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  • Malaysia Picks Thales-Built UAS to Support Maritime Surveillance Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Malaysia Picks Thales-Built UAS to Support Maritime Surveillance Missions

    Thales has secured a contract from a Malaysian maritime agency to build fixed-wing unmanned aerial systems for Malaysia’s coastal surveillance program. The company said Friday it will deliver and deploy Fulmar drones on six New Generation Patrol Crafts in an effort to help the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency to conduct border surveillance, anti-smuggling, fisheries policing and counter-piracy operations. Fulmar UAS is designed to take […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Unveils T-45 Engine Repair Support Facility in Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Unveils T-45 Engine Repair Support Facility in Texas

    Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new facility at Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas to provide engine repair support for the T-45 trainer jet of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Monday the service delivery center will also provide service operations support for the Rolls-Royce-built F405 Adour engines of the aircraft. A BAE Systems–Boeing partnership […] More

  • OPM Seeks Automated Search Tool Sources for FIS Public Electronic Data Pilot Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Seeks Automated Search Tool Sources for FIS Public Electronic Data Pilot Program

    The Office of Personnel Management has released a request for information on potential industry sources of tools and services in support of a pilot program that seeks to integrate searches of publicly available information online with background investigations. OPM said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday that the RFI is part of the federal investigative […] More

  • Serco Inc. to Resume Work on Navy C4I Support Contract; Dan Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Inc. to Resume Work on Navy C4I Support Contract; Dan Allen Comments

    The U.S. Navy has instructed Serco‘s North American subsidiary to resume its sustainment work for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems under a contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Serco Inc. said Thursday it will recommence services under the potential $131 million C4I lifecycle sustainment contract it won in late 2015 after the Navy resolved a protest that challenged the award of […] More

  • Teresa Pace Joins ICAMR as Federal, State Programs Director; Chester Kennedy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teresa Pace Joins ICAMR as Federal, State Programs Director; Chester Kennedy Comments

    Teresa Pace, formerly principal systems architect and engineer for the integrated sensor systems sector at L-3 Communications, has joined International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research as director for federal and state programs. ICAMR said Wednesday Pace will be in charge of helping the academic-industry consortium secure contracts with federal and state government agencies. “Pace is […] More

  • Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop's F-35 Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop’s F-35 Radars

    Northrop Grumman has ordered about $60.4 million in intermediate-frequency receivers from Kitron for the radar systems of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Kitron said Thursday it will also provide technical know-know, create IF radar receiver prototypes and manufacture sub-assembly testing equipment under a manufacturing license agreement  with Northrop. Northrop builds radar technology for integration into F-35s. Norway-based Kitron provides electronic circuit boards manufacturing, prototyping, […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Agrees to Extend WorldView-3 Access for Int'l Defense Customer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Agrees to Extend WorldView-3 Access for Int’l Defense Customer

    DigitalGlobe has signed a definitive agreement with an international defense and intelligence organization to provide the customer agency with direct access capacity on a commercial Earth observation satellite. The contract will extend the agency’s access to high-resolution images from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite for an additional four years, the company said Wednesday. WorldView-3 launched in August 2014 […] More

  • CenturyLink, Verizon Selected for Virginia Gov't IT Modernization Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink, Verizon Selected for Virginia Gov’t IT Modernization Services Contract

    The Virginia Information Technologies Agency has awarded CenturyLink and Verizon positions under a potential $150 million contract to help local agencies update information technology networks and communication systems, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. James Bach writes the two companies will compete for task orders to replace legacy network and communications infrastructure for customer agencies under the VITAnet program. VITAnet […] More

  • Report: UK Defense Ministry Eyes Extension of MBDA's 'SPEAR' Missile Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: UK Defense Ministry Eyes Extension of MBDA’s ‘SPEAR’ Missile Tech Contract

    A committee of the U.K. Ministry Defense is considering extending the agency’s contract with MBDA for continued work on a new air-launched missile technology for the British military, Defense News reported Thursday. Andrew Chuter writes MoD seeks permission from the agency’s investment approvals committee to move to the next phase of the agency’s Selective Precision Effects at Range Capability 3 program. The program is currently focused on missile technology assessment, Chuter […] More

  • Rick Ambrose: Lockheed Eyes August Completion of 1st Air Force GPS III Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Ambrose: Lockheed Eyes August Completion of 1st Air Force GPS III Satellite

    Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment, has said the company expects to finish work on the first satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III program by August, Space News reported Wednesday. “Having satellites done, and ready to launch is the best way to convince people that we’re up and running,” Ambrose […] More