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  • Reports: DIUx Head Raj Shah Steps Down - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: DIUx Head Raj Shah Steps Down

    Raj Shah, head of the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, resigned from his post Thursday after a nearly two-year stint with the organization, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Navy Capt. Sean Heritage will step into the acting leadership role at DIUx. Shah, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, took the helm in May 2016 after then-Defense Secretary Ashton […] More

  • Report: DoD Seeks 12% Military Electronics Funding Boost for Fiscal 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD Seeks 12% Military Electronics Funding Boost for Fiscal 2019

    The Defense Department has asked Congress to earmark $12.93 billion in fiscal 2019 funds for research and procurement of communications, electronics, telecommunications and intelligence technology platforms, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. DoD’s proposed CET&I budget represents a 12.3-percent increase from the amount requested for FY 2018 and excludes military activities that cover “substantial” electronics systems. The department seeks […] More

  • Mayvin Wins SOCOM Special Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mayvin Wins SOCOM Special Program Support Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded Mayvin Consulting Group a potential five-year, $47.5 million contract to provide scientific, engineering and technical assistance services to the U.S. Special Operations Command. Mayvin will support USSOCOM’s manager for special programs through the company’s program, business and project management, logistics and engineering services, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD expects the company to […] More

  • Navy Taps Cubic, Lockheed to Develop Combined Arms Evaluation Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Cubic, Lockheed to Develop Combined Arms Evaluation Methods

    The U.S. Navy has awarded potential three-year contracts to business units of Cubic and Lockheed Martin to develop quantitative methods to assess and explore combined arms concepts for urban military operations. Cubic’s defense applications business and Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit are two of the five selected contractors for a project that will revolve around human capacities, systems, plans, software […] More

  • Thales Gets Navy Helicopter Module, Helmet Repair Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Gets Navy Helicopter Module, Helmet Repair Order

    Thales‘ defense and security business has received a one-year, $7.2 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to repair five items related to H-1 helicopter program. The sole-source order will include repair work on H-1 modules and helmets, the Defense Department said Friday. The Navy will obligate $3.5 million at the time of award from its fiscal […] More

  • General Dynamics Wins $54M IDIQ to Support Joint Staff J6 Directorate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Wins $54M IDIQ to Support Joint Staff J6 Directorate

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has won a potential $53.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services to help address command and control requirements within the Joint Staff J6 Directorate. GDIT will provide research, development, technical, engineering and analytical support services to the J6 organization’s command, control, communications and computers assessments division, the Defense […] More

  • MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order

    Millennium Engineering and Integration has won a one-year, $9.9 million task order to support the U.S. Air Force‘s certification process for two proposed launch vehicles. MEI will provide systems engineering and integration services as the government evaluates United Launch Alliance‘s Vulcan rocket and Orbital ATK‘s Next Generation Launcher system, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work under the order will occur through […] More

  • Boeing Subsidiary Gets Navy Surveillance Equipment IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Subsidiary Gets Navy Surveillance Equipment IDIQ

    Boeing‘s Digital Receiver Technology subsidiary has secured a $23.8 million contract to provide ruggedized surveillance equipment and peripherals to the U.S. Navy‘s Combat Direction Systems Activity Dam Neck. The Defense Department said Thursday that CDSA Dam Neck will use the equipment in engineering, technical design and acquisition activities. The service branch will obligate $30,610 in initial contract funds slated to expire at the […] More

  • 4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ

    Four companies have won positions on a potential $49 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide architectural and engineering services for Defense Department petroleum, oil and lubricant facilities. DoD said Wednesday the service branch received 21 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and subsequently made a total of 13 awards. The four initial awardees are AMEC Foster Wheeler […] More

  • HPE Secures $57M in Contracts to Provide Air Force, Navy Supercomputers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE Secures $57M in Contracts to Provide Air Force, Navy Supercomputers

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has won two contracts worth a combined $57 million to provide supercomputers to the U.S. Navy and Air Force Research Laboratory as part of the Defense Department‘s High Performance Computing Modernization Program. HPE said Tuesday it will deliver four HPE SGI 8600 computer systems to AFRL’s DoD Supercomputing Resource Center and another three to the Navy’s DSRC. […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Integrated Satcom Architecture Needs Industry Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Integrated Satcom Architecture Needs Industry Innovation

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has said she believes an integrated satellite communications architecture should incorporate industry’s technological advancements to change the cultural misperception about military and commercial satcom. “For space programs, it remains imperative to incorporate advancements from the commercial sector into the baseline [Defense Department] architecture as a […] More

  • Mark Esper: Army Seeks to Accelerate Combat Vehicle Prototyping Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Esper: Army Seeks to Accelerate Combat Vehicle Prototyping Effort

    The U.S. Army looks to expedite the process for developing a prototype of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle, Defense News reported Thursday. Army Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Thursday that the service branch aims to accelerate various programs, including NGCV, to help address goals of the Defense Department’s National Defense Strategy. In September 2017, the Army awarded […] More