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  • NAVAIR taps Systel for servers to support Fire Scout management system software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVAIR taps Systel for servers to support Fire Scout management system software

    The Naval Air Systems Command of the U.S. Navy has selected Systel to support an unmanned autonomous helicopter program. The company said Monday it will provide rugged, high-density computing servers designed with optimized size, weight and power for NAVAIR’s MQ-8C Fire Scout. Systel’s 2U and 4U servers are geared to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance […] More

  • General Dynamics orders additional BAE Systems shipboard guns for US Navy LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics orders additional BAE Systems shipboard guns for US Navy LCS

    General Dynamics has tapped BAE Systems for the supply of additional shipboard gun systems for the U.S. Navy‘s Independence-class littoral combat ship. BAE Systems said Monday it will commence delivery of two Mk110 naval gun systems for the U.S. Navy by 2019 under a follow-on contract that will run through 2020. The 57-millimeter deck gun is […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Delivers California Air National Guard's First Rescue Tanker Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Delivers California Air National Guard’s First Rescue Tanker Aircraft

    The California Air National Guard received its first combat search and rescue tanker aircraft developed by Lockheed Martin on April 5. Lockheed said Friday the 129th Rescue Wing will operate the HC-130J Combat King II from the Moffett Air National Guard Base in California. The 129th RQW intends to replace its existing fleet of MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft with four […] More

  • DHS Seeks Tech Platforms for First Responder Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Tech Platforms for First Responder Demo

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for information on technology platforms that first responders can demonstrate through an event in Houston, Texas, later this year. DHS said Thursday it seeks various technologies such as sensors, data analytics tools and computer-aided dispatch systems for test and evaluation during the Next Generation First Responder – Harris County Operational […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Supply Updated Avionics for Coast Guard MH-65 Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Supply Updated Avionics for Coast Guard MH-65 Helicopters

    Rockwell Collins has been chosen to supply new avionics to the U.S. Coast Guard for integration with the service branch’s fleet of Airbus-built MH-65 helicopters. The updated avionics will be integrated into MH-65 aircraft beginning late 2019 as part of an effort to extend the helicopters’ service life, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. The effort will change the fleet’s […] More

  • Debra Lehman Joins ACT I as Business Development VP; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Debra Lehman Joins ACT I as Business Development VP; Michael Niggel Comments

    Debra Lehman, a 35-year government contracting veteran, has joined Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as vice president of business development and program manager for the company’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract. She will lead ACT I’s efforts to identify, qualify and pursue business opportunities with the U.S. Navy and federal civilian agencies through the […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics-Built Comms Tech Aids Coast Guard in SAR Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics-Built Comms Tech Aids Coast Guard in SAR Missions

    A maritime communications technology developed by General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has supported search-and-rescue missions of the U.S. Coast Guard since 2006. The service branch used the company-built Rescue 21 Coastal system for command, control and direction-finding communications tasks in approximately 100,000 SAR operations, GDMS said Friday. Chris Marzilli, GDMS president and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said the business has […] More

  • L3 Delivers Coast Guard's First HC-130J Aircraft Equipped With New Mission System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Delivers Coast Guard’s First HC-130J Aircraft Equipped With New Mission System

    L3 Technologies has completed delivery of an HC-130J aircraft equipped with a Minotaur mission system suite to the U.S. Coast Guard as part of a potential five-year contract. The company said Wednesday its aerospace systems business installed and tested the government-furnished MSS+ on the aircraft in an effort to increase the service branch’s long-range surveillance capacity. An aircraft completion ceremony took […] More

  • Engineering Services Network to Help Develop Navy's Combat System Operational Sequencing Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engineering Services Network to Help Develop Navy’s Combat System Operational Sequencing Tech

    Engineering Services Network has won a potential five-year, $39.5 million to help the U.S. Navy develop, modify and validate a combat systems operational sequencing system. The company said Friday it will deliver CSOSS for integration with shipboard sensors, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and weapon systems. ESN will also provide CSOSS analyses, technical and programmatic […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Holds Christening of Coast Guard National Security Cutter Midgett - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Holds Christening of Coast Guard National Security Cutter Midgett

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding arm in Pascagoula, Mississippi, has conducted a christening ceremony Saturday for a U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class vessel. Ingalls Shipbuilding held the ceremony at the Mississippi shipyard to transfer the National Security Cutter Midgett or WMSL 757 to the water, the company said Saturday. The event featured Adm. Charles Michel, vice commandant of the Coast Guard, […] More

  • Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program

    General Dynamics has placed an order for Saab medium-range surveillance radar systems for installation on two future U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Saab said Thursday it will provide Sea Giraffe AMB naval radars designated as AN/SPS-77 for the military branch’s LCS 28 and LCS 30 ships. Erik Smith, president and CEO of Saab Defense and Security USA, said the company is contracted to deliver Sea […] More

  • WidePoint Gets Telecom Mgmt Support Orders From US Govt Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Gets Telecom Mgmt Support Orders From US Govt Agencies

    WidePoint has booked task orders worth a combined $608,000 to provide telecommunication lifecycle management services to multiple U.S. federal customers during the government’s 2018 fiscal year. The company said Monday it received TLM orders from the Customs and Border Protection, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the U.S. Coast Guard. Todd […] More