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  • Orbital ATK's Cygnus Spacecraft Lifts Off for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Lifts Off for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft launched Sunday morning at NASA‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket to bring approximately 7,400 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. Cygnus lifted off at 7:19 a.m. Eastern time to deliver equipment, supplies and experiments to ISS crew as part of Orbital ATK’s eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission, the company said Sunday. […] More

  • Report: US in Talks With Potential F-35 Buyers in Gulf Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US in Talks With Potential F-35 Buyers in Gulf Region

    The U.S. government has begun discussions with several Persian Gulf countries about potential foreign military sales for Lockheed Martin-built F-35s, Reuters reported Friday. Gen. Stephen Wilson, vice chief of staff at the U.S. Air Force, told reporters during a visit to the United Arab Emirates Friday the Trump administration looks to support U.S. partner nations that […] More

  • Leonardo, Thai Defense Tech Institute Enter Helicopter MRO Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo, Thai Defense Tech Institute Enter Helicopter MRO Partnership

    Leonardo and Thailand’s Defense Technology Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding to offer in-country helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul services. The MoU also covers technology transfer and creation of MRO service offerings if the Thai government orders Leonardo-built multipurpose helicopters for military and law enforcement use, the company said Friday. Brian McEachen, head of […] More

  • Cox Construction Help Build Army Reserve, Vehicle Maintenance Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cox Construction Help Build Army Reserve, Vehicle Maintenance Facilities

    Cox Construction has won two contracts worth up to $29 million combined to help construct a U.S. Army reserve facility and replace a vehicle maintenance facility for the service branch. The company will support the design, bid and construction of a 400-member Army Reserve Center in Marimar, California, under a $21.2 million contract, the Defense Department […] More

  • DynCorp Selected for Association's Army Aviation Materiel Readiness Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Selected for Association’s Army Aviation Materiel Readiness Award

    DynCorp has been chosen to receive an award from the Army Aviation Association of America for the company’s work to support materiel readiness and logistics functions of the U.S. Army‘s aviation unit. AAAA will present the Materiel Readiness Award for a Contribution by a Major Contractor award to DynCorp during the Joseph P. Cribbins Aviation Product Symposium slated to take place Wednesday […] More

  • Accenture Provides Syracuse University Grant to Offer Employment Support for Military Vets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Provides Syracuse University Grant to Offer Employment Support for Military Vets

    Accenture has provided a $2.5 million grant to help Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families expand a program that offers training, certification and transitional employment assistance to transitioning military veterans. The company said Friday it seeks to help service members and military spouses land sustainable employment opportunities through the Onward to Opportunity-Veteran Career Transition program. […] More

  • Siemens' Barbara Humpton Speaks at AFIT Additive Manufacturing Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens’ Barbara Humpton Speaks at AFIT Additive Manufacturing Forum

    Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens‘ U.S. federal government subsidiary, delivered the final remarks at an Air Force Institute of Technology symposium on additive manufacturing that took place Oct. 30 and 31 in Ohio. Humpton has led Siemens Government Technologies since October 2015 and also serves on the board of directors of the business. She was […] More

  • Lockheed Martin's Marillyn Hewson Meets UAS Payload Design Challenge Finalists in UAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin’s Marillyn Hewson Meets UAS Payload Design Challenge Finalists in UAE

    Marillyn Hewson, president, CEO and chairperson of Lockheed Martin, has convened the student finalists of an unmanned aerial system payload design challenge held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The company said Friday the year-long program conducted in partnership with Mubadala Investment seeks to engage UAE-based university students to generate ideas in science, technology, engineering and mathematics […] More

  • Cubic to Feature C4ISR Systems at MilCIS Expo in Australia; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Feature C4ISR Systems at MilCIS Expo in Australia; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s mission solutions division will exhibit command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology offerings at the Military Communications and Information Systems event in Australia. The company said Monday its representatives will also present a range of networking and satellite communications platforms at the Cubic booths during the MilCIS exposition that will take place from Nov. 14 […] More

  • Engility VP Gay Porter Named a Washington Business Journal C-Suite Honoree; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility VP Gay Porter Named a Washington Business Journal C-Suite Honoree; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Gay Porter, vice president of the technical solutions group at Engility, has been selected to receive a Washington Business Journal award that honors influential C-level executives in the Greater Washington area. The Business Journal will recognize Porter with the publication’s 2017 Chief Technology Officer C-Suite Award at a ceremony scheduled to take place Dec. 7 at the […] More

  • BAE, Northrop Mark B-21 Bomber Project Collaboration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Northrop Mark B-21 Bomber Project Collaboration

    BAE Systems hosted an event at a company facility in Nashua, New Hampshire, last week to mark a partnership between BAE and Northrop Grumman to help build the U.S. Air Force‘s B-21 Raider bomber aircraft, Union Leader reported Wednesday. The event was attended by Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and executives from the two defense contractors. […] More