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  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy's 19th LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy’s 19th LCS

    A Lockheed Martin-led industry team, which includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox and more than 800 suppliers, has laid the keel for a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship at a Fincantieri Marinette Marine facility in Wisconsin. The future USS St Louis, dubbed LCS 19, is one of seven ships in various construction stages at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • Sikorsky to Overhaul Tail Rotor Blades of Army UH-60 Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky to Overhaul Tail Rotor Blades of Army UH-60 Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $37.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to repair 381 tail rotor blades of the service branch’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Wednesday contract work will run through March 31, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. The Army Contracting Command obligated $18.4 million at the time of award from fiscal 2017 “other” […] More

  • Saab Adds New Features to Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft; Gary Shand Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Adds New Features to Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft; Gary Shand Comments

    Saab has added new mission equipment and expanded the operational payload capacity of its multi-role aircraft offering so as to support a full range of real-world maritime missions. The company said Tuesday recent developments on the Swordfish maritime patrol aircraft include capacities to carry six lightweight torpedoes, the RBS15 anti-ship missile and combinations of torpedo variants. The Swordfish […] More

  • In-Q-Tel, Ombud Forge Decision Mgmt Tech Partnership; Thad Eby Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In-Q-Tel, Ombud Forge Decision Mgmt Tech Partnership; Thad Eby Comments

    In-Q-Tel has formed a strategic partnership with Ombud to help the Denver, Colorado-based technology company further develop and deliver a decision management platform to U.S. intelligence agencies. Ombud’s decision management tool is a cloud-based platform that works to facilitate workflows, decision-making processes and organizational execution by leveraging enterprise content management, knowledge collaboration and deep learning technologies, IQT said Tuesday. Ombud […] More

  • CAE Completes Helicopter Simulator Upgrade for German Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Completes Helicopter Simulator Upgrade for German Navy

    CAE has completed a one-year modernization effort on the German navy’s Sea King MK41 helicopter simulator, which has re-entered service at the Nordholz Naval Airbase in Germany. The company said Tuesday it carried out a series of updates on the Sea King simulator such as the addition of a CAE Medallion-6000 image generator with Common Database architecture; […] More

  • Paul Davis to Offer Agencies Emergency Services Under GSA Schedule 84 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Davis to Offer Agencies Emergency Services Under GSA Schedule 84

    Property restoration services company Paul Davis has secured a position on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 84 contract vehicle to offer emergency services to government agencies. Paul Davis said Monday the contract will help the company’s franchise owners across U.S. to expand their businesses and services. Brad Cowan, senior vice president of business development at Paul Davis, said the […] More

  • AppDynamics-Govplace Team to Help CBP Implement App Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AppDynamics-Govplace Team to Help CBP Implement App Mgmt Platform

    The Customs and Border Protection has chosen a team composed of AppDynamics and Govplace to help the agency implement infrastructure visibility and application performance management tools. CBP will use the tools as part of efforts to manage the agency’s digital operations and the movement of goods and travelers, Govplace said Monday. Both companies will also work to create dashboards for CBP to view performance baselines around […] More

  • CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes 'Fully Operational' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes ‘Fully Operational’

    A C-130 aeromedical evacuation trainer CAE built for the U.S. Air Force has been declared fully operational and ready for use at the service branch’s Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia. CAE said Monday the Aeromedical Evacuation Training System is equipped with a motion platform and designed to train aeromedical crews for pre-flight, emergency procedures and in-flight patient care on C-130 transport planes. […] More

  • CNAS Introduces Future Joint Force Project, Names Advisory Council Members - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNAS Introduces Future Joint Force Project, Names Advisory Council Members

    The Center for a New American Security has launched a new project that aims to analyze how the U.S. joint force should adapt to technological innovations of potential state and non-state adversaries. CNAS said Monday the Evolving the Future Force project is part of the center’s Defense Strategies and Assessments program and seeks to explore the […] More

  • OPM Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources of HR Products & Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources of HR Products & Services

    The Office of Personnel Management has posted a request for information on vendors that can help provide a range of human resources products and services to federal agencies. The RFI notice published Monday on FedBizOpps says OPM wants information from companies that can assist the agency’s HR Solutions group in the delivery of managed services that meet federal agencies’ human capital and training needs. […] More

  • Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo

    The U.S. Air Force has invited a team composed of Sierra Nevada and Embraer‘s defense and security business to participate in the service branch’s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration in July at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Sierra Nevada said Friday the two companies will jointly showcase the A-29 Super Tucano light air support aircraft at the OA-X assessment. OA-X will inform the Air […] More