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  • General Dynamics Awards $468M Contract to Huntington Ingalls to Support Process Devt Work on Navy Submarines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Awards $468M Contract to Huntington Ingalls to Support Process Devt Work on Navy Submarines

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a potential $468 million contract from General Dynamics to support integrated product and process development work on the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of Columbia-class submarines. HII said Tuesday it will help complete the design of the Navy Columbia-class submarines as well as provide component development, detail planning and technical support services. […] More

  • Navy, Adelos Partner for Fiber Optic Sensor R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Adelos Partner for Fiber Optic Sensor R&D

    Adelos and the U.S. Navy have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to develop fiber optic sensor technology for perimeter and border security applications. Both parties seeks to explore new advanced materials designs, acoustic signal processing applications and target classification algorithms for the Phosonic 3.0+ sensor system, the company said Tuesday. Scott Colton, Adelos CEO, said the CRADA extends […] More

  • Unisys' PV Puvvada: Federal Govt Moves Toward Comprehensive IT Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Federal Govt Moves Toward Comprehensive IT Modernization

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business, has said he observed the U.S. government moving toward a comprehensive approach to modernize federal information technology systems, Federal News Radio reported Monday. The Trump administration implemented initiatives to support federal IT modernization, including the enactment of the Modernizing Government Technology Act; the release of the finalized IT Modernization Strategy; […] More

  • ICE Seeks Contractor Support for Immigration Enforcement Workforce Recruitment Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICE Seeks Contractor Support for Immigration Enforcement Workforce Recruitment Efforts

    The Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to enlist a private sector consultant to help the agency recruit almost 26,000 workers in the next several years, GovExec reported Monday. ICE sought information on potential industry sources of human resources and operational staffing services in an effort to address President Donald Trump’s requirements for the immigration enforcement workforce. The agency […] More

  • DoD, LMI to Collaborate on $235M 'SMART' Scholarship Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD, LMI to Collaborate on $235M ‘SMART’ Scholarship Program

    LMI has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Defense Department to support the $235 million Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service Program. The company said Wednesday it will help the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering carry out the program through support services worth $26 million over five years. “We are […] More

  • Boeing Previews Offering for Navy’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Previews Offering for Navy’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Program

    Boeing has unveiled its proposed unmanned aircraft offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial refueling tanker drone program. The company said Tuesday it has begun engine tests on its proposed unmanned aerial system in preparation for deck handling demonstrations in 2018. “We will be ready for flight testing when the engineering and manufacturing development […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract Modification for H-1 Helicopter Upgrade Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract Modification for H-1 Helicopter Upgrade Support

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a $12.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide acquisition logistics support for the H-1 modernization effort. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification covers logistics management, maintenance planning material, supply, design interface, technical data and equipment support, inventory and distribution management, storage, transportation, supportability analysis and technical manual updates services. Bell Helicopter will have up […] More

  • IBM Forms Network With 12 Firms, Universities to Advance Quantum Computing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Forms Network With 12 Firms, Universities to Advance Quantum Computing

    IBM has partnered with companies, universities and national research laboratories to study quantum computing and identify its potential applications for financial services, automotive, materials, chemical and electronic industries. The New York-based company said Thursday it will collaborate with JPMorgan Chase, Samsung, Daimler, JSR, Barclays, Honda, Nagase and Hitachi Metals through the IBM Q Network. The IBM […] More

  • Navy Preps Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Construction RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Preps Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Construction RFP

    The U.S. Navy could issue a request for proposals within the next month for a multiyear contract to build at least 10 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51), USNI News reported Tuesday. Capt. Casey Moton, DDG-51 program manager, told USNI News that the contract will run from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2022 and will include options to accelerate […] More

  • Army Extends Lockheed's Apache Sensor Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Extends Lockheed’s Apache Sensor Logistics Support Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $64.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to continue logistics support work on electro-optical sensors designed to help increase Apache helicopter pilots’ situational awareness. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification extends Lockheed’s performance-based logistics services to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors program through Dec. 31, 2018. The Army […] More

  • Cubic to Support Army Readiness Training Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Support Army Readiness Training Center

    The U.S. Army has awarded Cubic a potential $40.4 million contract to provide mission support services to the Joint Readiness Training Center located at Fort Polk in Louisiana. Cubic’s defense business segment will perform contract work through June 27, 2018, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted the service branch is obligating $23.4 million in fiscal 2018 operations […] More