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  • Lockheed Debuts South Korea's 1st F-35A; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Debuts South Korea’s 1st F-35A; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first F-35A aircraft built for the South Korean air force at a ceremony held Wednesday at the company’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. South Korean fighter pilots and maintainers will train at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona prior to the aircraft’s flight to its operational base in Cheongju sometime in […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes Short-Range Air Defense System Contract Award by August - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes Short-Range Air Defense System Contract Award by August

    The U.S. Army plans to have a contract in place by August for mission equipment packages to convert Stryker armored vehicles into short-range air defense systems and expects to have prototypes by the spring of 2019, Defense News reported Wednesday. Col. Chuck Worshim, project manager for cruise missile defense systems at the Army’s program executive […] More

  • Navy Tests Updated Lockheed Trident II Missile; Eric Scherff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Updated Lockheed Trident II Missile; Eric Scherff Comments

    The U.S. Navy launched two updated Lockheed Martin-built missiles from an Ohio-class submarine during a test held Monday off the coast of southern California. Lockheed said Wednesday the test aimed to demonstrate the readiness of USS Nebraska‘s crew and the Trident II D5 Life Extension missile configuration through the  Demonstration and Shakedown Operation-28 test. “Instead of warheads, the missiles carried […] More

  • CBP Wants Info on Potential Sources of Financial System Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Wants Info on Potential Sources of Financial System Support Services

    The U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks information on vendors that can provide financial system support services. CBP said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that it plans to award a blanket purchase agreement with a one-year base ordering period and four option years for financial systems business process and business intelligence services. The BPA will cover operations […] More

  • Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $47 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, spares and support equipment to Afghanistan as part of a Building Partnership Capacity mission. Insitu will also deploy one logistician field service representative, 16 technical support operators and two site surveys and site activation teams to the foreign country, […] More

  • Boeing to Support Navy's Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Support Navy’s Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a two-year, $19.3 million contract to help investigate and address physiological episodes on the service branch’s F/A-18A-F and EA-18G platforms. Work under the sole-source contract will include research, development, inspection and modification activities, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $91,319 in fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds at the time of award. Boeing will […] More

  • Switzerland Outlines Requirements for New Combat Aircraft, Ground-Based Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Switzerland Outlines Requirements for New Combat Aircraft, Ground-Based Air Defense System

    Switzerland has unveiled a list of specifications for the country’s future combat aircraft and ground-based air defense system. The Swiss defense department said Friday its NKF combat aircraft should be able to protect the Swiss airspace and perform routine air policing missions continuously. The country is looking for an aircraft that can respond within minutes to […] More

  • NASA Moves Webb Telescope Launch to May 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Moves Webb Telescope Launch to May 2020

    NASA has pushed back from 2019 to May 2020 the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope to give the program’s engineers more time to test and integrate the telescope and spacecraft components. “All the observatory’s flight hardware is now complete, however, the issues brought to light with the spacecraft element are prompting us to take […] More

  • Report: SAMI Eyes Saudi Arabia Fleet Support MoU With Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SAMI Eyes Saudi Arabia Fleet Support MoU With Boeing

    State-owned defense company Saudi Arabian Military Industries plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with Boeing for fleet training and support services, Reuters reported Wednesday. The non-binding agreement will come as Saudi Arabia aims to localize half of the country’s military sector by 2030. SAMI Ahmed Al Khateeb told Reuters at the 2018 Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum the company hopes […] More

  • CTC to Develop Metallic Component Manufacturing Tech for Navy; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Develop Metallic Component Manufacturing Tech for Navy; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a potential four-year, $6.4 million contract to develop additive manufacturing technology for the U.S. Navy to build metal-based parts for air, sea and ground platforms. The contract awarded through the Office of Naval Research’s Quality Metal Additive Manufacturing program contains a two-year base period worth $2.6 million and a two-year option […] More

  • KBR to Help Design Urea Production Facility in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR to Help Design Urea Production Facility in India

    KBR has secured a contract to provide basic engineering design and licensing services for a greenfield urea plant construction project in Gorakhpur, India. The company said Wednesday it will help design the ammonia plant for Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd. as part of the contract with Toyo Engineering Corp. HURL will establish the Gorakhpur plant to support the Indian government’s national goal to achieve […] More