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  • Northrop Provides Virtual Training to Army Rangers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Provides Virtual Training to Army Rangers

    Northrop Grumman has conducted virtual training sessions for U.S. Army rangers who are certified Joint Terminal Air Controllers. The training took place at Northrop’s Distributed Training Center located at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia and involved simulations of actual battle scenarios with corresponding deployment locations, the company said Wednesday. DTC and Joint Base Lewis McCord’s 5th […] More

  • DynCorp Gets Army, Navy Contract Modifications to Extend Base Support, Aircraft Maintenance Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Gets Army, Navy Contract Modifications to Extend Base Support, Aircraft Maintenance Services

    DynCorp International has received contract modifications from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy worth $24.4 million and $40 million, respectively, to extend the company’s base life support and aircraft maintenance services. DynCorp said Monday it will carry out additional base life support and maintenance services for U.S. forces in Afghanistan under the Army’s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV contract. The company […] More

  • SOSi to Support Army Career Devt Program for Soldiers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOSi to Support Army Career Devt Program for Soldiers

    SOS International and the U.S. Army are scheduled April 10 to sign a partnership agreement to offer job opportunities for soldiers through the Army Partnership for Youth Success Program. The PaYS program aims to help service members land job interviews with potential employers after they retire from military, SOSi said Monday. Frank Helmick, a SOSi senior […] More

  • L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract

    L3 Technologies‘ fuzing and ordnance systems unit has received a $50.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to supply M734A1 and M783 fuze units to Afghanistan and Bahrain. The modification is part of a foreign military sales deal and work will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio through Jan. 31, 2022, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Army used fiscal 2016 […] More

  • Raytheon Works on '3rd-Gen' Forward Looking IR Targeting System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Works on ‘3rd-Gen’ Forward Looking IR Targeting System

    Raytheon has moved to update its forward looking infrared targeting system that works to help U.S. Army detect targets through rain, smoke, fog and snow. The company said Monday its third-generation FLIR technology, called the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System, is designed to offer military personnel wide, medium, narrow and ultra-narrow fields of view. Clay Towery, a director […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Army Mature Combat Vehicle Protection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help Army Mature Combat Vehicle Protection System

    Lockheed Martin has received a 16-month, follow-on contract to help the U.S. Army  advance the development of software and hardware for an armored ground vehicle protection technology. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with the Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center to mature the Modular Active Protection System controller kit. Lockheed will also integrate the MAPS base kit […] More

  • Northrop Deploys Automated Logistics System for Army; Dan Verwiel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Deploys Automated Logistics System for Army; Dan Verwiel Comments

    Northrop Grumman has fielded a web-based logistics support system meant to replace legacy management information systems of the U.S. Army and its National Guard and Reserve units. Increment 1 of the Global Combat Support System-Army is designed to help the service branch monitor unit supply, property book, finance, materiel, maintenance and dispatching functions, Northrop said Tuesday. “Our long history with […] More

  • Harris Unveils New Handheld Radio for Army Tactical Communications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Unveils New Handheld Radio for Army Tactical Communications

    Harris has unveiled a two-channel tactical handheld radio the company designed to help U.S. Army users transmit data and voice communications in real time. AN/PRC-163 Army Radio employs a software-defined architecture that allows operators to integrate new waveforms and applications into the system, Harris said Monday. The device is equipped with crossbanding technology for military personnel to […] More

  • Technica to Support Army Cloud Migration Under $250M Basic Ordering Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technica to Support Army Cloud Migration Under $250M Basic Ordering Agreement

    Technica has secured a position on a potential $250 million basic ordering agreement to support the U.S. Army‘s cloud migration and modernization efforts. The company said Tuesday it aims to help the service branch transition information technology systems and applications to an authorized commercial cloud hosting technology or enterprise hosting facility through the Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation contract. […] More

  • Report: Army Expects Oshkosh to Deliver New Medium Tactical Vehicles by 2021 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Expects Oshkosh to Deliver New Medium Tactical Vehicles by 2021

    The U.S. Army expects its future Oshkosh-built medium tactical vehicles to complete development by the second quarter of 2021, National Defense reported Wednesday. Alvin Bing, product director of the Army’s medium tactical vehicles program, told the publication that Oshkosh will initially produce 41 copies of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles A2 variant and four trailers […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense to Supply Missile Transport Equipment to Qatar, Kuwait Through FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Defense to Supply Missile Transport Equipment to Qatar, Kuwait Through FMS Contract

    An Oshkosh subsidiary has received a $15.4 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Army to provide missile transport equipment and training support to Qatar and Kuwait. Oshkosh Defense will deliver M985A4 guided missile transporters with cranes, M985A4 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, Multiple-Launch Rocket System resupply trucks, M984A4 HEMTT wreckers and M983A4 HEMTT tractors to the two FMS […] More