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  • Coast Guard Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built 'Munro' National Security Cutter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built ‘Munro’ National Security Cutter

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has handed over a sixth company-built national security cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard. Munro belongs to the military branch’s Legend class and is scheduled for commissioning in Seattle by April 1, 2017, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “We have a mission statement in the NSC program that says during the construction of each […] More

  • Coast Guard, DHS Vet John Acton Joins TWD & Associates Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard, DHS Vet John Acton Joins TWD & Associates Board

    John Acton, a retired U.S. Coast Guard admiral and former acting chief learning officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined the board of directors of McLean, Virginia-based technology services contractor TWD & Associates. TWD said Wednesday Acton previously managed DHS’ learning and development programs, department-wide policies and strategic direction. He also gained experience in general and marketing, […] More

  • CSRA to Feature Maritime Simulation Training Software at Defense Modeling Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Feature Maritime Simulation Training Software at Defense Modeling Conference

    CSRA will demonstrate its VirtualShip maritime simulation training software at the ongoing National Training and Simulation Association’s 2016 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference through Dec. 2. The company said Friday it will also hold a Maritime Training Solutions USERS Group Conference at the event. Representatives from participating companies will lead a discussion on the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy that works to train cybersecurity professionals […] More

  • Eastern Shipbuilding Group Taps Northrop to Design Coast Guard Cutters' C4ISR & Machinery Control Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eastern Shipbuilding Group Taps Northrop to Design Coast Guard Cutters’ C4ISR & Machinery Control Systems

    Northrop Grumman has secured a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group to design C4ISR and machinery control systems on U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter ships for future vessels with updated weapon systems, electronics, range and endurance capacities. Northrop said Monday the design will also have a larger flight deck to accommodate aircraft operations in severe weather and new systems will […] More

  • Sentient, Coast Guard Demo ViDAR Airborne Maritime Search and Surveillance System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sentient, Coast Guard Demo ViDAR Airborne Maritime Search and Surveillance System

    Sentient and the U.S. Coast Guard have tested a company-built airborne maritime search and surveillance system during a live demonstration conducted off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The Visual Detection and Ranging system trial aimed to highlight the system’s capacity to detect objects at a distance and was part of the Coast Guard’s assessment of small UAS technologies and sensors, Sentient said Sept. 29. The company demonstrated […] More

  • US Coast Guard Picks Fairbanks Morse to Build Offshore Patrol Cutter Engines; Marvin Riley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Coast Guard Picks Fairbanks Morse to Build Offshore Patrol Cutter Engines; Marvin Riley Comments

    The U.S. Coast Guard has selected Fairbanks Morse to produce diesel propulsion engines for the military branch’s offshore patrol cutter that is scheduled for sea deployment in 2021. Fairbanks Morse said Wednesday it will build FM-MAN 16V 28/33D diesel engines for the first OPC vessel that Eastern Shipbuilding Group will build for the Coast Guard. The 360-foot-long cutter will be built to provide a capability […] More

  • McMurdo to Help Army Develop Personnel Recovery Device; Mark Cianciolo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McMurdo to Help Army Develop Personnel Recovery Device; Mark Cianciolo Comments

    McMurdo has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to develop prototypes of a custom personnel recovery device to aid the U.S. Army‘s search and rescue of soldiers in distress. The PRD will be part of the Army’s Personnel Recovery Support System as a militarized locator beacon, McMurdo said Tuesday. The Orolia Group company will incorporate a dual-mode feature into the device to assist in training and […] More

  • Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships

    The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded CopaSAT a potential five-year contract to provide managed satellite communications services to two of the service branch’s Antarctica-based icebreaker ships. CopaSAT started to provide satcom services to the military branch’s Healy and Polar Star icebreakers on Oct. 1 under the contract, the company said Tuesday. “We are excited to provide the […] More

  • FCi Federal Creates Advisory Board to Support Expansion Initiatives; Scott Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCi Federal Creates Advisory Board to Support Expansion Initiatives; Scott Miller Comments

    Ashburn, Virginia-based FCi Federal has established a board of advisers as the professional services company looks to expand its market footprint and grow its portfolio. The advisory board consists of public and private sector veterans with background in immigration, intelligence, diplomacy, transportation and homeland security, FCi Federal said Monday. “The formation of the board of advisers signals […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls-Built National Security Cutter Munro Completes Acceptance Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls-Built National Security Cutter Munro Completes Acceptance Trials

    The sixth Huntington Ingalls Industries-built U.S. Coast Guard national security cutter Munro has completed acceptance trials at the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to validate the performance of the ship’s systems. Munro accomplished a full-power propulsion run during the two-day trial that tested its propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor-handling, small boat operations and combat systems, HII said Friday. The U.S. Navy‘s […] More

  • Army Renews Certification for Desktop Alert's Mass Notification System; Howard Ryan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Renews Certification for Desktop Alert’s Mass Notification System; Howard Ryan Comments

    Desktop Alert has received a new certificate of networthiness from the U.S. Army for the latest version of the company’s mass notification system designed to provide warning and instructions to personnel in the event of a critical situation. Version 5 of the Total Alert System works to contact installation computer users and require them to confirm receipt of desktop alert messages that […] More

  • Navy Solicits Proposals for SPAWAR Crypto I&Y Cable Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Solicits Proposals for SPAWAR Crypto I&Y Cable Production Contract

    The Department of the Navy has solicited offers from vendors to supply the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command with crypto I&Y cable assemblies designed to support the service branch’s command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions. The Navy said Wednesday it plans to award a potential 10-year, firm-fixed price contract to the winning contractor. The […] More