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  • Lockheed Secures Air Force F-16 Engineering, Technical Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Air Force F-16 Engineering, Technical Services Contract

    Lockheed Martin has landed a potential $47.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform engineering and technical services in support of F-16 fighter aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday Lockheed aims to expand the technical expertise of F-16 system maintainers through the contract. Work will occur in Utah, Ohio, Arizona, South Carolina, Bahrain, Pakistan, Chile, Jordan, […] More

  • Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap

    Northrop Grumman has proposed the use of its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force to bridge a communications gap between the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor aircraft platforms, Defense News reported. The report said the service branch’s F-35 and F-22 planes currently are unable to exchange information because the former uses the […] More

  • Harris to Supply EW Transmitter for Air Force C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Supply EW Transmitter for Air Force C-130J Aircraft

    BAE Systems has awarded Harris a contract to provide electronic warfare transmitter technology for integration into the U.S. Air Force‘s MC-130J Commando II and AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft platforms. Harris said Wednesday its phased array antennas will offer transmit capacity for BAE’s electronic warfare countermeasure systems. In 2016, BAE and Northrop Grumman secured separate contracts worth up […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support Northrop's Ground-Based ICBM Risk Reduction Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support Northrop’s Ground-Based ICBM Risk Reduction Work

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will provide propulsion system support to aid Northrop Grumman‘s technology maturation and risk reduction efforts under the U.S. Air Force‘s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinentinal ballistic missile program. Sacramento, California-based Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday it will study propulsion options and develop early designs that meet Northrop’s ICBM configurations. The Air Force awarded a $349.1 million contract […] More

  • Air Force Eyes IBM Statistical Analysis Software Package for Air University - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Eyes IBM Statistical Analysis Software Package for Air University

    The U.S. Air Force intends to award a sole-source acquisition contract to IBM for the supply the military branch’s Air University with a software package designed to help users analyze statistical data. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice published Friday that Air University needs an enterprise-level, general purpose statistical analysis software for use across […] More

  • CACI Gets Air Force Contract for Software Modification & Configuration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Gets Air Force Contract for Software Modification & Configuration

    CACI International has received a $15 million contract to modify and configure new commercial software in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s NexGen IT information technology modernization program. The Defense Department said Thursday CACI will perform contract work in Florida, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and New Jersey through March 12, 2019. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center obligated $7,654,981 […] More

  • Industry Teams Monitor Potential SOCOM Light Attack Aircraft Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Teams Monitor Potential SOCOM Light Attack Aircraft Buy

    Industry participants in the U.S. Air Force‘s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration are eyeing a separate opportunity to sell light attack planes to the U.S. Special Operations Command, Defense News reported. The Air Force released a presolicitation notice on FedBizOpps in July to gain industry feedback on “platform-agnostic” light attack aircraft technologies that can address the needs […] More

  • Report: Kratos to Enter Production Phase of 'Confidential' Govt UAV Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Kratos to Enter Production Phase of ‘Confidential’ Govt UAV Platform

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions is scheduled to begin production of unmanned aerial vehicles for an unidentified government customer by the end of the third quarter, FlightGlobal reported Tuesday. Kratos President and CEO Eric DeMarco told audience at the Jefferies 2017 Investor Conference that he expects the “confidential” UAV program to help increase Kratos’ drone […] More

  • Former Federal CISO Gregory Touhill Named to Bay Dynamics Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Federal CISO Gregory Touhill Named to Bay Dynamics Board

    Gregory Touhill, former federal chief information security officer, has joined the board of directors of cybersecurity software provider Bay Dynamics. Bay Dynamics said Tuesday Touhill will support the company’s efforts to implement a risk-based cybersecurity approach for commercial and government customers. He has served as president of Cyxtera Technologies‘ federal business group since July. Touhill became the first-ever […] More

  • Report: Air Force Eyes JLTV Purchase to Replace Humvee Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Eyes JLTV Purchase to Replace Humvee Fleet

    The U.S. Air Force plans to replace its fleet of 3,270 Humvee vehicles with the Oshkosh-built Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, Defense News reported. Laura McAndrews, an Air Force spokeswoman, told Defense News that the service branch is currently developing a fleet management strategy to determine when and how to acquire additional JLTVs. The Air Force’s fiscal year 2018 budget […] More

  • Report: Air Force Reschedules Launch of 2 Lockheed-Built Satellites to 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Reschedules Launch of 2 Lockheed-Built Satellites to 2018

    The U.S. Air Force has moved its plans to launch two Lockheed Martin-built military satellites from late 2017 to 2018 due to different circumstances, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday. The Air Force told the publication it postponed the Oct. 11 launch of the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite because of a technical issue with a […] More