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GM Defense Books $300M State Department Award for Secure Vehicle Production; Steve duMont Quoted

General Motors’ defense subsidiary has secured a potential 10-year, $300 million award to supply the U.S. Department of State with secure vehicles. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity full-rate production contract, GM Defense will provide original equipment manufacturer integrated Heavy-Duty armored Sport Utility Vehicles in support of the department’s Diplomatic Security Service, the company announced from Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

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by Ireland Degges November 30, 2023, 11:15 am
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KPMG Secures Potential $53M Contract Modification for DFAS Audit Services

KPMG has received a potential $53 million labor-hour contract modification from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to provide auditing services. Under the award, the company will conduct audits on the financial statements of the U.S. Army's general and working capital funds over a one-year period until Nov. 30, 2024, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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by Kacey Roberts November 30, 2023, 9:13 am
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Government Eyes Continued Collaboration With Pratt & Whitney on F-35 Engine Upgrade Program

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office plans to award multiple contract actions to RTX business Pratt & Whitney to continue the work started under the F135 Engine Enhancement Program, now called F135 Engine Core Upgrade. Pratt & Whitney had been working on the EEP as the sole-source awardee of the Engine Enhancement Preliminary Design contract, which was issued in 2022 and is set to conclude by February 2024, according to a notice posted Monday on SAM.gov.

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by Jerry Petersen November 30, 2023, 8:07 am
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Leidos Autonomy Technology Demonstrated at Navy’s USV Deployment Exercise; Gerry Fasano Quoted

Four unmanned surface vessels outfitted with Leidos' autonomy technology have reached Sydney Harbor as part of the U.S. Navy's Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 multidomain exercise aimed at incorporating autonomous systems into fleet operations. Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos' defense group and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said in a company statement published Tuesday that the deployment will give "fleet commanders much-needed enhancements to maritime domain awareness, accelerating the speed and lethality of existing maritime kill chains."

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by Naomi Cooper November 29, 2023, 8:52 am
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Northrop Secures $265M Contract Modification for Marine Corps G/ATOR Radar Tech Engineering Support

Northrop Grumman has received a potential $265 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue providing engineering and logistics support services for a U.S. Marine Corps multimission radar system designed to detect and track remotely piloted vehicles, cruise missiles and other airborne threats. The modification increases the ceiling value of a previously awarded basic ordering agreement to $514.3 million, the Department of Defense said Monday.

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by Jane Edwards November 28, 2023, 8:23 am
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nLIGHT, Kord Technologies Partner to Provide Army With High Energy Laser Weapon

Semiconductor and fiber lasers provider nLIGHT will work as a subcontractor to Kord Technologies on a $34.5 million U.S. Army contract for the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense prototyping effort. DE M-SHORAD aims to install 50kW-class high energy laser weapon systems on Stryker vehicles, improving their defenses against a variety of threats, including unmanned aircraft systems, nLIGHT said Monday.

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by Jerry Petersen November 28, 2023, 7:07 am
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Rigetti Computing to Continue Work on DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Program

Rigetti Computing has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to proceed with the second phase of the Quantum Benchmarking Program. Under the potential $1.5 million award, the company said Tuesday it will collaborate with the University of Technology Sydney, Aalto University and the University of Southern California to develop benchmarks for quantum application performance.

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by Kacey Roberts November 27, 2023, 8:58 am
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RENK Systems Wins Navy Contract for CH-53K Helicopter Test Stands

RENK Systems, an Indiana-based industrial test systems developer, has won a $49 million contract to develop three test stands for the CH-53K King Stallion helicopters of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The Department of Defense said Friday the company will work through November 2025 to conduct testing on various gearbox assemblies and deliver corresponding logistics, calibration, maintenance and sustainment support.

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by Kacey Roberts November 27, 2023, 7:59 am
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UDC Lands Spot on $490M Army Special Ammunitions Contract

The U.S. Army awarded Ultra Defense Corp. a position on a potential $490 million contract to supply special ammunition and weapon systems to the service branch. The award was announced in a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov, three weeks after the Army revealed the three other companies that landed spots on the five-year project.

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by Jamie Bennet November 27, 2023, 7:07 am
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Boeing Moves to Production of Grey Wolf Helicopter as Test Phase Ends

Boeing has completed the research, development, test and evaluation phase for the MH-139A Grey Wolf. The aircraft manufacturer said Monday it will now transition to and concentrate on the production of the helicopters, with the delivery of the first low-rate production aircraft to the U.S. Air Force expected in mid-2024.

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by Aidan Daly November 21, 2023, 11:39 am
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Intelsat Showcases Capabilities of Multi-Orbit Tactical Terminal During Annual Army Experiment

Intelsat delivered high-speed, uninterrupted satellite communications connectivity with its Multi-Orbit Tactical Terminal during a two-week field test with the U.S. Army. Intelsat said Thursday that the demo was part of the Army’s annual Network Modernization Experiment.

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by Aidan Daly November 20, 2023, 11:52 am
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SSC Conducting Market Research for Missile Track Custody Epoch 2 Digital Engineering Implementation

Space Systems Command is seeking industry input to help guide the implementation of digital engineering as part of the upcoming Missile Track Custody Epoch 2 acquisition program. Responses to the request for information are due Dec. 6.

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by Jane Edwards November 20, 2023, 9:56 am