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  • Yulista Subsidiary to Help Manage USAF's Maui Electro-Optical, Computing Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yulista Subsidiary to Help Manage USAF’s Maui Electro-Optical, Computing Facilities

    A Yulista Holding subsidiary has received a five-year contract to help the U.S. Air Force manage a military site in the Hawaiian island of Maui for research, development and operational efforts related to space situational awareness. Tunista Services will provide personnel, equipment and services management support at the Air Force Maui Optical & Supercomputing Site, the company said Friday. The […] More

  • Engility Holds 11th Annual Employee Trade Show; Gay Porter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Holds 11th Annual Employee Trade Show; Gay Porter Comments

    Engility brought together more than 500 professionals to share, discuss, experience and test multiple technology platforms at the company’s employee trade show held Thursday. The company said Thursday its systems engineers along with aerospace, counterterrorism and defense specialists were present during the annual summit that featured Engility’s artificial intelligence technology Synthetic Analyst and data analytics platforms MetaSift and […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Provide Afghan Air Force ISR Aircraft Under $86M USAF Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Provide Afghan Air Force ISR Aircraft Under $86M USAF Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Orbital ATK and $86.4 million contract to manufacture  armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for Afghanistan’s air force. Orbital ATK will provide AC-208 aircraft under the “pseudo” foreign military sales contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Contract work will occur in Fort Worth, Texas through June 9, 2019. The 645th Aeronautical Systems […] More

  • Capco Lands Navy Impulse Cartridge Production IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capco Lands Navy Impulse Cartridge Production IDIQ Contract

    Capco has received a potential five-year, $39.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce two impulse cartridge variants and test aircraft ejection devices. Work covers the production of WA83, CCU-136A/A; WB24, CCU-145A cartridges; and/or production lot testing of ejection devices from aircraft, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales customers […] More

  • Lockheed to Pursue Air Force Unified Cyber Platform Devt Contract; Deon Viergutz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Pursue Air Force Unified Cyber Platform Devt Contract; Deon Viergutz Comments

    Lockheed Martin has announced it will bid on contract to build a unified technology platform for the U.S. Air Force to manage cross-domain cybersecurity missions. The company said Tuesday its cyber solutions arm will offer the Henosis integrated mission system that works to integrate cyber functions into air, land, maritime and space operations. Henosis is a command-and-control battle […] More

  • Report: Air Force to Test Northrop B-21 Bomber at Edwards AF Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Test Northrop B-21 Bomber at Edwards AF Base

    Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, commander of the U.S. Air Force‘s 412th Test Wing, has said the service branch plans to test the B-21 bomber aircraft under development by a Northrop Grumman-led team at Edwards AF Base in California, The Drive reported Monday. He told audience at the Antelope Valley Board of Trade and Business Outlook Conference held Saturday that […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers Initial Deployable Support Facilities for Australian F-35 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers Initial Deployable Support Facilities for Australian F-35 Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered two mobile mission system facilities built to support operations and maintenance of the Royal Australian Air Force’s F-35 aircraft. Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry, said in a statement published Monday the country’s defense force will use the mobile mission system facilities to operate and maintain F-35s while deployed away from the Williamtown […] More

  • DoD Recognizes Air Force for Raytheon-Led Radar System Maintenance Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Recognizes Air Force for Raytheon-Led Radar System Maintenance Program

    A U.S. Air Force team has obtained an award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for its management of a Raytheon-led contract to maintain, sustain and repair the ground-based Cobra Dane radar system. The Air Force said Friday its Cobra Dane System Sustainment Team received the 2017 Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics Award at […] More

  • Lockheed Transports Robotic Mars Lander to California Launch Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Transports Robotic Mars Lander to California Launch Site

    Lockheed Martin has shipped NASA‘s robotic Mars lander to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to undergo final processing ahead of the spacecraft’s May 5 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 401 rocket. The InSight probe is designed to explore the red planet’s deep interior and map the planet’s basic structure to help scientists investigate how terrestrial planets […] More

  • York Space Systems Passes Critical Design Review for Army Satellite Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    York Space Systems Passes Critical Design Review for Army Satellite Mission

    York Space Systems has cleared a critical design review for a satellite that the aerospace company currently develops for the U.S. Army. Representatives from the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command and the U.S. Air Force conducted the review of the Harbinger mission at York’s spacecraft design and production facility in Denver, Colo., the company said Wednesday. […] More

  • Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract

    Raytheon has received a potential $87.1 million contract to supply updated high definition/target location accuracy turrets to the U.S. Air Force and France. The Defense Department said Wednesday the fixed-price-incentive contract covers the production of 44 AN/DAS-4 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B turrets as well as one lot of initial spares, shop replaceable units, associated data. The […] More

  • Air Force Taps Lockheed for GPS On-Orbit Sustainment Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Lockheed for GPS On-Orbit Sustainment Services

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential $18.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help sustain the military branch’s GPS satellites currently in orbit. Work covers on-orbit and anomaly resolution support, constellation performance analysis, space vehicle end-of-life test and training and SV subsystem analysis, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the Space and Missile Systems […] More