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  • Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force will collaborate to develop a new signal processor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile as part of a refresh program that seeks to extend production of the system beyond 2020. The company said Tuesday the service branch launched the Form Fit Function Refresh effort as the government-industry team marks milestone for the 20,000th AMRAAM unit. AMRAAM is designed to […] More

  • Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support

    PTC will provide a service parts management platform to the U.S. Air Force in an effort to help the military branch manage supply chain planning and weapon systems support activities at Air Force Sustainment Centers worldwide. The company said Tuesday its PTC Service Parts Management Software-as-a-Service  platform will work to optimize demand forecast accuracy, logistics cost estimation and aircraft availability as well as […] More

  • Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a contract modification with an obligated value of $62.5 million for the low-rate initial production of 312 lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions. Raytheon’s missile systems business will also provide 24 SDB II weapon load crew and conventional munitions maintenance trainers and 413 single weapon containers to the Air Force, the Defense Department […] More

  • DynCorp Awarded Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Awarded Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Contract

    DynCorp International has won a $26.5 million contract to provide exercise and contingency logistics support, maintenance outload, reconstitution and storage services for the U.S. Air Force‘s war reserve materiel. The Defense Department said Monday that DynCorp will also support the maintenance, repair and minor construction of government furnished facilities under the contract. The company will perform work in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar […] More

  • United Tactical Systems Division Completes Delivery of Non-Lethal Launchers, Projectiles to Coast Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    United Tactical Systems Division Completes Delivery of Non-Lethal Launchers, Projectiles to Coast Guard

    A United Tactical Systems division has completed its delivery of non-lethal .68-caliber launchers, crowd control projectiles and related support equipment to the U.S. Coast Guard under a contract awarded in September 2016. PepperBall said Wednesday it was also tasked to provide certified operational and armorers training services to the Coast Guard as part of the contract. PepperBall […] More

  • Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force Logistics Data Security Module Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force Logistics Data Security Module Implementation

    Diligent Consulting has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to support the implementation of a U.S. Air Force module within the U.S. Army‘s existing web-based Information Security Systems Program Application. The company said Friday it will provide engineering, logistics and technical support services for the Communications Secure and Controlled Cryptographic Items Accountability and Tracking Tool program. The module will work to deliver […] More

  • Raytheon-Built GPS OCX Launch & Checkout System Completes Factory Qualification Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built GPS OCX Launch & Checkout System Completes Factory Qualification Test

    Raytheon has completed factory qualification test on the launch and checkout system of an operational control system the company developed for the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS satellite constellation. The company said Tuesday it tested 74 segment requirements of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System to verify whether LCS meets Air Force standards. Bill Sullivan, vice president and program manager […] More

  • Lockheed Taps BAE for Air Force F-22 Head-Up Display Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE for Air Force F-22 Head-Up Display Modernization

    BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to replace the head-up displays of the U.S. Air Force‘s F-22 Raptor aircraft with a digital version. BAE said Monday it will use its Digital Light Engine technology to install a form, fit and function HUD platform into the F-22 fleet’s HUD space. The company also expects to receive a follow-on production […] More

  • IndraSoft Chosen for Air Force Software Group Cyber, Systems Engineering Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IndraSoft Chosen for Air Force Software Group Cyber, Systems Engineering Support Contract

    The U.S. Air Force‘s 402nd Software Maintenance Group has awarded IndraSoft a five-year, $38 million task order for software sustainment and development, laboratory, cybersecurity and systems engineering services. The company said Wednesday it will provide support services for SMXG’s operational flight programs, test program sets, mission support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business lines at Robins […] More

  • Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force A-10C Operational Flight Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diligent Consulting to Support Air Force A-10C Operational Flight Program

    Diligent Consulting has secured a $940,891 contract to help Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting implement software sustainment engineering and support information technology services for the avionics weapons system of the A-10C aircraft  fleet at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Diligent said Jan. 5 it will use various software engineering tools to build system and subsystem designs for operational, supporting and utility […] More

  • Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Seals 3rd Air Force Missile Warning Satellite Ahead of Launch

    Lockheed Martin has enclosed a missile warning satellite the company built for the U.S. Air Force in a protective launch vehicle fairing in preparation for a scheduled Jan. 19 launch. The third Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite went through encapsulation at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will be deployed aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

  • Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force

    William LaPlante, vice president of Mitre‘s intelligence portfolio, has been appointed to co-chair the Defense Science Board’s task force on the design and acquisition of software for defense systems. He will lead the task force in efforts to examine the evolution of the Defense Department‘s software acquisition process over the past decade and offer recommendations to help DoD improve the […] More