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  • Huntington Ingalls, Navy Christen Delbert D. Black Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Navy Christen Delbert D. Black Guided Missile Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding division hosted a christening ceremony Saturday for the U.S. Navy‘s future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119). HII said Saturday approximately 1,200 people attended the event at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi and Steven Giordano, master chief petty officer of the Navy, delivered the keynote address. Ima Black, widow of World War II […] More

  • Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform

    Raytheon has received a $22.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver software and hardware components needed for a ground power and cooling system of the service branch’s Next Generation Jammer platform. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification covers the delivery of five ground power carts, five ground power kits, five ground cooling carts, five ground cooling kits, […] More

  • DISA Releases Commercial Satcom Services RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Releases Commercial Satcom Services RFP

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a small business set-aside solicitation for a range of commercial satellite communication support services. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday it seeks a contractor to provide engineering, acquisition and program management support to the agency’s COMSATCOM Technical Support Branch. A selected contractor will provide business practices and […] More

  • Amazon Unveils New R&D Facility in UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Unveils New R&D Facility in UK

    Amazon has opened a new 60,000-square-foot facility in Cambridge, England, that will house approximately 400 employees to perform research and development work on various technology platforms. The Amazon Development Center Cambridge is the second R&D facility the company established in the U.K. and will accommodate machine learning professionals, data scientists, software engineers, mathematical modelers and […] More

  • DHA Extends General Dynamics' Military Health IT Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Extends General Dynamics’ Military Health IT Support Contract

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a potential $29.3 million contract to continue to help the Defense Health Agency manage information technology applications of the Military Health System. The Defense Department said Friday the bridge extends current support and service General Dynamics provides to DHA health IT applications as the agency transitions to a new IT […] More

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

    DataTracks Services has received new certification from the International Organization for Standardization for its quality management practices at a company facility in India. The company said Monday its Chennai facility earned an ISO 9001:2015 certificate following an independent surveillance audit by TUV SUD. Suresh Illath, chief operating officer at DataTracks, said the company implements multiple measures to maintain the quality […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium, SpaceX Negotiate Price for Satellite Launches With Reusable Rocket Stages - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium, SpaceX Negotiate Price for Satellite Launches With Reusable Rocket Stages

    Iridium CEO Matt Desch has said SpaceX agreed to lower the price of future Iridium NEXT satellite launches the latter company will conduct using previously-flown rocket stages, Space Intel Report reported Thursday. Desch added that Iridium accepted the use of previously-flown stages primarily due to schedule assurance and that the deal also offers a “financially positive impact,” according to […] More

  • NASA JPL Opens Solicitation for 'Europa' Lander Camera Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA JPL Opens Solicitation for ‘Europa’ Lander Camera Tech

    NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a request for proposals on the development of camera technology for a proposed lander mission on Jupiter’s moon Europa. A FedBizOpps solicitation notice posted Oct. 26 says the agency seeks a Europa lander descent camera that would comply with Planetary Protection requirements and work to capture images for localization and velocimetry throughout the […] More

  • Air Force Expects Multiple Firms to Pursue GPS 3 Satellite Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Expects Multiple Firms to Pursue GPS 3 Satellite Production Contract

    U.S. Air Force leaders predict that multiple companies will compete for work to build approximately 22 GPS 3 satellites for the service branch, Space News reported Thursday. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, hinted Boeing and Northrop Grumman as among potential contractors that could respond to a request for […] More

  • NASA Continues Partnerships With 3 Firms to Develop Lunar Cargo Delivery Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Continues Partnerships With 3 Firms to Develop Lunar Cargo Delivery Tech

    NASA has extended its partnership agreements with Astrobotic Technology, Masten Space Systems and Moon Express to further develop technologies designed to transport payload cargo to the moon’s surface. The space agency said Tuesday it amended the original Space Act Agreements between NASA and its three industry partners to extend the performance for work by two years. All three companies have supported […] More

  • NASA Taps 5 Companies to Study Power & Propulsion Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps 5 Companies to Study Power & Propulsion Tech

    NASA has awarded five companies $2.4 million in combined funds to study power and propulsion technologies that can support the development of a solar electric propulsion platform for deep space missions. The studies will help NASA identify requirements and reduce risk for a 50 kilowatt-class SEP system that will support human missions into deep space, the agency said Thursday. […] More

  • BAE Systems to Update Nulka Active Missile Decoys for Australian Armed Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Update Nulka Active Missile Decoys for Australian Armed Forces

    BAE Systems‘ Australia-based business unit secured a potential $153.4 million contract to boost the capacities of the Nulka active missile decoy system. The company said Friday the 20-year program will also cover the development of a new launch system along with supporting technologies that can bolster Nulka’s capacity to protect Australian and allied fleets. Glynn […] More