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  • Northrop to Engineer, Sustain Navy LCS Mission Modules - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Engineer, Sustain Navy LCS Mission Modules

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a one-year, $46.8 million contract modification to support mission modules of the service branch’s Littoral Combat Ships. Northrop will engineer, sustain and provide technical services for LCS mission modules through March 2019, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the modification exercises options under a previously awarded contract. The Naval […] More

  • Orbital ATK Gets $67M Navy Contract to Produce Additional Target Base Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Gets $67M Navy Contract to Produce Additional Target Base Vehicles

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $67.6 million contract to manufacture an 11th batch of GQM-163A Coyote sea skimming target base vehicles. Orbital ATK will provide 24 full-rate production base vehicles and spares foreign military sales to USN and Qatar as well as deliver D6AC long lead steel to Japan, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will receive […] More

  • DISA OKs Security Technical Implementation Guide for ForeScout’s Device Discovery Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA OKs Security Technical Implementation Guide for ForeScout’s Device Discovery Tech

    ForeScout Technologies has received Security Technical Implementation Guide validation from the Defense Information Systems Agency for a technology product designed to help government customers discover, manage and classify multiple devices and applications. The STIG validation for CounterACT follows an agreement signed between ForeScout and the Defense Department through Enterprise Software Initiative program, the company said Monday. DoD’s EIS program helps defense organizations […] More

  • Rick Aviation to Provide Propeller Aircraft for DON Airborne Threat Simulation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Aviation to Provide Propeller Aircraft for DON Airborne Threat Simulation Efforts

    Rick Aviation has won a potential five-year, $27.5 million contract to provide contractor owned and operated propeller aircraft to support airborne threat simulation activities of Department of the Navy fleet customers. The Defense Department said Monday Rick Aviation will support DON’s Contracted Air Services program that aims to train shipboard and aircraft squadron weapon systems operators and aircrew. The […] More

  • Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers

    A report by Bloomberg‘s government arm says the Defense Department‘s maintenance requirements could increase amid delays facing various military aircraft programs. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog post published Friday that the U.S. Air Force plans move the deployment of the Boeing-built KC-46 tanker aircraft from October 2018 to spring 2019. The […] More

  • Yulista Subsidiary to Help Manage USAF's Maui Electro-Optical, Computing Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yulista Subsidiary to Help Manage USAF’s Maui Electro-Optical, Computing Facilities

    A Yulista Holding subsidiary has received a five-year contract to help the U.S. Air Force manage a military site in the Hawaiian island of Maui for research, development and operational efforts related to space situational awareness. Tunista Services will provide personnel, equipment and services management support at the Air Force Maui Optical & Supercomputing Site, the company said Friday. The […] More

  • August Schell to Help Create Sourcing Vehicle for DON Software Licensing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    August Schell to Help Create Sourcing Vehicle for DON Software Licensing Program

    The Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded August Schell a potential six-year, $41.2 million contract to help establish a strategic sourcing method for the Department of the Navy to procure Axway software licenses and related maintenance services. The Defense Department said Friday the company will support DON’s Enterprise Software Licensing program aimed at simplifying the acquisition and management of ESL agreements […] More

  • Applied Technology Added to Navy Signature Tech Office Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Technology Added to Navy Signature Tech Office Support IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Applied Technology a spot on a potential five-year, $48.5 million contract for scientific, engineering and programmatic research and development services to the military branch’s Signature Technology Office. Work will take place at the company’s facility in King George, Virginia, and at the Naval Research Laboratory through March 4, 2023, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Engility Holds 11th Annual Employee Trade Show; Gay Porter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Holds 11th Annual Employee Trade Show; Gay Porter Comments

    Engility brought together more than 500 professionals to share, discuss, experience and test multiple technology platforms at the company’s employee trade show held Thursday. The company said Thursday its systems engineers along with aerospace, counterterrorism and defense specialists were present during the annual summit that featured Engility’s artificial intelligence technology Synthetic Analyst and data analytics platforms MetaSift and […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over F-35 Lot 11 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over F-35 Lot 11

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company and the Defense Department are engaged in a “complex negotiation” over the next contract to build the 11th batch of 130 F-35 fighter jets. “Our government customer needs to understand the cost,” Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Thursday. “We need to make sure that we […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Provide Afghan Air Force ISR Aircraft Under $86M USAF Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Provide Afghan Air Force ISR Aircraft Under $86M USAF Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK and $86.4 million contract to manufacture  armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for Afghanistan’s air force. Orbital ATK will provide AC-208 aircraft under the “pseudo” foreign military sales contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Contract work will occur in Fort Worth, Texas through June 9, 2019. The 645th Aeronautical Systems […] More

  • DoD Issues Draft Solicitation for Cloud Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Issues Draft Solicitation for Cloud Procurement Contract

    The Defense Department has issued a draft request for proposals for a single-award contract to procure commercial enterprise-level cloud services in support of agencies within DoD and service branches. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud program is a potential 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that has a base term of two […] More