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  • General Dynamics to Produce Mission System Containers for Navy LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Produce Mission System Containers for Navy LCS

    Northrop Grumman has awarded General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit a multimillion-dollar contract to manufacture storage for mission packages of the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ships. General Dynamics said Wednesday it will produce Reduced Weight Basic Operating Assembly containers at a company facility in Marion, Virginia, and perform initial delivery work in December. John Schulz, director […] More

  • Navy Tasks Lockheed to Increase LCS Fleet Lethality, Survivability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tasks Lockheed to Increase LCS Fleet Lethality, Survivability

    Lockheed Martin is modernizing littoral combat ships of the U.S. Navy, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Joe DePietro, vice president of small combatants and ship systems at Lockheed, said Thursday prior to the commissioning of the USS Sioux City on Monday, that the LCS modernization seeks to increase the ships’ firepower and survivability. The program involves equipping the […] More

  • BAE Unit Gets Navy LCS Post-Shakedown Availability Contract Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit Gets Navy LCS Post-Shakedown Availability Contract Options

    A business unit of BAE Systems has received $24.4 million in contract options to support post-shakedown availabilities for two U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. BAE’s San Diego Ship Repair business will provide manpower, technical data, material, non-standard equipment and support services necessary to complete PSA work on USS Gabrielle Giffords and USS Omaha. The contractor will also help […] More

  • Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Propose Missile Tech for Navy LCS, Frigate Warships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Propose Missile Tech for Navy LCS, Frigate Warships

    A team composed of Raytheon and Kongsberg Grupen plans to offer the U.S. Navy a precision missile system in a bid to address the service branch’s over-the-horizon requirement for littoral combat ships and frigates. The alliance’s Naval Strike Missile offering for the Navy will feature seeker and target identification technologies designed to defend against land and sea targets as well as […] More

  • BAE Receives New Dry Dock at San Diego Shipyard; Joe Campbell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Receives New Dry Dock at San Diego Shipyard; Joe Campbell Comments

    BAE Systems has transported a new dry dock to the company’s San Diego shipyard as part of its $100 million investment to support the U.S. Navy’s fleet repair efforts on the West Coast. The Posh Terasea Eagle ship towed the 55,000-lifting-ton floating dry dock to the shipyard, where it will undergo testing, installation, final assembly and certification, BAE said Thursday. Joe […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Collaborate to Update Mine-Hunting Sonar Tech; Paul Ferraro Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Collaborate to Update Mine-Hunting Sonar Tech; Paul Ferraro Comments

    Raytheon has partnered with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport to update a sonar system that the company developed to help U.S. Navy personnel recognize mines. The AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar has been updated through a Raytheon-NUWC collaboration that began in August last year as part of a “work for private party” contract funded by the company, Raytheon said Tuesday. The technology captured […] More