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  • US Air Force Taps Boeing to Provide Interim Contractor Support for Saudi Arabia's F-15 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Air Force Taps Boeing to Provide Interim Contractor Support for Saudi Arabia’s F-15 Fleet

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $46.4 million contract modification to definitize a foreign military sales requirement for interim contractor support to F-15 planes of the Saudi Arabian air force. Boeing will support F-15SA aircraft at King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia through March 31, 2017, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted that the Air Force Life Cycle Management […] More

  • Boeing Receives Saudi F-15 Radar Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives Saudi F-15 Radar Contract Modification

    Boeing has been awarded an $18.3 million contract modification by the U.S. Air Force to supply AN/APG-63(V) 3 radar for the Saudi Arabian air force’s F-15SA aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday work will primarily occur in Forest, Mississippi, through March 31, 2017. The modification falls under a foreign military sales agreement between the U.S. government and Saudi Arabia. Boeing-built F-15 jets serve as […] More

  • Army Taps Black Box to Support Ukraine Security Assistance Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Black Box to Support Ukraine Security Assistance Program

    Black Box has secured a $22.7 million contract from the U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems to support a security assistance program of Ukraine’s defense ministry. Black Box said Thursday PEO EIS’ office of Foreign Military Sales for Ukraine’s ministry of defense awarded the contract in support of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative […] More

  • MEADS Bids for Poland Missile Defense System Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEADS Bids for Poland Missile Defense System Development

    MEADS International, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and MBDA, has submitted a proposal to the Polish government to build and deliver air-and-missile defense systems, Defense News reported Tuesday. Jen Judson writes the submission is in response to a solicitation notice on Poland’s Wisla missile defense program. Marty Coyne,  Medium Extended Air Defense System director at Lockheed, said that the proposal covers […] More

  • Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. Begins F-16 Modernization Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. Begins F-16 Modernization Work

    Taiwan’s state-owned aerospace firm has begun to upgrade four Lockheed Martin-built F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for the country’s air force, Defense News reported Tuesday. Mike Yeo writes Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. said it expects to complete modernization work on 144 F-16s within six years at its Taichung facility. According to the 2011 foreign military sales request […] More

  • L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes

    The U.S. Army has awarded L3 Technologies a $32 million contract modification to supply M783 Point Detonating/Delay mortar fuzes to an international customer as part of a foreign military sales deal. L3 said Thursday its fuzing and ordnance systems unit will perform work under the modification through February 2018. Rich Hunter, L3 FOS president, said the company […] More

  • General Atomics Gets Phase 1 MQ-9 UAV Logistics Support Order Under France FMS Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Gets Phase 1 MQ-9 UAV Logistics Support Order Under France FMS Deal

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business will provide Phase 1 logistics support for MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles to France under a one-year, $24 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force. The order comes under a foreign military sales contract and work will occur in Poway, California, through Dec. 31, 2017, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force Life Cycle Management […] More

  • General Atomics Receives $57M Air Force Order to Expand Spain's UAV Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Receives $57M Air Force Order to Expand Spain’s UAV Fleet

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has secured a two-year, $56.7 million order from the U.S. Air Force as part of an existing foreign military sales deal to expand Spain’s current fleet of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Wednesday that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will also provide associated UAV equipment under Spain’s MQ-9 Exportable Block 5 Procurement […] More

  • Raytheon to Provide Test Support for Qatar Missile Defense Center Under AF Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Provide Test Support for Qatar Missile Defense Center Under AF Contract Modification

    Raytheon has received a $9.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for system verification test support to Qatar’s air and missile defense operations center. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business will support development of cross-domain platforms for the center as part of a foreign military sales deal between Qatar and the U.S. Work […] More

  • Report: India to Receive BAE-Built Artillery Guns for Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: India to Receive BAE-Built Artillery Guns for Tests

    India will receive two BAE Systems-made artillery guns within six months to perform tests and start the integration of the weapons into the country’s arsenal, The Hindu reported Monday. Dinakar Peri writes India signed a $737 million contract in November to acquire 145 M777A2 LW155 ultralight howitzers through the U.S. government’s foreign military sales program. A source said the […] More

  • State Dept OKs Boeing-Built Munitions Tail Kit Sale to Kuwait - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs Boeing-Built Munitions Tail Kit Sale to Kuwait

    The State Department has given Kuwait the go-ahead to purchase 750 Joint Direct Attack Munitions tail kits and related components from the U.S. government under a potential $37 million foreign military sales agreement. Boeing will serve as the sole-source contractor for the FMS transaction that also covers spares of JDAM load build trainers, support tools, repair and return […] More

  • Kratos to Provide Technical Support, Missile Components Under Army FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Provide Technical Support, Missile Components Under Army FMS Contract

    The U.S. Army‘s Aviation and Missile Command has awarded a business unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a three-year, $23.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide technical and engineering support services to a foreign military sales customer. Kratos said Thursday its defense and rocket support services division’s Madison Research Corporation business unit will also deliver Class V short-range missile […] More