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  • Lockheed Secures Air Force SMC Engineering, Operations Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Air Force SMC Engineering, Operations Support Contract

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has received a $47 million contract to perform engineering, development and sustainment support at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The Defense Department said Friday the sole-source contract covers engineering and operations services to SMC’s ground systems and space operations division. Work will occur through Jan. 5, 2019, at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, […] More

  • Report: Air Force to Release RFI on Commercial Satcom Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Release RFI on Commercial Satcom Tech

    The U.S. Air Force will release a request for information on commercial satellite communications offerings for the military within the next few weeks, Space News reported Wednesday. Col. George Nagy of the office of the Defense Department‘s principal space adviser has said the Air Force began a $7.8 million Wideband Analysis of Alternatives in December as part of […] More

  • Boeing, Air Force Test KC-46A Tankers at Travis AFB - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Air Force Test KC-46A Tankers at Travis AFB

    The U.S. Air Force and Boeing conducted flight tests of a company-built KC-46A Pegasus refueling aircraft from March 7 to 10 at Travis Air Force Base in California. A team composed of 48 Boeing employees and four Air Force personnel performed ground and flight tests during the four-day event, the military branch said Monday. Capt. Dylan Neidorff, an Air […] More

  • ULA's Delta IV Rocket Launches 9th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Delta IV Rocket Launches 9th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Space

    United Launch Alliance launched a Boeing-built satellite into orbit Saturday aboard a Delta IV rocket to provide military communications support for the U.S. military and six of the country’s allies. The ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite with  updated digital channelizers that are designed to nearly double the bandwidth of earlier satellites in the WGS system, Boeing said Saturday. Boeing is contracted to build 10 WGS […] More

  • Vectrus Unit Secures Recompete Contract for Maxwell AFB Base Operations Support; Chuck Prow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Unit Secures Recompete Contract for Maxwell AFB Base Operations Support; Chuck Prow Comments

    A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $37 million recompete contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide base operations support services at the Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama. The company said Friday Vectrus Systems‘ contract covers support for foreign object damage, transient and static display maintenance; resource management; communications and information technology; publishing; installation management and […] More

  • Mythics to Deploy Oracle Products, Services to Virginia's Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mythics to Deploy Oracle Products, Services to Virginia’s Public Sector

    Mythics has received a contract from Virginia’s information technologies agency to deploy a range of Oracle products and services to various public organizations across the state. The contract is intended to give participating agencies in Virginia a streamlined acquisition process for Oracle database, applications, support, maintenance, training and professional service offerings, Mythics said Wednesday. Doug Altamura, executive vice […] More

  • Report: Air Force Will Invite Companies to Demo Light Attack Aircraft This Summer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Will Invite Companies to Demo Light Attack Aircraft This Summer

    Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the U.S. Air Force‘s military deputy for acquisition, has said the service branch could formally invite companies on Friday to join a light-attack aircraft demonstration in the summer, DoD Buzz reported Thursday. Oriana Pawlyk writes Bunch told reporters that the military service aims to keep the OA-X light attack program “as broad as we can so […] More

  • General Dynamics Orders Rocket Illuminating Flares From Orbital ATK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Orders Rocket Illuminating Flares From Orbital ATK

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract modification from General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems business to supply visible and infrared illuminating flares for Hydra-70 rockets. The follow-on order is meant to address the U.S. government’s requirement for M257 and M278 rocket warheads that work to provide tactical illumination in visible and infrared spectra, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. General Dynamics awarded Orbital […] More

  • Lockheed to Provide F-35 Integrated Core Processor Support Under $65M Navy Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Provide F-35 Integrated Core Processor Support Under $65M Navy Delivery Order

    Lockheed Martin has secured a two-year, $64.7 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to perform work on integrated core processor of the company-built F-35 fighter aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday Lockheed will help address manufacturing sources constraints projected under F-35 Lot 15 production in support of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and international partners. […] More

  • Boeing Taps Rockwell Collins to Supply KC-46A Tanker Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Rockwell Collins to Supply KC-46A Tanker Systems

    Rockwell Collins has been chosen to provide integrated flight displays, communications, navigation, surveillance, networking and flight control systems for KC-46A tankers that Boeing will build for the U.S. Air Force. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins said Wednesday its Remote Vision System  comprises two- and three-dimensional vision technologies that will work to aid the KC-46A aircraft’s refueling function. RVS is designed to […] More

  • QinetiQ NA to Develop Wind Measurement Radar for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ NA to Develop Wind Measurement Radar for Air Force

    QinetiQ North America has been awarded a $3 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force design and build an airborne wind profiling portable radar prototype. QNA said Wednesday the WiPPR unit will be designed to demonstrate wind measurement in near real-time. The Air Force will use the radar to help the service branch’s C-130 and C-17 aircrews drop supplies accurately to […] More

  • CAE Opens Alabama-Based Facility to Offer Fixed-Wing Training Course for Army Aviators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Opens Alabama-Based Facility to Offer Fixed-Wing Training Course for Army Aviators

    CAE has opened a facility at the Dothan Regional Airport in Alabama to help the U.S. Army train the first class of military aviators as part of an initial entry fixed-wing training course. CAE said Monday the Dothan Training Center is built to support the Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program for more than 600 Army and Air Force fixed-wing aviators annually. The […] More