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  • Leonardo Delivers 1st AW101 Helicopter to Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Delivers 1st AW101 Helicopter to Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security

    Leonardo has delivered the first of 16 all-weather search and rescue helicopters to Norway’s ministry of justice and public security. The company said Monday the AW101 helicopter deployed from the Leonardo facility in Yeovil on Friday to the Sola Air Base in Norway where it will undergo an operational test and evaluation phase prior to […] More

  • Boeing Taps Germany-Based Supplier to Manufacture Parts for Global Chinook Helicopter Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Germany-Based Supplier to Manufacture Parts for Global Chinook Helicopter Fleet

    Boeing has awarded Aircraft Philipp Group GmbH a five-year contract to produce machine parts for the global H-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter fleet as part of the former’s Germany-based supplier base. Boeing said Friday it also launched a training workshop in May to familiarize members of the German industry with the company’s source selection and bid […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Build 4th E-2D Training System for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Build 4th E-2D Training System for Navy

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Rockwell Collins a $34.5 million initial contract to provide a fourth tactics trainer for the military branch’s E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III program. Rockwell Collins said Monday it aims to complete production of a new E-2D tactics trainer designed to support live, virtual and constructive training high-fidelity training by August 2020. Nick Gibbs, vice president […] More

  • Navy Tests Northrop-Made Submarine Flank Array Sonar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Northrop-Made Submarine Flank Array Sonar

    The U.S. Navy has tested an underwater acoustic technology Northrop Grumman  designed to help address the service branch’s flank array requirements for submarines as part of a Work for Private Parties agreement. Northrop said Nov. 14 the Advanced Flank Array sonar works to integrate with the service branch’s Virginia-class fast attack and Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines. The company invested more than $3 million to […] More

  • Orbital ATK Backs Delta II Rocket Launch With Solid Rocket Motors, Payload Fairing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Backs Delta II Rocket Launch With Solid Rocket Motors, Payload Fairing

    Orbital ATK supplied a composite fairing component and nine graphite epoxy motors – GEM 40 – for a United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket that took off Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The first Joint Polar Satellite System that NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration developed through a collaborative effort launched aboard the Delta […] More

  • General Dynamics to Support Army Medical Tech R&D Efforts Under $52M Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Support Army Medical Tech R&D Efforts Under $52M Task Order

    A business unit of General Dynamics has received a potential five-year, $52 million task order to provide strategic support services to a U.S. Army organization that works to develop  pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines and medical support equipment for warfighters. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide administrative, programmatic, technical, scientific and logistical support to the Army Medical Materiel Development […] More

  • Harris-NASA Team Completes Thermal Vacuum Test on James Webb Space Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-NASA Team Completes Thermal Vacuum Test on James Webb Space Telescope

    NASA and Harris have conducted thermal vacuum tests on the future James Webb Space Telescope to evaluate the system’s capacity to operate within the space environment. Harris said Monday the telescope is designed to function as a space observatory over the next decade and conduct studies on star, planet and galaxy formations. The telescope will be shipped to […] More

  • DSA Subsidiary Lands DOJ Victim Notification Tool Upgrade Contract; Paul Strasser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DSA Subsidiary Lands DOJ Victim Notification Tool Upgrade Contract; Paul Strasser Comments

    Project Performance Co., a Data Systems Analysts subsidiary, has received a potential $6 million contract to upgrade the Justice Department’s Victim Notification System. PPC said it will update the VNS application that works to send automated notifications to federal crimes victims through the use of Pegasystems’ Pega 7 platform. Pega 7 is an application development […] More

  • Tata, Terma Partner to Produce Surface Surveillance Radars for Indian Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tata, Terma Partner to Produce Surface Surveillance Radars for Indian Navy

    India-based Tata Advanced Systems has partnered Danish aerospace and defense company Terma to develop radar technology for integration onto Indian navy ships. The team will deliver, install and commission 31 radars under India’s Surface Surveillance Radar project, as well as supply simulators, establish depot facilities and provide integrated logistics services, Terma said Wednesday. Tata, the prime contractor […] More

  • Saab to Build South African Military Field Feeding Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Build South African Military Field Feeding Systems

    Saab has secured a two-year contract to build mass field fielding platforms for South Africa’s national defense force. The company said Monday it will provide a 200-man system consists of expandable kitchen, reefer and utility units along with a 50-man system comprised of a fully equipped expandable unit and water storage bladders. Both systems will feature diesel […] More

  • IAP to Support Navy Base Operations in Annapolis, Maryland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAP to Support Navy Base Operations in Annapolis, Maryland

    The U.S. Navy has awarded IAP Worldwide Services a potential $19.4 million contract to help operate the Naval Support Activity base in Annapolis, Maryland. IAP will provide management, supervision and labor services as well as training, equipment and supplies to NSA Annapolis under the contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Work covers facility investment, service calls, pest control, […] More

  • Mojo Networks Clears FedRAMP Security Assessment Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mojo Networks Clears FedRAMP Security Assessment Phase

    Mojo Networks has completed a security assessment report required to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification. Mountain View, California-based Mojo said Monday it selected Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to evaluate the cloud WiFi service provider against the FedRAMP Moderate baseline and submit the results in a security assessment report. Mojo Networks CEO Rick Wilmer […] More