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  • Harris to Produce IDECM Jammer Systems for Kuwait - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Produce IDECM Jammer Systems for Kuwait

    Harris has received a $24.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures systems to Kuwait as part of a foreign military sales deal. The company will produce 14 IDECM AN/ALQ-214 A(V)4/5 jammer systems for the Kuwaiti government under lot 15 full-rate production, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur in New Jersey, […] More

  • Raytheon to Maintain Depot Facility for US, UK Cruise Missile Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Maintain Depot Facility for US, UK Cruise Missile Systems

    Raytheon‘s missile systems business has received a three-year, $36.8 million contract to provide lifecycle management and technical services needed to maintain a Tomahawk cruise missile depot facility for the U.S. Navy and U.K. government. Work covers depot maintenance, demilitarization preparation, system test operations, spare parts supply and repair services, the Defense Department said Friday. The Naval Air Systems Command will […] More

  • Navy Taps Northrop Grumman to Support E-2D Trainer Development for Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Northrop Grumman to Support E-2D Trainer Development for Japan

    Northrop Grumman has received a $13.8 million contract to deliver programmatic and engineering services for the Japanese government’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye weapon system trainer. Services will be done to support the development, integration and verification of the early warning aircraft trainer under a foreign military sales effort with Japan, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will conduct 60 […] More

  • Navy to Commission USS Ralph Johnson March 24 in South Carolina - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Commission USS Ralph Johnson March 24 in South Carolina

    The U.S. Navy has announced it will commission the guided-missile destroyer to be named USS Ralph Johnson on March 14, at Columbus Street Pier, Charleston, South Carolina. Georgeann McRaven, wife of retired Adm. Bill McRaven, will order the destroyer to service as the ship’s sponsor; while U.S. Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller will provide the commissioning’s principal address, […] More

  • Lockheed Subsidiary Wins $66M Navy Torpedo Engineering, Maintenance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subsidiary Wins $66M Navy Torpedo Engineering, Maintenance Contract

    A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $65.9 million contract  to maintain and engineer MK48 torpedoes for the U.S. Navy‘s Intermediate Maintenance Activity in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the contract to Lockheed Martin Sippican after a competitive solicitation that garnered two proposals, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the service branch will obligate $3,028,731 […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Secures $69M Navy Trainer Aircraft Engine Support Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Secures $69M Navy Trainer Aircraft Engine Support Contract Option

    Rolls-Royce has received a six-month, $69.4 million contract option to maintain and provide logistics support for the U.S. Navy‘s T-45 training aircraft engines. The company will perform intermediate and depot-level maintenance work on 209 F405-RR-401 Adour engines as part of the exercised option, the Defense Department said Monday. Forty-six percent of contract work will occur at Naval Air Station Kingsville in […] More

  • Navy Taps Vigor Subsidiary for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Dry Docking Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Vigor Subsidiary for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Dry Docking Support

    A Vigor Industrial subsidiary has secured a $35 million to help the U.S. Navy address repair and alteration requirements for the dry-docking selected restricted availability of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. Vigor Marine will support DSRA office spaces, warehousing, lay-down, security, crane operation, utilities, galley services and other ship assets under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Work […] More

  • Navy to Commission GDEB-built USS Colorado Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Commission GDEB-built USS Colorado Submarine

    The U.S. Navy has announced it will commission the SSN 788 to be named USS Colorado during a ceremony that will take place Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) will serve as the commissioning ceremony’s principal speaker, while Annie Mabus, daughter of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, will order the USS Colorado’s activation as ship […] More

  • Orbital ATK Gets $67M Navy Contract to Produce Additional Target Base Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Gets $67M Navy Contract to Produce Additional Target Base Vehicles

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $67.6 million contract to manufacture an 11th batch of GQM-163A Coyote sea skimming target base vehicles. Orbital ATK will provide 24 full-rate production base vehicles and spares foreign military sales to USN and Qatar as well as deliver D6AC long lead steel to Japan, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will receive […] More

  • Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers

    A report by Bloomberg‘s government arm says the Defense Department‘s maintenance requirements could increase amid delays facing various military aircraft programs. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog post published Friday that the U.S. Air Force plans move the deployment of the Boeing-built KC-46 tanker aircraft from October 2018 to spring 2019. The […] More

  • August Schell to Help Create Sourcing Vehicle for DON Software Licensing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    August Schell to Help Create Sourcing Vehicle for DON Software Licensing Program

    The Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded August Schell a potential six-year, $41.2 million contract to help establish a strategic sourcing method for the Department of the Navy to procure Axway software licenses and related maintenance services. The Defense Department said Friday the company will support DON’s Enterprise Software Licensing program aimed at simplifying the acquisition and management of ESL agreements […] More