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  • Navy to Hold Commissioning Ceremony for Lockheed Team-Built Sioux City LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Hold Commissioning Ceremony for Lockheed Team-Built Sioux City LCS

    The U.S. Navy will hold a commissioning ceremony for the future USS Sioux City, built by a Lockheed Martin–Fincantieri Marinette Marine alliance, on Saturday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The littoral combat ship is the sixth of the Freedom-variant vessels and the 13th LCS to join the Navy’s fleet, the service branch said Wednesday. […] More

  • Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg Optimistic on US Defense Budget - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg Optimistic on US Defense Budget

    Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told FOX Business in an interview aired Tuesday that he believes U.S. spending on defense will remain robust amid calls for reduced budget and concerns over increasing federal deficit. “We see the defense budget here in the U.S. being sustained,” he told Maria Bartiromo of the channel’s “Mornings with Maria.” “If you look […] More

  • Northrop Preps Antares Rocket for ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Preps Antares Rocket for ISS Resupply Mission

    A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is now positioned at the launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for a scheduled launch Thursday, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The launch vehicle will carry the company’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station for a resupply mission. Cygnus will deliver food supplies, crew provisions and multiple payloads to […] More

  • DOE to Help Fund 11 Industry-Led Nuclear Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Help Fund 11 Industry-Led Nuclear Tech Projects

    The Energy Department has chosen 11 industry-led projects across six states to receive $18M in federal grants to advance commercial nuclear technology platforms. DOE said Tuesday the funding awards are part of the third round of its funding opportunity announcement, titled “U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced Nuclear Technology Development.” The cost-shared projects have a total value […] More

  • SAIC Wins CGP Excellence in Partnership Award for Veteran Employment Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Wins CGP Excellence in Partnership Award for Veteran Employment Efforts

    The Coalition for Government Procurement has selected Science Applications International Corp. for the Excellence in Partnership Award for Veteran’s Employment. SAIC said Tuesday CGP recognized the Reston, Va.-based defense firm for its efforts to launch and operate a veteran program for its employees. The company established its Military/Veterans Business Resource Group in April 2017 in order […] More

  • NCI Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; Paul Dillahay Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; Paul Dillahay Quoted

    Veteran-owned recruitment marketing firm Viqtory has included information technology and professional services provider NCI Information Systems to its list of Military Friendly Employers for 2019. NCI said Tuesday that Viqtory selected military-friendly companies by conducting assessments on new hire retention, employee turnover, promotion, and advancement of veterans and military employees. Viqtory combined its workplace evaluation with public and […] More

  • Boeing Gets $70M Modification on Air Force Minuteman III Missile Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets $70M Modification on Air Force Minuteman III Missile Support Contract

    Boeing has received a $70.5M contract modification to support the U.S. Air Force‘s flight test, telemetry and termination program for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system. The modification revises ICBM specifications related to cable and antenna test requirements, flight termination receiver, electronic interference and parts management plan, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work is scheduled to […] More

  • Savi Technology Raises Funds for Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Savi Technology Raises Funds for Tech Development

    Savi Technology has raised $7.5M in funds to support development of its in-transit visibility and analytics technologies. Eastward Capital Partners led the financing, with Kimberly Cafferty, founder of Cafferty & Company, serving as an investment adviser, Savi said Tuesday. The technology firm also intends to use raised funds to expand market growth across both public […] More

  • DOL Certifies Lockheed's Nat'l Apprenticeship Program Standards; Marillyn Hewson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOL Certifies Lockheed’s Nat’l Apprenticeship Program Standards; Marillyn Hewson Quoted

    The Labor Department has approved Lockheed Martin’s proposed framework for apprenticeship programs conducted at the Bethesda, Md.-based defense firm’s U.S. locations. The company said Tuesday that its National Standards of Apprenticeship covers workforce development initiatives such as on-the-job training and classroom instruction for advanced manufacturing capacities. Lockheed said it aims to facilitate more than 30 […] More

  • Sparton’s DLS Business Obtains CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Jim Lackemacher Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sparton’s DLS Business Obtains CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Jim Lackemacher Quoted

    Sparton’s DeLeon Springs, Fla.-based design and development group has received a Capability Maturity Model Integration level 3 appraisal for its manufacturing processes. The rating indicates that the firm’s processes are “well-characterized”, understood and established, as well as described in a standard manner, Sparton said Tuesday. The CMMI level 3 designation also acknowledges that the manufacturing […] More

  • NASA Seeks Industry Support for Urban Air Mobility Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Industry Support for Urban Air Mobility Integration

    NASA is calling for aerospace manufacturers and researchers to submit market information on technologies and approaches that would contribute to the safe implementation of urban air mobility. The space agency is studying methods to safely integrate manned and unmanned aircraft into the urban airspace and to manage associated air traffic, NASA said Friday in a […] More

  • Endeavor Pursues Two Army Robotic System Development Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Endeavor Pursues Two Army Robotic System Development Programs

    Endeavor Robotics is vying for a pair of U.S. Army programs to build robotic platforms that are intended to have plug-and-play and interoperable functions, Defense News reported Monday. The Massachusetts-based company will compete with QinetiQ North America under a a potential $429.1M engineering and manufacturing development contract for the Common Robot System-Individual. CRS-I is designed to have a sensor technology […] More