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  • Austal USA Hosts Christening of Navy's 10th Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Hosts Christening of Navy’s 10th Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship

    The 10th expeditionary fast transport ship Austal USA is constructing for the U.S. Navy was christened Saturday at the company’s shipbuilding facility in Alabama. Austal said Saturday the future USNS Burlington is part of a 12-ship contract worth potentially $1.9 billion. The EPF 10 christening ceremony featured Rear Adm. Dee Mewbourne, commander of the Military Sealift Command, as well as Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and […] More

  • Mayvin Wins SOCOM Special Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mayvin Wins SOCOM Special Program Support Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded Mayvin Consulting Group a potential five-year, $47.5 million contract to provide scientific, engineering and technical assistance services to the U.S. Special Operations Command. Mayvin will support USSOCOM’s manager for special programs through the company’s program, business and project management, logistics and engineering services, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD expects the company to […] More

  • Thales Gets Navy Helicopter Module, Helmet Repair Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Gets Navy Helicopter Module, Helmet Repair Order

    Thales‘ defense and security business has received a one-year, $7.2 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to repair five items related to H-1 helicopter program. The sole-source order will include repair work on H-1 modules and helmets, the Defense Department said Friday. The Navy will obligate $3.5 million at the time of award from its fiscal […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilder Nears Completion of Future JFK Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilder Nears Completion of Future JFK Aircraft Carrier

    A shipbuilding business of Huntington Ingalls Industries has reached a 70-percent completion milestone on the structural work for a future Ford-class aircraft carrier. Newport News Shipbuilding has assembled 317 lifts for the USS John F. Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier since the keel laying in August 2015, HII said Thursday. The company expects a total of 447 lifts to […] More

  • General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers 2nd Expeditionary Sea Base to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers 2nd Expeditionary Sea Base to Navy

    General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has officially transferred a second Expeditionary Sea Base platform to the U.S. Navy. The Military Sealift Command will operate the USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) ship that NASSCO constructed at a San Diego shipyard, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday. ESB 4 is named after a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who received the […] More

  • Saab Unveils Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Unveils Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft

    Saab has unveiled a new airborne surveillance platform the company built for United Arab Emirates as part of an aircraft development and production contract awarded in 2015. The company said Friday its GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft is derived from Bombardier‘s Global 6000 model and equipped with an extended-range Erieye radar technology. GlobalEye is designed to support […] More

  • Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract

    Alion Science and Technology has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $34 million multiple-award contract to support the U.S. Navy‘s communications function. The company said Thursday it aims to provide global communications and media support services to the Chief of Naval Information Command through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Vince Stammetti, senior vice president of the rapid solutions […] More

  • MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order

    Millennium Engineering and Integration has won a one-year, $9.9 million task order to support the U.S. Air Force‘s certification process for two proposed launch vehicles. MEI will provide systems engineering and integration services as the government evaluates United Launch Alliance‘s Vulcan rocket and Orbital ATK‘s Next Generation Launcher system, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work under the order will occur through […] More

  • Accenture to Support Virginia Medicaid Processing System Modernization Under $138M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture to Support Virginia Medicaid Processing System Modernization Under $138M Contract

    Accenture has secured a potential six-year, $138 million contract to help modernize the Commonwealth of Virginia’s system for processing and managing Medicaid claims. The company said Thursday it will support the implementation and operation of core systems for the state’s Medicaid Enterprise infrastructure as part of the Modular Core Services Solutions contract. The Commonwealth will adopt two Public Health […] More

  • Comtech Subsidiary to Produce Mobile Satellite Transceivers for Army Blue Force Tracker - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Subsidiary to Produce Mobile Satellite Transceivers for Army Blue Force Tracker

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received an $11.7 million initial order to supply mobile satellite transceivers for a U.S. Army system built to help commanders and troops obtain situational awareness in the battlefield. Comtech Mobile Datacom will provide thousands of MT-2025 transceivers in support of the military branch’s Blue Force Tracking-2 system, the company said Wednesday. BFT-2 is part of the […] More

  • Red Hat Releases New Decision Management Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Releases New Decision Management Platform

    Red Hat has unveiled a technology platform designed to help enterprise customers build applications to automate business decision management processes. Red Hat Decision Manager 7 is built to support traditional or cloud-based information technology applications as well as simplify the development and implementation of rules-based platforms, the company said Wednesday. The platform works to help users […] More

  • SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative

    A research team that includes SRI International has received five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop analytic tools and services intended to secure cyber-physical systems in the battlefield. SRI said Wednesday the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will lead the Alliance for IoBT Research on Evolving Intelligent Goal-driven Networks. ARL, Carnegie Mellon University, […] More