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  • Airbus to Erect Integrated Tech Center in Germany to Expand Satellite Integration Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus to Erect Integrated Tech Center in Germany to Expand Satellite Integration Site

    Airbus Group‘s defense and space business unit will invest approximately $48.2 million to build an integrated technology center in support of efforts to “future-proof” its Friedrichshafen site in Germany. Airbus said Thursday the center works to expand Hall 6 that currently serves as a satellite integration facility. “The investment in the new ITC building makes the site a global ‘center […] More

  • BAE Lands Contract to Modernize, Sustain Denmark's Infantry Fighting Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Lands Contract to Modernize, Sustain Denmark’s Infantry Fighting Vehicles

    A subsidiary of BAE Systems has received a contract from Denmark’s defense acquisition and logistics organization to modernize Denmark’s fleets of 44 CV90 infantry fighting vehicles and BV206 all-terrain vehicles. BAE Systems Hagglunds will also provide prototyping, systems integration, safety, maintenance, repair and overhaul services under the contract, the company said Thursday. The subsidiary will collaborate with Denmark-based industrial partners on the project. CV90 is designed for high […] More

  • Centrus to Help Update American Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Centrus to Help Update American Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Tech

    Centrus Energy has received a one-year, $25 million contract from a Battelle-University of Tennessee partnership to support the advancement of U.S. gas centrifuge uranium enrichment technology. Centrus said Thursday it will engineer and test the American Centrifuge technology under the follow-on contract with UT-Battelle in efforts to help address the country’s future national and energy security requirements. UT-Battelle runs the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in […] More

  • Space News: US, Canada to Collaborate on Space-Based Space Surveillance Mission Proposal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: US, Canada to Collaborate on Space-Based Space Surveillance Mission Proposal

    The U.S. Air Force will collaborate with its counterpart in Canada on a proposal for the upcoming Space Based Space Surveillance follow-on mission that will work to monitor the geosynchronous-orbit belt, Space News reported Wednesday. The proposal will be designed to help the program stay within the Defense Department‘s $400 million price threshold by allowing Canada to contribute additional satellites or sensors, […] More

  • Sikorsky to Open New S-92 Helicopter Forward Stocking Location in Scotland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky to Open New S-92 Helicopter Forward Stocking Location in Scotland

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary will open a new forward stocking location for the S-92 helicopter at the Aberdeen International Airport in Scotland as part of efforts to position inventory closer to commercial helicopter operators. Lockheed said Tuesday Sikorsky will begin operations on the new FSL by the close of the third quarter and also expand an existing S-92 FSL […] More

  • Saab's US Subsidiary to Develop Shipboard Air Traffic Radar Tech for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab’s US Subsidiary to Develop Shipboard Air Traffic Radar Tech for Navy

    A Saab Group subsidiary will provide three shipboard air traffic radar systems to the U.S. Navy over a four-year period under an initial engineering and manufacturing development contract. The Navy will deploy AN/SPN-50 (V)1 radars from Saab Defense and Security USA on the military branch’s aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships to replace the current AN/SPN-43C model, the company said Wednesday. The SPN-50 system is […] More

  • HHS to Support Antibiotics Devt Work at Roche, The Medicines Co. Under Strategic Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS to Support Antibiotics Devt Work at Roche, The Medicines Co. Under Strategic Partnerships

    The Department of Health and Human Services has entered strategic partnerships with a Roche Group subsidiary and The Medicines Co. to develop antibiotics against multi-drug resistant infections. HHS’ office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response forged the partnerships with the two companies through other transaction authority under the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness […] More

  • NASA Seeks Tech Ideas for Future Mars Exploration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Tech Ideas for Future Mars Exploration

    NASA has called on government agencies, aerospace companies, universities and the general public to suggest new technology that could support the agency’s program to explore Mars and other components of the solar system. The iTech initiative seeks white papers that address challenges in space technology areas such as radiation protection, life support systems, astronaut crew health, in-space propulsion […] More

  • Reports: ULA Submits Proposal for 3rd Air Force GPS III Satellite Launch Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: ULA Submits Proposal for 3rd Air Force GPS III Satellite Launch Contract

    United Launch Alliance has submitted a bid to compete on a contract to launch the U.S. Air Force’s third GPS III satellite in 2019 and reiterated its concern about price as a deciding factor in contract competition, Florida Today reported Tuesday. “As recent launch failures have shown, rockets are not commodities,” the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture […] More

  • Microsemi Product Line Continues to Support NASA Juno Spacecraft Mission in Jupiter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsemi Product Line Continues to Support NASA Juno Spacecraft Mission in Jupiter

    Microsemi has supported a NASA mission that completed the successful orbit insertion of the Juno spacecraft sent to Jupiter to begin the data collection phase of its mission following a five-year journey. The company said Tuesday its RTSX-SU and RTAX-S field programmable gate array product lines were used in various applications during the launch of the Juno spacecraft […] More

  • Lockheed Signs Agreement to Retain Sikorsky HQ, Build CH-53K Helicopter in Connecticut; Dan Schulz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Signs Agreement to Retain Sikorsky HQ, Build CH-53K Helicopter in Connecticut; Dan Schulz Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy have signed a deal to keep the headquarters of Lockheed’s Sikorsky subsidiary in Connecticut and increase the helicopter business’ workforce in the state to more than 8,000 by 2032. Sikorsky will develop 200 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Navy over the next 16 years through its […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, DCMA Agree to Implement New Commercial Item Procurement Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, DCMA Agree to Implement New Commercial Item Procurement Process

    Rockwell Collins has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Defense Contract Management Agency to establish a new procurement process for commercial items to be used in military applications. The aviation product maker said Wednesday the new process outlined information required from Rockwell Collins to comply with government-recommended commercial item classification and pricing structures. Industry and government partners pursue these types […] More