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Bell Boeing Lands DLA Contract to Perform V-22 Platform Maintenance Work

The joint venture of Boeing and Textron’s Bell subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $41.2 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide engineering and logistics sustainment support for the V-22 Osprey aircraft platform. Under the agreement, Bell Boeing will deliver support services to various clients, including the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force as well as the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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by Kacey Roberts November 20, 2023, 9:28 am
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HII Launches Production of Navy Destroyer USS Thad Cochran

The shipbuilding division of HII has commenced the production of the U.S. Navy's newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, named in honor of former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. HII said Thursday the initiation of the fabrication of the USS Thad Cochran signals the shipyard's preparedness to progress with construction, with the initial 100 tons of steel already cut.

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by Kacey Roberts November 17, 2023, 10:14 am
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Lockheed PAC-3 Missile Integrates With LTAMDS Radar to Take Down Aerial Threat During Recent Test

A flight test of the Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 took place on Nov. 16, demonstrating the missile's ability to defend against an air breathing threat with the help of the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor radar. Lockheed Martin said Thursday it conducted the test at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in partnership with the U.S. Army.

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by Jerry Petersen November 17, 2023, 8:50 am
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New Lockheed Martin Missile Defense Lab in Alabama Now Open; Robert Lightfoot Quoted

Lockheed Martin’s new $16.5 million engineering facility in Huntsville, Alabama, has officially opened. Lockheed said Tuesday that the Missile System Integration Lab will be used in the development and systems integration of the Next Generation Interceptor for the Missile Defense Agency.

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by Aidan Daly November 15, 2023, 11:51 am
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TechFlow Receives Success Memorandum From DIU for Electric Vehicle Charging Tech

Civilian agencies and Department of Defense services can now enter into agreements with TechFlow for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure after the energy technology provider was given a success memorandum by the Defense Innovation Unit for its EV technology. TechFlow said Tuesday it had worked with the DIU for years to prototype the EV charging tech, during which time it was deployed at multiple DOD sites and evaluated.

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by Jerry Petersen November 15, 2023, 10:48 am
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Fabrication of Future Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer USS John E. Kilmer Begins

The Bath Iron Works subsidiary of defense company General Dynamics held an event on Nov. 8 marking the beginning of fabrication of USS John E. Kilmer. The future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the 45th of its class to be built at the Bath Iron Works facility, is named after a U.S. Navy hospitalman who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War, GDBIW said.

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by Jerry Petersen November 13, 2023, 10:23 am
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Army Solicits Bids for Force Organization Cost Estimating System Support Contract

The Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground is seeking proposals from industry sources capable of supporting a suite of web-based cost estimation and analysis models and database tools. A notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov states that the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for cost and economics requires support to maintain and update the Force Organization Cost Estimating System, which provides cost estimates of the U.S. Army's organization structure and capabilities.

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by Naomi Cooper November 13, 2023, 10:16 am
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Northrop, Air Force Conduct 1st Flight of B-21 Bomber Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force's B-21 Raider, built by Northrop Grumman, has taken its first flight at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, where it has been under development as the sixth-generation nuclear-capable stealth bomber. The Air Force plans to order 100 B-21 bomber aircraft with long-range and mid-air refueling capabilities to bring conventional and nuclear weapons to U.S. forces worldwide.

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by Naomi Cooper November 13, 2023, 9:11 am
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Aeyon Lands USMC Contract for Financial Reporting, Audit Readiness Support; Jay Hunko Quoted

Aeyon has received a prime contract to help the U.S. Marine Corps improve financial reporting and achieve audit readiness through the adoption of intelligent automation and data analytics tools. The company said Friday it will assist the Execution Analysis Branch of the Budget Execution Division within the USMC Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources in addressing audit issues through data quality improvement efforts.

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by Jane Edwards November 10, 2023, 10:38 am
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Boeing’s T-7A Trainer Arrives at Edwards AFB for Flight Testing

The first test version of the U.S. Air Force's T-7A Red Hawk has arrived at Edwards Air Force Base in California where developmental flight testing for the Boeing-built advanced pilot training aircraft will begin. The aircraft, dubbed APT-2, traveled from Boeing's production facility in St. Louis, Missouri, and made stops at air bases in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona to refuel, the defense contractor said Thursday.

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by Naomi Cooper November 10, 2023, 9:01 am
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CYBERCOM Awards Parsons $91M Contract to Support Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture; Mike Kushin Quoted

The U.S. Cyber Command awarded Parsons a potential five-year, $91 million contract to support the J9 PEO Cyber and Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture Integration Office. The company announced Thursday that it was chosen to provide services ranging from analysis to integration, development and implementation of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture.

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by Jamie Bennet November 10, 2023, 8:43 am
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Space Force Taps 4 Companies to Develop Missile Warning Satellite C2 Prototypes

Four companies have secured other transaction authority agreements from Space Systems Command to develop ground-based command and control system prototypes to support missile warning satellites. Ball Aerospace, Parsons, General Dynamics and Omni Federal each received a 16-month, $9.75 million Phase 1 contract for the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Command and Control prototype project, the National Security Technology Accelerator announced Wednesday.

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by Naomi Cooper November 10, 2023, 8:28 am