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  • Boeing-Bell JV to Repair Navy V-22 Aircraft Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Bell JV to Repair Navy V-22 Aircraft Parts

    A Boeing–Bell Helicopter joint venture has secured a $32 million delivery order to repair various components of the U.S. Navy‘s V-22 Osprey multimission aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday Bell Boeing Joint Program Office will perform work in Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, through December 2018. DoD added the full obligated amount at the time of award […] More

  • DynCorp Lands $54M Navy Aircraft Maintenance, Crew Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Lands $54M Navy Aircraft Maintenance, Crew Support Contract

    DynCorp International has won a potential $53.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the Naval Test Wing Pacific maintain different types of aircraft and support aircrew. The Defense Department said Friday the company will provide organizational-level maintenance and logistics support services for the Navy’s P-3 Orion, C-130 Hercules, F/A-18 Hornet, E/A-18 Growler, AV-8B Harrier […] More

  • Lockheed Test-Fires Tactical LRASM Missile From B-1B Bomber Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Test-Fires Tactical LRASM Missile From B-1B Bomber Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has launched a tactical configuration of the company’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile system from a U.S. Air Force bomber aircraft during a flight test over the Point Mugu Sea Range in California. The company said Friday the configured LRASM missile used inputs from a multimodal sensor onboard the B-1B aircraft to maneuver through specific waypoints before the system engaged a moving […] More

  • Army NETCOM to Implement Plurilock Authentication Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army NETCOM to Implement Plurilock Authentication Software

    The U.S. Army‘s Network Enterprise Technology Command has selected a Plurilock Security Solutions-built cybersecurity platform to help warfighters defend against adversarial identity compromise. Plurilock said Thursday NETCOM will implement and evaluate the company’s BioTracker authentication software that works to analyze behavior patterns and verify workplace users. Ian Paterson, CEO of Plurilock, said the platform works to detect security […] More

  • Northrop's Wes Bush: IP Theft Harms US Economic Competition, Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Wes Bush: IP Theft Harms US Economic Competition, Security

    Wes Bush, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman, has said he believes the theft of technological innovation threatens U.S. national security and economic competitiveness. He made the statement to express support for President Donald Trump’s memorandum that seeks to investigate aspects of Chinese trade. “This is an important action to address the serious problem […] More

  • Octo Consulting Opens New Reston Corporate HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting Opens New Reston Corporate HQ

    Octo Consulting Group has moved to a new 25,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Reston, Virginia, as part of the digital services provider’s expansion efforts. The company said Tuesday its newly opened HQ at 10780 Parkridge Blvd. will house the OLabs Innovation center designed to foster collaboration opportunities for Octo employees, partners and government customers. Mehul Sanghani, CEO […] More

  • CA Technologies' Project, Portfolio Mgmt Offering Achieves FedRAMP Ready Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies’ Project, Portfolio Mgmt Offering Achieves FedRAMP Ready Status

    CA Technologies‘ project and portfolio management platform has achieved a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Ready status which validates the system’s compliance with security and quality standards required for cloud-based services. Vinod Peris, senior vice president of engineering in the Agile management business unit of CA Technologies, said in a post published Wednesday that the […] More

  • Boeing Subsidiary to Update Comms, Navigation & Connectivity Features on Navy P-8A Poseidon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Subsidiary to Update Comms, Navigation & Connectivity Features on Navy P-8A Poseidon

    A Boeing subsidiary has secured a $13.8 million contract to integrate navigation, communications and network connectivity updates to the U.S. Navy‘s future P-8A  multimission maritime aircraft, Defense Systems reported Thursday. The report said Jeppesen Sanderson-built MilPlanner, FliteDeck Pro and on-board performance software tools will be incorporated into the P-8A Poseidon. Jeppesen aims to complete aircraft software upgrades […] More

  • Jacobs to Help Design Navy, Marine Facilities in NAVFAC Pacific Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Help Design Navy, Marine Facilities in NAVFAC Pacific Region

    Jacobs Engineering Group‘s government business has won a potential five-year, $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide architect-engineer services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific area of responsibility. The Defense Department said Thursday Jacobs Government Services will help design, engineer, estimate costs and write specifications for construction projects at multiple U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities as well as […] More

  • Aircraft Carrier Alliance-Built HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches UK Homeport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aircraft Carrier Alliance-Built HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches UK Homeport

    A U.K. aircraft carrier built by a BAE Systems–Babcock–Thales Group alliance has arrived at its homeport in Portsmouth, England for the first time. The British defense ministry said Wednesday sailors and a flypast from the Fleet Air Arm welcomed the Aircraft Carrier Alliance-built HMS Queen Elizabeth ship that will support F-35 trial flights beginning next year. “When she enters […] More

  • Revolution Lighting to Supply 2,300 LED Tubes for Naval Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Revolution Lighting to Supply 2,300 LED Tubes for Naval Fleet

    Revolution Lighting Technologies has been selected by the Defense Logistics Agency  to produce 2,300 military standard light-emitting diode tubes for the U.S. Navy. The company said Thursday it will supply the service branch with T8 LED tubes designed with Buy American Act- and Trade Agreements Act-compliant components. The Navy certified the T8 LED tube’s compliance with the military standard as well as […] More

  • John Paczkowski: ICF to Continue Radiological Preparedness Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Paczkowski: ICF to Continue Radiological Preparedness Program Support

    ICF has received a potential five-year, $20.8 million contract to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency‘s education and preparedness programs designed to protect communities near nuclear power plants. The company said Wednesday it has supported the Radiological Emergency Preparedness program since 2000 through the delivery of policy analysis, program management, training and exercise evaluation services to FEMA and […] More