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  • Rhoads Awarded Navy Shipboard Machinery Installation, Maintenance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rhoads Awarded Navy Shipboard Machinery Installation, Maintenance Contract

    Rhoads Industries has been awarded a three-year, $49 million contract by the U.S. Army to fabricate, install, test, maintain and remove U.S. Navy shipboard machinery systems and related components. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform contract work through Aug. 7, 2020, at multiple test sites and buildings located at the Naval Surface Warfare […] More

  • Northrop Integrates Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Layers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Integrates Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Layers

    Northrop Grumman has integrated the last defense layers of a sun shield system built to protect optics and instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope from heat. The company said Monday its aerospace systems business designed the sun shield layers that will work to help reduce the temperatures between cold and hot JWST components. Huntsville, Alabama-based NeXolve manufactured the […] More

  • American Electric Power Taps Vencore to Provide Infrastructure Monitoring Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    American Electric Power Taps Vencore to Provide Infrastructure Monitoring Service

    American Electric Power has awarded a contract to Vencore‘s research arm to provide continuous monitoring service in support of AEP’s advanced metering infrastructure. Vencore Labs will pilot its SecureSmart platform that will work monitor and analyze AEP’s wireless field networks; boost visibility into system operations; and optimize the electric utility company’s capacity to protect its AMI and distribution […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne's AR1 Tech Hits $228M in R&D Costs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 Tech Hits $228M in R&D Costs

    Expenditures related to research and development work on an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built liquid oxygen/kerosene-based propulsion system have amounted to approximately $228 million as of June 30, Space News reported Monday. Aerojet Rocketdyne is one of the two companies that won “other transaction” agreements from the U.S. Air Force in 2016 to develop the AR1 rocket as an alternative […] More

  • American Systems Gets USAFE IT Support Task Order Under NETCENTS-2 IDIQ; Peter Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    American Systems Gets USAFE IT Support Task Order Under NETCENTS-2 IDIQ; Peter Smith Comments

      American Systems has received a potential five-year, $12 million contract to provide information technology and program management services to U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Command Surgeon. The company said Monday it will help both military organizations update IT and information management processes across USAFE military treatment facilities and medical programs. “This is […] More

  • MeriTalk Study: Majority of Federal Agencies Have Adopted Converged Infrastructure Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MeriTalk Study: Majority of Federal Agencies Have Adopted Converged Infrastructure Platforms

    A new MeriTalk study has found that 59 percent of federal agencies have fielded converged infrastructure systems as part of their organizations’ data center strategies. MeriTalk said Monday the “Converged: At the Core of IT All” report, underwritten by NetApp and Cisco, is based on an online poll of 150 federal information technology leaders between May and June. […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy Order for F-35 Supplies, Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy Order for F-35 Supplies, Services

    Lockheed Martin has received a three-year, $28.8 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide supplies and services in support of F-35 Lightning II milestone events. The Defense Department said Monday the company’s aeronautics business will deliver and install retrofit modification kits for the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and other non-DoD participants under the […] More

  • CSRA to Support NAVSEA Research & Systems Engineering Directorate Under $59M Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Support NAVSEA Research & Systems Engineering Directorate Under $59M Task Order

    CSRA has secured a potential five-year, $59 million task order from the Naval Sea Systems Command to support NAVSEA’s research and systems engineering directorate. The company said Monday it will continue to provide engineering services intended to help NAVSEA build, design, deliver and maintain U.S. Navy amphibious, auxiliary and fleet support ships and systems. “We are proud […] More

  • Raytheon to Continue MDA Ballistic Missile Defense Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Continue MDA Ballistic Missile Defense Support

    Raytheon‘s missile systems business has received a $66.4 million contract modification to continue to help the Missile Defense Agency integrate and test a ballistic missile defense system as part of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program. The Defense Department said Monday the company will support BMD 5.1 engineering, integration, certification and testing efforts as well as provide post-event […] More

  • Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a three-year, $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide program planning, technical and instructional services to the government of Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Monday the foreign military sales contract covers support for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative that seeks to optimize social and economic conditions […] More

  • Engility Opens New Office in Augusta, Georgia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Opens New Office in Augusta, Georgia

    Engility has established a new facility in Augusta, Georgia, as the company seeks to access the area’s cyber talent pool and expand support to customers at Fort Gordon. Chantilly, Virginia-based Engility said Monday its new office will also house program management personnel who coordinate the activities of approximately 100 company employees across the state. Scott Whatmough, senior […] More

  • Cubic to Support Australian Navy's Simulated Training Activities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Support Australian Navy’s Simulated Training Activities

    Cubic‘s global defense business has received a potential four-year, $7.11 million contract to develop and deliver simulation-enabled training events for the Australian navy. The company said Monday it will provide simulation planning and technical support services as well as professional interactors to support multisite synthetic training at the Australian navy’s synthetic warfighting center. The center is […] More