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Booz Allen Hamilton Wins $326 Million Task Order To Support JIDO

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

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The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] a nearly $326 million ceiling cost-plus-award-fee task order to provide secure and reliable Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) operations globally in support of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO), the department said Monday.JIDO’s mission is to enable the department's actions to counter improvised threats with tactical responsiveness and through anticipatory, rapid acquisition in support of combatant commands’ efforts to prepare for and adapt to battlefield surprises/ This covers support of counter-terrorism,…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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