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  • Raytheon to Update Integrated Sensor Suite for Air Force Global Hawk UAV Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Update Integrated Sensor Suite for Air Force Global Hawk UAV Fleet

    Raytheon has received a potential $25.9 million contract to modify the Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite and retrofit the Enhanced Electro-Optical Receiver Unit on the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also provide non-recurring engineering and retrofitting support for EISS upgrades to Global Hawk Block 30 UAS. Work under the contract […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Division to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Dwight Eisenhower Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Division to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Dwight Eisenhower Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has secured a $36.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support maintenance and modernization work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. NNS will aid nuclear ship alterations and propulsion plant maintenance during the fiscal 2017 planned incremental availability of USS Dwight Eisenhower at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Defense […] More

  • Report: Air Force Reschedules Launch of 2 Lockheed-Built Satellites to 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Reschedules Launch of 2 Lockheed-Built Satellites to 2018

    The U.S. Air Force has moved its plans to launch two Lockheed Martin-built military satellites from late 2017 to 2018 due to different circumstances, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday. The Air Force told the publication it postponed the Oct. 11 launch of the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite because of a technical issue with a […] More

  • Telephonics to Supply Weapon System Comms Equipment for Army Chinooks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telephonics to Supply Weapon System Comms Equipment for Army Chinooks

    Griffon‘s Telephonics subsidiary has secured a three-year, $23.3 contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide weapon system communication equipment for U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The Defense Department said Thursday Telephonics is scheduled to complete work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by July 31, 2020. DLA’s aviation unit is the contracting activity and the Army will use its fiscal 2017 through […] More

  • Bell Boeing to Retrofit Navy MV-22 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell Boeing to Retrofit Navy MV-22 Aircraft

    A joint venture of Boeing and Bell Helicopter has received a potential $57.1 million contract modification to engineer and retrofit one MV-22 Osprey aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office will provide non-recurring engineering and retrofitting services under the V-22 Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization program. DoD noted the service branch aims to reconfigure the MV-22 […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Support Army Pre-Positioned Stocks in Kuwait, Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Support Army Pre-Positioned Stocks in Kuwait, Germany

    An AECOM subsidiary has received two contract modifications from the U.S. Army to supply, maintain and provide logistics services for the military branch’s pre-positioned stocks. The Defense Department said Thursday URS Federal Services will support Army pre-positioned stock-5 in Kuwait under a $14.2 million modification that runs through Jan. 2, 2018. URS Federal Services will also support APS-2 […] More

  • UTC Subsidiary to Produce Air Force B-1, A-10 Ejection Seats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Subsidiary to Produce Air Force B-1, A-10 Ejection Seats

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has received a potential $23.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to deliver modernized ejection seats for two kinds of aircraft. Universal Propulsion Co. will produce Advanced Concept Ejection Seats II for the service branch’s B-1 Lancer bomber and A-10 Warthog planes, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur in Fairfield, California, […] More

  • Navy Taps Ultra Electronics to Develop C2 Processor Interface for SSC Pacific - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Ultra Electronics to Develop C2 Processor Interface for SSC Pacific

    Ultra Electronics‘ advanced tactical systems business has received a four-year, $12.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and maintain a multi-link interface unit for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide an adjunct processor MLIU for integration into SSC Pacific’s Command and Control […] More

  • Northrop to Support Air Force ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Air Force ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Program

    Northrop Grumman has received a $16.8 million contract modification to perform cryptography upgrades on the U.S. Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification falls under a previously awarded contract for ICBM prime integration services and seeks to address a request for equitable adjustment related to program changes. The company will perform […] More

  • BAE Unit to Repair USS Lassen Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Repair USS Lassen Guided Missile Destroyer

    A business unit of BAE Systems has received a potential $34.7 million contract for dry-dock selected restricted availability repair work on the 32nd guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy‘s Arleigh Burke class. BAE’s Southeast Shipyards Mayport business in Jacksonville, Florida, will repair USS Lassen (DDG 82) propulsion, structural, tank, ventilation and auxiliary systems, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Boeing Receives $59M Task Order for Air Force B-52 Sustainment Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives $59M Task Order for Air Force B-52 Sustainment Support

    Boeing has secured a $59.4 million task order to provide engineering sustainment services for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of B-52 bomber aircraft. The Defense Department said Tuesday the service branch will finance the order with its fiscal year 2017 funds for the B-52 Long Range Standoff Program. B-52 bombers are designed to provide nuclear and conventional […] More