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  • CICP's Applied Research Institute to Invest in Microelectronics R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CICP’s Applied Research Institute to Invest in Microelectronics R&D

    A newly established institute of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation will invest approximately $3.5 million over the next two years to support research and development efforts on microelectronics, Government Technology reported Friday. The Applied Research Institute will look to create microelectronics technologies that can mitigate counterfeit challenges and cyber attacks to help members of the […] More

  • NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions

    NASA has entered collaborative partnerships with 10 private companies in a move to further space technologies built to grow the commercial space sector and support future space agency missions. The space agency said Friday its space technology mission directorate forged the alliances via the Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity solicitation that paves the way for space act agreements between […] More

  • Black Hills Ammunition Secures Navy Special Ball, Long Range Ammo IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Black Hills Ammunition Secures Navy Special Ball, Long Range Ammo IDIQ

    Black Hills Ammunition has won a potential five-year, $49.9 million contract from to supply the U.S. Navy with 5.56mm special ball, long range ammunition rounds. The Defense Department said Friday the Navy will deploy the weapons to support various operations of U.S. forces overseas. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes foreign military sales to the government of Jordan. […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Build ISR Aircraft for Afghan Forces Under $69M USAF Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Build ISR Aircraft for Afghan Forces Under $69M USAF Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $69.4 million contract to provide AC-208 armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to Afghanistan’s air force. The Defense Department said Friday the undefinitized contractual action will help fulfill a pseudo-foreign military sales requirement and that the obligated amount of $34 million is from fiscal Afghan security forces funds. AC-208 Combat […] More

  • Siemens, International Society of Automation Partner to Promote Industrial Cyber Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, International Society of Automation Partner to Promote Industrial Cyber Practices

    Siemens has entered a global partnership with the International Society of Automation to spread awareness on the industry’s global standards and cybersecurity requirements. The two organizations will exchange strategies and best practices related to industrial security and the protection of the automation environment in conjunction with the International Electrotechnical Commission 62443 standard and other security measures, Siemens […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Help Boeing Perform Tech Maturation Work on Ground-Based ICBM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Help Boeing Perform Tech Maturation Work on Ground-Based ICBM Program

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will offer propulsion system support to help Boeing conduct technology maturation and risk reduction work for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent acquisition program. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday that the GBSD program looks to create a replacement for the U.S. military’s current Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile units. Boeing received a potential three-year, $349.1 million contract […] More

  • Lockheed-Fincantieri Marinette Marine Team Supports Navy USS Little Rock LCS Acceptance Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Fincantieri Marinette Marine Team Supports Navy USS Little Rock LCS Acceptance Trials

    An alliance between Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine has helped the U.S. Navy Board of Inspection and Survey perform acceptance trials on the service branch’s future Freedom-variant littoral combat ship. Lockheed said Thursday that USS Little Rock, the Navy’s fifth Freedom-class LCS, completed the five-day trials in port and at sea to demonstrate its […] More

  • L3 to Provide Manned-Unmanned Teaming Hardware for Army Apache Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Provide Manned-Unmanned Teaming Hardware for Army Apache Helicopters

    L3 Technologies will develop manned-unmanned teaming hardware to aid the U.S. Army‘s AH-64 Apache multirole helicopters as part of a one-year, $69.3 million contract. The Defense Department said Thursday the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract also covers technical and engineering support services. The Army Contracting Command will solicited and received one bid for the procurement effort. AH-64 helicopters are manufactured by Boeing and […] More

  • Georgia Power Taps Bechtel for Nuclear Plant Expansion Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Georgia Power Taps Bechtel for Nuclear Plant Expansion Project

    Georgia Power has selected Bechtel to perform construction work on a two-reactor expansion project at a nuclear power plant located in Georgia. Bechtel said Thursday it will build the third and fourth units of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant under the supervision of Southern Nuclear. Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 will also be the first reactors […] More

  • Orbital ATK Helps NASA Demo Robotic Assembly Tech; Dave Moore Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Helps NASA Demo Robotic Assembly Tech; Dave Moore Comments

    Orbital ATK has helped NASA demonstrate a component of the Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services project in a move to evaluate the platform’s capacity to assemble square bay truss portions for future space structures. NASA said Thursday it showcased the features of Intelligent Jigging and Assembly Robot 2.0 platform during a ground demonstration held at the Structures […] More

  • Computer Marketing Associates to Offer Unisys Security Software in Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Computer Marketing Associates to Offer Unisys Security Software in Federal Sector

    Unisys has partnered with Computer Marketing Associates to offer a suite of security software products along with professional services to the federal government. CMA will market the Unisys Stealth software to agencies via the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and Chief Information Officer–Commodities and Solutions contract vehicles, Unisys said Thursday. NASA and the National Institutes of Health‘s Information […] More

  • CBP to Adopt Rockwell Collins Tech for Passenger Data Processing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP to Adopt Rockwell Collins Tech for Passenger Data Processing

    The Customs and Border Protection agency has selected a Rockwell Collins-made technology platform to help CBP personnel manage traveler data as part of border security efforts. CBP will implement the ARINC Border Management Solution to collect passenger information and name record data from airlines worldwide, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Mike DiGeorge, vice president of commercial […] More