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  • Austal to Perform LCS Engineering Assessment Under Navy Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal to Perform LCS Engineering Assessment Under Navy Contract Modification

    Austal’s U.S. arm has received a potential one-year, $36.6 million contract modification to conduct special studies and provide core-class services for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program. Austal USA will evaluate production and engineering challenges, analyze alternate processes, test technology candidates and assess schedule and cost risks under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification, the Defense […] More

  • Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Secures Army Contract for Base Operations Support in Qatar

    A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $28.7 million contract to provide base operations services in support of the U.S. Army‘s Area Support Group-Qatar. The Defense Department said Monday that Vectrus’ systems business is scheduled to finish work by Sept. 29, 2017. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation and obligated the full contract amount at the […] More

  • General Atomics Subsidiary to Produce MQ-9 Block 5 Installation Kits for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Subsidiary to Produce MQ-9 Block 5 Installation Kits for Air Force

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has landed a two-year, $12.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to fabricate installation kits for the Block 5 configuration of the service branch’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Monday that GA-ASI will produce 10 each of MQ-9 Block 5 extended-range, Barrett Asymmetric Digital Datalink Computer and VORTEX installation kits. GA-ASI […] More

  • Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Seeks Open GPS Tech Ideas via Plug Fest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Seeks Open GPS Tech Ideas via Plug Fest

    The U.S. Air Force has introduced an open-source initiative to gather input from interested companies on how to modernize the service branch’s Global Positioning System, Space News reported Friday. Phillip Swarts writes Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy for acquisition at the Air Force, said the Plug Fest program seeks potential traditional and nontraditional partners that can help the […] More

  • Red Hat Gets NIST Certification for Open-Source Security Compliance Scanner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Gets NIST Certification for Open-Source Security Compliance Scanner

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has approved Red Hat‘s open-source security content automation protocol scanner for deployment on the U.S. government’s Enterprise Linux 6 and 7-based systems. Red Hat said Friday that NIST certified the OpenSCAP 1.2 platform’s capacity to analyze and evaluate security automation content as well as address functionality and documentation requirements in security-conscious environments. OpenSCAP was developed […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt’s Partnership With Commercial Satcom Industry Key to Space Resiliency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt’s Partnership With Commercial Satcom Industry Key to Space Resiliency

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the federal government should advance partnership with the commercial satellite communications industry to help the Defense Department ensure resilience in space and gain access to secure satcom worldwide. Cowen-Hirsch told MilsatMagazine in an interview she believes such a partnership can facilitate the integration of satcom advancements […] More

  • Enersys, Exide Technologies Land DLA Contracts to Provide Army Storage Batteries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Enersys, Exide Technologies Land DLA Contracts to Provide Army Storage Batteries

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a potential $71.1 million contract to Enersys Energy Products and a separate $47.4 million contract to Exide Technologies to supply the U.S. Army with storage batteries. Each indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains three base years and two one-year options, the Defense Department said Friday. Both contracts’ base period will run through March 16, 2020, and work will occur at the […] More

  • AECOM Unit Lands Army Contract for Environmental Consulting Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Unit Lands Army Contract for Environmental Consulting Services

    AECOM‘s technical services business has secured a $25 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to provide environmental consulting services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the competitive contract will potentially run through March 13, 2022. The Army will provide information on the work locations and allotted funds with the award of each order, DoD added. AECOM Technical Services offers a […] More

  • Lockheed Completes Devt Work on Army Fiber Laser System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes Devt Work on Army Fiber Laser System

    Lockheed Martin has developed and tested for the U.S. Army a 60-kilowatt laser weapon system designed to help the service branch counter threats posed by drones, mortars and rockets. Lockheed has initiated preparation work to facilitate the delivery of the fiber laser platform to the Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Alabama after it […] More

  • Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $68 million basic ordering agreement to engineer and provide logistics support for Mk 92 fire control systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday the agreement covers equipment changes, repairs, and overhauls; engineering and field service; computer programming; documentation development and engineering services. Support services under the BOA will aid the […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal

    Rockwell Collins has landed a Digitally Aided Close Air Support contract from the Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental to facilitate cross-platform data link functions for mobile devices. Rockwell Collins said Tuesday it will offer an open source aggregation framework designed to support cross-platform data link communications on Android and Windows mobile devices in efforts to boost the […] More

  • Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received accreditation under the Defense Department’s Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program. The company said Tuesday it secured the DAGCAP certification after the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation assessed Parsons’ geophysical classification and technical management platforms. Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, said the company […] More