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  • Boeing Gets F/A-18E/F, EA-18G Engineering Change Proposal Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets F/A-18E/F, EA-18G Engineering Change Proposal Order

    Boeing has received a $49.5 million order to develop, qualify and support form-fit-function flight tests of Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar Interface 2 for F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft of the U.S. Navy and Australia. The Defense Department said Wednesday the engineering change proposal will also cover pre-processor module and weapons replaceable assemblies for both the multirole fighter and electronic warfare aircraft […] More

  • Space Systems Loral to Conduct On-Orbit Refuelling Service for SES Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Loral to Conduct On-Orbit Refuelling Service for SES Satellite

    SES has entered an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to carry out a satellite life extension mission using an on-orbit refuelling spacecraft made by MDA’s Space Systems Loral subsidiary. The agreement will make SES the first commercial customer of the satellite refuelling service and will allow the company to activate the service when needed, SES said Wednesday. […] More

  • General Atomics Subsidiary Lands USAF MQ-9 Gen 4 Data Link Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Subsidiary Lands USAF MQ-9 Gen 4 Data Link Contract

    A General Atomics subsidiary has received a $27.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to address diminishing manufacturing sources for the primary data link of MQ-9 Gen 4 Predator remotely piloted aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will perform work under the sole-source contract in Poway, California through Nov. 29, 2019, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Verizon Unit to Continue Homeland Security Emergency Comms Support Under DISA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Unit to Continue Homeland Security Emergency Comms Support Under DISA Contract

    A business unit of Verizon has received a $20.4 million contract modification from the Defense Information Systems Agency to support a priority telecommunication service managed by the Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Emergency Communications. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Verizon’s business network services unit will continue efforts to complete the Phase 1 implementation of the Next […] More

  • Harris Gets Lockheed Supplier Award for F-35, F-22 Pneumatic Suspension, Release Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets Lockheed Supplier Award for F-35, F-22 Pneumatic Suspension, Release Systems

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a supplier award to Harris Corp. in recognition of the latter’s efforts to deliver pneumatic suspension and release systems for F-35 and F-22 fighter aircraft. “This award recognizes suppliers holding a 98 percent on-time delivery rating with a 98 percent quality rating,” Janet Duffey, vice president of aeronautics supply chain management at Lockheed’s […] More

  • New America Unveils Inaugural Public Interest Tech Fellows - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New America Unveils Inaugural Public Interest Tech Fellows

    Washington-based think tank New America has unveiled the inaugural members of its Public Interest Technology Fellows program that aims to establish a long-term framework for leaders, service providers and advocates to serve communities with technology. New America said Wednesday public and private sector professionals will comprise the organization’s newly formed Public Interest Tech Team. The group is […] More

  • DTRA Funds MerLion-Led Project to Counter Biological Threat Agents - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DTRA Funds MerLion-Led Project to Counter Biological Threat Agents

    A joint project of MerLion Pharmaceuticals and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has received a grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to study the effectiveness of an antibiotic called finafloxacin against biological threat agents. The Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company said Wednesday the project will explore the effectiveness of MerLion’s fluoroquinolone finafloxacin against infections caused by […] More

  • Boeing Lands Australian C-17 Fleet Sustainment Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Lands Australian C-17 Fleet Sustainment Contract

    Boeing has received a potential $53.4 million contract from Australia’s capability acquisition and sustainment group to provide sustainment services for the Australian air force’s fleet of C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft. The contract has a base term of five years and covers service management, integration, engineering and maintenance support for eight C-17As based at the Royal Australian […] More

  • Report: SpaceX Eyes New Rocket Refurbishment & Storage Facility in Florida - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SpaceX Eyes New Rocket Refurbishment & Storage Facility in Florida

    SpaceX plans to build a new facility in Florida to accommodate the refurbishment and storage of the company’s reusable rocket boosters, Reuters reported Tuesday. Documents submitted to authorities outline SpaceX’s proposal to establish a 67,222-square-foot hangar near its Cape Canaveral-based launch sites to prepare used Falcon rocket boosters for relaunch. The rocket manufacturer would construct the hangar […] More

  • MicroAutomation-Unify Team to Help Update 9-1-1 System at Tinker Air Force Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MicroAutomation-Unify Team to Help Update 9-1-1 System at Tinker Air Force Base

    MicroAutomation and Unify have partnered to implement an updated 9-1-1 system for emergency communications at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command re-certified MicroAutomation’s CallCenter Millennium platform to operate with Unify’s OpenScape Voice product, Unify said Tuesday. Following the JITC certification, Unify received a contract to update Tinker […] More

  • Boeing, Georgia Tech Open Manufacturing Dev't Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Georgia Tech Open Manufacturing Dev’t Center

    Boeing and the Georgia Institute of Technology have opened a development research facility as part of efforts to help address technical challenges related to manufacturing. The Boeing Manufacturing Development Center located at Georgia Tech’s Delta Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility is built to encourage collaboration between researchers and engineering students on the implementation of industrial automation […] More

  • Avtex to Offer Agencies Hosted Azure Services Via Microsoft CSP Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avtex to Offer Agencies Hosted Azure Services Via Microsoft CSP Program

    Avtex has joined Microsoft‘s Cloud Solutions Provider program to market and support hosted Azure services for public sector customers. Microsoft’s Cloud Solutions Provider program for Azure Government offers an opportunity for member companies to help government clients address mission requirements with the cloud computing platform, Avtex said Monday. Tom Keene, general manager for Microsoft Azure, said the CSP program […] More