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  • USACE Taps Jacobs to Support US AFRICOM’s Architecture, Engineering Activities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USACE Taps Jacobs to Support US AFRICOM’s Architecture, Engineering Activities

    Jacobs Engineering Group will provide architectural and engineering consultancy services to the U.S. Africa Command under a five-year indefinite-delivery contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRICOM develop, assess, design, monitor and evaluate infrastructure projects in over 15 African nations as part of the command’s […] More

  • State Dept Seeks Industry Help for EHR 'Analysis of Alternatives' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Seeks Industry Help for EHR ‘Analysis of Alternatives’

    The State Department has issued a request for information on vendors that can help develop an “analysis of alternatives” for an upcoming electronic health record system procurement effort. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says that DOS needs industry support to evaluate the potential advantages and risks of the department’s shared EHR services with other federal agencies and examine other EHR commercial off-the-shelf […] More

  • DoD, HackerOne Launch 5th Bug Bounty Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD, HackerOne Launch 5th Bug Bounty Challenge

    The Defense Department and HackerOne have opened registration for hackers who want to participate in the Pentagon’s fifth bug bounty challenge. Participants of the fifth Hack the Pentagon event will work to identify vulnerabilities in an enterprise system that supports DoD’s global operations, HackerOne said Monday. Reina Staley, chief of staff at DoD’s Defense Digital Service, […] More

  • Frequency Electronics to Help Air Force Develop Space-Qualified Atomic Clock - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frequency Electronics to Help Air Force Develop Space-Qualified Atomic Clock

    Frequency Electronics has received two contracts worth $37.2 million combined from the U.S. Air Force to build and demonstrate an atomic clock for space systems. The company will help the service branch create an atomic frequency standard for timing applications and test a space-qualified clock through a flight experiment as part of a $19.4 million contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • GE Secures $92M Navy F/A-18 Engine Supply Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Secures $92M Navy F/A-18 Engine Supply Contract Option

    General Electric has received a one-year, $91.6 million contract modification to manufacture additional engines for the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. The Navy exercised an option for GE to supply 24 lot 22 full-rate production F414-GE-400 engines to support aircraft construction and delivery efforts, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work will occur at various locations in Massachusetts, […] More

  • DLA Seeks Info on Financial Mgmt Program Hosting Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Seeks Info on Financial Mgmt Program Hosting Systems

    The Defense Logistics Agency has posted a request for information on commercial hosting platforms that can support an enterprise resource planning program designed to facilitate financial management functions across the Defense Department. DLA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that it will consider cloud-based hosting solutions that could aid the migration of the Defense Agencies Initiative ERP system […] More

  • Raytheon BBN to Develop Transportation Movement Analysis Tool for Transcom - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN to Develop Transportation Movement Analysis Tool for Transcom

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has received a four-year, $45.5 million contract to develop a tool for the U.S. Transportation Command to examine the movement of military personnel and equipment. The Defense Department said Thursday work on the Analysis of Mobility Platform  commenced Sunday and will continue through Sept. 30, 2022. Transcom’s acquisition directorate received one offer for […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement

    The U.S. Army will use the Defense Department’s “other transaction authority” to accelerate the acquisition of a drone-mounted platform that works to jam enemy communications, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army’s electronic warfare and cyber division plans to award the Multi-Function EW Air Large contract to a member of the Consortium […] More

  • Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $47 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, spares and support equipment to Afghanistan as part of a Building Partnership Capacity mission. Insitu will also deploy one logistician field service representative, 16 technical support operators and two site surveys and site activation teams to the foreign country, […] More

  • General Dynamics Lands $61M Award for Army Abrams Tech Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Lands $61M Award for Army Abrams Tech Support

    A General Dynamics business unit will provide technical support for U.S. Army main battle tanks under a one-year, $61.2 million contract modification. General Dynamics Land Systems will support Abrams systems under the modification through March 31, 2019, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Army will use fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation; working capital; and aviation procurement funds for […] More

  • Boeing to Support Navy's Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Support Navy’s Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a two-year, $19.3 million contract to help investigate and address physiological episodes on the service branch’s F/A-18A-F and EA-18G platforms. Work under the sole-source contract will include research, development, inspection and modification activities, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $91,319 in fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds at the time of award. Boeing will […] More

  • L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract

    L3 Technologies‘ fuzing and ordnance systems unit has received a $50.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to supply M734A1 and M783 fuze units to Afghanistan and Bahrain. The modification is part of a foreign military sales deal and work will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio through Jan. 31, 2022, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Army used fiscal 2016 […] More