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  • GSA Adds Vricon to Pre-Approved Tech Vendor List; Magnus Brege Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Adds Vricon to Pre-Approved Tech Vendor List; Magnus Brege Comments

    The General Services Administration has added Vricon to the agency’s list of pre-approved technology vendors for the federal market through the award of a five-year, Schedule 70 contract to the geospatial product and service provider. GSA aims to help streamline the procurement process for government customers that seek three-dimensional system offerings, Vricon said Friday. McLean, Virginia-based […] More

  • Two F-35 Jets Fly to Israel Ahead of Reception Ceremony - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Two F-35 Jets Fly to Israel Ahead of Reception Ceremony

    A pair of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jets have flown to Israel ahead of a reception ceremony that will be held at Nevatim Air Base on Monday, Times of Israel reported Thursday. Judah Ari Gross writes Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will attend the ceremony alongside Israel’s political and military officials to welcome Israel’s first two F-35 jets. […] More

  • Academi Wins Navy Security Force Counterterrorism Training IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Academi Wins Navy Security Force Counterterrorism Training IDIQ

    Academi Training Center has won a potential $10 million indefinite/delivery-indefinite/quantity contract for turnkey antiterrorism training services to the U.S. Navy‘s Center for Security Forces. The contract has a $9.1 million base value over five years and a six-month option, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will occur in Groton, Connecticut and in San Diego, California. The Naval Supply Systems Command […] More

  • Raytheon Secures Navy Contract Option for LPD 17 Shipboard Electronic System Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Secures Navy Contract Option for LPD 17 Shipboard Electronic System Engineering Services

    Raytheon has received a one-year, $34.3 million contract option from the U.S. Navy to provide life cycle engineering and support services for the integrated shipboard electronic systems on San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships. The Defense Department said Friday the exercised option covers post-delivery planning, homeport technical support, integrated product data environment, data maintenance, equipment management, systems integration, software support and research […] More

  • DOE Announces Addition of AIChE’s RAPID Institute to Manufacturing USA Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Announces Addition of AIChE’s RAPID Institute to Manufacturing USA Network

    The Energy Department has announced that the Manufacturing USA has added the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ manufacturing organization to its network of institutes. AIChE established the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment manufacturing institute in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Savannah River National Laboratory, AIChE said Friday. AIChE’s RAPID institute has partnered with […] More

  • Northrop Gets $55M Contract Modification to Support USAF's Airborne Comms Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets $55M Contract Modification to Support USAF’s Airborne Comms Platform

    Northrop Grumman‘s information systems business has secured a $55.3 million  contract modification to provide comprehensive support services for an airborne communications platform of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the modification covers aircraft subsystems,  facilities, personnel and support equipment for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node E-11A system. DoD noted that the Air Force Life Cycle […] More

  • Air Force Selects Orbital ATK-Built Rocket to Launch New NRO Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Selects Orbital ATK-Built Rocket to Launch New NRO Satellite

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $29.2 million contract to send a new satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office into space with the company’s Minotaur I launch vehicle. The Air Force said Thursday it expects the company to launch the NRO Launch-111 payload within a 24-month period. The firm-fixed-price contract represents the first awarded under […] More

  • NASA, Orbital ATK to Launch Weather-Monitoring Satellite System Monday - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Orbital ATK to Launch Weather-Monitoring Satellite System Monday

    Orbital ATK is scheduled Monday to launch a Pegasus rocket aboard the company’s Stargazer L-1011 airplane to transport a NASA satellite system designed for weather research. NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System will lift off Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:24 a.m. Eastern time as part of the space agency’s effort to study tropical cyclones and help meteorologists predict the path of a […] More

  • Navy Plans Hawkeye Lots 7-11 Full-Rate Production Contract Award to Northrop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Hawkeye Lots 7-11 Full-Rate Production Contract Award to Northrop

    The U.S. Navy plans to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman for the full-rate production of lots 7 to 11 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The fixed-price contract to be awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command covers 20 aircraft and contains a “variation in quantity” option that could bring the total number of planes to 40, […] More

  • Report: Canada Sets 5-Year Timeline for F-18 Aircraft Replacement Selection Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Canada Sets 5-Year Timeline for F-18 Aircraft Replacement Selection Process

    Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan has said it could take Canada five years to complete an open competition to replace the country’s fleet of CF-18 Hornets, The Hill Times reported Thursday. Sajjan told the publication the procurement process would begin once Canada issues its new defense policy in early 2017, according to the report by Tim Naumetz. […] More

  • DARPA Begins Phase I of Data Link Restoration Platform Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Begins Phase I of Data Link Restoration Platform Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has commenced the first phase of a project that seeks to build a deployable undersea network that would serve as a means to restore disrupted data links, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday. Adam Stone writes the Tactical Undersea Network Architectures program drew various ideas from Harris, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, LGS Innovations and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. […] More

  • First F-35 Test Pilot Jon Beesley Revisits Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    First F-35 Test Pilot Jon Beesley Revisits Lockheed

    Jon Beesley, the first pilot to fly the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jet, has revisited the aerospace company to celebrate the first F-35 test flight that occurred on Dec. 15, 2006, Star-Telegram reported Friday. Max Baker writes the retired pilot flew the F-35 up to nearly 15,000 feet and the inaugural test was cut short to 35 minutes […] More