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  • Orbital ATK Completes Initial Design Review for 3 NOAA Weather Satellites; Steve Krein Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes Initial Design Review for 3 NOAA Weather Satellites; Steve Krein Comments

    Orbital ATK has completed the spacecraft preliminary design review for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s three Joint Polar Satellite Systems. The company collaborated with representatives from NOAA and NASA to subject JPSS-2, JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 to the four-day PDR that kicked off Aug. 29 at Orbital ATK’s Gilbert, Arizona-based facility, Orbital ATK said Monday. The […] More

  • CGI to Continue Maine ERP Platform Support; Daniel Keene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Continue Maine ERP Platform Support; Daniel Keene Comments

    CGI has secured a $39 million contract that extends the company’s enterprise resource planning system support services for Maine’s Office of the State Controller through 2026. The company said Tuesday it will continue to provide managed services and platforms designed to secure cloud computing systems, update financial management tools and simplify case workflow for 139 agencies across the state. […] More

  • Systems Application & Technologies to Continue Aircraft, Engine Support for NAVAIR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systems Application & Technologies to Continue Aircraft, Engine Support for NAVAIR

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Systems Application and Technologies a one-year, $20.4 million contract modification to extend the company’s support services at the Naval Air Systems Command’s air vehicle modification and instrumentation department. SA-TECH will continue to design, build, procure, install, test, evaluate, calibrate, operate and maintain instrumentation on aircraft and engines for the military branch as well as other […] More

  • Vencore Labs Secures 2 Contracts Under DARPA Power Grid Cyber Detection Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Labs Secures 2 Contracts Under DARPA Power Grid Cyber Detection Program

    A Vencore subsidiary has received two contracts worth approximately $17 million combined to perform work on two technical areas under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems program. DARPA’s RADICS initiative seeks to build systems designed to restore power within one week after a cyber attack on the electrical infrastructure through […] More

  • Navy, Marine Corps Demo Lockheed's F-35, Aegis Weapon System in Live Missile Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Marine Corps Demo Lockheed’s F-35, Aegis Weapon System in Live Missile Fire Test

    The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps demonstrated the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft and Aegis Weapon System during a live fire missile test held Monday at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed and the two service branches have conducted a Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air operation through the use of the Marine Corps’ […] More

  • Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T's Network Support Services for Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Leff: GSA Extends AT&T’s Network Support Services for Federal Sector

    AT&T will continue to provide integrated communications platforms to federal customers after the company received a pair of contract extensions under the General Services Administration‘s network services procurement vehicle. GSA extended the company’s Networx Universal contract through March 2020 and its Networx Enterprise contract through May 2020, AT&T said Tuesday. The government aims to launch the new Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions GWAC vehicle as […] More

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics Subsidiary for USS Gonzalez Maintenance Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics Subsidiary for USS Gonzalez Maintenance Support Contract

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has won a potential one-year, $21 million contract to provide maintenance, modification and repair services for the U.S. Navy’s USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) as part of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer’s fiscal 2017 restricted dry-docking availability. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the firm-fixed-price contract to General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk through a competitive procurement process […] More

  • Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Install, Uninstall Surface EW Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Install, Uninstall Surface EW Systems

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Prism Maritime, Stimulus Engineering Services and Superior Marine Solutions spots on a potential four-year, $50 million contract to install or de-install surface electronic warfare systems for various ship hulls. The Defense Department said Tuesday contractors will compete for task orders to perform ship changes and ordnance alterations outside Chief of Naval Operations availability for the military branch as […] More

  • Raytheon to Build Display & Targeting System for Marine Corps Abrams Tanks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Build Display & Targeting System for Marine Corps Abrams Tanks

    Raytheon has been awarded a $12.6 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide an integrated display and targeting system for the U.S. Marine Corps‘ fleet of Abrams main battle tanks. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification covers Abrams IDATS production year one units as well as subcontract line items, low-rate initial production units and first article testing […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu Subsidiary to Produce 5th Batch of Blackjack UAVs for US Navy, Canada - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary to Produce 5th Batch of Blackjack UAVs for US Navy, Canada

    Boeing subsidiary Insitu has received a $21.6 million contract modification to build and  two RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems for the U.S. Navy and Canada under a foreign military sales program. The modification covers low-rate initial production lot 5 Blackjack drones, ground control stations and launch and recovery equipment, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Insitu will perform work […] More

  • MIT Lands DARPA Contract Option for Engineering Biology Program’s 1K Molecules Component - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIT Lands DARPA Contract Option for Engineering Biology Program’s 1K Molecules Component

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a potential 18-month, $8.1 million contract modification to provide support for the second phase of DARPA’s Living Foundries: 1000 Molecules program. The cost-reimbursement modification exercises the first option on a previously awarded contract and brings the total contract value to $19.3 million, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Astronics-NI Alliance Releases New PXI-Based Rugged Test Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Astronics-NI Alliance Releases New PXI-Based Rugged Test Platforms

    Astronics Test Systems and National Instruments have rolled out a set of PXI-based technology platforms the companies jointly developed for aerospace and defense test programs. NI said Tuesday the PXIe-6943 digital test instrument, PXIe-3352 rubidium clock source and PXIe-1209 pulse pattern generator employ software compatible with current VXI testing equipment as well as legacy offerings from multiple instrument vendors. The PXIe-6943 tool is derived from Astronics’ T940 module that works to […] More