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  • Battelle to Develop Search Systems for Defense Technical Information Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Develop Search Systems for Defense Technical Information Center

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential five-year, $14.6M task order to Battelle for information technology services in support of the Defense Technical Information Center’s data search needs. The company said Friday it will work with Securboration and Information International Associates under the Cybersecurity Technical Area Task multiple-award contract to augment the center’s capacity […] More

  • Navy Awards Lockheed $83M Contract to Build F-35A 'Dual Capable' Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards Lockheed $83M Contract to Build F-35A ‘Dual Capable’ Tech

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential $83.1M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to develop, integrate, certify and test a “dual capable” aircraft system for the U.S. Air Force F-35A jets. The Air Force will obligate $24.6M in fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD […] More

  • Octo Consulting to Help Air Force Build, Maintain Financial Software Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting to Help Air Force Build, Maintain Financial Software Systems

    Octo Consulting has won a multiyear, $15M contract to develop and sustain software platforms for the U.S. Air Force‘s financial systems operations. The company said Thursday it will update the FMSuite, eFinance and LeaveWeb applications as part of an effort to automate financial data management and processes at the military service. The eFinance and FM Suite apps are intended […] More

  • Air Force Orders Rockwell Collins Receiver Tech for F-16s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Rockwell Collins Receiver Tech for F-16s

    The U.S. Air Force has chosen Rockwell Collins to equip the F-16 jets with an updated receiver technology designed to counter GPS threats. Rockwell Collins said Friday it will provide Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receivers for the Air Force Reserve’s and Air National Guard’s F-16 crews to navigate and operate in contested, electromagnetic environments. The company noted that DIGAR integration efforts does […] More

  • AFRL Seeks Info on High Energy Laser for Air Defense Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Seeks Info on High Energy Laser for Air Defense Applications

    An experimentation group within the Air Force Research Laboratory is requesting for industry input on high energy laser and high power microwave technologies. The AFRL’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Group intends to use these technologies for strike and defense applications against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, the U.S. Air Force said Oct. 25 in a […] More

  • Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed

    Harris has delivered the sixth of 10 navigation payloads for integration into a GPS III military communications satellite that Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Air Force. The payload includes a mission data unit designed to connect atomic clocks, radiation-hardened processors and transmitters for signal generation, Harris said Thursday. Lockheed has integrated Harris-built navigation systems on five GPS III satellites, […] More

  • Former USAF Cyber Specialist Brandon Bard Joins Applied Insight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former USAF Cyber Specialist Brandon Bard Joins Applied Insight

    Brandon Bard, a former cyber specialist at the U.S. Air Force, has joined Applied Insight as program manager of cyberspace defense analysis at the company’s center of excellence in San Antonio, Texas. He brings more than two decades of intelligence, cyberspace and enterprise information technology experience to his new position, Applied Insight said Thursday. “We are investing heavily […] More

  • Vector Partners With USAF for Launch System R&D Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vector Partners With USAF for Launch System R&D Efforts

    Vector and the U.S. Air Force Space Command and Missile Systems Center will jointly engage in research and development on launch services under a new partnership. The company said Tuesday it will work to address the Air Force’s launch technology and mission needs under a new cooperative research and development agreement with SMC’s Space Superiority […] More

  • Navy Plans Five-Year Trident II Missile Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Five-Year Trident II Missile Production Contract

    The U.S. Navy intends to negotiate a potential five-year contract with Lockheed Martin for TRIDENT II D5 missile production, support tools and system deployment services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the company’s space business will perform work through Sept. 30, 2024, if the contract is awarded. The Navy’s Office of Strategic Systems Programs seeks contractor support to build and […] More

  • DynCorp Supports USAF-Led Hurricane Fund; George Krivo Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Supports USAF-Led Hurricane Fund; George Krivo Quoted

    DynCorp International has contributed $5K to the Air Force Aid Society’s fund effort aimed at supporting airmen affected by Hurricane Michael. The hurricane struck and damaged Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, the company said Friday. According to the National Weather Center, Michael is the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane — with regard to wind speed — to […] More

  • Air Force to Test Lockheed-Built Space Object Tracking System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Test Lockheed-Built Space Object Tracking System

    The U.S. Air Force‘s 45th Test Squadron at Eglin AF Base will test and evaluate a radar installation Lockheed Martin has built to help the military service track objects currently in orbit, NWF Daily News reported Sunday. Lockheed developed the Space Fence on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands under a $914M contract awarded in […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils Two Potential Suppliers of USAF Missile Warning Satellite Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils Two Potential Suppliers of USAF Missile Warning Satellite Payload

    Raytheon and a team composed of Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace have been selected develop mission payloads for potential integration into a missile warning satellite Lockheed Martin will build for the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed said Thursday it will facilitate the payload development competition, which covers development and critical design review phases, and choose a supplier for the […] More