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  • Report: Leonardo Seeks Export Sales Growth Through New Marketing, Logistics Offices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Leonardo Seeks Export Sales Growth Through New Marketing, Logistics Offices

    Leonardo aims to double the aerospace and defense conglomerate’s export sales over the next three years through the establishment of additional marketing offices and logistics facilities worldwide, Defense News reported Sunday. Lorenzo Mariani, chief commercial officer at Leonardo, was quoted as saying by Defense News that the company wants to build “a network of regional hubs” to […] More

  • PreTalen to Help USAF Automate Wireless Comms System Analysis Under SBIR Phase III Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PreTalen to Help USAF Automate Wireless Comms System Analysis Under SBIR Phase III Contract

    PreTalen has received a $23.9 million U.S. Air Force contract to develop an automated platform to analyze wireless communications systems under the third phase of the service branch’s Small Business Innovation Research III program. The company will aim to update the features of a Position Navigation and Time Autonomous Negotiator Applying Cognitive Effects-Based Analysis system developed through an […] More

  • Boeing to Start Navy Super Hornet Life-Extension Upgrades by April 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Start Navy Super Hornet Life-Extension Upgrades by April 2018

    Boeing is scheduled to begin upgrade work on the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft at a company facility in St. Louis, Missouri in April next year, Flightglobal reported Friday. The aerospace and defense contractor aims to increase the aircraft’s resistance to corrosion and extend its service life by an additional 3,000 flight hours under a potential […] More

  • Airbus-Built Cargo Aircraft Completes Aerial Refueling Mission With Spanish F-18 Jets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus-Built Cargo Aircraft Completes Aerial Refueling Mission With Spanish F-18 Jets

    An Airbus-built military transport plane refueled multiple F-18 fighter jets of the Spanish air force during an aerial refueling mission that took place Dec. 13. Airbus said Thursday its A400M aircraft completed an AAR human factors certification flight with six F-18s from Spain’s Center of Logistics for Armament and Experimentation and the Torrejon-based 12th Operational Wing. The AAR […] More

  • Booz Allen to Move Rockville, Maryland Offices to New Bethesda Facility; Deane Edelman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Move Rockville, Maryland Offices to New Bethesda Facility; Deane Edelman Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton has announced plans to move the technology consulting and engineering company’s Rockville, Maryland-based offices to a single facility in Bethesda by the end of 2019. The company said Friday approximately 750 of its employees across Montgomery County will transfer to a 65,000 square-foot facility designed with collaborative and innovation work environments. “The nature of […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense to Modernize Army HEMTT Logistics Transport Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Defense to Modernize Army HEMTT Logistics Transport Vehicles

    An Oshkosh subsidiary has received a potential $40 million U.S. Army order to provide recapitalization services for 90 vehicles within the Army Reserves Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles fleet. Oshkosh Defense will update Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks to the latest HEMTT A4 configuration under the order from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, the company said Tuesday. “Recapitalized vehicles […] More

  • GSA Issues RFQ for White House’s Centers of Excellence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Issues RFQ for White House’s Centers of Excellence

    The General Services Administration has asked industry for quotations to provide staffing support for the White House’s proposed centers of excellence, Nextgov reported Thursday. The proposed CoEs will advance several technology programs such as information technology infrastructure optimization; cloud adoption; service delivery analytics; contact centers; and customer experience. GSA could award by the end of January three-year […] More

  • Air Force Outlines B-52 Aircraft Engine Replacement Plans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Outlines B-52 Aircraft Engine Replacement Plans

    The U.S. Air Force outlined its options for the replacement of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft’s engine during an industry day held Dec. 12, Defense News reported Friday. The report said USAF seeks new engines instead of refurbished systems and plans to maintain an eight-engine configuration on the fleet of 76 B-52s. Potential engine integrators must be […] More

  • SBA Approves Huntington Ingalls' SN3 Subsidiary, Bay West for Mentor-Protege Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA Approves Huntington Ingalls’ SN3 Subsidiary, Bay West for Mentor-Protege Program

    The Small Business Administration has given Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ SN3 subsidiary the green light to forge a mentor-protege relationship with environmental consulting firm Bay West. SN3 will provide assistance to Bay West in the contracting, technical, business development and management areas as the latter company looks to pursue Energy Department market opportunities, Huntington Ingalls said Thursday. An agreement […] More

  • CompTIA Board: AI, User Experience Optimization Among Tech Trends for 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CompTIA Board: AI, User Experience Optimization Among Tech Trends for 2018

    CompTIA’s board of directors has outlined six technology trends to watch in 2018 and those include the increased adoption of artificial intelligence platforms and optimization of user experience through the use of technology. CompTIA said Thursday its recent poll showed that one in four businesses adopts AI in task automation, workflows and machine learning and […] More

  • NASA to Fund Johns Hopkins Proposal to Use Quadcopters for Exploration Mission on Saturn's Moon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Fund Johns Hopkins Proposal to Use Quadcopters for Exploration Mission on Saturn’s Moon

    NASA has selected a Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory proposal as one of two finalists for the space agency’s New Frontiers program which aims to further solar system exploration efforts. Johns Hopkins said Thursday the proposed Dragonfly dual-quadcopter vehicle will look to evaluate the prebiotic organic chemistry as well as the habitability of Saturn’s […] More