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  • DynCorp Receives 2 Additional AFCAP IV Task Orders for Support in Qatar, Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Receives 2 Additional AFCAP IV Task Orders for Support in Qatar, Saudi Arabia

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded DynCorp International two additional Air Force Contract Augmentation Program task orders totaling $10.3 million in support of U.S. military forces in the Middle East. DynCorp said Friday it will provide fire emergency services management, labor, tools and equipment under the $6.2 million Southwest Asia FES equipment service task order. The company will help evaluate, test, maintain, repair and […] More

  • Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Install, Uninstall Surface EW Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Install, Uninstall Surface EW Systems

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Prism Maritime, Stimulus Engineering Services and Superior Marine Solutions spots on a potential four-year, $50 million contract to install or de-install surface electronic warfare systems for various ship hulls. The Defense Department said Tuesday contractors will compete for task orders to perform ship changes and ordnance alterations outside Chief of Naval Operations availability for the military branch as […] More

  • Cisco, Israel Eye Digital Services Hub Under Strategic Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, Israel Eye Digital Services Hub Under Strategic Partnership

    Cisco has forged a strategic partnership with Israel that seeks to expedite the deployment of digital platforms in the country over the next three years. The company will work with Israel’s social justice ministry and regional governors to turn eastern Negev into the country’s first smart region and establish a digital hub to facilitate delivery […] More

  • Cisco, Saudi Arabia Sign Digitization Partnership Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, Saudi Arabia Sign Digitization Partnership Agreement

    Cisco has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia in an effort to facilitate adoption of digital platforms in the country. The company will help Saudi Arabia develop its information, communication and technology infrastructure as well share its experience and skills in the implementation of digital government and connected education and healthcare programs through the memorandum […] More

  • Bechtel to Continue Management Support for 2 Industrial Development Projects in Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel to Continue Management Support for 2 Industrial Development Projects in Saudi Arabia

    Bechtel has secured a five-year contract extension from an autonomous Saudi Arabian government agency to continue to provide management services for two industrial  development projects in Jubail and Ras Al Khair. The company said Monday its contract with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu covers projects to construct residential and educational buildings as well as roads, bridges, […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Completes Review of Satellites for Saudi Arabia; Carl Marchetto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Completes Review of Satellites for Saudi Arabia; Carl Marchetto Comments

    Lockheed Martin has concluded the critical design review for two satellites intended to support television, internet, telephone and communications services in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Lockheed, Arab Satellite Communications Organization and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology reviewed the technical specifications of Arabsat 6A and Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1, Lockheed said Tuesday. The two satellites are […] More

  • Northrop to Produce Inertial Navigation Systems for Saudi Navy Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Produce Inertial Navigation Systems for Saudi Navy Ships

    Northrop Grumman has received an $8.3 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Navy to provide naval ship-based MK39 MOD 3A Ring Laser gyro inertial navigation systems to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also produce MK39 MOD 3A components, spare parts and associated shore-based tools for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces under the contract. Northrop will […] More

  • BAE, CSC Sign $600M IT Outsourcing Pact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, CSC Sign $600M IT Outsourcing Pact

    Computer Sciences Corp. will provide a range of information technology services for BAE Systems‘ U.K. and Saudi Arabia operations under a $600 million agreement between the two companies. CSC said Tuesday the IT outsourcing deal will run through November 2021 and covers contact center, end user compute, mainframe, physical/virtual servers, storage, networking, project services and application maintenance support. “We are delighted to […] More

  • Lockheed, Partners to Open Entrepreneurship College in Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Partners to Open Entrepreneurship College in Saudi Arabia

    Lockheed Martin and Babson Global have worked with the Saudi Arabia Economic Offset Program office and the King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia to erect an entrepreneurship college in the region. Lockheed said Wednesday the future College for Business and Entrepreneurship at KAEC will be modeled after the entrepreneurship education programs at Babson College. The project will work […] More

  • SIPRI: Global Defense Spend Bucks 4-Year Downward Trend, Oil Plunge Drives Some Cuts by Producers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SIPRI: Global Defense Spend Bucks 4-Year Downward Trend, Oil Plunge Drives Some Cuts by Producers

    A new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says military spending worldwide in 2015 posted a year-to-year increase for the first time since 2011 at a rate of 1 percent to $1.7 trillion total. SIPRI said Tuesday the figure reflects a rise in spending in Eastern and Central Europe, Asia and Oceania and some countries in […] More

  • Reuters: DigitalGlobe, Saudi Organizations Launch Small Satellite JV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: DigitalGlobe, Saudi Organizations Launch Small Satellite JV

    DigitalGlobe and two organizations in Saudi Arabia have formed a joint venture to build small satellites intended to regularly capture images of different areas around the world, Reuters reported Sunday. DigitalGlobe CEO Jeffrey Tarr said the company would integrate its satellites, ground infrastructure and processing technology into the project in order to facilitate the accuracy of collected […] More

  • State Dept OKs Saudi Arabia's $155M Request for Raytheon Weapon System Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs Saudi Arabia’s $155M Request for Raytheon Weapon System Upgrade

    The State Department has approved the request of Saudi Arabia to purchase weapons system upgrade and logistics support from Raytheon under a potential $154.9 million foreign military sale. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday Saudi Arabia’s order includes the conversion of five Block 0 MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems to the Block 1B Baseline 2 configuration. […] More