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  • Rockwell Collins to Help Sustain Avionics System of Air Force KC-10 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Help Sustain Avionics System of Air Force KC-10 Fleet

    Rockwell Collins has received a potential $10.7 million contract to provide sustaining engineering services for the avionics system of the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of KC-10 tanker aircraft. The company will perform work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is scheduled to finish by Feb. 17, 2027, the Defense Department said Friday. The […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Navy Replace Virginia-Class Submarine Propulsion Control Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary to Help Navy Replace Virginia-Class Submarine Propulsion Control Tech

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $40.7 million “undefinitized contract action” from the U.S. Navy to conduct the second phase of a project to redesign the main propulsion machinery control systems of Virginia-class submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat will help the Navy plan and facilitate the replacement of legacy MPM control systems of the submarines’ […] More

  • CACI Gets Air Force Contract for Software Modification & Configuration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Gets Air Force Contract for Software Modification & Configuration

    CACI International has received a $15 million contract to modify and configure new commercial software in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s NexGen IT information technology modernization program. The Defense Department said Thursday CACI will perform contract work in Florida, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and New Jersey through March 12, 2019. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center obligated $7,654,981 […] More

  • Jacobs to Help Design Navy, Marine Facilities in NAVFAC Pacific Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Help Design Navy, Marine Facilities in NAVFAC Pacific Region

    Jacobs Engineering Group‘s government business has won a potential five-year, $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide architect-engineer services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific area of responsibility. The Defense Department said Thursday Jacobs Government Services will help design, engineer, estimate costs and write specifications for construction projects at multiple U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities as well as […] More

  • Former DoD Adviser Daniel Kliman Named a CNAS Senior Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DoD Adviser Daniel Kliman Named a CNAS Senior Fellow

    Daniel Kliman, a U.S. Navy Reserve officer and former senior adviser at the Defense Department, has been named senior fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program of the Center for a New American Security. CNAS said Thursday Kliman will focus on research efforts to examine U.S. competition with China, integration of U.S. allies and U.S. military presence in […] More

  • Vectrus to Support Army Base Operations in Qatar Under $50M Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus to Support Army Base Operations in Qatar Under $50M Contract Modification

    Vectrus‘ systems business has received a $49.5 million contract modification to help manage U.S. Army base operations in Qatar. The Defense Department said Wednesday Vectrus will perform work in Doha, Qatar, through Sept. 29, 2018. The Army Contracting Command obligated the full modification amount at the time of award from the service branch’s fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds. Vectrus […] More

  • Jacobs Lands USACE Engineering, Design Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Lands USACE Engineering, Design Services Contract

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won a five-year, $9.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide multi-discipline engineering and design services for the northwest division of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Defense Department said Tuesday the military branch awarded the contract after an online-based solicitation that received seven bids. USACE will determine work locations […] More

  • Former NGA Director Letitia Long Joins Sonatype Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former NGA Director Letitia Long Joins Sonatype Board

    Letitia Long, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has been named an independent director of Sonatype‘s board of directors. Sonatype said Tuesday Long will work with board representatives from the company’s lead investors that include Goldman Sachs, Accel Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. She held various civilian leadership positions during her more than 35-year […] More

  • Leonardo DRS to Help Navy Install Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Power System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS to Help Navy Install Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Power System

    Leonardo DRS has received a $32.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver provisioned item orders, engineering services and associated support for the low-voltage power system of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. The Defense Department said Monday Leonardo DRS’ systems business will perform work under the modification through September 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. DDG 1000‘s low-voltage power system includes power […] More

  • BAE Unit to Manufacture 2 Gun Mounts, Associated Hardware for Coast Guard Cutters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Manufacture 2 Gun Mounts, Associated Hardware for Coast Guard Cutters

    BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business has received a potential $16.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce two MK 110 Mod 0 gun mounts along with associated hardware. The Defense Department said Monday each gun mount will include a 57mm medium caliber gun; a barrel-mounted television camera; an ammunition hoist; a muzzle velocity […] More

  • Defense Firms Link Unfilled DoD Posts to Contracting Activity Slowdown; Leidos' Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Firms Link Unfilled DoD Posts to Contracting Activity Slowdown; Leidos’ Roger Krone Comments

    Some defense industry executives have said the Trump administration’s current process of finding leaders to fill senior-level roles at the Defense Department has resulted in uncertainty and slow pace of contract awards, Reuters reported Saturday. “The still-high number of unfilled leadership appointments and the approaching government physical year-end continue to serve as headwinds,” Leidos CEO […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Update Army, Marine Satellite Terminals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Update Army, Marine Satellite Terminals

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has received a $48.8 million contract to inspect, test and update U.S. Army and Marine Corps AN/TSC-156 tactical satellite communications terminals. The Defense Department said Friday that L3’s Communication Systems West business in Salt Lake City, Utah, will support AN/TSC-156B/D and AN/TSC-156C terminals under the contract. Work is scheduled to occur through through Aug. 10, 2022. The Army Contracting Command is […] More