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  • Boeing, Air Force Vet Craig Cooning Elected to BridgeSat's Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Air Force Vet Craig Cooning Elected to BridgeSat’s Board of Directors

    Craig Cooning, an 11-year Boeing veteran and president of its network and space systems business, has joined the board of directors at satellite communications technology firm BridgeSat. BridgeSat said Tuesday it added Cooning as a board member as the company aims to build an advanced optical communications network designed to help address a growing demand for satellite data. Cooning previously […] More

  • NASA Picks 2 Teams of Agency Technologists, External Partners for Space Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Picks 2 Teams of Agency Technologists, External Partners for Space Tech R&D

    NASA has chosen two groups composed of agency technologists and their external partners to conduct research projects and receive grants worth up to $2.5 million over two years. The selected teams will participate in NASA’s Early Career Initiative program that offers technologists an opportunity to gain hands-on experience developing systems that can support future space […] More

  • KeyW Subsidiary Lands Spot in $50B GSA Alliant 2 IT Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KeyW Subsidiary Lands Spot in $50B GSA Alliant 2 IT Contract Vehicle

    A KeyW subsidiary has secured a spot on the General Services Administration‘s potential $50 billion Alliant 2 unrestricted information technology procurement vehicle. Sotera Defense Solutions will be able to offer IT services to agencies under the governmentwide acquisition contract, which has a five-year base performance period and a five-year option, KeyW said Tuesday. Kirk Herdman, executive vice […] More

  • Lockheed, USAF Test Norwegian F-35A Drag Chute - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, USAF Test Norwegian F-35A Drag Chute

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have begun to test the performance of a drag chute that is designed for installation on Norway’s F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft. The company said Monday the initial icy runway ground test at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is part of a certification process for the Norwegian F-35A drag chute and […] More

  • SeeByte Gets Navy UUV Engineering, Technical Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SeeByte Gets Navy UUV Engineering, Technical Support Contract

    Battelle‘s SeeByte subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $22.6 million contract to provide technical, engineering and training support for U.S. Navy‘s MK18 unmanned underwater vehicles. SeeByte said Monday it will update the SeeTrack common operator interface for Navy explosive ordnance disposal software modules, procure Neptune autonomy software licenses for MK18 UUVs and develop automatic target recognition modules. The SeeTrack open architecture software […] More

  • Navy Eyes Integrated Comms System for Unmanned Tanker Mission Control Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Integrated Comms System for Unmanned Tanker Mission Control Station

    The U.S. Navy seeks information on potential vendors that can develop an integrated communications system for a mission control station to support carrier and shore-based management of the service branch’s proposed MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker. A FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday says the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office seeks an ICS platform that will work to transport voice […] More

  • Engility Wins Navy Aircraft Systems Engineering Recompete; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Wins Navy Aircraft Systems Engineering Recompete; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has secured a potential five-year, $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division update the service branch’s naval aircraft systems engineering methods. The company said Tuesday it will support the Navy in efforts to modernize launch, recovery and visual landing equipment and maintain aircraft deployed on Navy ships and at […] More

  • Iron Mountain Adds IT Equipment Disposal Services to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Adds IT Equipment Disposal Services to GSA Schedule

    Iron Mountain has included a suite of information technology asset disposal services in the company’s Schedule 36 contract with the General Services Administration. The company said Tuesday it will offer Secure eWaste and IT Asset Disposition services to help federal customers dispose of outdated technology platforms and devices as they migrate to new systems. GSA Schedule 36 covers document […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Supply Display Tech for Intl F-16 Training Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Supply Display Tech for Intl F-16 Training Programs

    Lockheed Martin has selected Rockwell Collins to provide display systems for F-16  flight training programs of two international customers. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will supply custom configurations of the Griffin rear-projection dome equipped with an ingress and egress system, a projector and updated night vision goggle capacities for nighttime training missions. The company will also […] More

  • BAE, Asco Form Advanced Manufacturing, Eurofighter Typhoon Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Asco Form Advanced Manufacturing, Eurofighter Typhoon Partnership

    BAE Systems and Asco Industries have agreed to partner across the areas of composite materials, additive layer manufacturing, advanced manufacturing and engineering. Both companies will also pursue potential airframe assembly and manufacturing work on Eurofighter Typhoon should Belgium pick the aircraft to replace its fleet of F-15 fighter jets, BAE said Nov. 21. BAE and […] More

  • Meopta, Saab Sign MoU to Produce Components for BAE Systems-Built Infantry Fighting Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Meopta, Saab Sign MoU to Produce Components for BAE Systems-Built Infantry Fighting Vehicle

    Czech Republic-based optical specialist Meopta has inked a memorandum of understanding with Saab to help produce components for the fire control system of BAE Systems‘ infantry fighting vehicle. Meopta will manufacture various components including line-of-sight technology for the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle, BAE Systems said Monday. BAE Systems’ team of Czech Republic-based suppliers currently includes VOP CZ […] More

  • Harris to Provide Satellite Data from NOAA Weather Satellite to Acquisition Consulting Firm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Provide Satellite Data from NOAA Weather Satellite to Acquisition Consulting Firm

    Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting has selected Harris to deliver a system that can provide real-time satellite data collected from the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite. Harris said Monday the information generated by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 satellite will aid launch decision making activities at Cape Canaveral in Florida. “We are […] More