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  • Gen. John Hyten: Stratcom Eyes Low-Yield, Nuclear Cruise Missile Tech for Zumwalt-Class Destroyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gen. John Hyten: Stratcom Eyes Low-Yield, Nuclear Cruise Missile Tech for Zumwalt-Class Destroyers

    Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said Stratcom considers equipping the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-1000) with low-yield, sea-launched cruise missiles, Military.com reported Monday. Hyten’s statement came after the Defense Department issued the Nuclear Posture Review that aims to advance the use of low-yield nuclear weapons such as SLCMs […] More

  • Army Special Operations Command to Exercise 1st Option on General Dynamics' Mission Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Special Operations Command to Exercise 1st Option on General Dynamics’ Mission Training Support Contract

    The U.S. Army Special Operations Command intends to award General Dynamics‘ One Source business an option under a potential five-year, $30.8 million contract for mission training support services. The firm-fixed price contract was originally valued at $26.9 million and covered support for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s G3 organization, the Defense Department said Thursday. USSOCOM obligated $5.1 million for […] More

  • Noblis to Support DoD Chemical, Biological Defense Efforts Under $8B IDIQ; Jordin Cohen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis to Support DoD Chemical, Biological Defense Efforts Under $8B IDIQ; Jordin Cohen Comments

    A Noblis subsidiary holds a spot on a potential $8 billion contract vehicle for support services to the Defense Department‘s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. The company said Thursday Noblis ESI aims to provide technology, subject matter experts and experience-based insight to help JPEO-CBD manage investments in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense platforms through […] More

  • Boeing Lands $73M IDIQ to Help Extend Navy Super Hornet Service Life - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Lands $73M IDIQ to Help Extend Navy Super Hornet Service Life

    Boeing has secured a $73.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to perform modifications on four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in an effort to extend the aircraft’s service life. The company will aim to extend the operational service life of the service branch’s F/A-18E/F fleet from 6,000 to 9,000 flight hours, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Seventy-five percent of the work will […] More

  • AeroVironment-MDA Team to Provide Small UAS for Canada's Maritime Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment-MDA Team to Provide Small UAS for Canada’s Maritime Operations

    The Canadian department of national defense has selected a team of AeroVironment and Maxar Technologies‘ MDA subsidiary to provide small unmanned aerial systems for deployment aboard the Canadian navy’s maritime coastal defense vessels. AeroVironment said Wednesday the military service will receive Puma II AE mini UAS equipped with 360-degree antenna and Mantis i45 sensor systems designed to support […] More

  • Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract

    Raytheon has received a potential $87.1 million contract to supply updated high definition/target location accuracy turrets to the U.S. Air Force and France. The Defense Department said Wednesday the fixed-price-incentive contract covers the production of 44 AN/DAS-4 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B turrets as well as one lot of initial spares, shop replaceable units, associated data. The […] More

  • Air Force Taps Lockheed for GPS On-Orbit Sustainment Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Lockheed for GPS On-Orbit Sustainment Services

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential $18.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help sustain the military branch’s GPS satellites currently in orbit. Work covers on-orbit and anomaly resolution support, constellation performance analysis, space vehicle end-of-life test and training and SV subsystem analysis, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the Space and Missile Systems […] More

  • DoD, ODNI Respectively Seek $21B, $60B in Fiscal 2019 Intell Program Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD, ODNI Respectively Seek $21B, $60B in Fiscal 2019 Intell Program Funds

    The Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have publicly released their fiscal 2019 budget requests for their respective intelligence initiatives. DoD said Tuesday it has requested a top-line budget of $21.2 billion to support its Military Intelligence Program. The budget both includes the MIP base budget and allocation for overseas contingency operations, the Pentagon […] More

  • Leidos to Help Air Force Sustain C2ISR Logistics Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Help Air Force Sustain C2ISR Logistics Mgmt Platform

    Leidos has received a five-year, $25.4 million contract to sustain an automated platform the U.S. Air Force uses to monitor the global supply chain of command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance weapons systems. The company will provide software maintenance and minor modification support for the Automated Logistics Management Support system under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the […] More

  • BAE Awarded $50M for US Forces-Afghanistan Intell Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Awarded $50M for US Forces-Afghanistan Intell Services

    A BAE Systems business unit will provide intelligence-related services to U.S. forces in Afghanistan under a $50.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. BAE’s information solutions team will perform work in Afghanistan through Oct. 27, 2018, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command will obligate $15 million at the time of award from the […] More

  • Raytheon Gets Navy Phalanx Weapon System Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets Navy Phalanx Weapon System Support Order

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $48.1 million delivery order to provide logistics support for the service branch’s Phalanx close-in-weapon system. Raytheon’s missile systems business will furnish and manage Phalanx systems for contract line items under performance metrics prescribed in response to a fleet requisition, the  Defense Department said Monday. Work under the sole-source order will occur […] More

  • L3 to Manufacture Common Datalink System for Navy MH-60R Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Manufacture Common Datalink System for Navy MH-60R Fleet

    L3 Technologies has received a potential $25.6 million contract to produce a radio communications system for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60R multimission helicopters. The company will manufacture, test, deliver, manage and support Common Data Link Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 systems under the contract, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur in various U.S. states and Toronto, Canada, […] More