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  • Report: DoD, Japan in Talks Over Potential Missile Defense Tech Sale - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD, Japan in Talks Over Potential Missile Defense Tech Sale

    The Defense Department has begun to exchange initial price and technical data with Japan on the ground-based Aegis missile defense system to kick-off an acquisition process that could lead to a formal notification to Congress of a potential foreign military sale,  Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Japan aims to purchase two Aegis Ashore systems from the U.S. government and start […] More

  • Cubic to Extend Support for North County Transit District Fare Payment System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Extend Support for North County Transit District Fare Payment System

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business has received a five-year, $3 million contract extension to help the North County Transit District in San Diego, California, maintain automated ticketing machines and platform validators. NCTD serves as a regional partner for the Cubic-designed Compass fare payment system being used throughout San Diego County, the company said Tuesday. The company has supported maintenance […] More

  • Lockheed Supplies F-35 Full Mission Simulators to Int'l Allies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Supplies F-35 Full Mission Simulators to Int’l Allies

    Lockheed Martin has delivered full mission simulators to air forces of international F-35 operators including Israel, Italy, Japan and Norway to support pilot training at operating bases across the four countries. The company said Monday the F-35 FMS units will aid pilot qualification, continuation and mission rehearsal training activities and help cater to the rising […] More

  • Supermicro to Help Expand Computing & Data Analytics Capacity for NASA Climate Simulation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Supermicro to Help Expand Computing & Data Analytics Capacity for NASA Climate Simulation Center

    NASA has selected Super Micro Computer to help expand the capacity of computing and data analytics systems at the space agency’s Center for Climate Simulation. Supermicro said Monday it will provide a company-built Rack Scale platform that will offer 1.56 petaflops of additional computing capacity to NCCS. NCCS is located within the Computational and Information Sciences and Technology […] More

  • OPM Seeks HR Program Mgmt, Technical Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Seeks HR Program Mgmt, Technical Support

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has begun its search for potential sources of human resource program management and technical support services from the small business community. OPM said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Sunday it seeks a contractor to support strategy and governance; modernization and transformation; enterprise architecture; performance assessment and improvement; business case development; and program […] More

  • Cisco, Siemens Top Navigant Research's Smart City Supplier Leaderboard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, Siemens Top Navigant Research’s Smart City Supplier Leaderboard

    Cisco and Siemens respectively secured the first and second spot in Navigant Research‘s ranking of 16 leading smart city suppliers. The report titled “Navigant Research Leaderboard: Smart City Suppliers” explores the strategy and execution of 16 global smart city vendors with the capacity to lead large-scale smart city projects across a range of operational and service areas, […] More

  • DynCorp to Expand Army Training Center Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp to Expand Army Training Center Support Services

    The U.S. Army Sustainment Command has revised a DynCorp International contract modification to expand the scope of support services the company provides to the military branch’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California. DynCorp said Monday it will deploy an additional 21 personnel and support the NTC’s Ops Group Heavy mission under the terms of the […] More

  • Comtech Subsidiary to Supply Airborne Wave Tube Amplifiers for US Military Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Subsidiary to Supply Airborne Wave Tube Amplifiers for US Military Program

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $7.7 million order to provide high-power traveling wave tube amplifiers to a U.S. airborne strategic military program. Comtech Xicom Technology will manufacture TWTAs as part of the follow-on order with a U.S. military integrator, the company said Monday. “The amplifier is designed for use on multiple airframes, and includes […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Launch 8th ISS Resupply Mission Nov. 11 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Launch 8th ISS Resupply Mission Nov. 11

    Orbital ATK has set a Nov. 11 launch date for the company’s eighth cargo resupply mission that will transport crew supplies and hardware to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA. The space agency said Tuesday Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft will launch aboard the company’s Antares rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to deliver approximately […] More

  • BAE Unit Gets Navy Contract Modification for 2 LCS Post-Shakedown Availabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit Gets Navy Contract Modification for 2 LCS Post-Shakedown Availabilities

    A business unit of BAE Systems has secured a $22.4 million contract modification to support post-shakedown availabilities for two of the U.S. Navy‘s Freedom-class littoral combat ships. The Defense Department said Monday BAE’s ship repair business in Jacksonville, Florida, will provide manpower, material, non-standard equipment, technical data, documentation and support services needed to carry out USS Little Rock and USS […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Aerial High-Energy Laser Weapon Under Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Aerial High-Energy Laser Weapon Under Air Force Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to design, develop and produce a high-energy fiber laser weapon system. AFRL plans to test the weapon system aboard a tactical fighter aircraft by 2021 as part of the Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator program, Lockheed said Monday. The SHiELD program […] More