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  • Navy Eyes Modification for BAE Electromagnetic Railgun Pulsed Power Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Modification for BAE Electromagnetic Railgun Pulsed Power Tech Contract

    The U.S. Navy plans to award a contract modification to BAE Systems to continue development work on a pulsed power system for the service branch’s electromagnetic railgun, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes Naval Sea Systems Command officials said the sole-source contract to be awarded to BAE’s platforms and services business segment will also cover […] More

  • Report: Navy Explores Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Contract Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy Explores Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Contract Options

    The U.S. Navy has begun to consider whether to switch to Huntington Ingalls Industries to build the Flight III version of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer due to a disagreement between the service branch and a General Dynamics subsidiary over a fixed-price contract, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher P. Cavas writes General Dynamics’ Bath […] More

  • Orbit International Receives Navy Electronics Purchase Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbit International Receives Navy Electronics Purchase Order

    Orbit International‘s electronics business group has received a $1.1 million purchase order from the U.S. Navy for unindentified products. The company said Thursday it will deliver the completed units to the military service  in  during second and third quarters of 2017. “This is the second of the two large awards that we were expecting prior to year-end,” […] More

  • Boeing Delivers 50th Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Navy; Tony Rossi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Delivers 50th Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Navy; Tony Rossi Comments

    Boeing has built and delivered its 50th P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy‘s anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Navy said Thursday it accepted the new unit at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida, and expects to complete the branch’s fleet transition from P-3C to P-8A by fiscal year 2019. “This is the first time a […] More

  • DLA Exercises GE Healthcare Contract Option for Patient Monitoring Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Exercises GE Healthcare Contract Option for Patient Monitoring Systems

    General Electric‘s healthcare business has received a one-year, $14.4 million contract modification for the supply of patient monitoring systems to the Defense Logistics Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification exercises the eighth option year in a previously awarded 10-year contract and covers subsystems, accessories, consumables and training support. Work will occur in Wisconsin through Jan. 13, 2018 and will support the U.S. […] More

  • General Dynamics Shipyard to Deliver USS Rafael Peralta to Navy in February - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Shipyard to Deliver USS Rafael Peralta to Navy in February

    The U.S. Navy‘s Board of Inspection and Survey has recommended the General Dynamics-built USS Rafael Peralta guided missile destroyer to join the Navy fleet after the ship completed its acceptance trials. USS Rafael Peralta will be delivered to the Navy in February and will depart from the company’s Bath Iron Works shipyard in the spring to join 34 other Arleigh Burke-class […] More

  • Thermwood, Navy Sign Additive Manufacturing Partnership Agreement; Ken Susnjara Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thermwood, Navy Sign Additive Manufacturing Partnership Agreement; Ken Susnjara Comments

    Thermwood and the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East have entered into a two-year cooperative research-and-development agreement to mature the company’s large-scale additive manufacturing technology. The company said Dec. 20 its three-dimensional printing machines are designed to  produce 3D-printed parts that are larger than needed and then trim the components to a final size through a near-net shape approach. “We are […] More

  • Andromeda Systems Wins Navy Fleet Readiness Center Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andromeda Systems Wins Navy Fleet Readiness Center Support Contract

    Andromeda Systems Inc. has won a potential five-year, $40.6 million contract to provide logistics and technical support services to the U.S. Navy‘s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers planning, analysis, development, training, support equipment management and facilities. Work will occur in Jacksonville, Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Arlington, Virginia through January 2022. The Naval Air […] More

  • DOE, AMSC to Collaborate on Superconductor Wire R&D; Daniel McGahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE, AMSC to Collaborate on Superconductor Wire R&D; Daniel McGahn Comments

    AMSC has received a $4.5 million contract to research and develop a superconductor wire for the Energy Department‘s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the DOE-run Next Generation Electric Machines program. “This work with the DOE is complementary to our efforts to enable the U.S. Navy’s Electric Ship objective and will allow our team to […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts

    L3 Technologies‘ WESCAM subsidiary has received a set of contracts worth more than $90 million combined to provide electro-optical/infrared imaging systems to multiple U.S. and international defense customers. The contracts cover the supply of MX Series EO/IR systems to the U.S. Navy, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, Thailand’s navy and Australia’s air force, WESCAM said Tuesday. […] More

  • QED Systems to Help Navy Plan Aircraft Carrier Maintenance, Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QED Systems to Help Navy Plan Aircraft Carrier Maintenance, Modernization Efforts

    Q.E.D Systems has secured a potential $59.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy for ship engineering and planning services in support of aircraft carrier maintenance and modernization efforts. The company will also support the Commander Naval Air Forces’ planning and work package development, integration and execution activities under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The contract […] More

  • GE Awarded $74M Contract to Repair Navy Super Hornet, Growler Aircraft Engine Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Awarded $74M Contract to Repair Navy Super Hornet, Growler Aircraft Engine Components

    General Electric has been awarded a $74 million contract to repair, replace and provide program support for engine components of the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler planes. Work under the performance-based contract will occur in Jacksonville, Florida, and at various GE supplier locations through April 2017, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will allocate fiscal 2017 working […] More