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  • Huntington Ingalls Hands Over USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Hands Over USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding unit has delivered a first-of-class aircraft carrier to the U.S. Navy following the platform’s completion of acceptance trials. The company said Thursday the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier, dubbed CVN 78, is the first in the Ford class of carriers that serves as successor to the Nimitz-class ships. CVN 78 is equipped […] More

  • AeroVironment to Provide sUAS, Support for Australian Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment to Provide sUAS, Support for Australian Forces

    AeroVironment has secured a potential 10-year, $36.5 million contract from Australia’s defense department to deliver small unmanned aircraft systems as well as training and logistics support. The company said Thursday it will integrate Australian content into the WASP AE UAS to meet the country’s military and industry needs. AeroVironment will work with XTEK, General Dynamics‘ Mediaware subsidiary and Sentient Vision […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Delivers HC-130J Personnel Recovery Aircraft to National Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Delivers HC-130J Personnel Recovery Aircraft to National Guard

    The U.S. National Guard has received the first of four Lockheed Martin-developed fixed-wing personnel recovery aircraft that will support operations in Alaska and the Pacific Theater. Lockheed said Thursday that the HC-130J aircraft will help users respond to disaster scenarios, evacuate aeromedical personnel, support humanitarian outreach programs, disseminate aviation advisories and perform security cooperation missions. HC-130J, which will succeed […] More

  • SpaceX Moves Launch of 11th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission to June 3 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Moves Launch of 11th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission to June 3

    SpaceX has rescheduled to June 3 the launch of a Dragon spacecraft that will bring crew supplies, scientific research and equipment to the International Space Station, USA Today reported Thursday. The company’s 11th cargo resupply mission was originally slated for deployment on Thursday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA said the new […] More

  • CTC Buys New 3D Printing Equipment for Metal Processes; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Buys New 3D Printing Equipment for Metal Processes; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has bought new additive manufacturing equipment worth $1.2 million to support metal processing at the company’s Johnstown, Pennsylvania facility. CTC said Thursday its new three-dimensional printing platforms include a VRC Metal Systems Gen III Max cold spray system, an AMBIT hybrid additive manufacturing multi-task system and an SLM 280HL 3D printer. The new systems will help CTC […] More

  • CTC-UDRI JV to Help Manage Air Force Installation Energy Resilience; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC-UDRI JV to Help Manage Air Force Installation Energy Resilience; Ed Sheehan Comments

    A Concurrent Technologies Corp.-University of Dayton Research Institute joint venture has been awarded a two-year, $2.4 million task order to examine, install and record upgrades to U.S. Air Force installations as part of the service branch’s energy management efforts. It marks the 25th task order E2 Technologies received under a potential $99 million contract with the Air Force […] More

  • BAE's US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has selected CH2M to support the installation of airfield and shore-based landing systems at more than 35 U.S. Marine Corps and Navy facilities globally. The two companies will collaborate to help the Navy’s air traffic control systems division implement the Instrument Landing System and Instrument Carrier Landing System as part of the service branch’s Air Traffic Control […] More

  • Cubic Breaks Ground on Huntsville, Alabama Facility Expansion; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Breaks Ground on Huntsville, Alabama Facility Expansion; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic has begun construction of an expanded facility for the GATR Technologies  business of the defense and transportation contractor’s mission solutions segment. The company said Thursday the project will extend GATR’s current 35,000-square-foot facility in Huntsville, Alabama to 63,000 square feet. Cubic added the expanded facility will consolidate GATR’s production and operations and house the unit’s engineering, business development and administrative offices. “We anticipate the facility expansion […] More

  • Report: DHS Scraps $1.5B Agile Devt Support Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DHS Scraps $1.5B Agile Devt Support Contract Vehicle

    The Department of Homeland Security has called off a potential $1.5 billion contract vehicle that was designed to help DHS components procure agile design and development services from small businesses, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. The decision to cancel the Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland contract vehicle came following a series of protests filed with […] More

  • Cisco, IBM Forge Alliance to Integrate Cybersecurity Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, IBM Forge Alliance to Integrate Cybersecurity Offerings

    Cisco and IBM have partnered to integrate their cybersecurity offerings and foster collaboration on threat intelligence. IBM said Wednesday Cisco will create new applications for IBM’s QRadar security analytics platform and the first two apps will work to help security teams understand and mitigate advanced threats. The Cisco-made apps will be available on IBM’s Security App Exchange system. IBM will […] More

  • FedBid Awarded 5-Year Army Reverse Auction Service Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedBid Awarded 5-Year Army Reverse Auction Service Extension

    FedBid has secured a potential five-year contract to continue to provide reverse auction services to the U.S. Army‘s contracting offices. The company said Wednesday it will provide sourcing, quality assurance and account management support staff to help drive efficiency in the service branch’s acquisition process. The contract has one base year and four one-year options. FedBid […] More

  • Boeing Taps Harris for P-8A Aircraft Sonobuoy Launchers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Harris for P-8A Aircraft Sonobuoy Launchers

    Harris has received multiple contracts to deliver sonobuoy launchers to Boeing for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A maritime patrol aircraft. The contracts cover the supply of single-shot and rotary launchers for 49 P-8A planes of the U.S., Australia and the U.K., Harris said Wednesday. Ed Zoiss, president of Harris’ electronic systems business, said the company’s sonobuoy launching technology is […] More