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  • AECOM Selected for Boston Airport Terminal Modernization Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Selected for Boston Airport Terminal Modernization Project

    The Massachusetts Port Authority has selected a team of AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects to administer modernization efforts at Terminal E of Boston’s Logan International Airport. AECOM said Monday it will serve as the project’s prime consultant and oversee architectural and engineering design work on approximately 400,000 square feet of terminal space. Luis Vidal will […] More

  • Raytheon Gets $56M Order to Repair Navy F/A-18 Aircraft Radar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets $56M Order to Repair Navy F/A-18 Aircraft Radar Systems

    Raytheon has received a one-year, $56 million delivery order to provide repair services for APG-65 and APG-73 radar systems installed on the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the Navy will obligate $27.4 million in fiscal 2018  working capital funds at the time of award. Raytheon will repair the aircraft radars at a company facility located in Indianapolis, […] More

  • EWS-Ethosgen-Rockwell Collins Team to Develop Waste-to-Energy Convertor for US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EWS-Ethosgen-Rockwell Collins Team to Develop Waste-to-Energy Convertor for US Military

    A team of Eco Waste Solutions, EthosGen and Rockwell Collins has received the green light from the Defense Department to develop a waste-to-energy conversion system for the U.S. military. EWS said Friday the team will proceed with the Deployable Waste-to-Energy Convertor for Expeditionary Bases with Thermal Energy to Electrical Power System development effort under DoD’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program. “Military installations […] More

  • Leonardo DRS' William Lynn, Italian Ambassador Visit Proposed T-100 Manufacturing Site in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS’ William Lynn, Italian Ambassador Visit Proposed T-100 Manufacturing Site in Alabama

    Armando Varricchio, Italy’s ambassador to the U.S., visited Alabama with Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn III in support of the company’s proposal to manufacture the U.S. Air Force’s new trainer aircraft in Tuskegee. Virginia-based Leonardo DRS, a subsidiary of Italian company Leonardo, said Feb. 6 the T-100 development will possibly generate 750 jobs in Tuskegee if the Air Force […] More

  • Air Force Preps Second RFP for Follow-On GPS III Devt Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Preps Second RFP for Follow-On GPS III Devt Competition

    The U.S. Air Force is due to release a solicitation notice this week for the second phase of an industry competition to produce the service branch’s 11th and succeeding GPS III  satellites, Inside Defense reported Thursday. Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin submitted separate proposals in 2016 for the production of up to 22 space vehicles under the GPS III program. […] More

  • Deloitte to Open New Business Support Technology Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte to Open New Business Support Technology Center

    Deloitte has announced it will launch a new center for technology, media and telecommunications to assist the company’s clients in selecting appropriate technology-based business models. The company said Monday the center will use a business impact-focused approach to help firms further understand complex business matters, as well as to identify the right questions to address. The […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop 'Flexible' Circuit System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop ‘Flexible’ Circuit System

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has collaborated with a public-private manufacturing consortium to create operational prototypes of a circuit board system in efforts to accelerate the development of smart technologies. AFRL said Thursday it worked with NextFlex: America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute to develop Arduino integrated circuit systems that are designed to be programmed through open-source software. […] More

  • European Space Agency Picks 5 Firms to Conduct Satellite Microlauncher Feasibility Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    European Space Agency Picks 5 Firms to Conduct Satellite Microlauncher Feasibility Studies

    The European Space Agency has selected five companies to study the feasibility of using a commercial microlauncher to deploy small satellites into orbit. ArianeGroup, MT-Aerospace, ELV, Deimos and PLD Space will conduct research on their proposed concepts, ESA said Thursday. France-based ArianeGroup, a joint venture of Airbus and Safran, proposed to develop the three-stage Quick Access to Space vehicle […] More

  • KPMG Wins $58M USACE Financial Statement Audit Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Wins $58M USACE Financial Statement Audit Contract

    KPMG has won a $57.6 million contract from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to audit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ financial statement related to civil works. The company will also provide financial examination services for agencies owning the funds that have been obligated to USACE military programs for fiscal 2018 through 2022, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • USAF Taps Spartan Air Academy for Iraq Aviation Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Spartan Air Academy for Iraq Aviation Training Services

    Addison, Texas-based Spartan Air Academy Iraq will establish an air academy training program for Iraq’s air force under a one-year, $45 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform contract work at Balad Air Base, Iraq through Feb. 8, 2019. USAF’s 338th Specialized Contracting Squadron will obligate $9,999,999 […] More

  • Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation

    The U.S. Air Force plans to put an end to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft recapitalization program in its budget request for fiscal 2019, Defense News reported Saturday. Sources told the publication the service will instead advance a “system-of-systems approach” that seeks to combine existing platforms to carry out command-and-control functions and […] More

  • Northrop to Update New Ground-to-Air Comms Equipment at Denmark Airports - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update New Ground-to-Air Comms Equipment at Denmark Airports

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has received a contract from a state-owned air navigation service provider in Denmark to provide new ground-to-air communications equipment and associated support to the country’s airports. Naviair will use T6 air traffic control radios from Northrop’s Park Air Systems business to replace radio systems that currently support Danish airports and en-route operations as part of a national system upgrade […] More