerings such as InteliServe will allow the agency to accelerate its digital transformation securely and efficiently," said Melissa Carson, group vice president for Civilian Agencies for Unisys Federal.

The contract was awarded under the National Institutes of Health's Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) IDIQ, government-wide acquisition contract, with an initial six-month base period and four potential one-year extension options. 

About Unisys

Unisys is a global information technology company that builds high-performance, security-centric solutions for the most demanding businesses and governments. Unisys offerings include security software and services; digital transformation and workplace services; industry applications and services; and innovative software operating environments for high-intensity enterprise computing. 

 For more information on how Unisys builds better outcomes securely for its clients across the Government, Financial Services and Commercial markets, visit www.unisys.com.

Parsons Corporation has received a two-year, cost plus, fixed fee contract extension from Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), the company announced on Wednesday. 

"For over six years, we have been working closely with the Government of Canada to keep the site in a safe and stable condition until cleanup efforts can begin, in the interests of creating a safer, healthier and prosperous community," said Jon Moretta, industrial executive vice president for Parsons. 

Parsons will serve as the main construction manager for the remediation of the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories. The company will contain and manage arsenic trioxide pollution at the former gold mine to protect human and environmental health and safety. 

"Environmental sustainability and protection is everyone's responsibility as we try to create a better world, and we're excited that Parsons can play a small role in improving life in Canada as the project shifts into the active remediation phase in the coming years," concluded Moretta. 

Parsons’ initial contract at the site began in 2013 with the decontamination and deconstruction of the mine's roaster complex. Parsons has also provided care maintenance and construction management for CIRNAC at the Faro Mine complex in Yukon Territory.

In addition to the CIRNAC contract, Parsons has been awarded a potential 10-year, $4 billion contract by the Department of Energy (DoE) to perform site services at the DoE’s Hanford facility, the company announced in Dec. 2019.

Parsons will cover infrastructure updates, maintenance efforts and the creation of support infrastructure for the site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. The team will also oversee the Hazardous Material Management and Emergency Response, or HAMMER, federal training center.

About Parsons

Parsons is a leading disruptive technology provider for the future of global defense, intelligence and critical infrastructure with capabilities across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure and smart cities. Please visit parsons.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook to learn how we're making an impact.

Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has received a $127 million blanket purchase agreement (BPA) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide information technology (IT) software development services for Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the company announced on Wednesday. 

“We’re bringing together proven commercial capabilities, significant experience in financial services and expertise in federal IT modernization and application development to help Ginnie Mae scale its capabilities quickly and deliver more value to their partners and customers,” said Elaine Beeman, leader of AFS’ civilian portfolio.

The company will supply Ginnie Mae with Agile software development services and will modernize the proprietary applications, databases and systems to improve the security of the association’s technology. AFS will also deliver increased transparency, improve service delivery to issuers and investors, and adapt to evolving mortgage industry standards.

AFS will work to engage Accenture Federal Digital Studio, Accenture Interactive’s design consultancy that utilizes service design principles of Fjord, to help clients across all sectors of the federal government to create citizen and user-centric solutions.

In order to expedite Ginnie Mae’s modernization priorities, AFS has partnered with Guidehouse to deliver the full scope of work and bring the latter’s experience within the commercial and federal financial services sectors to accelerate the BPA. Guidehouse has also served as Ginnie Mae’s securitized transactions financial advisor. 

“We’re honored to help Ginnie Mae advance the IT transformation initiatives that are critical to supporting the modernization of the securitization platform,” Beeman concluded.

HUD has also awarded KPMG a potential $127 million BPA to help Ginnie Mae update IT platforms used to process mortgage loans, the company announced in Jan. 2020. 

KPMG will develop software applications for Ginnie Mae to manage system updates, customer experience and regulatory compliance. 

Chris Marston, advisory industry leader for KPMG's federal government practice, said the company has provided IT modernization and software development support to HUD over the past decade.

"Being selected for this BPA is particularly gratifying because it gives us the opportunity to continue serving the IT needs of HUD and Ginnie Mae so they can deliver on their missions," Marston added.

About Accenture Federal Services

Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, Virginia. Accenture’s federal business serves every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.