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  • Exelis Receives Aircraft Self-Protection Tech Support Contract From Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Receives Aircraft Self-Protection Tech Support Contract From Navy

    Harris subsidiary Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $12.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services and software support equipment for multiple airborne countermeasure systems. The Defense Department said Monday Exelis will support the Navy’s AN/ALQ-165 self-protection jammers, AN/ALQ-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasures as well as the service branch’s aircraft self-protection and software modernization projects. […] More

  • Army Awards Foreign Sales Contract Modification to Kilgore for IR Countermeasure Flares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Awards Foreign Sales Contract Modification to Kilgore for IR Countermeasure Flares

    Kilgore Flares Co. has received a one-year, $24.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce infrared countermeasure flares for UAE and Qatar under a foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Monday that Kilgore is scheduled to complete work by June 30, 2017, at a company facility in Toone, Tennessee. The Army obligated the full amount […] More

  • Sikorsky Receives $85M FMS Contract Modification From Army for Black Hawk Retrofitting - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Receives $85M FMS Contract Modification From Army for Black Hawk Retrofitting

    Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has received an $85 million modification to a foreign military sale contract from the U.S. Army to restore Mexico’s UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to full operations. Sikorsky will conduct the retrofitting of the helicopters in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a planned end date of April 2019, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army […] More

  • State Dept Approves Javelin Guided Missiles Sale to Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Approves Javelin Guided Missiles Sale to Qatar

    The State Department has approved the sale of Javelin guided missiles, equipment and support services worth $20 million to Qatar under foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. Qatar ordered 50 Javelins and 10 associated command launch units with an integrated day/thermal sight and container, 10 missile simulation rounds, one enhanced basic skills trainer, 12 non-rechargeable batteries, six rechargeable batteries, storage and […] More

  • Northrop to Produce Inertial Navigation Systems for Saudi Navy Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Produce Inertial Navigation Systems for Saudi Navy Ships

    Northrop Grumman has received an $8.3 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Navy to provide naval ship-based MK39 MOD 3A Ring Laser gyro inertial navigation systems to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also produce MK39 MOD 3A components, spare parts and associated shore-based tools for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces under the contract. Northrop will […] More

  • Lockheed to Refresh Mission Systems of Germany's P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Refresh Mission Systems of Germany’s P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has received a $54.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to update mission computers, armament and ordnance systems, displays and controls and acoustic equipment on eight P-3C Orion maritime surveillance planes for Germany. The P-3C Mission System Refresh Program will cover long-lead items procurement, non-recurring engineering, design and build, integration, planning and software development services, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Lockheed’s […] More

  • Navy Transports 1st Seahawk Helicopters to Denmark - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Transports 1st Seahawk Helicopters to Denmark

    The U.S. Navy has delivered three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to Denmark as part of the second foreign military procurement of the multi-mission helicopters built by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary. The MH-60Rs were transported from Sikorsky’s William P. Gwinn Airfield aboard two C-17 aircraft bound for Karup air base in Denmark, the Navy said Wednesday. Denmark’s navy will […] More

  • Lockheed Secures Navy Undersea Warfare System Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Navy Undersea Warfare System Contract Option

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $40.8 million contract modification to provide engineering support for AN/SQQ-89A surface ship undersea warfare systems. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification exercises a one-year option on a previously awarded contract for the development, integration and production of an  AN/SQQ-89A variant. The system is designed to search, detect, classify, localize and […] More

  • L-3, NASS Land AF Contracts to Provide ISR Systems for Cessna Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3, NASS Land AF Contracts to Provide ISR Systems for Cessna Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts to North American Surveillance Systems and L-3 Communications valued at $40 million and $14.2 million, respectively, to provide services and updates to Cessna 208B aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the contract NASS landed requires the company to modify and integrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance features into the Cessna aircraft as well as […] More

  • Report: US Foreign Military Sales Hit $29B in First Half of FY 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Foreign Military Sales Hit $29B in First Half of FY 2016

    Guggenheim Securities has found that foreign military sales of U.S.-built platforms and weapon systems amounted to $29 billion after six months of the government’s 2016 fiscal year, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes the investment banking and capital markets company said in its report obtained by Defense News that Lockheed Martin is the largest beneficiary of FMS deals for the first half of fiscal […] More

  • L-3 Subsidiary Receives Navy Delivery Order for EO Sensor System Depot Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Subsidiary Receives Navy Delivery Order for EO Sensor System Depot Spares

    L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 KEO has received a $9.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide MK 46 and MK 20 electro-optical sensor system depot spares. The Defense Department said Wednesday L-3 KEO will deliver the spares for the Navy as well as the government of South Korea under the foreign military sales program. L-3 acquired Danaher Corp.‘s Kollmorgen […] More

  • Marine Corps Orders 10K ArmorSource-Built Helmets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Orders 10K ArmorSource-Built Helmets

    ArmorSource has been awarded a contract to produce 10,000 lightweight helmets for the U.S. Marine Corps and is scheduled to deliver the helmets in the first three quarters of 2017. It represents the third order the company has received from U.S. government clients since January 2016, Yoav Kapah, president and CEO of ArmorSource, said in a statement issued Tuesday. […] More