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  • Engility to Provide Technical Services for NAVAIR's Flight Safety Program; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Provide Technical Services for NAVAIR’s Flight Safety Program; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has been awarded a potential four-year, $38 million contract to help the U.S. Navy determine aircraft safety requirements and prepare flight clearances. The company said Thursday it will provide aircraft worthiness recommendations to the Naval Air Systems Command Airworthiness and CYBERSAFE Office as well as convert the flight and technical manuals of the Navy into an electronic format. “This new work builds upon Engility’s long-standing system engineering […] More

  • ETC to Help Army Implement Disaster Mgmt Simulation Training System at Fort McCoy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ETC to Help Army Implement Disaster Mgmt Simulation Training System at Fort McCoy

    Environmental Tectonics Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Army to provide a virtual-reality simulator platform for the military branch’s disaster management training activities at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. The Army plans to use an Advanced Disaster Management Simulator training system from ETC’s simulation business unit to train as many as 800 military and civilian firefighters each year, the company said Wednesday. The ADMS-Command system will be installed at […] More

  • SES GS to Provide Network Comms Services to Support Missile Defense Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES GS to Provide Network Comms Services to Support Missile Defense Mission

    SES Government Solutions has secured the potential five-year, $10 million Thule Tracking Station Digital Signal 3 service contract for continued communications services to the U.S. government. SES GS said Wednesday the contract works to support missile defense missions and the Air Force Space Command, U.S. Strategic Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command. The deal calls for a dedicated communications line between Thule Air […] More

  • Space News: Airbus-OneWeb JV Completes Preliminary Design Review for $3.5B Satellite Constellation Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Airbus-OneWeb JV Completes Preliminary Design Review for $3.5B Satellite Constellation Plan

    A joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb has concluded the preliminary design review for a proposed constellation of about 900 broadband satellites and aims to complete the subcontractor lineup for the estimated $3.5 billion project early next month, Space News reported Wednesday. Peter de Selding writes OneWeb Satellites partnered with Airbus‘s defense and space segment to design and build 10 pilot satellites they plan to launch […] More

  • Space News: Thales Alenia Space & Partners Seek Contract for High-Altitude Platform Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Thales Alenia Space & Partners Seek Contract for High-Altitude Platform Station

    Industry partners will invest in and work to develop a contract for the Thales Alenia Space-led Stratobus high-altitude platform station, Space News reported Thursday. Peter de Selding writes the French-Italian group expects to add telecommunications payloads when HAPS systems become authorized to operate in Ka- and Ku-band. “We expect to have our first contract in 2017 to develop […] More

  • Australia Takes in 3 Boeing Chinook Helicopters, Fleet Stands at 10 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia Takes in 3 Boeing Chinook Helicopters, Fleet Stands at 10

    Boeing has coordinated with Australia and the U.S. Army to deliver three more H-47 Chinook helicopters to the Australian army 85 days since the company received the order. The company said Wednesday that these three helicopters bring Australia’s fleet to 10 Chinooks, which are designed to provide pilots situational awareness and also monitor and identify the aircraft’s maintenance needs through […] More

  • NASA Taps Northrop-Global Aerospace Team to Develop Vehicle for Saturn Moon Exploration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Northrop-Global Aerospace Team to Develop Vehicle for Saturn Moon Exploration

    A team of Northrop Grumman and Global Aerospace Corp. has received a contract from NASA to build a space vehicle that will work to explore Saturn’s Titan moon. GAC and Northrop’s aerospace systems business will collaborate on the development of the concept and prototype of the Titan Winged Aerobot vehicle through the space agency’s Phase I […] More

  • IBM, Romanian Gov't Ink Agreement to Establish Cognitive Computing Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Romanian Gov’t Ink Agreement to Establish Cognitive Computing Hub

    IBM has signed a memorandum of understanding with Romania’s government to open an innovation center for cognitive computing in the country, Business Review reported Wednesday. Ovidiu Posirca writes the collaboration looks to establish a European and National Romanian Innovation Cognitive Hub that will conduct research on machine learning and natural language processing. “IBM is the first company that joins […] More

  • Raytheon Hands Air, Missile Defense Radar Array to US Navy; Tad Dickenson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Hands Air, Missile Defense Radar Array to US Navy; Tad Dickenson Comments

    Raytheon has transported an air and missile defense radar array to the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, where the system will undergo an initial light-off later in July. The first AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar array has been installed at the facility and will enter the engineering and manufacturing development phase, Raytheon said […] More

  • BAE to Integrate Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent System for US Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Integrate Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent System for US Air Force

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received two contract modifications worth a combined $41.2 million to provide support and flight systems guidance integration services for the U.S. Air Force’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile replacement program. BAE Systems Inc. will work to manage schedule, document acquisition program, handle risks, perform trade and technical studies and manage data for the Ground […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Continue Navy Submarine C5I Enterprise Systems Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Continue Navy Submarine C5I Enterprise Systems Support

    An AECOM subsidiary has received a nine-month, $24.7 million contract modification to support the U.S. Navy‘s submarine command, control, communications, computers, collaboration and intelligence enterprise infrastructure. The Defense Department said Wednesday URS Federal Services will continue to provide test, evaluation, engineering, technical, logistics and management services for submarine C5I system-of-systems and subsystems as well as operation authority, shore […] More

  • Leidos, Ford Partner on Automobile Factory Energy Savings Project; Jim Moos Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, Ford Partner on Automobile Factory Energy Savings Project; Jim Moos Comments

    Leidos has signed a $5.7 million contract with Ford Motor Co. to support energy-efficiency initiatives at the car manufacturer’s transmission plant in Livonia, Michigan. The Reston, Virginia-based contractor said Wednesday it will install a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at the Livonia factory under the energy savings performance contract. Ford developed a five-year plan in 2012 to reduce operational energy use of each vehicle the company produces worldwide […] More