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  • Report: Singapore Evaluates Potential F-35 Aircraft Purchase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Singapore Evaluates Potential F-35 Aircraft Purchase

    Rick Edwards, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s international business, has said that Singapore is eyeing a potential future procurement of F-35 fighter aircraft,  Reuters reported Thursday. Edwards told Reuters at the Singapore Airshow that the company held preliminary talks with Singapore’s government about the F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing variant. An F-35B jet was on display […] More

  • NASA to Discuss Crewed Flight Contingency Option With Boeing, SpaceX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Discuss Crewed Flight Contingency Option With Boeing, SpaceX

    Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of human exploration and operations at NASA, has said the agency is considering crew rotation missions as one option to address a schedule gap that may arise if Commercial Crew Program contractors experience spacecraft certification delays, SpaceNews reported Friday. He told SpaceNews in an interview that NASA will discuss with Boeing and […] More

  • Mike Lawrie Gives Updates on DXC’s Cloud Business, USPS Unit's Merger With Vencore, KeyPoint - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lawrie Gives Updates on DXC’s Cloud Business, USPS Unit’s Merger With Vencore, KeyPoint

    Mike Lawrie, chairman, president and CEO of DXC Technology, has said the company saw a 13 percent growth in its cloud business during the third quarter of fiscal 2018 that ended Dec. 31, CRN reported Friday. Lawrie told analysts Thursday that DXC has introduced five centers worldwide to advance digital transformation efforts and experienced progress […] More

  • BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay

    BAE Systems, Harris and MBDA‘s U.K. business have collaborated on ground-based tests that sought to demonstrate the release of a full-sized payload from an aircraft cargo bay. A team of engineers used BAE’s test facility in Warton, England, to conduct full-scale ground trials in an effort to better understand the aircraft bay environment, the British defense company said […] More

  • Navy Selects Tekla Research, Avian-Precise Co. for NAVAIR Systems Engineering Support IDIQs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects Tekla Research, Avian-Precise Co. for NAVAIR Systems Engineering Support IDIQs

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $64.1 million contract to Tekla Research and a $57.4 million contract to Avian-Precise Co. for a range of support services to the Naval Air Systems Command’s Systems Engineering Department. The Defense Department said Friday Tekla will perform up to 835,200 hours of systems specialty engineering and technical work while Avian-Precise will conduct up to 739,200 hours of sustaining engineering, […] More

  • Report: Noblis Eyes Expansion in San Antonio, TX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Noblis Eyes Expansion in San Antonio, TX

    Noblis seeks to expand its operations in San Antonio, Texas from 21 employees to about 125 personnel in the next two to three years, My San Antonio reported Thursday. Mike Cameron, director of cyber solutions at Noblis, said the Virginia-based research and technology nonprofit aims to conduct more work related to artificial intelligence, data science and cybersecurity at […] More

  • Johnson Controls to Help US Army Base Implement Energy Conservation Measures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johnson Controls to Help US Army Base Implement Energy Conservation Measures

    Johnson Controls‘ federal systems business has signed a $40 million energy savings performance contract with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center to help implement energy conservation measures at a military base located in the Marshall Islands. The company said Thursday it will design, implement and manage an islandwide solar photovoltaic, lithium-ion battery storage and microgrid control […] More

  • Lockheed Releases Satellite Specs to Advance Collaboration Via ‘Open Space’ Project; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Releases Satellite Specs to Advance Collaboration Via ‘Open Space’ Project; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has launched a new program that seeks to encourage researchers, startups and companies to propose new technologies designed to address space-related challenges. The company said Thursday it published technical specifications about payload accommodation data for its LM 2100 satellite, LM 400 satellite and two LM 50 nanosatellite variants through the Open Space initiative to […] More

  • Lockheed Taps BAE to Update UAE F-16 Head-Up Displays - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE to Update UAE F-16 Head-Up Displays

    BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to modernize head-up displays of the United Arab Emirates’ F-16 fighter aircraft fleet. The British defense contractor said Thursday it will replace the fleet’s analog HUDs with digital displays using its Digital Light Engine technology. Lockheed received a potential $1.6 billion order from UAE in November 2017 to upgrade the […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Build, Integrate ExxonMobil's Automation Control System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help Build, Integrate ExxonMobil’s Automation Control System

    Lockheed Martin has received multiple contracts from ExxonMobil to design, build and integrate an automation control system to support the international oil and gas company’s plant operations. Both companies have worked to develop a proof-of-concept system as part of a joint initiative that began two years ago, Lockheed said Tuesday. Under the PoC phase, Lockheed also produced a base design and […] More

  • Northrop to Support Saudi Arabia Warfighter Threat Simulation Under $75M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Saudi Arabia Warfighter Threat Simulation Under $75M IDIQ

    Northrop Grumman has landed a potential $75 million  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help Saudi Arabia’s warfighters simulate threats with a company-built Joint Threat Emitter system. JTE is designed to generate a battlespace environment that facilitates training of military personnel to identify and address enemy missile and artillery threats, Northrop said Thursday. The company developed the system to be reprogrammable […] More

  • Corps Solutions to Support Marine Range Control Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Corps Solutions to Support Marine Range Control Facilities

    Corps Solutions has received a $44.4 million contract from to provide support services to U.S. Marine Corps range control facilities. The Defense Department said Thursday that USMC will obligate $6.8 million in fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance funds for the first delivery order under the  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company will conduct base work at locations in Arizona, Virginia, California, Georgia, Hawaii, […] More