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  • Parsons Secures Contract for Life Cycle Mgmt Support at MDA Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Secures Contract for Life Cycle Mgmt Support at MDA Facilities

    Parsons has landed a $9.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide life cycle management support services for Technical Engineering, Advisory and Management Support facilities. Parsons Government Services will offer advisory and assistance services including facility and infrastructure planning, programming, design, acquisition, construction and configuration management, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company […] More

  • Air Force Selects McKenna Principals for Data Access Control System Dev't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Selects McKenna Principals for Data Access Control System Dev’t

    McKenna Principals has received  a $15 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to design and develop an operational prototype of a data access control software. The Defense Department said Thursday the Data Framework and Access Control Enterprise II system will work to facilitate the Department of Homeland Security‘s data exchange with DoD and other agencies as well as maintain information security. […] More

  • CFM International to Provide Supplies, Services for P-8 Aircraft CFM56 Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CFM International to Provide Supplies, Services for P-8 Aircraft CFM56 Engines

    The Navy has awarded CFM International a $32.5 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver field assessment, repairs and replacement support for CFM56 engines on the Boeing Poseidon P-8 aircraft. Services include unscheduled depot maintenance and repair, Sermetel protective coatings and other required non-standard repairs, the Defense Department said Thursday. CFM will conduct work in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an […] More

  • Optex Systems Receives Domestic Order to Deliver Optical Assemblies, Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Optex Systems Receives Domestic Order to Deliver Optical Assemblies, Components

    A U.S. client has placed a purchase order worth $1.1 million to Optex Systems for its applied optics center to provide optical assemblies. Optex Systems said Tuesday the order is under a multi-year supply agreement with expected revenues of more than $6 million. The company added it works to provide military consumers with optical systems and components that utilize thin film […] More

  • NASA Awards Contract to Honeywell for Safety, Mission Assurance Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Awards Contract to Honeywell for Safety, Mission Assurance Support

    A Honeywell business unit has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract potentially worth $54.5 million from NASA to provide safety and mission assurance, audits and assessment support services. Honeywell Technology Solutions will conduct a range of services, such as agency  and center audits, institutional safety assessments and hazard analysis, training and outreach, information system support, NASA said Friday. The contract covers support for […] More

  • Raytheon, MDA Test Updated Standard Missile-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, MDA Test Updated Standard Missile-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor

    Raytheon and the Missile Defense Agency have validated the third stage rocket motor update for the updated Standard Missile-3 Block IB following completion of a flight test. MDA and Raytheon tested the in-flight performance of the SM-3 rocket motor following previous ground tests, the company said Thursday. The updated missile will join the existing missile production line. The […] More

  • Cobham Receives Multiple Orders for Custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham Receives Multiple Orders for Custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits

    Cobham‘s semiconductor business will deliver customized Application Specific Integrated Circuits for airport security screening under a number of orders worth roughly $1.6 million. ASICs are designed to facilitate a high level of detection to support security screening at airports and other facilities through client-specific, mixed-signal ASICs, Cobham said Wednesday. Jeff Hassannia, Cobham advanced electronic solutions business development and technology senior vice president, said the company’s design […] More

  • Textron Gets AF Production Orders for Electronic Combat Systems Testers, Retrofit Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Gets AF Production Orders for Electronic Combat Systems Testers, Retrofit Kits

    A Textron subsidiary will produce and supply electronic combat systems testers and related retrofit kits to the U.S. Air Force under two delivery orders worth approximately $11.5 million. The separate orders that Textron Systems received for 15 units of AN/USM-670A Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Testers and 95 AN/USM-670A retrofit components are part of a four-year, […] More

  • EnerTech Taps IBM, Waterfund to Support Kuwait Water Utility Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EnerTech Taps IBM, Waterfund to Support Kuwait Water Utility Mgmt

    EnerTech, a unit of Kuwait’s investment authority, has selected IBM and Waterfund to deploy their jointly developed cloud-based business service to model the country’s water technology investments. IBM said Thursday the Waterfund Insights Service was designed to provide data visualization services through the IBM cloud to support the decision-making of water utility managers, corporate water managers and government agencies […] More

  • CGI Wins Contract to Deploy Debt Recovery Platform in Queensland; Colin Holgate Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Wins Contract to Deploy Debt Recovery Platform in Queensland; Colin Holgate Comments

    CGI has won a potential seven-year, $42.5 million contract from the government of Queensland in Australia to deploy a system designed to facilitate debt recovery operations. CGI said Thursday it will provide and implement the Collections360 platform for Queensland’s state penalties enforcement registry in order to help SPER collect overdue fines. Collections360 will work to […] More

  • FLIR Launches New Ground Surveillance Offerings; Kevin Tucker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR Launches New Ground Surveillance Offerings; Kevin Tucker Comments

    FLIR Systems has introduced two ground surveillance platforms the company designed to help military organizations secure borders and protect troops, United Press International reported Wednesday. Richard Tomkins writes the company unveiled its LTV-X light tactical vehicle and the Ranger R6SS portable radar at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference held in Florida. “Both products are designed to maximize detection, responsiveness and […] More

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    Report: Babcock to Include Raytheon Tech in Laser Directed-Energy Weapon Offering for U.K.

      Babcock‘s proposed system for the British defense science and technology laboratory’s Laser Directed Energy Weapon Capability Demonstrator program will incorporate the Raytheon-built Phalanx air defense technology, Flightglobal reported Thursday. Beth Stevenson writes the LDEW-CD competition seeks a 20-millimeter laser-equipped Gatling machine gun designed to counter potential airborne threats, including unmanned aircraft systems, to naval ships. The report said the Babcock offering […] More