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  • Northrop to Help Engineer Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Engineer Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    Northrop Grumman has received a one-year, $12.5 million contract modification to perform engineering work on U.S. Army‘s fleet of Hunter unmanned aircraft systems The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop’s technical services business in Sierra Vista, Arizona, will perform work through Jan. 17, 2019. Hunter is designed to help Army personnel collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data in the battlefield with […] More

  • Sparton-Ultra Electronics JV to Produce Sonobuoys for Navy Qualification, Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sparton-Ultra Electronics JV to Produce Sonobuoys for Navy Qualification, Test

    A Sparton–Ultra Electronics Holdings joint venture has received a potential three-year, $9.7 million delivery order to design representative sonobuoys for qualification and testing by the U.S. Navy. ERAPSCO will also support engineering and development of underwater active multiple ping sonobuoys under the order, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Naval Air Systems Command will obligate $1.8 […] More

  • Bill Phelps, Adam Sohn Take Lockheed Comms VP Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Phelps, Adam Sohn Take Lockheed Comms VP Roles

    Bill Phelps, former director of worldwide media relations at Lockheed Martin, has been appointed vice president for external communications of the company. Lockheed said Wednesday it also named Adam Sohn, former director of strategic communications at Amazon‘s devices and services business, as VP of space communications. Phelps will succeed Nettie Johnson, who will retire from by the end of […] More

  • SOSi's Julian Setian Joins PSC Exec Committee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOSi’s Julian Setian Joins PSC Exec Committee

    Julian Setian, president and CEO of government services integrator SOS International, has been appointed to serve on the Professional Services Council’s executive committee. Setian has served on the PSC’s board of directors since 2017 and led SOSi over the past 15 years, the company said said Wednesday. He is also the board chairman at SOSi subsidiary Exovera, a media […] More

  • Ensco's Boris Nejikovsky Gets DoD Service Member Patriot Award; Scott Goldstein Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco’s Boris Nejikovsky Gets DoD Service Member Patriot Award; Scott Goldstein Comments

    Ensco President Boris Nejikovsky has received the “Service Member Patriot Award” from the Defense Department‘s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program for supporting a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve. The company said Wednesday Nejikovsky was nominated by Scott Goldstein, an Air Force reservist and Ensco’s chief strategy and technology officer. Goldstein, an Air Force Reserve brigadier general and mobilization assistant, […] More

  • Inmarsat's Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Named MSUA Board Member for 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Named MSUA Board Member for 2018

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has been reappointed to serve on the Mobile Satellite Users Association’s board of directors. MSUA works to promote exchange of ideas, information and news among providers and customers of mobility communications, navigation and safety platforms, the association said Thursday. Other individuals elected to the MSUA […] More

  • Ensco to Continue IT Services for Pentagon's CBRNE Warning & Decision Support System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco to Continue IT Services for Pentagon’s CBRNE Warning & Decision Support System

    Ensco has received a five-year, $8.2 million contract to continue support work on a warning and decision support tool the company built for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s branch for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense. The company said Tuesday it will develop software and provide customization services for the SENTRY application that works to help personnel view data […] More

  • David Brown Santasalo to Aid BAE Systems' Bid for Australian Future Frigate Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Brown Santasalo to Aid BAE Systems’ Bid for Australian Future Frigate Program

    Australia-based industrial gear provider David Brown Santasalo will support BAE Systems‘ proposal to produce ships for the country’s future anti-submarine warfare vessel development program. David Brown Santasalo said in a report it has committed to ensure the Australian industry maximizes its involvement for the SEA 5000 Future Frigate program which seeks to develop an in-country industrial capacity for to […] More

  • BAE Tests Modular Bridging System for Military Use - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Tests Modular Bridging System for Military Use

    BAE Systems has demonstrated the performance and safety of a platform the company designed as a means for military personnel and vehicles to cross water obstacles. The company said Tuesday a Challenger 2 main battle tank crossed the Modular Bridging System more than 22,000 times during simulated tests held at BAE’s facility in Telford, England. The platform was also […] More

  • KBR to Support Indorama and Toyo Engineering Ammonia Plant Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR to Support Indorama and Toyo Engineering Ammonia Plant Effort

    KBR has received a commercial contract to provide licensing, engineering design, supplementary equipment and catalyst for Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals and Toyo Engineering in support of an ammonia plant planned for Port Harcourt, Nigeria. KBR said Wednesday it has previously contributed the same services to over 230 freshly constructed ammonia plants and over 100 revamped ammonia sites. […] More

  • World Economic Forum Seeks to Help Address IT Skills Gap Through Professional Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    World Economic Forum Seeks to Help Address IT Skills Gap Through Professional Training Program

    The World Economic Forum has introduced a program that seeks to address a global skills gap and job displacement challenge in the information technology sector. PwC said Tuesday the IT Industry Skills Initiative seeks to train and provide resources for 1 million people via the SkillSET portal by January 2021. The portal will offer a PwC-developed […] More