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  • CTC to Develop Metallic Component Manufacturing Tech for Navy; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Develop Metallic Component Manufacturing Tech for Navy; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a potential four-year, $6.4 million contract to develop additive manufacturing technology for the U.S. Navy to build metal-based parts for air, sea and ground platforms. The contract awarded through the Office of Naval Research’s Quality Metal Additive Manufacturing program contains a two-year base period worth $2.6 million and a two-year option […] More

  • KBR to Help Design Urea Production Facility in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR to Help Design Urea Production Facility in India

    KBR has secured a contract to provide basic engineering design and licensing services for a greenfield urea plant construction project in Gorakhpur, India. The company said Wednesday it will help design the ammonia plant for Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd. as part of the contract with Toyo Engineering Corp. HURL will establish the Gorakhpur plant to support the Indian government’s national goal to achieve […] More

  • AT&T, FirstNet Unveil Comms Network Core for First Responders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T, FirstNet Unveil Comms Network Core for First Responders

    AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority have launched a network core designed to support first responders’ communication needs. The company said Tuesday the FirstNet network core infrastructure will serve as an exclusive national broadband network for first responders and will help facilitate data transmission in support of public safety personnel. The packet core will provide first […] More

  • Northrop Deploys Automated Logistics System for Army; Dan Verwiel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Deploys Automated Logistics System for Army; Dan Verwiel Comments

    Northrop Grumman has fielded a web-based logistics support system meant to replace legacy management information systems of the U.S. Army and its National Guard and Reserve units. Increment 1 of the Global Combat Support System-Army is designed to help the service branch monitor unit supply, property book, finance, materiel, maintenance and dispatching functions, Northrop said Tuesday. “Our long history with […] More

  • Report: Boeing to Benefit From WGS Satellite Funding Under $1.3T Omnibus Measure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing to Benefit From WGS Satellite Funding Under $1.3T Omnibus Measure

    A $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2018 would allocate approximately $600 million in funds to support the development of two new Wideband Global Satcom satellites for the Defense Department, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. The budget allocation for the WGS program will be a boon to Boeing, which has secured approximately $4 billion in […] More

  • Raytheon Gets $85M Navy H-60 Spare Parts Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets $85M Navy H-60 Spare Parts Delivery Order

    Raytheon has received a two-year, $84.7 million delivery order for H-60 spare parts under a basic ordering agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon will deliver the items through Aug. 31, 2020 to support the U.S. Navy‘s helicopter platform. DLA’s aviation unit performed a sole-source acquisition process in accordance with […] More

  • IARPA Names Winners of Fingerprint Capture Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Names Winners of Fingerprint Capture Challenge

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has announced the winners of a competition that sought automated methods to recognize and collect fingerprints. The Nail to Nail Fingerprint Challenge began in February last year and gathered participants from around the globe to develop capture technologies with a biometric recognition capacity, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday. IARPA […] More

  • Boeing’s Leanne Caret Speaks at Defense Technology & Security Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Leanne Caret Speaks at Defense Technology & Security Conference

    Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, took part in a panel discussion at the Defense Technology and Security Conference organized by Saudi Arabian Military Industries in Washington, D.C. The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia said Tuesday Caret, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, discussed the defense value chain alongside Colin Mahoney, senior vice president of international and […] More

  • Report: Army Considers to Equip Stryker Vehicles with BAE Systems' 40mm Cannon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Considers to Equip Stryker Vehicles with BAE Systems’ 40mm Cannon

    The U.S Army observed BAE System‘s demonstrations of a 40-millimeter cannon for the service branch’s combat vehicles at Fort Benning, DefenseNews reported Monday. The service branch looks to upgrade the lethal capacity of its tracked and wheeled vehicle fleet such as the Stryker platform, the publication said. Rory Chamberlain, a business development manager at BAE […] More

  • PAE ISR Joins Virginia's Global Defense Program; Chris Corgnati Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE ISR Joins Virginia’s Global Defense Program; Chris Corgnati Comments

    The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has selected PAE ISR to participate in a one-year export acceleration program meant to help defense companies expand into the global marketplace, Inside Defense reported Monday. “VEDP’s expertise in accessing international markets will help reduce our barriers to entry and give us an opportunity to gain an advantage over our competitors,” Chris Corgnati, […] More

  • New Orleans City Council OKs Incentive Package for DXC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Orleans City Council OKs Incentive Package for DXC

    The city council of New Orleans, Louisiana, has approved a potential $6.5 million incentive package for DXC Technology in exchange for the creation of approximately 2,000 jobs in the next seven years, The New Orleans Advocate reported Sunday. The approval came four months after DXC announced plans to generate jobs in New Orleans as part of […] More