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  • Rockwell Collins to Produce Software Baseline for Navy E-2D Trainer Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Produce Software Baseline for Navy E-2D Trainer Upgrade

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Rockwell Collins a three-year, $13.7 million contract modification to produce a supplementary software platform for the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III modernization effort. The Defense Department said Monday the company’s simulation and training solutions business will deliver an E-2D Delta Software System Configuration No. 3 baseline as part of aircraft flight and tactics trainer upgrades. The company will help the Navy […] More

  • Research and Markets: Military Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Ammo Demand Through 2027 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Military Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Ammo Demand Through 2027

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the worldwide market for military ammunition products will grow at a 2.21 percent annual compound growth rate to reach $16.6 billion in value by 2027. The company said Tuesday the projected ammo demand over the next 10 years will be driven by military modernization initiatives; regional conflicts and instability challenges; and […] More

  • Raytheon to Continue Army Patriot Missile Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Continue Army Patriot Missile Logistics Support

    Raytheon has received a one-year, $28.7 million contract modification for logistics support services to the U.S. Army‘s Patriot missile defense system. The company will help manage the service branch’s Patriot inventory as well as repair and replace 136 associated stock and parts, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will take place in Andover, Massachusetts, through Dec. 31, 2018. […] More

  • Navy Taps Ultra Electronics for Air Defense Systems Integrator Support, Sustainment IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Ultra Electronics for Air Defense Systems Integrator Support, Sustainment IDIQ

    Ultra Electronics has secured a potential nine-year, $49.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to sustain AN/TSQ-214 Air Defense Systems Integrator products and ancillary equipment. The Defense Department said Monday the company’s advanced tactical systems unit will support for the ADSI platforms of the Navy, joint DoD forces and the Department of Homeland Security. ADSI works to deliver situational awareness […] More

  • Orbital ATK Lands Air Force Long Duration Secondary Payload Spacecraft Devt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Lands Air Force Long Duration Secondary Payload Spacecraft Devt Contract

    Orbital ATK has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to build an evolved expendable launch vehicle designed to transport and field small satellites and other payloads. The contract with the Air Force Space and Missiles Center covers the development of the initial Long Duration Propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapter platform and includes options for two additional […] More

  • General Atomics to Support Army Comms Satellite System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Support Army Comms Satellite System

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a contract from Advanced Technology International to support a satellite system designed to help U.S. Army personnel transmit voice and data communications in the battlefield. GA-EMS will support the Army Resilient Global on-the-move SATCOM system under the  contract awarded through the Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium, General Atomics said […] More

  • Marine Corps Seeks Info on Enterprise Mobility Management Vendors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Seeks Info on Enterprise Mobility Management Vendors

    The U.S. Marine Corps has posted a request for information on potential sources of an enterprise mobility management system. The service branch said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice it seeks an EMM platform that can give government-owned mobile devices access to the Marine Corps Enterprise Network, the Marine Corps’ portion of the unclassified Department of […] More

  • NASA Eyes Use of Cognitive Radio to Address Space Comms Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Eyes Use of Cognitive Radio to Address Space Comms Challenges

    NASA looks to use cognitive radios to meet increased demand for space data and optimize the efficiency of space communications systems. The agency said Saturday software-defined radios such as cognitive radios apply artificial intelligence to utilize unused but licensed portions of the electromagnetic spectrum without human intervention. Cognitive radios could also address communications challenges posed by the space […] More

  • Report: Blue Origin Eyes Initial Test Flight for 3rd ‘New Shepard’ Suborbital Booster - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Blue Origin Eyes Initial Test Flight for 3rd ‘New Shepard’ Suborbital Booster

    Blue Origin has filed an airspace restriction notice with the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct spaceflight operations this week at its test site near Van Horn, Texas, Spaceflight Now reported Sunday. The notice to airmen could mark the initial test flight of the Blue Origin-built third New Shepard booster as the company eyes a suborbital […] More

  • PAE to Help Manage, Secure State Dept Facilities in Kabul, Afghanistan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE to Help Manage, Secure State Dept Facilities in Kabul, Afghanistan

    PAE has received a one-year, $59.9 million contract to provide operations, maintenance and life support services at Department of State facilities located in the international zone of Kabul, Afghanistan. The contract with the department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs also covers static and mobile security services, PAE said Friday. “We have an established relationship built over […] More

  • Zenetex Secures $70M Navy Weapon Systems Logistics Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Zenetex Secures $70M Navy Weapon Systems Logistics Contract

    Zenetex has won a nearly $70 million contract to provide integrated logistics services for two naval weapons systems managed by the U.S. Navy‘s Strike Planning and Execution Systems Program Office. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform logistics work to support acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of the Naval Mission Planning Systems and the Theater Mission Planning Center. […] More

  • Alion Science-Led Team Bids on Canadian Frigate Construction Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion Science-Led Team Bids on Canadian Frigate Construction Program

    A team led by Alion Science and Technology has submitted a proposal to build a naval platform to replace Canada’s Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates. Alion said Friday its proposed ship for the Canadian Surface Combatant program is based on Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding‘s De Zeven Provincien-class frigate and features Atlas Elektronik‘s combat management system and Hensoldt‘s radar technology. […] More