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  • Aviation Training Consulting to Help Train Kuwait's KC-130J, L-100 Aircrew Under Navy FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aviation Training Consulting to Help Train Kuwait’s KC-130J, L-100 Aircrew Under Navy FMS Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Aviation Training Consulting a potential four-year, $43.7 million contract to provide aircrew and maintenance training products for Kuwait’s KC-130J tanker aircraft as part of a foreign military sales deal. Aviation Training Consulting will also support L-100 transport aircraft transition training of the Kuwaiti air force under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD added that […] More

  • VSE Gets Navy FMS Delivery Orders for Maritime Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Gets Navy FMS Delivery Orders for Maritime Support Services

    VSE received multiple orders worth a combined $57.4 million from the Naval Sea Systems Command’s International Fleet Support Program Officer during the months of July and August to provide maritime services for 11 foreign military sales clients. The orders cover procurement, repair and maintenance management, planning, logistics, training, engineering and technical assistance support, VSE said Tuesday. VSE […] More

  • State Dept OKs Sale of Harpoon Block II Missiles to Thailand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs Sale of Harpoon Block II Missiles to Thailand

    The State Department has cleared Thailand’s request to buy RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface-launched missiles and related support services from the U.S. under a potential $24.9 million foreign military sales agreement. Thailand also asked to purchase training support, repair and spare parts, technical documentation, containers, logistics, program assistance and engineering support services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said […] More

  • Army Receives 1st Tactical Missile System From Lockheed's Arkansas Production Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Receives 1st Tactical Missile System From Lockheed’s Arkansas Production Facility

    Lockheed Martin has shipped the first Army Tactical Missile System from a manufacturing facility in Camden, Arkansas, to the U.S. Army as part of a contract to produce ATACMS weapons for the service branch and a foreign military customer. Lockheed said Thursday the missile was built at the company’s Precision Fires Production Center of Excellence where the […] More

  • Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a three-year, $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide program planning, technical and instructional services to the government of Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Monday the foreign military sales contract covers support for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative that seeks to optimize social and economic conditions […] More

  • Romania to Buy F-16s, Rocket Launchers in Support of NATO Spending Commitment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Romania to Buy F-16s, Rocket Launchers in Support of NATO Spending Commitment

    Romania has announced plans to purchase 36 F-16 fighter aircraft and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems by 2022, Defense News reported Thursday. “These acquisitions are in the interest of safeguarding the security needs of Romania, but also to respect the government’s commitments in relation to NATO’s structures,” said Adrian Tutuianu, Romania’s defense minister. The European […] More

  • Lockheed Begins Mobile Rocket Launcher Delivery Under FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Begins Mobile Rocket Launcher Delivery Under FMS Contract

    Lockheed Martin has handed over the first mobile rocket launcher system to the Defense Department under a foreign military sales contract awarded in December 2015. The company produced the launcher and chassis components for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at its Camden, Arkansas-based facility, Lockheed said Wednesday. The U.S. Army tapped Lockheed to build 12 […] More

  • Engility Gets Contract Option for Engineering, Technical Support to Navy, 6 Intl Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Gets Contract Option for Engineering, Technical Support to Navy, 6 Intl Clients

    Engility has received a $30.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and technical support services to the service branch and the governments of Australia, Denmark, Japan, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Spain. The Defense Department said Monday the modification exercises an option under a previously awarded contract and covers air and ship […] More

  • VSE Receives US Military Orders to Provide Technical, Program Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Receives US Military Orders to Provide Technical, Program Support Services

     VSE has secured contracts worth up to $46.2 million combined to provide a range of technical and program support services to Defense Department customers. The company said Tuesday it received a potential three-year, $17.8 million task order through the U.S. Army‘s Rapid Response Third Generation contract, or R23G, to deliver support services for Army Reserve Command’s equipment, engineering, […] More

  • State Dept Clears Additional Netherlands Hellfire Missile Purchase Request - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Clears Additional Netherlands Hellfire Missile Purchase Request

    The State Department has approved the Netherlands’ request to acquire an additional 70 Lockheed Martin-built AGM-114R Hellfire II missiles under a potential $34 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the proposed transaction will be an addition to a previously implemented FMS case for the procurement of 180 Hellfire II missiles and 24 M36E8 […] More

  • State Dept OKs $58M Sale of BAE-Built Missile Warning Systems to Netherlands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs $58M Sale of BAE-Built Missile Warning Systems to Netherlands

    The State Department has given the Netherlands the green light to buy BAE Systems-built AN/AAR-57A(V)7 Common Missile Warning Systems and related support services under a potential $58.2 million foreign military sales agreement. The Netherlands requested to procure 32 CMWS for integration onto the country’s fleet of AH-64D Apache helicopters, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday. The FMS transaction […] More

  • Lockheed-Raytheon JV to Provide Army Javelin Rounds, Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Raytheon JV to Provide Army Javelin Rounds, Engineering Services

    A joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon has secured a $56.8 million contract modification to supply containerized rounds, electronics, command launch units for the U.S. Army‘s Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile system. Javelin Joint Venture will also provide non-recurring engineering services under the modification, the Defense Department said Friday. The JV developed the system to offer fire-and-forget and medium-range […] More