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  • Lockheed to Assess F-35 Air System Under Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Assess F-35 Air System Under Navy Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $14.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to determine if the current F-35 air system can address future operational requirements. The company will also help the service branch explore cost and weight reduction strategies as well as conduct modeling and simulation efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday. Work also includes additional analysis efforts to […] More

  • Navy, Northrop Celebrate Triton UAS Flight Operations at Point Mugu, Calif. - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Northrop Celebrate Triton UAS Flight Operations at Point Mugu, Calif.

    The U.S. Navy hosted a ceremony Thursday at Point Mogu in California to mark the start of flight operations for the Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. Northrop said Friday the Unmanned Patrol Squadron-19’s maintenance detachment will test and conduct training on two MQ-4Cs before the service branch deploys the UAS units to Guam in late 2018. A newly refurbished hangar […] More

  • Sixth Lockheed-Built Littoral Combat Ship Completes Acceptance Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sixth Lockheed-Built Littoral Combat Ship Completes Acceptance Trials

    The sixth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team for the U.S. Navy has finished a series of acceptance trials on Lake Michigan. Lockheed said Thursday the tests occurred from May 20 to 24 and showcased the surface and air detection features of USS Sioux City , designated LCS 11, as well as aviation support, small boat launch handling […] More

  • NAVAIR Eyes Pratt & Whitney for E-6B Power Tech Upgrade Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVAIR Eyes Pratt & Whitney for E-6B Power Tech Upgrade Support Contract

    The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a sole-source contract to help install updated auxiliary power units into the U.S. Navy‘s E-6B Mercury planes. Work will cover APU installation, sustainment and engineering support for 16 E-6B aircraft units and training systems, the Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The service branch noted […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Concludes SSN 789 Initial Sea Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Concludes SSN 789 Initial Sea Trials

    Huntington Ingalls Indutries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has finished conducting initial sea trials of its latest Virginia-class submarine. In this phase of testing, the SSN 789 or Indiana submarine performed its first submergence and exhibited high-speed maneuvers under and above water, HII said Friday. “We are pleased with how Indiana performed and look forward to continuing our testing program […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Begins DDG 124 Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Begins DDG 124 Construction

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary commenced the construction of a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer on May 17 in Bath, Maine. The start of DDG 124 or the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.‘s construction is marked by the cutting of the ship’s first 100 tons and a commemorative ceremony,  the U.S. Navy said Thursday. The destroyer takes the name of retired […] More

  • Sparton to Support Raytheon's Navy Mine Neutralizer System Development; Jim Lackemacher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sparton to Support Raytheon’s Navy Mine Neutralizer System Development; Jim Lackemacher Comments

    Sparton will collaborate with Raytheon to design, test and deploy a mine neutralization system as part of the latter company’s potential $363 million contract with the U.S. Navy. De Leon Spring, Fla.-based Sparton said Wednesday it will produce a deployment packaging technology and a wireless communications buoy for Raytheon’s Barracuda  mine neutralizer vehicle. Jim Lackemacher, vice president of […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls, 3D Systems Partner to Develop Additive Manufacturing Tech for Shipbuilding - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, 3D Systems Partner to Develop Additive Manufacturing Tech for Shipbuilding

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division and 3D Systems are co-developing additive manufacturing or 3D printing technologies that may be applied in naval shipbuilding. HII said Thursday the partnership aims to support the implementation of 3D printing across the U.S. Navy and further improve manufacturing methods for the future of naval ships. To aid development, 3D Systems is providing […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Starts to Build Navy's 1st Flight III Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Starts to Build Navy’s 1st Flight III Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has begun to fabricate the first guided missile destroyer that will employ the U.S. Navy‘s Flight III design upgrade. The company said Tuesday it cut the first 100 tons of steel needed to construct the future Arleigh Burke-class Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) ship. HII will equip DDG 125 with an Advanced Missile Defense […] More

  • Navy Receives Northrop-Built F-35 Electronic Warfare Simulation Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Northrop-Built F-35 Electronic Warfare Simulation Platform

    The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of a Northrop Grumman-built multispectral test platform designed to prepare the service branch’s F-35 aircraft for complex missions in electromagnetic spectrum environments. Northrop said Tuesday it shipped the Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator, Signal Measurement System and the Synchronizer Controller System to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in Point Mogu, Calif. CEESIM is designed to […] More

  • HII Installs Main Deck Forward Section on JFK Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Installs Main Deck Forward Section on JFK Aircraft Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has installed the forward section of the main deck on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the company is building for the U.S. Navy. HII said Monday its Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed approximately 75 percent of USS John F. Kennedy structures through a “modular” building process, wherein smaller sections of a ship are consolidated into […] More

  • DynCorp Gets $60M Modification on Air Force Base Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Gets $60M Modification on Air Force Base Support Contract

    DynCorp International has secured a $59.6 million contract modification to continue to help manage and maintain U.S. Air Force‘s base supply activities. The service branch exercised an option under a previously awarded contract for the company to extend supply support at Columbus, Laughlin, Randolph, Sheppard and Vance AF installations, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will also […] More