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  • Navy Veteran Vince Dova Named Cyemptive Technologies' VP of Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Veteran Vince Dova Named Cyemptive Technologies’ VP of Security

    Vince Dova, a retired U.S. Navy commander and former branch chief for cyber policy and capabilities at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has joined Cyemptive Technologies as vice president of security. He will oversee the development of organizational and technical governance framework to ensure the secure delivery of cybersecurity products and services to Cyemptive’s customers […] More

  • Lockheed Unit to Maintain H-60 Aircraft Software for US Navy, 6 Foreign Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit to Maintain H-60 Aircraft Software for US Navy, 6 Foreign Customers

    A Lockheed Martin business will maintain the software of H-60 multimission helicopters currently in service with the U.S. Navy and six international countries under a five-year, $49.5 million contract. Australia, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Greece and Norway are the foreign customers under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award to Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit, the […] More

  • Navy Picks CACI for C5ISR Systems Support Work Under $125M Contract; John Mengucci Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks CACI for C5ISR Systems Support Work Under $125M Contract; John Mengucci Quoted

    CACI International will perform full life cycle support on command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems used by the Department of Defense and disaster recovery or first responders. Work is under a potential $125 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Crisis Response and Interoperable C5 Electronic Systems, the company said Wednesday. […] More

  • Amida Patents AI-Based Chip Security Method - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amida Patents AI-Based Chip Security Method

    Washington, D.C.-based software provider Amida Technology Solutions has obtained a patent for an artificial intelligence-based approach to discovering a cybersecurity breach on microelectronic systems. The invention with patent number 11736501 involves a novel method to apply AI and graph theory for integrated circuit breach detection and characterization, the company said Wednesday. Amida, which developed its […] More

  • HII Marks Christening of Navy's Future USS Ted Stevens Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Marks Christening of Navy’s Future USS Ted Stevens Destroyer

    HII‘s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has christened the U.S. Navy’s Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer named in honor of former Sen. Ted Stevens. Launched Aug. 15, DDG 128 was intended to strengthen the military branch’s operations. It is capable of fighting multiple air, surface and subsurface threats simultaneously as well as conducting peacetime presence, […] More

  • HII Inaugurates Navy’s Upcoming Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Inaugurates Navy’s Upcoming Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

    An HII shipbuilding division has launched the U.S. Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, which will be used to bolster the service branch’s operations. DDG 128, named in honor of former U.S. senator Ted Stevens, is scheduled for christening on Saturday, HII said Tuesday. The vessel is capable of fighting multiple air, surface and […] More

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    General Dynamics Unit Kicks Off Construction of 6th Navy Expeditionary Sea Base Ship

    General Dynamics’ NASSCO subsidiary has begun building the sixth vessel for the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base program. Named after a Medal of Honor recipient and Korean War veteran, the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. will serve as a mobile sea base supporting multiple military operations, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday. “The ship […] More

  • Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships

    A Textron subsidiary has received a potential $19.5 million contract from Naval Air Systems Command to provide uncrewed aerial system operation support for three U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Textron Systems said Wednesday it will use its Aerosonde UAS to deliver extended-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to two Independence-class vessels and one Freedom-class ship. […] More

  • Navy, Sofar Ocean Partner on Ocean Data Collection Tech Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Sofar Ocean Partner on Ocean Data Collection Tech Research

    San Francisco-based technology startup Sofar Ocean and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command have identified three potential areas of collaboration to help the service branch expand data gathering and weather forecasting capabilities. Both parties formalized a five-year cooperative research and development agreement through which several Navy organizations will explore use cases for the […] More

  • HII Lays Keel for Navy's 29th Virginia-Class Attack Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Lays Keel for Navy’s 29th Virginia-Class Attack Submarine

    HII‘s Newport News Shipbuilding division has laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s 29th Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The keel authentication commences the construction of the future USS Oklahoma (SSN 802), the first Virginia-class ship in Block V configuration and the 14th vessel to be delivered by NNS, HII said Wednesday. Fast-attack submarines are employed […] More

  • Leonardo Constructing Aircraft Support Center in Florida - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Constructing Aircraft Support Center in Florida

    Leonardo‘s helicopters business is establishing a 113,000 sq. ft. facility at Whiting Aviation Park in Milton, Florida, to accommodate repair and overhaul, transmission work on aircraft components. The company said Monday the Leonardo Helicopters Florida Support Center will have four large hangar bays, Dynamic Test Bench, full-sized paint booth, tooling and equipment as well as […] More

  • Northrop to Update Navy Triton UAV Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update Navy Triton UAV Radar System

    Northrop Grumman will develop additional algorithms and software under a $13 million U.S. Navy contract to modernize the maritime sensor system of the service branch’s MQ-4C unmanned aerial vehicle. The cost-plus-fixed-fee award is for 24 months of work on the Broad Area Triton Theater and Littoral Enhancements project, the Department of Defense said Monday. Contract […] More