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Philippine Sea (April 9, 2007) – American and Indian Navy ships steam in formation as part of Exercise Malabar 07-01. The bilateral U.S.-Indian Navy training exercise is being held off the coast of Okinawa to increase interoperability between the Indian and U.S. Navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between the two countries. Nearly a dozen Indian and U.S. ships and various aircraft are participating. Pictured are, from left to right, USS Stethem (DDG 63), INS Ranjit (D 53), INS Kuthar (P 46), INS Mysore (D 60), USS Mustin (DDG 89), USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), INS Rana (D 52) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John L. Beeman.

Insight Public Sector has been awarded a $156 million Navy contract to renew existing software assurance and new Microsoft software licenses.

The three-year, fixed-price blanket purchase agreement was made under the Department of the Navy Enterprise Software Licensing Initiative. The contract comprises one base year and two option years. With both options exercised, the contract value would soar to $543.7 million.

The work is scheduled to be completed by May 2016. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting authority.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.