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  • Qwaltec-LJT & Associates Team to Support Navy Satellite Operations Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qwaltec-LJT & Associates Team to Support Navy Satellite Operations Center

    A team comprised of Qwaltec and LJT & Associates has secured a five-year, $19 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for the Navy Satellite Operations Center in Point Mugu, California. Both companies will help NAVSOC operate and maintain ground systems designed to facilitate global space communications of the Navy fleet, joint warfighter and interagency users, Qwaltec said. […] More

  • Report: Trade Group Pegs World Naval Market at $40B Annual Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Trade Group Pegs World Naval Market at $40B Annual Sales

    Patrick Boissier, chairman of the France-based Gican trade association, has estimated that naval sales in the global market total approximately $40 billion per year, Defense News reported Monday. Pierre Tran writes Boissier told reporters that the U.S. has some $12 billion in annual sales while Southeast Asia, India and Australia have sales worth up to $12 billion combined which excludes future […] More

  • Reports: Poland Eyes S-70i, AW149 Military Transport Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Poland Eyes S-70i, AW149 Military Transport Helicopters

    Poland is considering whether to buy Sikorsky-built S-70i Black Hawk helicopters through the aircraft manufacturer’s locally-based subsidiary PZL Mielec, Flightglobal reported Monday. Bartosz Glowacki writes Antoni Macierewicz, Poland’s defense minister, said that he met with Mielec’s chief executive and the government looks to finalize a procurement deal by the end of the year. Macierewicz added the acquisition will be open to all interested manufacturers […] More

  • Report: Labor Union OKs Sikorsky Helicopter Production Plan in Connecticut - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Labor Union OKs Sikorsky Helicopter Production Plan in Connecticut

    A proposal by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to manufacture CH-53K King Stallion helicopters at a company facility in Stratford, Connecticut for the U.S. Navy was approved by local union members through a 2,104-140 vote, CTPost reported Monday. Amanda Cuda writes Teamsters Local 1150 stated that the Navy contract will become null and void if another production facility was selected since the contract […] More

  • State Dept Approves $65M Cessna AC-208 Aircraft, Equipment Sale to Iraq - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Approves $65M Cessna AC-208 Aircraft, Equipment Sale to Iraq

    The State Department has cleared a potential $65.3 million foreign military sale of Cessna AC-208 aircraft, associated equipment and support services to Iraq. Orbital ATK will be the prime contractor for the sale that covers two AC-208 aircraft with LAU-131 Hellfire launchers, AN/ALE-47 electronic countermeasure dispenser, AN/AAR-60 missile launch warning system and AN/AAQ-35 electro-optical infrared imaging system, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency […] More

  • USAF Taps Canadian Commercial Corp. for Pave Hawk Control Display Replacement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Canadian Commercial Corp. for Pave Hawk Control Display Replacement Contract

    Canadian Commercial Corp. has received a $7 million contract to produce, integrate and test a control display unit replacement for the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the sole-source contract covers the production of 42 non-developmental CDUs with the same form, fit and function as the current Pave Hawk display system. Work will occur […] More

  • Mark Testoni: Graph Tech Offers 'Great Promise' in National Security Arena - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Testoni: Graph Tech Offers ‘Great Promise’ in National Security Arena

    Some national security experts have pointed to a new analytics tool dubbed “graph technology” as a means to help identify signs of cyber attacks before they occur, CNN reported Thursday. Nicole Gaouette writes graph technology works to identify how data is connected to form algorithms that can spot irregularities based on previous patterns. Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National […] More

  • NASA Seeks 3D-Printed Space Explorer Habitat Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks 3D-Printed Space Explorer Habitat Technologies

    NASA wants technology ideas from citizen inventors that can help create 3D-printed shelters for space explorers as part of the second phase of a $1.1 million challenge. The agency said Friday it started the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge to search for material technologies that could help print shelters from a combination of readily-available and recyclable materials. “Shelter is an obvious necessity as we prepare to explore […] More

  • Lockheed to Update Army Apache Helicopter Sensors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Update Army Apache Helicopter Sensors

    Lockheed Martin has secured a $49 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide sensor upgrades for AH-64E Apache helicopters. The company said Monday the contract covers 42 Modernized Day Sensor Assembly kits and spares to update the Apache aircraft’s Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor. Lockheed will carry out Lot 1 production at the company’s Orlando and […] More

  • Netizen Corp. to Provide Cyber, Risk Assessment Services for Army Tech Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Netizen Corp. to Provide Cyber, Risk Assessment Services for Army Tech Systems

    Netizen Corp. has landed a five-year, $9.9 million contract to provide cybersecurity, compliance and risk assessment services for the U.S. Army‘s technology systems on classified and unclassified networks. Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Netizen said Monday it will support the Army’s efforts under the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Risk Management Framework Security Control Assessor-Validator. NIST RMF contains a series of processes […] More

  • DoD Joint Interoperability Test Command Approves API Technologies' Security Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Joint Interoperability Test Command Approves API Technologies’ Security Platforms

    API Technologies‘ ION Networks security brand has achieved certification to be included on the Defense Department‘s Unified Capabilities Approved Product List. The company said Thursday the Joint Interoperability Testing Command certified that API Technologies’ ION SA5600 and ION PRIISMS platforms are compliant with the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guides. UC-APL features a […] More

  • IBM Develops Documentation Software for Social Services Grant Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Develops Documentation Software for Social Services Grant Program

    IBM has developed a software tool to help nonprofit social service organizations evaluate and document their initiatives as part of the company’s $18 million grant program. IBM said Thursday its free cloud-hosted SafetyNet software works to support record keeping and analysis to help organizations address budgetary accountability, program quality and customer service issues. SafetyNet is based on IBM Curam‘s open source technology […] More