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  • Drone Aviation to Build More Aerostat Systems for DoD Client - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation to Build More Aerostat Systems for DoD Client

    Drone Aviation has received a potential $800,000 order from an unspecified Defense Department client to supply additional units of an updated tactical aerostat platform designed to aid intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Winch Aerostat Small Platform will support the DoD customer’s use of communications, daylight and thermal payload capacities, Drone Aviation said Tuesday. WASP works […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK's F-35B Carrier Flight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK’s F-35B Carrier Flight Tests

    Lockheed Martin has received an $11.6 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to support the first round of flight tests and issuance of military permit for an F-35B aircraft to launch from the U.K’.s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The Defense Department said Tuesday international partner funds worth $5.7 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not […] More

  • DoD Approves CompTIA Cyber Analyst Certification Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Approves CompTIA Cyber Analyst Certification Program

    The Defense Department has approved a CompTIA program that works to certify an information technology professional’s skills to prevent, recognize and address cyber threats. CompTIA said Tuesday its Cybersecurity Analyst certification is now included in DoD’s Directive 8570.01-M that lists requirements to train, validate and manage the department cyberspace workforce. CSA+ has been approved as a baseline standard for […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Modify Italy's Anti-Radiation Missile System Under Navy FMS Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Modify Italy’s Anti-Radiation Missile System Under Navy FMS Contract Option

    Orbital ATK has received an $18 million U.S. Navy contract option to convert AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles from a high-speed configuration into a guided all-up-round model for the Italian government. The exercised option is for the conversion of lot 6 AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles to 25 AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile All-Up-Rounds, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Report: India Sends Formal ISTAR Aircraft Procurement Request to Pentagon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: India Sends Formal ISTAR Aircraft Procurement Request to Pentagon

    India has sent a letter to the Defense Department requesting to buy a pair of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance aircraft from Raytheon through a foreign military sales transaction, Defense News reported Monday. The report said an Indian defense ministry official estimates the value of the proposed government-to-government ISTAR procurement deal could reach $1 billion. India’s […] More

  • Air Force Taps Orbital ATK for Rocket Motor Tech IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Orbital ATK for Rocket Motor Tech IDIQ Contract

    Orbital ATK has received a five-year, $20 million contract to help U.S. Air Force researchers advance solid rocket booster technology and address technical requirements for spacecraft, tactical and strategic propulsion systems. The Defense Department said Monday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will provide a means for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s aerospace systems and rocket propulsion division to procure […] More

  • Tri-Cor Industries to Support DLA Enterprise System Tests Under JETS Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tri-Cor Industries to Support DLA Enterprise System Tests Under JETS Task Order

    Tri-Cor Industries has won a task order to assist the Defense Logistics Agency‘s J62LB enterprise test directorate in efforts to secure the integrity of DLA information technology assets as well as evaluate software and systems for agency customers. The order was issued under the unrestricted portion of the J6 Enterprise Technology Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $6 billion over eight years, […] More

  • ULA's Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has deployed a National Reconnaissance Office payload into space aboard its Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The NROL-52 payload lifted off Sunday at 3:28 a.m. Eastern time to support NRO’s national security mission, ULA said Sunday. The company launched NROL-52 using an Atlas […] More

  • Northrop Receives Additional Navy Funds for EA-18G Tactical Jamming Receiver Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Receives Additional Navy Funds for EA-18G Tactical Jamming Receiver Upgrades

    Northrop Grumman‘s systems business has secured an additional $20 million in contract funds from the U.S. Navy to update tactical jamming receivers designed to support airborne signals intelligence collection. The Defense Department said Friday the modification falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and covers upgrades to AN/ALQ-218(V) 2 radar warning receivers for the EA-18G electronic attack aircraft. AN/ALQ-218 SIGINT […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets $65M Contract Modification for USS Helena Dry Docking Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets $65M Contract Modification for USS Helena Dry Docking Services

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $65.1 million contract modification to provide dry docking services for the U.S. Navy‘s Los Angeles-class submarine USS Helena. The Defense Department said Friday HII will modernize, repair and maintain SSN 725 systems at a company shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, through April 2018. The Navy obligated $62.7 million at the time of award […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Design, Develop Gamma Simulator for Army Nuclear Effects Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Design, Develop Gamma Simulator for Army Nuclear Effects Lab

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has won a potential three-year, $18.5 million contract to design and develop a simulation technology for the U.S. Army‘s nuclear effects laboratory located at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. L3 Applied Technologies will also help the service branch integrate, test, manage and document the Prompt Gamma Simulator under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the  Defense Department […] More

  • General Dynamics to Continue Yard Services for Navy Nuclear Submarines, Moored Training Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Continue Yard Services for Navy Nuclear Submarines, Moored Training Ships

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a one-year, $28.6 million contract option to continue to provide various yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s nuclear-powered submarines and moored training ships. The Defense Department said Friday Electric Boat will furnish, fabricate or acquire materials, supplies and support services necessary to manage reactor plant planning and support yard functions. The […] More