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  • UTC to Deliver Submarine Acoustic Windows to US Navy; Marc Duvall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Deliver Submarine Acoustic Windows to US Navy; Marc Duvall Comments

    United Technologies Corp.’s aerospace systems business unit has been awarded a five-year contract to supply high frequency acoustic windows for submarines to the U.S. Navy. UTC Aerospace Systems will make the delivery through 2020 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, UTC said Monday. The company’s engineered polymer products team will produce the systems at its facility in Jacksonville, Florida, […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Help Navy Build Undersea Vehicle Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Help Navy Build Undersea Vehicle Tech

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $36.5 million contract modification to research and develop technologies for the U.S. Navy‘s existing and future submarines. Electric Boat will perform R&D work in technology areas such as hydrodynamics, acoustics, ship control and weapons handling, General Dynamics said Friday. Work also covers near-term technology support services for the […] More

  • Robert Mehrabian: Teledyne to Build Electrical, Fiber Optic Tech for GD Electric Boat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Mehrabian: Teledyne to Build Electrical, Fiber Optic Tech for GD Electric Boat

    Teledyne Technologies will assemble the electrical and fiber optic interconnect of the U.S. Navy‘s submarines under a subcontract from General Dynamics Electric Boat. Teledyne’s oil and gas group will provide materials and hardware engineering support services for 10 ships under the Navy’s Virginia-class submarine program, Teledyne said Thursday. “Working together, our oil & gas companies have demonstrated the ability to develop and manufacture […] More

  • HII's Newport News Arm Adopts QinetiQ's Paramarine Naval Architectural Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII’s Newport News Arm Adopts QinetiQ’s Paramarine Naval Architectural Software

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding division will use QinetiQ‘s Paramarine Ship and Submersible Design Software for ship design and construction work on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and carry out research and development in submarine systems. QinetiQ said Monday HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding will deploy Paramarine to function as naval architectural software and use Team Paramarine License for multiple users. The license package is designed […] More

  • Northrop Wins BAE Systems Supplier Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Wins BAE Systems Supplier Award

    Northrop Grumman has received a customer service-related award from a BAE Systems unit for work to supply a platform management system to the U.K.’s defense ministry. BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines chose Northrop to receive the supplier award for the ministry’s Astute nuclear-powered submarine program, Northrop announced Wednesday. Sperry Marine, a Northrop business unit based in New […] More

  • General Dynamics Electric Boat Adds Navy Submarine R&D, Compartment Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Electric Boat Adds Navy Submarine R&D, Compartment Work

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will perform research and development work for submarine technology areas and manufacture missile compartments for the U.S. Navy under $35.8 million in contract awards, the company said Wednesday. Electric Boat will focus its R&D work on manufacturability, hydrodynamics, acoustics, hull integrity, ship control, logistics and other matters under one $19.8 million contract modification. […] More

  • Jeffrey Geiger: General Dynamics Electric Boat Continues Four-Decade Rhode Island Business Park Presence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeffrey Geiger: General Dynamics Electric Boat Continues Four-Decade Rhode Island Business Park Presence

    General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has signed a new lease agreement with real estate firm Quonset Development Corp. to add nearly 42 acres to the existing 100 acres of leased space at Quonset business park in Rhode Island. QDC’s board of directors approved the 25-year agreement as Electric Boat seeks to meet the U.S. Navy’s submarine program […] More