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  • Report: DoD Seeks 12% Military Electronics Funding Boost for Fiscal 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD Seeks 12% Military Electronics Funding Boost for Fiscal 2019

    The Defense Department has asked Congress to earmark $12.93 billion in fiscal 2019 funds for research and procurement of communications, electronics, telecommunications and intelligence technology platforms, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. DoD’s proposed CET&I budget represents a 12.3-percent increase from the amount requested for FY 2018 and excludes military activities that cover “substantial” electronics systems. The department seeks […] More

  • Ensco to Continue IT Services for Pentagon's CBRNE Warning & Decision Support System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco to Continue IT Services for Pentagon’s CBRNE Warning & Decision Support System

    Ensco has received a five-year, $8.2 million contract to continue support work on a warning and decision support tool the company built for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s branch for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense. The company said Tuesday it will develop software and provide customization services for the SENTRY application that works to help personnel view data […] More

  • Navy Awards T-45 Maintenance Contract Modification to L3 Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards T-45 Maintenance Contract Modification to L3 Subsidiary

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has received a $37.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide additional engineering, logistics and maintenance services for 200 T-45 Goshawk trainer aircraft, systems and support equipment. Vertex Aerospace will also provide equipment, tools and direct and indirect materials to support the Navy’s T-45 flight and test and evaluation efforts, the Defense […] More

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics to Sustain US, UK Submarine Attack Weapon, Fire Control Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics to Sustain US, UK Submarine Attack Weapon, Fire Control Systems

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has received a two-year, $25.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the sustainment of a fire control system for U.S. and U.K. SSBN nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The company will also help sustain an attack weapon control system for U.S.’ SSGN guided missile submarines under the sole-source contract, the Defense […] More

  • Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform

    Raytheon has received a $22.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver software and hardware components needed for a ground power and cooling system of the service branch’s Next Generation Jammer platform. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification covers the delivery of five ground power carts, five ground power kits, five ground cooling carts, five ground cooling kits, […] More

  • General Dynamics IT Gets $50M Navy Contract Option for Logistics Support to FMS Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics IT Gets $50M Navy Contract Option for Logistics Support to FMS Customers

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a $50 million option under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for logistics support services to multiple foreign military sales customers. The Defense Department said Wednesday GDIT will provide the FMS logistics services in support of the Naval Air Systems Command’s Logistics Management Integration Department. Work will take place in various within and […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Support DoD's Web-Based CBRN Threat Modeling Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Support DoD’s Web-Based CBRN Threat Modeling Platform

    General Dynamics‘s information technology business has received a potential five-year, $45 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to support a web-based platform the Defense Department uses to model the potential effects of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapon attacks. GDIT will help the service branch develop software, conduct technical documentation, implement system upgrades, modify, operate, maintain […] More

  • National Government Services to Extend CDC Healthcare Payment Processing Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Government Services to Extend CDC Healthcare Payment Processing Support

    National Government Services has received a potential five-year, $4 million contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention process healthcare-related payments in support of the survivors and first responders of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks in New York. NGS said Monday it issues healthcare and pharmacy payments to the medical services providers of 77,000 individuals affected by the […] More

  • Virginia Electric & Power Lands DoD Electricity Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia Electric & Power Lands DoD Electricity Supply Contract

    Virginia Electric and Power Co. has been awarded a $23.4 million contract to perform electricity distribution and supply services for the Pentagon and other government facilities located in Northern Virginia. The company will carry out work in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia, through Aug. 21, 2018, the Defense Department said Friday. The Washington Headquarters Services obligated fiscal 2017 […] More

  • John Allen, Michael Griffin, Samuel Locklear Named Senior Fellows at Johns Hopkins APL - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Allen, Michael Griffin, Samuel Locklear Named Senior Fellows at Johns Hopkins APL

    The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Michael Griffin, chairman and CEO of Schafer Corp., as well as military veterans John Allen and Samuel Locklear as APL senior fellows. APL said Tuesday Allen, Griffin and Locklear bring leadership and expertise to the lab’s senior fellows program that seeks to address the priorities of U.S. military leaders and senior […] More

  • Space News: US, Canada to Collaborate on Space-Based Space Surveillance Mission Proposal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: US, Canada to Collaborate on Space-Based Space Surveillance Mission Proposal

    The U.S. Air Force will collaborate with its counterpart in Canada on a proposal for the upcoming Space Based Space Surveillance follow-on mission that will work to monitor the geosynchronous-orbit belt, Space News reported Wednesday. The proposal will be designed to help the program stay within the Defense Department‘s $400 million price threshold by allowing Canada to contribute additional satellites or sensors, […] More

  • Raytheon to Modify Israel-Developed Interceptor for US Army Defense Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Modify Israel-Developed Interceptor for US Army Defense Program

    Raytheon will offer an Americanized version of an interceptor platform designed by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems that will be used to support a U.S. Army program that seeks to defend against a threat spectrum, Defense News reported Monday. Barbara Opall-Rome writes Raytheon looks to locally produce and transform the Iron Dome platform’s Tamir interceptors to meet U.S. standards […] More