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  • General Dynamics Unit to Help Manage Navy, Marine Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Help Manage Navy, Marine Platforms

    General Dynamics‘s information technology business has won a potential five-year, $64.6M contract for project management and engineering services to land, sea and air systems of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. Efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will aim to help both service branches gather, detect, evaluate, identify, exploit, neutralize and distribute technologies for […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Starts Build of New Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Starts Build of New Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has begun construction of DDG 127, the future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be named USS Patrick Gallagher. The ship, BIW’s final destroyer in Flight IIA configuration, will feature Baseline 9 of the AEGIS Combat System designed for integrated air and missile defense, the Naval Sea Systems command […] More

  • Navy Sources for Providers of NAVAIR IT Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Sources for Providers of NAVAIR IT Services

    The Naval Air Systems Command is sourcing for industry input on information technology support services for logistics competency, headquarters and depots of the Navy Fleet Readiness Center and customer IT. The contractor will define software requirements, develop and deploy software, provide IT engineering, and deliver training and maintenance efforts for NAVAIR and external customers, the U.S. […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Picks Triumph to Supply Navy Carrier Remote Valve Actuator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Picks Triumph to Supply Navy Carrier Remote Valve Actuator

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has selected Triumph Group to manufacture remote valve actuation systems required for the modernization of a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Triumph said Wednesday its integrated systems business will supply 165 actuators from the company’s mechanical solutions facility in Shelbyville, Ind., for installation on the USS George Washington, or CVN-73. HII will modernize […] More

  • Raytheon-Made Air Control System Demonstrates Ship-Aircraft Connection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Made Air Control System Demonstrates Ship-Aircraft Connection

    The U.S. Navy has used a Raytheon-made ship self defense system to digitally connect with a flying U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft during a demonstration in Massachusetts. The company said Wednesday its Link 16 Digital Air Control technology works to facilitate wireless joint operation between vessels and aircraft for boosted interoperability and […] More

  • Navy, MDA Perform Second Interception Test With Raytheon-Made Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, MDA Perform Second Interception Test With Raytheon-Made Missile

    The U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency have tested the interception performance of the Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3‘s Block-IIA variant with a land-launched target. The Navy’s USS John Finn destroyer launched the SM-3 IIA missile to intercept the ballistic target during the test in Hawaii, marking the missile’s second fulfilled interception, Raytheon said Friday. “This second […] More

  • Alion to Help Engineer, Test Navy Autonomous Maritime Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion to Help Engineer, Test Navy Autonomous Maritime Systems

    Alion Science and Technology has received a potential five-year, $37M task order to provide technical services for the U.S. Navy‘s Autonomous Maritime Systems Test Center and unmanned undersea vehicle development efforts. The company said Tuesday it will help AMSTC develop software; design, engineer and test systems; manage life cycle logistics; train and qualify operators; and secure […] More

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics for Control Systems R&D Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics for Control Systems R&D Support

    The U.S. Navy has a awarded an $18.5M contract to General Dynamics‘ missions systems business for research, development and sustainment support on various control systems. The company will perform these services to support the fire control sub-system for U.S. ballistic missile submarines, the U.K.’s FCS and the weapon control system for U.S. cruise missile submarines, […] 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

  • Navy, Rockwell Collins Renew F/A-18 Avionics Tech Logistics Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Rockwell Collins Renew F/A-18 Avionics Tech Logistics Contract

    Rockwell Collins has received a four-year contract to continue providing logistics support for the avionics display systems of the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 aircraft fleet. The agreement will extend performance-based logistics work the company has performed over the past 15 years on more than 1.2K F/A-18 units, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. Services under the PBL effort […] More

  • Navy Plans Follow-On IDIQ Contract for ISR & Targeting Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Follow-On IDIQ Contract for ISR & Targeting Systems

    Naval Air Systems Command looks to hold a full and open competition for a new contract vehicle that will cover research, development, test, evaluation and deployment of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting platforms. NAVAIR said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice it expects to publish a formal request for proposals by Nov. 1. The command would […] More

  • Serco's US Arm to Provide Navy IT Tech Services Under $213M Contract; Dave Dacquino Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco’s US Arm to Provide Navy IT Tech Services Under $213M Contract; Dave Dacquino Quoted

    Serco‘s North American subsidiary holds a spot on a potential six-year, $213M contract for information technology services to the U.S. Navy. Serco Inc. is among the five contractors that will vie for task orders to help the Navy manage data and information; engineer systems; support IT systems and networks; provide cybersecurity support; analyze software; maintain […] More