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  • General Dynamics Secures $60M Army Ammo Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Secures $60M Army Ammo Production Contract

    General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems unit has been awarded a potential $59.9 million contract for the delivery of 30mm x 173mm ammunition to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Monday the company will supply armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot along with tracer cartridges under the firm-fixed-price contract. Work is scheduled to be completed by May 31, 2021. The Army […] More

  • Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program

    General Dynamics has placed an order for Saab medium-range surveillance radar systems for installation on two future U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Saab said Thursday it will provide Sea Giraffe AMB naval radars designated as AN/SPS-77 for the military branch’s LCS 28 and LCS 30 ships. Erik Smith, president and CEO of Saab Defense and Security USA, said the company is contracted to deliver Sea […] More

  • DLA Taps General Dynamics to Supply Army Machine Gun Barrels - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Taps General Dynamics to Supply Army Machine Gun Barrels

    General Dynamics has landed a three-year, $14.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to produce machine gun barrels for the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company’s ordnance and tactical systems business will perform contract work in Vermont through Dec. 24, 2021. The Army will fund the procurement of machine gun barrels using […] More

  • General Dynamics Opens Contact Center Job Opportunities Through Census Bureau Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Opens Contact Center Job Opportunities Through Census Bureau Contract

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has announced more than 40 job vacancies for bilingual customer service representatives and quality assurance specialists at a company-operated contact center in Imeson, Jacksonville, The Jax Daily Record reported Friday. The positions will support census questionnaire assistance services covered by a $430 million contract that General Dynamics Information Technology secured from the U.S. Census […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets Contract Option for Navy Ship Planning Yard Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Gets Contract Option for Navy Ship Planning Yard Services

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $44.3 million contract modification to provide planning yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s guided missile destroyers and frigates. The Navy exercised an option under a previously awarded contract for the company to support integrated planning yard efforts for Arleigh Burke-class and Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD […] More

  • Dell EMC’s Steve Harris: Cloud Tech Could Aid in Federal IT Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC’s Steve Harris: Cloud Tech Could Aid in Federal IT Cybersecurity

    Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said the adoption of on-premise and hybrid cloud platforms can help government agencies comply with security best practices and access information technology services in the event of catastrophes. Harris wrote in a MeriTalk article published Tuesday that such cloud environments could also […] More

  • General Atomics RPA Platform Demos Submarine Tracking Feature at Navy Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics RPA Platform Demos Submarine Tracking Feature at Navy Exercise

    General Atomics‘ MQ-9 Predator B remotely piloted aircraft platform demonstrated a capacity to remotely detect and track submerged contacts during a U.S. Naval exercise held in October at the Southern California Offshore Range. The company said Monday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. supported the U.S. Navy exercise which showcased new maritime patrol systems including anti-submarine […] More

  • Lockheed Puts UK Fighting Vehicle Turret System Through Live-Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts UK Fighting Vehicle Turret System Through Live-Fire Test

    Lockheed Martin‘s U.K. subsidiary has completed an initial manned live-fire test of a turret system the company built for the British army’s fleet of AJAX armored fighting vehicles. The company said Monday that General Dynamics‘ land systems business in the U.K. helped developed the turret as the prime contractor on the AJAX program. Initial tests involved firing on a static target […] More

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics to Sustain US, UK Submarine Attack Weapon, Fire Control Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics to Sustain US, UK Submarine Attack Weapon, Fire Control Systems

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has received a two-year, $25.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the sustainment of a fire control system for U.S. and U.K. SSBN nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The company will also help sustain an attack weapon control system for U.S.’ SSGN guided missile submarines under the sole-source contract, the Defense […] More

  • DHA Extends General Dynamics' Military Health IT Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Extends General Dynamics’ Military Health IT Support Contract

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a potential $29.3 million contract to continue to help the Defense Health Agency manage information technology applications of the Military Health System. The Defense Department said Friday the bridge extends current support and service General Dynamics provides to DHA health IT applications as the agency transitions to a new IT […] More

  • Saudi Arabian Military Industries Names A&D Vet Andreas Schwer CEO, Forms Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saudi Arabian Military Industries Names A&D Vet Andreas Schwer CEO, Forms Board of Directors

    Andreas Schwer, former president and chairman of the board at Rheinmetall International, has joined state-owned defense contractor Saudi Arabian Military Industries as CEO He brings leadership experience in multiple international aerospace and defense companies to his new position, SAMI said Tuesday SAMI also formed a board of directors to be led by Ahmed Al Khateeb. The company entered […] More

  • General Dynamics IT Gets $50M Navy Contract Option for Logistics Support to FMS Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics IT Gets $50M Navy Contract Option for Logistics Support to FMS Customers

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a $50 million option under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for logistics support services to multiple foreign military sales customers. The Defense Department said Wednesday GDIT will provide the FMS logistics services in support of the Naval Air Systems Command’s Logistics Management Integration Department. Work will take place in various within and […] More