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  • Alion Science-Reamda JV to Offer EOD, Surveillance Robot Platforms; Doug King Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion Science-Reamda JV to Offer EOD, Surveillance Robot Platforms; Doug King Comments

    Alion Science and Technology and Ireland-based unmanned ground robotic systems developer Reamda have launched a joint venture to offer robotic platforms intended for explosive ordnance disposal and surveillance operations. Realion Robotics said Tuesday it aims to help military, law enforcement and government agencies gain access to unmanned ground robots that can function in harsh environments. Doug King, program manager of Realion […] More

  • MTSI to Assist Navy, MDA in Kinetic Energy Weapon Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI to Assist Navy, MDA in Kinetic Energy Weapon Evaluation

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has secured a five-year, $8 million task order to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and the Missile Defense Agency in efforts to assess kinetic energy weapons designed to counter ballistic missile threats. MTSI said Tuesday the task order was awarded through the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e contract vehicle and calls for the […] More

  • Northrop to Overhaul Air Force KC-10 Extender Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Overhaul Air Force KC-10 Extender Engines

    Northrop Grumman‘s technical services business has won a $16.9 million delivery  order from the U.S. Air Force to overhaul engines of the service branch’s KC-10 Extender  tanker and cargo aircraft. The Air Force received two offers for the delivery order through an “adequate price” competition and will use fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds to cover the full […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Defense Tech Modernization Programs Spur US Foreign Military Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost & Sullivan: Defense Tech Modernization Programs Spur US Foreign Military Sales

    A Frost & Sullivan report predicts the Defense Department‘s foreign military sales program will experience a compound annual growth rate of 3.4 percent through 2021 as international government customers move to increase defense spending, update military equipment and respond to regional tensions. The research firm said Monday it found that ground-based air defense, fighter aircraft and tactical vehicle systems are the most requested and delivered […] More

  • General Dynamics, Navy Put Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV Through At-Sea Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Navy Put Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV Through At-Sea Test

    The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit have evaluated a company-built autonomous surface mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle during a series of tests held off the coast of Boston. General Dynamics said Monday the tests aimed to determine if the Knifefish UUV could detect and classify mines that pose potential threats to naval vessels at different depths of  water. […] More

  • ORBCOMM to Provide VA Satcom, Asset Tracking Services via Kevadiya Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ORBCOMM to Provide VA Satcom, Asset Tracking Services via Kevadiya Partnership

    Kevadiya has chosen ORBCOMM to deliver asset tracking and monitoring devices and satellite and cellular communications services for a Department of Veterans Affairs-run program that offers transportation services to veterans with disabilities or those who live in rural areas. Both companies will also provide an integrated telematics system that will support driver management, navigation, routing, patient pick-up and drop-off scheduling functions […] More

  • General Atomics Subsidiary to Produce MQ-9 Block 5 Installation Kits for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Subsidiary to Produce MQ-9 Block 5 Installation Kits for Air Force

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has landed a two-year, $12.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to fabricate installation kits for the Block 5 configuration of the service branch’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Monday that GA-ASI will produce 10 each of MQ-9 Block 5 extended-range, Barrett Asymmetric Digital Datalink Computer and VORTEX installation kits. GA-ASI […] More

  • BAE Taps VOP CZ to Supply Components for Beowulf Armored Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Taps VOP CZ to Supply Components for Beowulf Armored Vehicles

    Czech Republic-based company VOP CZ has received a contract from BAE Systems to manufacture components that will be used to build armored all-terrain vehicles. VOP CZ will produce components for 32 BVS10 Beowulf vehicles that BAE’s Swedish  subsidiary is constructing for the Austrian government, BAE said Monday. Both companies signed a partnership agreement in May 2016 to jointly pursue Czech Republic’s BMP-2 Infantry Fighting […] More

  • Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Seeks Open GPS Tech Ideas via Plug Fest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Seeks Open GPS Tech Ideas via Plug Fest

    The U.S. Air Force has introduced an open-source initiative to gather input from interested companies on how to modernize the service branch’s Global Positioning System, Space News reported Friday. Phillip Swarts writes Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy for acquisition at the Air Force, said the Plug Fest program seeks potential traditional and nontraditional partners that can help the […] More

  • Red Hat Gets NIST Certification for Open-Source Security Compliance Scanner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Gets NIST Certification for Open-Source Security Compliance Scanner

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has approved Red Hat‘s open-source security content automation protocol scanner for deployment on the U.S. government’s Enterprise Linux 6 and 7-based systems. Red Hat said Friday that NIST certified the OpenSCAP 1.2 platform’s capacity to analyze and evaluate security automation content as well as address functionality and documentation requirements in security-conscious environments. OpenSCAP was developed […] More

  • Enersys, Exide Technologies Land DLA Contracts to Provide Army Storage Batteries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Enersys, Exide Technologies Land DLA Contracts to Provide Army Storage Batteries

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a potential $71.1 million contract to Enersys Energy Products and a separate $47.4 million contract to Exide Technologies to supply the U.S. Army with storage batteries. Each indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains three base years and two one-year options, the Defense Department said Friday. Both contracts’ base period will run through March 16, 2020, and work will occur at the […] More

  • Janus Selected for Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup Project in Yavoriv, Ukraine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Selected for Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup Project in Yavoriv, Ukraine

    U.S. Army Europe‘s Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine has selected Janus Global Operations to carry out an $8.4 million unexploded ordnance clearance project  in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Janus said Friday it aims to dispose of explosives, munitions and other hazardous materials within a nearly seven-square-mile area at the Yavoriv International Peacekeeping and Security Center training range. U.S. military personnel conduct various training […] More