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  • ProSol Wins DISA Contract for Distributed Tactical Comm System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSol Wins DISA Contract for Distributed Tactical Comm System Support

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Professional Solutions1 a potential five-year, $48 million contract to provide global logistical services management support for DISA’s Distributed Tactical Communication System. ProSol will also deploy field service representatives to support the Defense Department‘s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service Gateway program under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, DoD said Friday. The Defense Information Technology Contracting […] More

  • Lockheed to Engineer Air Force C-5 Surveillance Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Engineer Air Force C-5 Surveillance Tech

    Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business unit has secured a $14.7 million contract modification to support engineering and manufacturing development work on communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 transport aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also help the military service incorporate an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out technology into […] More

  • Report: Air Force Eyes Increased Use of 'Other Transaction Authority' Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Eyes Increased Use of ‘Other Transaction Authority’ Contracts

    Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel, U.S. Air Force director of information technology acquisition process development, has said the military branch is interested in using more “other transaction authority” contracts to speed up procurement especially in IT acquisitions, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. OTAs permit the Defense Department and military services to award contracts outside the traditional acquisition process, and […] More

  • ManTech Gets Air Force Task Order to Support Warfighting Tech Planning, Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Gets Air Force Task Order to Support Warfighting Tech Planning, Analysis

    ManTech International has received a potential five-year, $37 million task order to help a U.S. Air Force directorate assess, plan and optimize the service branch’s warfighting capacities. The company said Thursday it will also support the Force Structure Analyses Directorate in efforts to update planning, budgeting and programming processes for multiple technology platforms. Work also covers […] More

  • SpaceX Gets USAF Contract Modification to Continue Rocket Engine Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Gets USAF Contract Modification to Continue Rocket Engine Tech Devt

    Space Exploration Technologies has received a $40.8 million contract modification to further develop a rocket propulsion system prototype for the U.S. Air Force‘s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The Defense Department said Thursday SpaceX will continue development of the Raptor engine technology through April 30, 2018, under the modification. USAF awarded the company a $61.4 million “other transaction” agreement last year […] More

  • Torch Technologies Wins $86M MDA Contract to Produce Digital Missile Target Models - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Torch Technologies Wins $86M MDA Contract to Produce Digital Missile Target Models

    Torch Technologies has won a potential five-year, $86.2 million contract to create  digital representations of adversary missiles and flight test targets for the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will model various targets that are common across Ballistic Missile Defense System programs to aid development, testing and assessment activities. Torch Technologies will also […] More

  • TechTrans Wins Multi-Country Cessna Aircraft Maintenance Training IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechTrans Wins Multi-Country Cessna Aircraft Maintenance Training IDIQ

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded TechTrans International a potential four-year, $45 million contract to provide Cessna 208 aircraft maintenance training support to multiple foreign military sales customers. TechTrans will work with the Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron under the  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through Oct. 18, 2021, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will take pace in Houston, Texas […] More

  • Navy Selects American Electronics for NAWCAD Engineering Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects American Electronics for NAWCAD Engineering Support IDIQ

    American Electronics has won a potential $27.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering, technical and management services to the the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The company will support NAWCAD’s Rapid Capability Engineering Department and the Engineering, Prototyping and Business Operations Division under the indefinite-deliver/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils New Azure Govt Cloud Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils New Azure Govt Cloud Offerings

    Microsoft has introduced a range of new offerings on the Azure Government cloud platform for public sector customers. Tom Keane, global infrastructure lead at Microsoft’s Azure segment, wrote in an article published Tuesday that the company will launch the Azure Government Secret service for government clients that handle secret-level classified data. Azure Government Secret is designed to […] 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

  • 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