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  • DoD Recognizes Air Force for Raytheon-Led Radar System Maintenance Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Recognizes Air Force for Raytheon-Led Radar System Maintenance Program

    A U.S. Air Force team has obtained an award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for its management of a Raytheon-led contract to maintain, sustain and repair the ground-based Cobra Dane radar system. The Air Force said Friday its Cobra Dane System Sustainment Team received the 2017 Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics Award at […] More

  • Army to Award Contract for Electronic Warfare Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Award Contract for Electronic Warfare Technologies

    The U.S. Army has announced plans to award a contract for electronic warfare technologies that will be used for unmanned aircraft systems, C4ISRnet reported Friday. Work under the contract will be done in support of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare program, an effort aiming to provide EW capacities for the Army’s brigade combat teams. Based on the DoD’s fiscal 2019 […] More

  • BAE to Update Australian Military's Over-The-Horizon Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Update Australian Military’s Over-The-Horizon Radar System

    A BAE Systems subsidiary has landed a contract worth potentially $775 million to modernize the Australian military’s over-the-horizon radar platform, Defence Connect reported Monday. The report said BAE’s Australian subsidiary will aim to extend the operational life of the Jindalee Operational Radar Network beyond 2042 as part of the 10-year Project Air 2025 Phase 6 mission. JORN was built in the […] More

  • Report: Israel Defense Forces to Recommend Boeing's Chinook for Next IAF Helicopter Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Israel Defense Forces to Recommend Boeing’s Chinook for Next IAF Helicopter Fleet

    Israel’s defense forces plans to recommend the Boeing-built Chinook offering as a potential replacement to the Israeli air force’s current heavy-lift helicopter platform, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. IAF has maintained a fleet of Sikorsky-built Yasur helicopters since 1969 to support military personnel transport efforts. JPost identified Boeing’s CH-47 and Sikorsky’s CH-53K as the competing platforms to modernize IAF’s […] More

  • Jim Centore: Blue Origin to Continue BE-4 Rocket Engine Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Centore: Blue Origin to Continue BE-4 Rocket Engine Tests

    Jim Centore, group lead for orbital mission operations at Blue Origin, has said the company started to run tests on its BE-4 rocket engine in October 2017 at its facility in West Texas and will continue the testing phase over the next several months, SpaceNews reported Saturday. “We’re getting longer duration burn times. We’re going […] More

  • Nazzic Keene: SAIC Expands Platform Integration Operations Through New South Carolina Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nazzic Keene: SAIC Expands Platform Integration Operations Through New South Carolina Facility

    Science and Applications International Corp. has selected North Pointe Commerce Park in Charleston, South Carolina, as location for the government technology services contractor’s new warehouse and production facility. Nazzic Keene, chief operating officer at SAIC, said in a statement published Friday the company considered the site’s proximity to its existing facilities, a U.S. Navy installation and […] More

  • RCR Secures Australian Radar Network Facility Mgmt Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RCR Secures Australian Radar Network Facility Mgmt Services Contract

    RCR Tomlinson has received a potential 10-year, $71.9 million contract from BAE Systems to provide facility management services for the Australian military’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network. RCR said Monday it will maintain power, fire, electrical, bulk fuel storage, ground and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems across over-the-horizon radar sites as part of the JORN Phase 6 project. The company will […] More

  • Federal Premium Awarded DHS Ammo Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Federal Premium Awarded DHS Ammo Supply Contract

    Federal Premium has received a potential five-year contract from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to supply .40 caliber ammunition rounds for mission and training applications. The company said Friday it will deliver up to 180 million Tactical HST rounds to multiple Department of Homeland Security components and other federal customers. HST is designed with a nickel-plated case, a bullet […] More

  • BAE's US Subsidiary Responds to Army Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Subsidiary Responds to Army Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle RFP

    BAE Systems has proposed a combat vehicle for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower program. The MPF program seeks to provide the service’s infantry brigade combat teams with a precision firepower capability and help IBCTs maneuver through various terrain conditions, BAE said Thursday. Jim Miller, director of business development at BAE’s combat vehicles business, said the […] More

  • Barry Pike: Army Eyes Stryker as Base Platform for Temporary Short-Range Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barry Pike: Army Eyes Stryker as Base Platform for Temporary Short-Range Air Defense System

    Barry Pike, program executive officer for missiles and space at the U.S. Army, has said the service considers using the Stryker combat vehicle as the basis for its provisional Manuever-Short-Range Air Defense system in response to a SHORAD capability gap identified in Europe in 2016, Defense News reported Thursday. “At this point it’s going to be […] More

  • Lockheed Transports Robotic Mars Lander to California Launch Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Transports Robotic Mars Lander to California Launch Site

    Lockheed Martin has shipped NASA‘s robotic Mars lander to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to undergo final processing ahead of the spacecraft’s May 5 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 401 rocket. The InSight probe is designed to explore the red planet’s deep interior and map the planet’s basic structure to help scientists investigate how terrestrial planets […] More

  • USDA, NSF to Fund Food, Energy & Water Innovation Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA, NSF to Fund Food, Energy & Water Innovation Studies

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has partnered with the National Science Foundation for a $34 million funding opportunity to examine the connections between food, water and energy systems. NSF and NIFA have pledged to contribute $29 million and $5 million, respectively, to the  Innovations at the Nexus of Food, […] More