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  • Pelatron Technologies to Support Air Force F-16 Program Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pelatron Technologies to Support Air Force F-16 Program Office

    The U.S Air Force has awarded Pelatron Technologies a potential five-year, $22 million contract to support the military branch’s F-16 aircraft-related programs. Pelatron will provide software, systems and interface design, sustainment and intelligence analyst engineering services for the F-16 systems program office, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will also conduct ground test and flight test, information assurance and cybersecurity […] More

  • Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit comments on a draft request for proposals for a program that seeks to replace the service branch’s UH-1N Huey aircraft fleet with an off-the-shelf helicopter. Comments to the draft RFP for the UH-1N Replacement Program are due Dec. 16, according to a FedBizOpps notice published Friday. The military […] More

  • Microsoft Secures Air Force Network Enterprise Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Secures Air Force Network Enterprise Support Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Microsoft a four-year, $44.7 million contract to provide proactive and reactive services in support of the military service’s network enterprise. USAF aims to increase the operational efficiency, performance and uptime of AFNet with Microsoft Premier Support, the Defense Department said Thursday. Microsoft will perform contract work at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, Ramstein […] More

  • General Atomics Lands Air Force Contract Modification for MQ-9 Reaper ER Retrofit Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Lands Air Force Contract Modification for MQ-9 Reaper ER Retrofit Kits

    A General Atomics subsidiary has received a potential two-year, $39.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to produce, install and deliver retrofit kits for the extended-range variant of the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will perform work in Poway, California, through Nov. 20, 2018, the Defense Department said Monday. The […] More

  • Earl Matthews of HPE to Speak at MILCOM 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Earl Matthews of HPE to Speak at MILCOM 2016

    Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Earl Matthews, vice president of enterprise security services within Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s U.S. public sector business, will speak at MILCOM 2016 along with other panelists. The event is scheduled for Nov. 1-Nov. 3 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland and will be co-sponsored by AFCEA International and IEEE, AFCEA said Wednesday. […] More

  • Battelle, USAF Enter Cooperative Agreement for Aircraft Ice Protection Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, USAF Enter Cooperative Agreement for Aircraft Ice Protection Tech R&D

    Battelle and the U.S. Air Force‘s Life Cycle Management Center will collaborate to build anti-icing technology for aircraft under a cooperative research-and-development agreement. The Air Force said Tuesday that Battelle is developing an ice protection technology with the use of a carbon nanotube dispersant as a resistive heater for anti-ice and de-ice purposes. The nonprofit will continue to test […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Industry Feedback on UH-1N Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Industry Feedback on UH-1N Replacement Program

    The Department of the Air Force has posted a request for information in search of industry feedback and comment on the service branch’s plan to replace its current UH-1N Huey fleet with an off-the-shelf helicopter. A FedBizOpps notice issued Friday says the Air Force intends to procure up to 84 new helicopters of the same configuration as the […] More

  • Raytheon to Build Lot 2 Small Diameter Bombs for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Build Lot 2 Small Diameter Bombs for Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a $49.2 million contract modification for the production of Lot 2 Small Diameter Bomb Increment II weapons and containers. Raytheon’s missile systems business will perform work in Tucson, Arizona through Sept. 30, 2018, the Defense Department said Thursday. The modification exercises an option on a previously awarded fixed-price incentive firm contract. The Air […] More

  • Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares

    Boeing has received a $9.6 million contract modification to provide Combat Network Communications Technology full-rate production spares as well as modify low-rate initial production spares for the U.S. Air Force‘s B-52 bomber fleet. The Defense Department said Tuesday Boeing will supply replaceable units for FRP-configured bomber aircraft and retrofit field-deployed, LRIP-configured bombers with with FRP line replaceable units. Work will occur in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma through […] More

  • Air Force Taps Raytheon to Retrofit, Maintain F-16 Center Display Units - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Raytheon to Retrofit, Maintain F-16 Center Display Units

    Raytheon has secured an $8.8 million contract to equip the U.S. Air Force‘s F-15 multirole fighter aircraft with center display units. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon will retrofit 130 F-16 CDUs as well as provide organic depot maintenance stand-up services under the firm-fixed-price contract. DoD noted the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate the full contract […] More

  • Air Force Issues Airborne ISR Data Link System RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Issues Airborne ISR Data Link System RFI

    The U.S. Air Force has published a request for information on data links that the military branch can integrate with airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms. A notice posted Aug. 17 on FedBizOpps website stated the Air Force seeks a data link system that is designed to comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulation  and the State Department DSP-5 export licensing […] More

  • Northrop Receives Global Hawk Ground Segment Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Receives Global Hawk Ground Segment Modernization Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman for modernization work on a ground segment the service branch uses to control Global Hawk autonomous unmanned aircraft systems. Northrop said Monday the work will include a modular and scalable cockpit architecture, as well as an updated command and control capacity across all missions and sensors. “Global Hawk […] More