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  • BAE Picks Siemens to Install Propulsion System on a Commercial Vessel; Doug Keith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Picks Siemens to Install Propulsion System on a Commercial Vessel; Doug Keith Comments

    BAE Systems has awarded Siemens‘ industry sector with a contract to install a diesel engine on a multi-purpose subsea support and construction vessel for Oceaneering International, Maritime Executive reported Wednesday. The publication reports that Siemens Industry will fit its Blue Drive diesel-electric propulsion system into the commercial ship being built by BAE for OI’s offshore […] More

  • Telos Wins Prime Position on $5.8B NETCENTS Program; Brendan Malloy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Wins Prime Position on $5.8B NETCENTS Program; Brendan Malloy Comments

    Telos Corp. has become a prime contractor on the indefinite delivery- indefinite quantity $5.8 billion NETCENTS-2 program. Telos is one of 12 companies selected for the project, the company announced Wednesday. “Telos has been proud to serve the government under the original NETCENTS contract since 2004. We’ve brought together a stellar team of solution providers […] More

  • George Vardoulakis: Northrop, Navy to Conduct 1st Ship-Based Fire Scout Flights in Summer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Vardoulakis: Northrop, Navy to Conduct 1st Ship-Based Fire Scout Flights in Summer

    The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman plan to carry out the first set of ship-based flights of the MQ-8C Fire Scout this summer, said George Vardoulakis, Northrop vice president of medium range tactical systems. “Land-based flight tests of the system are progressing well and… We expect the MQ-8C Fire Scout will be ready for operations by year […] More

  • USSI, Sparton Corp. JV Wins $13M Navy Submarine Manufacturing Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USSI, Sparton Corp. JV Wins $13M Navy Submarine Manufacturing Subcontract

    A joint venture of Sparton Corp. and USSI have won manufacturing subcontracts worth $13.3 million to support multiple international awards for exercises planned with the U.S. Navy. Specifically, ERAPSCO/Sonobuoy TechSystems will provide Sparton $5.6 million worth of manufacturing subcontracts and another $7.7 million to USSI to detect, classify and localize adversary submarines for peacetime and […] More

  • Northrop Wins BAE Systems Supplier Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Wins BAE Systems Supplier Award

    Northrop Grumman has received a customer service-related award from a BAE Systems unit for work to supply a platform management system to the U.K.’s defense ministry. BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines chose Northrop to receive the supplier award for the ministry’s Astute nuclear-powered submarine program, Northrop announced Wednesday. Sperry Marine, a Northrop business unit based in New […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers 17th Super Galaxy Airlifter to the U.S. Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers 17th Super Galaxy Airlifter to the U.S. Air Force

    Lockheed Martin has delivered the U.S. Air Force‘s 17th C-5M Super Galaxy strategic airlifter to the service’s Marietta, Ga.-based Dobbins Air Force Base. The Super Galaxy will next be moved to the Stewart Air National Base in New York to undergo internal paint restoration until finally reaching the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the company […] More

  • Thales Lands Paris Public Transit Video Integration Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Lands Paris Public Transit Video Integration Contract

    Thales has been selected by Paris-based transport operator RATP to equip 1,000 buses and trams with the company’s video technology. The new contract brings the total number of RATP-owned buses and trams with Thales’ On Board Video 8000 tool to 5,000 since 2002, the company announced Friday. On Board Video 8000 products are built to help buses […] More

  • DARPA Enlists Boeing Prototype for 'X-Plane' Program; Dan Newman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Enlists Boeing Prototype for ‘X-Plane’ Program; Dan Newman Comments

    Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency ahave signed a $17 million agreement for the company to continue developing a prototype vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for flying at speeds of up to 460 miles per hour. The company is building the Phantom Swift with two lifts inside the fuselage in order to create vertical lift and provide both […] More

  • Kim Stambler: Battelle Extends Emergency Mgmt Program Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kim Stambler: Battelle Extends Emergency Mgmt Program Work

    Battelle will work with the Franklin County, Ohio government to identify the emergency communication requirements of that county’s 42 jurisdictions. Franklin County’s emergency management and homeland Security agency awarded Battelle a contract to assess the county’s mass notification system needs, Battelle said Monday. The organization will assist in focus groups to explore methods to alert […] More

  • CTC to Help Navy Design Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Sensors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Help Navy Design Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Sensors

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. will work with the U.S. Navy to help design, test and integrate airborne mine countermeasure sensors under a potential one-year, $15,338,026 contract. The Navy plans to install the sensor systems on the MH-60S helicopter and is obligating $5,034,148 in fiscal year 2014 funding at the time of award, the Defense Department said Thursday. CTC will also […] More

  • CSSI Holds 2 Prime GSA Small Business Contract Vehicle Spots; Cynthia Castillo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSSI Holds 2 Prime GSA Small Business Contract Vehicle Spots; Cynthia Castillo Comments

    CSSI has won prime positions on two portions of the General Services Administration‘s potential 10-year, $60 billion One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business vehicle. The company will be eligible to work in the GSA OASIS SB program’s pools four and six, the company announced Monday. CSSI will offer agencies professional services related to logistics, […] More

  • Paul Dalglish: Serco Extends Canada Military Base Maintenance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Dalglish: Serco Extends Canada Military Base Maintenance Contract

    Serco Inc. will continue to carry out non-military operation and maintenance functions at a military base in Canada under a two-year contract extension worth just under $100 million. The British contractor’s North American subsidiary will continue the work through at least March 2016 under the current 11-year deal, Serco announced Jan. 9. “Working with the department of […] More