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  • US Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship USS Marinette - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship USS Marinette

    The U.S. Navy has commissioned the USS Marinette, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship constructed by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine shipyard. The vessel, which was named after a city in Wisconsin, was delivered to the Navy in February and inaugurated on Saturday in Menominee, Michigan, DVIDS reported. The Marinette is the Navy’s 25th littoral […] More

  • Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships

    A Textron subsidiary has received a potential $19.5 million contract from Naval Air Systems Command to provide uncrewed aerial system operation support for three U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Textron Systems said Wednesday it will use its Aerosonde UAS to deliver extended-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to two Independence-class vessels and one Freedom-class ship. […] More

  • Lockheed Unit Awarded $99M Navy LCS Trainer Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit Awarded $99M Navy LCS Trainer Modernization Contract

    Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business has secured a $99 million contract to incorporate survivability and lethality features into the integrated tactical training system for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships. The Department of Defense said Tuesday contract work includes technical updates to hardware and software, cybersecurity and installation of trainers. RMS will also […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Books $67M Navy IDIQ for Maintenance of LCS Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Books $67M Navy IDIQ for Maintenance of LCS Engines

    Rolls-Royce has received a $66.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain a critical component of the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class littoral combat ships. The company’s Marine North America business will specifically provide engineering and technical support for the MT30 gas turbine engines of the naval fleet, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Contract work will be determined and defined […] More

  • Navy Receives Future USS Augusta Littoral Combat Ship From Austal USA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Future USS Augusta Littoral Combat Ship From Austal USA

    Austal USA has wrapped up the acceptance trials for the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) and handed over the 17th Independence-variant littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy.  Following the delivery, the pre-commissioning unit of the vessel will prepare for integration into the naval fleet, the Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilding company said Friday.  Rusty Murdaugh, president of Austal USA, commented […] More

  • Austal USA-Built USS Kingsville Naval Ship Undergoes Christening - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA-Built USS Kingsville Naval Ship Undergoes Christening

    Austal USA has christened the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), a littoral combat ship named for the Texan town and scheduled for delivery to the U.S. Navy in early 2024. The Independence-class naval ship is the 18th LCS the Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder designed and constructed, Austal USA said Saturday. USS Kingsville will be homeported in […] More

  • Lockheed Hands Over USS Marinette Littoral Combat Ship to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hands Over USS Marinette Littoral Combat Ship to Navy

    Lockheed Martin has delivered the future USS Marinette littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy in early February, bringing the total deliveries of Freedom-class LCS to the service branch to 13. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday LCS 25, which honors the city of Marinette located in the northeast of Wisconsin, was equipped with a […] More

  • Fairbanks Morse Defense Secures $90M Navy IDIQ for Combat Ship Engine Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fairbanks Morse Defense Secures $90M Navy IDIQ for Combat Ship Engine Support

    Fairbanks Morse Defense will cover equipment manufacturing support for the main propulsion diesel engines of a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship under a recently awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract amounting to $89.9 million. The solely-sourced contract requires the Beloit, Wisconsin-headquartered company to provide engineering and technical support for Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B engines on the Navy’s Freedom-variant LCS, the […] More

  • L3Harris to Provide Engineering Support for Navy’s Combat Ships Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris to Provide Engineering Support for Navy’s Combat Ships Under IDIQ Contract

    L3Harris Technologies has received a potential five-year, $19.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services for steering, machinery and navigation control systems of the service’s combat ships. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division is the contracting activity and will obligate $281,799 in fiscal year 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds […] More

  • Navy Taps Lockheed for Littoral Combat Ship Design, Support Services Under $80M Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Lockheed for Littoral Combat Ship Design, Support Services Under $80M Award

    Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business has secured a $79.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide design, integrated data and product model environment support for littoral combat ships. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price and cost-only modification will run through October 2022, the Department of Defense said Monday. The award modifies an […] More

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