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  • L3 to Update Navy Towed Array Sonar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Update Navy Towed Array Sonar Systems

    The U.S. Navy has awarded L3 Technologies a $49.4M contract to provide technical, logistics and inventory management support for the service branch’s sonar devices. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company’s ocean systems division will evaluate, repair and update TB-23/BQ towed array system modules and related test equipment under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Work will occur through December 2021 […] More

  • Horacio Rozanski: Booz Allen Eyes Gov't AI Market Potential - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Horacio Rozanski: Booz Allen Eyes Gov’t AI Market Potential

    Booz Allen Hamilton CEO Horacio Rozanski said during a recent earnings call the company has invested in artificial intelligence as the Defense Department and federal agencies tap into the technology, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. “We see this as the beginning of something. The market for [AI] is here and Booz Allen is well prepared to capture it,” Rozanski added. […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $64M Navy Contract for Aegis System Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $64M Navy Contract for Aegis System Engineering Support

    Lockheed Martin has landed a potential $64M contract to provide design agent field engineering services for U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers and destroyers, U.S. Coast Guard ships and allied vessels equipped with the Aegis combat system. The company will perform test and evaluation, implement engineering changes, modify ordnance, modernize systems, conduct logistics, develop ordnance alterations kits and integrate technologies on the […] More

  • Nutanix to Deliver Cloud Computing Software to DoD Agency; Chris Howard Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nutanix to Deliver Cloud Computing Software to DoD Agency; Chris Howard Quoted

    Nutanix has secured a contract worth over $20M with a Defense Department agency for a software capable of operating 15 remote sites running two different networks. The defense agency will leverage the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform to support specialized hardware in remote sites, as well as process and transmit vast amounts of data to a […] More

  • DISA Explores Potential IT Asset Mgmt Tech Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Explores Potential IT Asset Mgmt Tech Sources

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has asked industry to submit ideas that can support a business case analysis for a system intended to manage information technology assets. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says DISA is considering the development of a potential new requirement for a consolidated internal IT asset management platform the agency could integrate into cloud technology programs. The […] More

  • Northrop to Produce Software for Navy Electronic Navigation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Produce Software for Navy Electronic Navigation System

    Northrop Grumman has won a potential $17.2M contract to produce and engineer a software platform for integration into the U.S. Navy’s primary computer-based navigation plotting system. The company will provide the software as part of a project to modernize the hardware and cyber operating system of the Electronic Chart and Display Information System, the Defense […] More

  • Northrop, 2 Universities Partner to Develop Antenna Tech for Military Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, 2 Universities Partner to Develop Antenna Tech for Military Aircraft

    Northrop Grumman and Duke University have partnered to develop metamaterial-based antennas specifically for use in military aircraft platforms. The project is funded through the Defense Department‘s Defense Enterprise Science Initiative, which aims to accelerate defense technology development efforts, Duke said Thursday. According to the university, majority of metamaterials consist of repeating cells that are tunable to […] More

  • Report Pegs Federal Civilian, Defense IT Spending at $13.3B for September - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report Pegs Federal Civilian, Defense IT Spending at $13.3B for September

    The Defense Department and federal civilian agencies have obligated $46.7B on information technology contracts during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year and have $13.3B in remaining funds to spend on IT through the end of this month, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. BGOV estimates that DoD’s IT contract obligations for September will reach $7.1B. The […] More

  • Lockheed Awarded MDA Contract for Aegis Combat System Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Awarded MDA Contract for Aegis Combat System Support Services

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin an $11.6M contract to operate and support the Aegis Combat System that the military uses to detect and counter enemy missiles. The company will also provide these services for the Aegis’ multi-mission signal processor, vertical launch system, command and decision system, weapon control system, Mark 99 fire […] More

  • Lockheed Secures Contract to Repair Electronic Warfare Receivers in Air Force's B-2 Bombers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Contract to Repair Electronic Warfare Receivers in Air Force’s B-2 Bombers

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential five-year, $47.5M firm-fixed-price contract to provide repair and overhaul services for digital countermeasure receivers deployed in B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. The Defense Department said Tuesday the service branch will obligate working capital funds upon issuance of subsequent task orders under the contract. Work will take place […] More

  • Report: DoD Moves Deadline for JEDI Cloud Bids to October - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD Moves Deadline for JEDI Cloud Bids to October

    The Defense Department has extended the deadline of proposals for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program to Oct. 9 after it made some changes to the solicitation, Nextgov reported Tuesday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the revised request for proposals includes the updated contract security classification; performance work statement/statement of objectives crosswalk matrix; and price […] More

  • DoD Adds Aviation Technical Services COO Paul Dolan to Defense Business Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Adds Aviation Technical Services COO Paul Dolan to Defense Business Board

    Paul Dolan, chief operating officer of Aviation Technical Services, has joined the Defense Department advisory board that offers advice to DoD and senior military leaders on how to incorporate business practices into their operations. He will join other industry executives who serve on the Defense Business Board and bring private-sector perspective to the department, ATS said Wednesday. […] More