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  • QinetiQ Unit to Provide MK2 Robotic System Post-Production Support to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ Unit to Provide MK2 Robotic System Post-Production Support to Navy

    A business unit of QinetiQ has been awarded a potential $31.7 million contract perform post-production support work on the Man Transportable Robotic System MK2 for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract carries a one-year base value of $10.3 million and work could extend through August 2019 if all options are exercised. QinetiQ unit Foster Miller will perform […] More

  • L-3 Subsidiary Secures Navy Jet Training Services Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Subsidiary Secures Navy Jet Training Services Contract Modification

    The U.S. Navy has awarded an L-3 Communications subsidiary a $21.9 million modification to exercise the first option on a previously awarded contract for contractor-owned and operated business jet training services. L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace will provide the training services to support the Navy’s maritime air patrol, low/slow terrorist aircraft, air interdiction and air intercept/anti-submarine missions, the Defense […] More

  • USNI News: Navy Seeks Balance of Surveillance, Refueling Functions for Future MQ-25A Carrier UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USNI News: Navy Seeks Balance of Surveillance, Refueling Functions for Future MQ-25A Carrier UAV

    U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker has said the military branch and companies vying for the MQ-25A Stingray carrier unmanned aerial vehicle program are faced with the challenge of combining tanker and ISR features into one UAV platform, USNI News reported Thursday. Sam LaGrone writes Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event that an ideal ISR […] More

  • Global Technical Systems to Build Open Architecture Computer Processor for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Global Technical Systems to Build Open Architecture Computer Processor for Navy

    Global Technical Systems has received a $9.8 million delivery order to develop open architecture-based common processing systems that will work to help the U.S. Navy address computer requirements for the military branch’s combat platforms. GTS will produce 14 pieces of Technical Insertion 12 Hybrid CPS water-cooled advanced production units and eight commercial air-cooled APUs under the delivery order, the Defense Department […] More

  • Navy Picks A&D General Contracting to Build Marine Corps Combat Support Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks A&D General Contracting to Build Marine Corps Combat Support Facility

    The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has awarded A&D General Contracting a $9.6 million task order to build a combat service support facility for the U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command. The facility will be built in Camp Pendleton, California and will have operational, maintenance and administrative offices for the 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion’s West Coast-based combat service support organization units, NAVFAC said Friday. […] More

  • Superior Electric to Provide Navy Automatic Voltage Regulators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Superior Electric to Provide Navy Automatic Voltage Regulators

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Superior Electric a five-year, $39.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply automatic voltage regulators for use aboard the military branch’s ships. The regulators will work to automatically regulate the alternate and direct current voltages that are intended for naval shipboard application, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD added that the company will perform contract work in […] More

  • Raytheon's Anti-Ship Defense System on USS Carney Completes 1st Navy Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Anti-Ship Defense System on USS Carney Completes 1st Navy Fire Test

    Raytheon‘s SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system aboard USS Carney completed an initial live fire test that the U.S. Navy facilitated in Rota, Spain. The company said Wednesday the system identified, tracked and intercepted a BQM-74E target with a RAM Block II missile during the test. Rick Nelson, Raytheon vice president for the naval area and mission defense product line, […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team Dispatches 7th LCS to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Team Dispatches 7th LCS to Navy

    Lockheed Martin and its team of industry partners have delivered the seventh littoral combat ship and future USS Detroit to the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday the ship features a modular design, plug-and-play architecture and 40-percent reconfigurable shipboard space designed to support requirement updates. USS Detroit is the fourth Freedom-class LCS that Lockheed has delivered to the Navy, which will commission […] More

  • Raytheon Partners With Air Force, Navy to Test-Fire 3 Sidewinder Missiles From F-35 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Partners With Air Force, Navy to Test-Fire 3 Sidewinder Missiles From F-35

    Raytheon has worked with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to test-fire three short-range, air-to-air missiles launched from an F-35A aircraft that resulted in direct hits against airborne targets. Raytheon said Wednesday the tests were conducted to assess the AIM-9X Block I Sidewinder‘s end-to-end system, which includes loading, in-flight carriage and guidance, launch initiation, separation, impact/proximity fuzing and target acquisition functions. […] More

  • Raytheon to Provide Navy Satcom Terminal Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Provide Navy Satcom Terminal Engineering Support

    Raytheon has secured a five-year, $9.1 million contract modification to provide engineering services for the U.S. Navy‘s multi-band satellite communications terminal. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon’s space and airborne systems unit will perform work on the Navy Multiband Terminal program in Florida and Massachusetts through Aug. 8, 2021. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command obligated $1.2 million […] More

  • Florida State University Receives Navy Grant to Lead Development of All-Electric Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Florida State University Receives Navy Grant to Lead Development of All-Electric Ship

    The Office of Naval Research has awarded Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems a five-year, $35 million grant to lead a team of scientists and engineers from various universities to help the U.S. Navy build an all-electric ship. The team will work on various energy and machinery aspects such as ship architecture, energy storage and power distribution, Florida […] More

  • Navy Taps PAR Technology Subsidiary for DoD Info Grid Teleport Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps PAR Technology Subsidiary for DoD Info Grid Teleport Services

    PAR Technology subsidiary Rome Research Corp. will provide teleport commercial satellite services to the Global Information Grid facility located in Lago Patria, Italy as well as other remote sites under a five-year, $13.6 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense uses GIG to receive, manage, store and relay data to military commanders, policymakers and support personnel during national security and intelligence community missions, PAR […] More