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  • SPA Appoints Brad Williamson as Strategic Initiatives Director; William Vantine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPA Appoints Brad Williamson as Strategic Initiatives Director; William Vantine Comments

    Brad Williamson, former founder and CEO of consulting firm MVSEA, has joined professional services company Systems Planning and Analysis as director of strategic initiatives. SPA said Williamson will work to expand the company’s customer base and teaming opportunities in his new role. “Williamson’s leadership, as well as his understanding of the Department of Defense’ acquisition process will provide […] More

  • Bloomberg Report: Professional Services Deals Top List of GovCon Opportunities in FY 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg Report: Professional Services Deals Top List of GovCon Opportunities in FY 2018

    A new report by Bloomberg Government predicts that professional services contracts will be the U.S. federal government’s highest paying deals for fiscal year 2018, with eight opportunities valued at $152.3 billion in total. The fourth annual Top 20 Opportunities report also ranks information technology and logistics and maintenance requirements as leading categories, Bloomberg said Thursday. The report lists […] More

  • Northrop Gets $66M Task Order to Sustain Navy Triton UAVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets $66M Task Order to Sustain Navy Triton UAVs

    Northrop Grumman has received a one-year, $66.3 million task order to test and maintain MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday Northrop’s systems business unit will help the service branch sustain MQ-4Cs along with mission control and operator training systems. The company will also provide field service representatives to provide technical support for […] More

  • MDA Selects Lockheed for Phase 1 Low Power Laser Demonstrator Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Selects Lockheed for Phase 1 Low Power Laser Demonstrator Project

    Lockheed Martin has secured a nine-month, $9.4 million contract to support a Missile Defense Agency project to integrate and test a low-power laser technology onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle. The company will aim to help MDA address the agency’s laser power and aperture size requirements under the first phase of the Low Power Laser Demonstrator project, the […] More

  • MDA Taps Strategic Alliance Business Group for Facility Operations Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Taps Strategic Alliance Business Group for Facility Operations Support Contract

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Strategic Alliance Business Group a potential five-year, $34.3 million contract to help manage all aspects of MDA facility operations. SABG will also provide operational requirement planning support to help MDA ensure availability of facilities as well as support the agency’s corporate and regulatory compliance efforts, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work […] More

  • Northrop Lands Air Force Order to Overhaul KC-10 Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Lands Air Force Order to Overhaul KC-10 Engines

    Northrop Grumman‘s technical services business has landed a potential $39.9 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to overhaul nine engines for the KC-10 tanker and cargo aircraft. The Air Force also obligated fiscal year 2018 funds for KC-10 program support services through the order, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work will occur at […] More

  • Robert Work Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Work Named Johns Hopkins APL Senior Fellow

    Robert Work, a 27-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former deputy secretary of the Defense Department, has been named a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He will work with other APL senior fellows and technical professionals in efforts to help inform policy and technology decisions issued by U.S. senior government and military officials, […] More

  • Referentia Cyber Center to Host Defense Info Security Policy Training for Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Referentia Cyber Center to Host Defense Info Security Policy Training for Contractors

    Referentia Systems‘ Cyber Collaboration Center will hold training sessions on a new Defense Department policy that requires contractors to adopt measures to protect a new category of unclassified but sensitive information called “Covered Defense Information.” The DFARS 7012 Cybersecurity Compliance Boot Camp will include forums on Oct. 20 at the Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island in California […] More

  • GTS to Continue Common Processing System Production for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GTS to Continue Common Processing System Production for Navy

    Global Technical Systems has secured a $63.2 million contract modification to continue to manufacture open architecture-based common processing systems for the U.S. Navy. The modification will increase the ceiling value of GTS’ indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply the military branch with CPS units along with spares and engineering services, the Defense Department said Monday. GTS will perform work in Virginia […] More

  • Air Force Taps Colsa for C4ISR, Cyber Advisory Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Colsa for C4ISR, Cyber Advisory Services

    Colsa has received a one-year, $56.2 million contract modification to advise the U.S. Air Force on the command, computer, communications, control, intelligence and reconnaissance and cybersecurity areas. The Defense Department said Monday the company will provide technical and management advisory services as well as perform additional acquisition, research, development, test and evaluation support services under the modification. […] More

  • DynCorp Awarded $64M Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Awarded $64M Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Extension

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded DynCorp International a one-year, $64.1 million contract modification to help the Air Forces Central Command manage war reserve materiel assets. DynCorp will continue to support the WRM program at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina and other locations in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary to Provide Army Tactical UAS Block III Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary to Provide Army Tactical UAS Block III Kits

    Textron‘s AAI Corp.subsidiary has received a $41.9 million contract modification for the delivery of 36 Block III kits for the U.S. Army‘s Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft systems. The service branch obligated the full modification amount at the time of award from its fiscal 2017 other procurement funds, the Defense Department said Monday. AAI will perform work in Hunt Valley, Maryland, through Dec. […] More