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  • Teledyne Subsidiary Gets $80M Army Target Missile Order; Jan Hess Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teledyne Subsidiary Gets $80M Army Target Missile Order; Jan Hess Comments

    A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies has secured a potential $79.6 million task order from the U.S. Army to design and build targets for a missile defense system test and evaluation program. Teledyne Brown Engineering will provide “Zombie” ballistic targets to the Army’s Tactical Range Air Defense Missile effort that could run through April 2025, the company said Monday. Zombie […] More

  • CAE Hands Over Super Hercules Fuselage Trainer to Australian Air Force; Ian Bell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Hands Over Super Hercules Fuselage Trainer to Australian Air Force; Ian Bell Comments

    Australian’s air force has received a C-130J Fuselage Trainer system CAE built with partners an Airbus Group subsidiary and Lockheed Martin. CAE said Friday it led the design and development of the Super Hercules FuT platform that features simulation software used in other C-130J training programs. Airbus Australian Pacific produced the trainer hardware using two airframes from the country’s C-130H aircraft, while Lockheed provided […] More

  • Byron Bright: KBR's Govt Services Arm to Continue DoD Test & Evaluation Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Byron Bright: KBR’s Govt Services Arm to Continue DoD Test & Evaluation Support

    KBR‘s government services unit will compete for task orders to provide support services to the Defense Department‘s Joint Test and Evaluation Program under a potential 10-year, $900 million contract vehicle announced in April. The company said Monday KBRwyle is one of six contractors that hold positions on the the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract and seeks to help DoD identify strategies for the U.S. […] More

  • BAE Plans UK Ammo Production Facility Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Plans UK Ammo Production Facility Expansion

    BAE Systems plans to spend $13.3 million to establish a new production line for 12.7-millimeter ammunition at the British defense contractor’s Radway Green facility in Crewe, England. The company said Wednesday it has partnered with the Advanced Manufacturing Research Center at University of Sheffield to design a manufacturing process. Phil Simon, director of light munitions […] More

  • Former DoD Official Jerry McGinn Named Executive Director for George Mason GovCon Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DoD Official Jerry McGinn Named Executive Director for George Mason GovCon Initiative

    John “Jerry” McGinn, former principal deputy director at the Defense Department‘s office of manufacturing and industrial base policy, has joined the George Mason School of Business as executive director for its Government Contracting Initiative. The school said McGinn will work with George Mason University’s faculty members to develop GovCon-related courses for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as […] More

  • ViON to Help Pennsylvania Acquire IT Hardware; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON to Help Pennsylvania Acquire IT Hardware; Tom Frana Comments

    ViON has received a contract potentially worth $22 million annually to assist the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the procurement of server and data storage products. The company said Thursday it aims to provide CoPA access to the firm’s MarketPlace platform built to help customers manage product research, delivery, acceptance, billing and authorization processes. Tom Frana, ViON […] More

  • DISA Wants Automated Provisioning Tool for Classified Mobility Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Wants Automated Provisioning Tool for Classified Mobility Program

    The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks potential industry sources of software designed to manage compliance of mobile devices with security and configuration policies. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says DISA is seeking information from small businesses that can offer an automated provisioning tool for the Defense Department‘s Mobility Classified Capability program. The program works to help DoD personnel access […] More

  • DynCorp Gets Air Force Task Order for Continued UAE Dining Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Gets Air Force Task Order for Continued UAE Dining Services

    DynCorp International will extend its support for the Air Force‘s base dining facilities in the United Arab Emirates under a potential three-year, $13.5 million task order. The company said Wednesday the Dining Facilities task order under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV will support forces at the Al Dhafra Air Base. Tim Gahr, AFCAP […] More

  • Frank St. John: Lockheed-MBDA Team Awaits German Missile Defense System RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frank St. John: Lockheed-MBDA Team Awaits German Missile Defense System RFP

    Frank St. John, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s missiles and fire control business, told Defense News in an interview published Wednesday that Germany has reviewed a missile defense system the Bethesda, Md.-based company is offering through a partnership with MBDA. Lockheed originally teamed up with MBDA Deutschland and Leonardo in late 2016 to bid for Germany’s Medium Extended Air Defense […] More

  • Kratos Secures Drone-Related Engineering Services Contract From Federal Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Secures Drone-Related Engineering Services Contract From Federal Agency

    The unmanned systems division of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has been awarded a potential five-year, $10.2 million contract to provide engineering services for a U.S. government agency. The agency’s name and other details are being withheld due to a number of considerations. Work will take place at company and government facilities and will support […] More

  • Boundless, New Light Technologies Partner on Cloud-Based Geospatial Offerings for Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boundless, New Light Technologies Partner on Cloud-Based Geospatial Offerings for Public Sector

    Boundless and New Light Technologies have partnered to develop cloud-based open geospatial technology products to government agencies at the federal and state levels. Both companies aim to offer geographic information systems designed to help customers obtain intelligence and insights from location-based data, Boundless said Wednesday. Boundless CEO Andy Dearing said the partnership seeks to equip government […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Raytheon for F-35 Sensor Development Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Raytheon for F-35 Sensor Development Work

    Raytheon has been chosen to develop a sensor technology for F-35 pilots to obtain situational awareness and detect threats in battlespace. Lockheed Martin said Wednesday it picked Raytheon after a competitive process for the development of the Distributed Aperture System starting with the fighter program’s lot 15. Greg Ulmer, vice president and general manager of the F-35 program at Lockheed, […] More