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  • Synergetics Gets New ISO Quality Mgmt Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Synergetics Gets New ISO Quality Mgmt Certification

    Synergetics has received new certification that recognizes the company’s compliance with leadership and management quality standards established by the International Organization for Standardization. The company said Tuesday it transitioned to the ISO 9001:2015 credential after it held the ISO 9001:2008 certification over the past nine years. Colorado-based Synergetics offers a range of information technology services to federal agencies through the General Services Administration’s 8(a) STARS […] More

  • SEC to Introduce IT Support Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SEC to Introduce IT Support Services IDIQ

    The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to launch a contract vehicle designed to streamline the acquisition process for information technology platforms and services in support of SEC’s offices and divisions. A FedBizOpps presolicitation notice published Thursday says the agency’s office of IT intends to create a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under the One OIT program. The IDIQ […] More

  • Leidos to Continue Navy Signature Silencing Program Support; Mike Chagnon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Continue Navy Signature Silencing Program Support; Mike Chagnon Comments

    Leidos has received a potential five-year, $42 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock Division to continue support services for a signature silencing program at the U.S. Navy‘s Southeast Alaska Measurement Facility. The company said Tuesday it helps the service branch operate and maintain SEAFAC during acoustic trials as well as repair all facility […] More

  • Triumph Group to Build Landing Gear System for Sierra Nevada's Cargo Space Plane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Triumph Group to Build Landing Gear System for Sierra Nevada’s Cargo Space Plane

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has awarded Triumph Group a contract to produce a landing gear system for a reusable lifting-body vehicle designed to support NASA‘s resupply mission to the International Space Station. Triumph said Tuesday it will provide main and nose landing gear along with integrated actuation technologies for door systems of Dream Chaser spacecraft SNC is building under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract […] More

  • Airbus to Continue UK Puma 2 Helicopter Fleet Support Under Potential $136M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus to Continue UK Puma 2 Helicopter Fleet Support Under Potential $136M Contract

    Airbus has secured a potential $135.6 million follow-on contract from the U.K. ministry of defense to help sustain the country’s fleet of Puma 2 helicopters throughout the platform’s service life. The company said Dec. 22 its helicopters business will repair, overhaul and provide logistics support for the U.K. air force’s Puma 2 fleet through March 2022. or […] More

  • Report: Pakistan Navy Buys New Warships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Pakistan Navy Buys New Warships

    Pakistan’s navy has begun to purchase new warships as part of an effort to replace six Type 21 frigates that the country acquired from the U.K. in the 1990s, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said Pakistan awarded a contract in June 2017 for a Chinese Type 054A Jiangkai II frigate, with plans to buy two […] More

  • Saab Unveils New AESA Surveillance Radar Tech Configuration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Unveils New AESA Surveillance Radar Tech Configuration

    Saab has introduced a fixed-panel configuration of the company’s active electrically scanned array radar offering. Sea Giraffe 4A Fixed Face is based on S-band AESA radar technology and designed to integrate with multiple naval platforms, the company said Friday. Anders Linder, head of Saab’s surface radar solutions business, said the company aims to help customers address surveillance requirements […] More

  • Report: Marine Corps to Pick New Amphibious Vehicle by Summer 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Marine Corps to Pick New Amphibious Vehicle by Summer 2018

    The U.S. Marine Corps will select by summer 2018 a new amphibious combat vehicle from prototypes developed by BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corp. to replace its existing fleet of Assault ­Amphibious Vehicles, the Marine Corps Times reported Thursday. The service branch awarded two contracts worth up to $225 million combined to BAE and SAIC in […] More

  • Boeing Gets Contract Option for Air Force KC-135 Engineering Sustainment Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets Contract Option for Air Force KC-135 Engineering Sustainment Services

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $17.5 million contract modification for  engineering sustainment work on the service branch’s KC-135 tanker aircraft weapon system. The Defense Department said Friday the modification will establish negotiated prices under the second option of a previously awarded contract for the company to sustain KC-135 airframe along with mechanical and electrical systems, subsystems and […] More

  • Research and Markets Forecasts 5.7% CAGR for Air Defense System Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Forecasts 5.7% CAGR for Air Defense System Market

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the air defense system market will experience a 5.74 percent compound annual growth rate and reach nearly $45.2 billion by 2024. The company said Wednesday increased military spending on efforts to develop air and missile defense systems, evolution of warfare and geopolitical challenges worldwide are among the factors that will drive market […] More

  • Lockheed to Extend Support for South Korea's Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft, Mission Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Extend Support for South Korea’s Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft, Mission Equipment

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $33.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to support prime mission equipment for South Korea’s Peace Krypton reconnaissance aircraft system. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also help sustain South Korean RC-800 aircraft and provide technical manuals in support of airborne reconnaissance missions under the foreign military […] More

  • DynCorp to Support US Army, Dutch Military Aircraft Maintenance Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp to Support US Army, Dutch Military Aircraft Maintenance Operations

    DynCorp has received a $17.4 million contract modification to provide aviation field maintenance services to the U.S. Army and Netherlands through a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Friday that DynCorp will support operations of the Army Aviation and Missile Command’s aviation field maintenance division outside the continental U.S. The company will perform […] More