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  • Sikorsky Receives $85M FMS Contract Modification From Army for Black Hawk Retrofitting - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Receives $85M FMS Contract Modification From Army for Black Hawk Retrofitting

    Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has received an $85 million modification to a foreign military sale contract from the U.S. Army to restore Mexico’s UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to full operations. Sikorsky will conduct the retrofitting of the helicopters in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a planned end date of April 2019, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army […] More

  • Boeing Teams Up With Aeromexico, Research Institutes on Mexico’s Aviation Biofuel R&D Program; Marc Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Teams Up With Aeromexico, Research Institutes on Mexico’s Aviation Biofuel R&D Program; Marc Allen Comments

    Boeing will work with Mexico’s airports and auxiliary services agency and Aeromexico on a program to research and develop aviation biofuel resources in Mexico. The Potosinian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research will oversee the four-year biofuel initiative that will involve nine research centers and 17 companies and other institutions, Boeing said Wednesday. Research work will […] More

  • Boeing Delivers Mobile Satellite to Mexican Government; Mark Spiwak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Delivers Mobile Satellite to Mexican Government; Mark Spiwak Comments

    Boeing has handed a mobile satellite to the Mexican government in support of efforts to bolster the nation’s national security, civil and humanitarian programs. Boeing and the Mexican government plan to conduct field testing for the Morelos-3 702 high-power satellite following the delivery, the company said Wednesday. “[Mexico] has delivered on its vision to provide […] More

  • Boeing-Lockheed JV Carries Out 100th Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Lockheed JV Carries Out 100th Launch

    A United Launch Alliance-built rocket launched early Friday morning to mark the 100th mission carried out by the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. An Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to carry the Morelos-3 communications satellite into space, William Graham writes. The Atlas V contains an RL10 engine-powered Centaur upper stage, […] More

  • Lockheed Unit to Deliver A320 Flight Stimulators to Airbus; Sandy Samuel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit to Deliver A320 Flight Stimulators to Airbus; Sandy Samuel Comments

    Lockheed Martin Commercial Flight Training has signed a contract to provide two flight stimulators for Airbus for use in the latter’s training centers in Mexico. Lockheed said Monday the frame contract aims to facilitate collaboration on future training initiatives and purchase of flight stimulation systems between the two companies. “With this frame contract in place, […] More

  • Mexico Uses AtHoc Tech to Disseminate Earthquake Alerts; Efraim Petel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mexico Uses AtHoc Tech to Disseminate Earthquake Alerts; Efraim Petel Comments

    An AtHoc–MDreieck alliance has helped the Mexican government build and implement an emergency communication system to alert residents before an earthquake occurs. The Mexican Seismic Alert System worked to detect the magnitude 5.5 earthquake that hit Oaxaca on April 28 and sent automated alerts through Seismic Alert Radio System receivers and school public address systems, […] More

  • Virgin Mobile Arm Adopts Razorsight Analytics Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virgin Mobile Arm Adopts Razorsight Analytics Tool

    A regional business unit of Virgin Mobile has adopted a Razorsight-built analytics platform to carry out marketing campaigns and deliver services to customers. Razorsight said Wednesday it signed a multi-year agreement with Virgin Mobile Latin America for the network operator to implement the tool for operations in Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Peter Macnee, CEO of Virgin Mobile […] More

  • Boeing, Orbital Finish Last 2 Satellites for Mexico; Ron Dukat Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Orbital Finish Last 2 Satellites for Mexico; Ron Dukat Comments

    Boeing and Orbital Sciences Corp. have finished building three satellites that will be used to support police, military and emergency services in Mexico as part of the Mexsat project, the Orange County Register reported Monday. William D’Urso writes Boeing has completed two 702HP geomobile satellites named Centenario and Morelos-3, while subcontractor Orbital made one GEOStar-2 satellite named Bicentenario for […] More

  • Boeing Completes 2nd High-Power Satellite for Mexican Government; Craig Cooning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes 2nd High-Power Satellite for Mexican Government; Craig Cooning Comments

    Boeing has completed their second Mexsat 720HP geomobile satellite for the Mexican government, Boeing said Monday. The satellite is named Morelos 3 and will be joining the first that was completed November 2013, Centenario, in storage awaiting launch. Boeing, working with The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation, is now closer to their goal of […] More

  • Capgemini Mexico Moves to Expand Nearshore Services; Peter Kroll Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini Mexico Moves to Expand Nearshore Services; Peter Kroll Comments

    Capgemini has moved to expand the company’s nearshore coverage by distributing resources and services between Mexico, India and the U.S., Nearshore Americas reported Monday. Norberto Gaona reports that Capgemini Mexico and its nearshore delivery center in Aguascalientes will collaborate with clients in India and the U.S. “The nearshore concept that we are proposing makes the most of the […] More

  • Fluor Corp. JV to Construct $743M Int'l Gas Pipeline - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor Corp. JV to Construct $743M Int’l Gas Pipeline

    Fluor Corp. and Empresas ICA‘s joint venture ICA Fluor has announced a pipeline contract worth $743 million with TAG Pipelines Sur S. de R.L. de C.V., Fluor said Wednesday. The pipeline will funnel gas through the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato, Fluor said. The projects is part of the Los Ramones transportation system and is […] More

  • ICF Forecasts Natural Gas Prices to Increase Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Forecasts Natural Gas Prices to Increase Through 2020

    ICF International forecasts natural gas prices to increase between 2015 and 2020 as demand increases from new petrochemical plants, liquefied natural gas export terminals and pipeline exports to Mexico. The Fairfax, Va.-based consulting contractor attributes the increase to the cold winter in the Eastern U.S. and also predicts more drilling for energy to occur in response […] More