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  • Tech Sector Vet Rita Lane Appointed to L3 Board; Christopher Kubasik Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Sector Vet Rita Lane Appointed to L3 Board; Christopher Kubasik Comments

    Rita Lane, a more than two-decade technology industry veteran, has joined the board of directors of L3 Technologies. L3 said Wednesday Lane’s appointment increases the number of L3’s board members to 10. “She is a proven leader with an extensive engineering and operational background, as well as expertise in innovation across global businesses,” said Christopher Kubasik, L3 chairman, president […] More

  • ERAPSCO Lands $70M in Navy Sonobuoy Production Subcontracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ERAPSCO Lands $70M in Navy Sonobuoy Production Subcontracts

    A Sparton–Ultra Electronics joint venture has received $70.3 million in subcontracts to produce sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy. The subcontracts are part of ERAPSCO‘s five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and covers sonobuoy requirements for the government’s 2018 fiscal year, Sparton said Tuesday. ERAPSCO plans to distribute the production funds to Ultra Electronics USSI and Sparton De Leon Springs businesses. Work […] More

  • UTC Aerospace Systems to Supply Tail Rotor Components for Sikorsky's CH-53K King Stallion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Aerospace Systems to Supply Tail Rotor Components for Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion

    A unit of United Technologies Corp. will supply technologies to help Sikorsky deliver a helicopter for a Defense Department program. UTC Aerospace Systems said Wednesday its power transmission systems business will provide products for Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion. The power transmission system for the helicopter’s tail rotor includes bearing assemblies, couplings, drive shafts and a […] More

  • DOE Seeks Ideas to Build 'Modular' Coal Power Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Seeks Ideas to Build ‘Modular’ Coal Power Plant

    The Energy Department has issued a request for information to solicit input on how to develop modular coal-based power generation systems. DOE said Tuesday its Office of Fossil Energy seeks to determine technical and market factors that should be considered to design, construct and operate a pilot-scale coal power plant. The department envisions a power station […] More

  • Boeing Gets Advance Acquisition Contract for Additional Navy Super Hornet Jets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets Advance Acquisition Contract for Additional Navy Super Hornet Jets

    Boeing has secured a $41.3 million advance acquisition contract from the U.S. Navy to obtain long-lead materials needed to build additional Super Hornet combat aircraft. The company will produce 20 F/A-18Es and four F/A-18Fs under full-rate production lot 43, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The service branch will use fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds to cover […] More

  • Air Force Orders SimiGon Aircraft De-Icing Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders SimiGon Aircraft De-Icing Training System

    SimiGon has received a contract to provide a technology platform for the U.S. Air Force to train the service branch’s technicians to de-ice airplanes. The company said Tuesday its SIMbox-based virtual reality aircraft de-icing simulator will help USAF conduct training that includes playback and after-action review, scoring, feedback reports and a multiuser mode. Military and commercial […] More

  • General Dynamics to Help Air Force Implement Cloud Enterprise Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Help Air Force Implement Cloud Enterprise Platform

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a $9 million sole-source contract to help the U.S. Air Force implement a cloud services environment. The Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services infrastructure is designed to provide the military branch access to Microsoft Office 365 services and additional services from Amazon Web Services, Oracle and SAP, General Dynamics said Tuesday. GDIT will work to […] More

  • Globecomm Awarded 5-Year BBG Broadcast Services Contract; Dwight Hunsicker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Awarded 5-Year BBG Broadcast Services Contract; Dwight Hunsicker Comments

    The Broadcasting Board of Governors has awarded Globecomm a five-year contract to help transmit radio and television programming content to the Middle East and North Africa. Globecomm said Tuesday it will support the transmission of Middle East Broadcasting Network‘s Radio Sawa audio and Alhurra video through teleport, satellite transponder and terrestrial fiber services under the contract. “This project underlines the company’s focus […] More

  • IBM Vet Alfred Zollar Appointed to Red Hat Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Vet Alfred Zollar Appointed to Red Hat Board of Directors

    Alfred Zollar, a veteran of IBM, has been named to Red Hat‘s board of directors. “Al will help us continue to anticipate and deliver open source technologies,” Naren Gupta, the board of directors chairman at Red Hat, said in Monday’s press release. Zollar’s career started at IBM where he progressed to senior leadership roles that […] More

  • UTC Unit to Help Veterans Affairs Conserve Energy, Water Under $97M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Unit to Help Veterans Affairs Conserve Energy, Water Under $97M Contract

    A business unit of United Technologies Corp. will update the building systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ facilities across the VA’s Great Lakes Health Care System under a $97 million contract. NORESCO said Monday it aims to increase the energy and water efficiency of facilities at six sites of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 under the Energy […] More

  • Telephonics Wins Coast Guard Aircraft Multimode Radar IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telephonics Wins Coast Guard Aircraft Multimode Radar IDIQ

    Telephonics will supply radar systems for integration onto U.S. Coast Guard surveillance aircraft under a potential $31.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The contract covers the purchase of 19 multimode radar systems for the Coast Guard’s HC-27J aircraft and the required logistics support and engineering technical services, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will run […] More

  • Advanced IT Concepts Receives Subcontract for Army Training System Maintenance Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Advanced IT Concepts Receives Subcontract for Army Training System Maintenance Program

    Advanced IT Concepts has received a seven-year subcontract to support the U.S. Army‘s Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations Maintenance Program. AITC said Monday it will work with an industry team led by Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business, the ATMP’s prime contractor. Under the subcontract, AITC will provide technical expertise and services in a variety […] More