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  • Orbital ATK Backs ULA's NRO Mission With Rocket Motors, Composite Structures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Backs ULA’s NRO Mission With Rocket Motors, Composite Structures

    Orbital ATK supplied composite structures, motors and other components for a Delta IV rocket that United Launch Alliance launched Friday to bring a National Reconnaissance Office payload into space. Orbital ATK said Friday the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s Delta IV rocket that took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as part of the NROL-47 national defense mission has […] More

  • Air Force to Hold Industry Conference on Missile Warning Satellite Upgrade Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Hold Industry Conference on Missile Warning Satellite Upgrade Project

    The U.S. Air Force will meet with potential vendors to discuss its plans to update ground-based software of the U.S. military’s missile warning satellites, SpaceNews reported Monday. A space enterprise consortium managed by the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center is scheduled to host a conference this week in El Segundo, California, to provide information on the Future […] More

  • GE Delivers Gas Turbine Propulsion Tech for Navy's DDG 125 Destroyer Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Delivers Gas Turbine Propulsion Tech for Navy’s DDG 125 Destroyer Ship

    General Electric‘s marine solutions business has delivered an LM2500 marine gas turbine propulsion module built to help power the U.S. Navy‘s 75th Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. GE said Wednesday that Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division is contracted to build the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) with Flight III design upgrades. The Navy expects DDG 125 to enter the service branch’s fleet by 2023. Each […] More

  • Army Taps 3 Small Businesses for Facility Construction, Renovation & Repair Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps 3 Small Businesses for Facility Construction, Renovation & Repair Services

    Three small businesses have secured spots on a potential five-year, $35 million contract to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construct renovate or repair military and federal buildings. USACE received 16 bids for the contract via the internet and will determine performance locations and funds with each order, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD […] More

  • DISA Taps X Technologies to Help Update DoD's Public Key Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Taps X Technologies to Help Update DoD’s Public Key Infrastructure

    X Technologies has received a potential five-year, $38.3 million contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency increase the security and technical capacity of the Defense Department‘s public key infrastructure. The company will review system engineering documents for the DoD PKI and common service provider, as well as develop software to support the infrastructure, the department said Friday. The Defense Information […] More

  • Block MEMS Advances to Second Phase of IARPA's Explosive Trace Detection Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Block MEMS Advances to Second Phase of IARPA’s Explosive Trace Detection Program

    A Block Engineering subsidiary will continue to develop a system that works to detect explosives and toxic chemical threats under a $10.7 million  Intelligence Advanced Research Programs Activity project. IARPA selected Block MEMS to move forward with Phase II of the agency’s Standoff Illuminator for Measuring Absorbance and Reflectance Infrared Light Signatures effort through a competitive down-selection process, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Lynn Dugle: Engility Seeks to Address Clearance Issues Via Continuous Monitoring - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lynn Dugle: Engility Seeks to Address Clearance Issues Via Continuous Monitoring

    Engility CEO Lynn Dugle has said the company has started to pilot continuous evaluation initiatives in an effort to address issues related to security clearances. “What we know from a community is about 80 percent of people who lose clearances do so for financial reasons,” Dugle told Defense One in an interview published Thursday. “Under continuous monitoring, instead […] More

  • Navy Taps Clayton International for AS-61 Helicopter Maintenance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Clayton International for AS-61 Helicopter Maintenance

    Clayton International has received a $7.6 U.S. Navy contract to deliver maintenance services for an AS-61 helicopter that will be used to support the Egyptian government. The Navy will obligate the entire contract amount in foreign military sales funds which will not expire upon the conclusion of the current fiscal year, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company will […] More

  • NASA Seeks Proposals for Small Business Innovation Research and Tech Transfer Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Proposals for Small Business Innovation Research and Tech Transfer Program

    NASA seeks new technologies from small businesses and research institutions that can be transitioned to support the space agency’s mission programs and other commercial applications. The space agency said Friday interested parties can submit responses for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I solicitation through March 9. Phase I awards for […] More

  • Cascade Aerospace to Help Modernize Mexico's C-130 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cascade Aerospace to Help Modernize Mexico’s C-130 Aircraft

    Cascade Aerospace has received a contract to modernize the avionics properties of Mexico’s C-130 Hercules aircraft that has been renamed to the L-100. The company said Thursday it will install Rockwell Collins‘ Flight2 TM avionics suite onto the aircraft, and provide related training services for personnel within Mexico’s air force. Training services will be delivered at Cascade’s […] More

  • Rolls-Royce to Lease Former Texas Aero Engine Services Facility for Engine Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce to Lease Former Texas Aero Engine Services Facility for Engine Testing

    Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement to lease Texas Aero Engine Services‘ previously-owned facility that the former will use as a testbed for engine endurance tests. The facility, located in Fort Worth, Texas, takes up 440,000 square feet and will serve as a venue for tests concerning Trent engines, Rolls-Royce said Thursday. The company is currently working […] More

  • SOS International Gets ISO Management Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOS International Gets ISO Management Certification

    The International Organization for Standardization has granted a certification for SOSi International‘s quality management system. The company said Thursday its quality management system has received an ISO 9001:2015 certification for adherence to requirements such as the capacity to deliver products with consistency, to satisfy customer needs and to proactively improve the system. Julian Setian, president and CEO at […] More