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  • Lockheed-Led Team Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy's 17th LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Team Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy’s 17th LCS

    A team of industry partners led by Lockheed Martin laid the keel for the U.S. Navy‘s 17th littoral combat ship during a ceremony held at a Fincantieri Marinette Marine facility in Wisconsin. The future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) is the fourth ship to bear the name and is one of the seven ships currently in construction at Marinette […] More

  • Ultra Electronics Subsidiary to Continue Navy Acoustic Countermeasure Production  - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultra Electronics Subsidiary to Continue Navy Acoustic Countermeasure Production 

    An Ultra Electronics subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $34 million contract to continue to build an expendable acoustic countermeasure for the U.S. Navy. The follow-on contract has a one-year base value of $4 million and covers ADC MK2 countermeasure design enhancements, development, production and support services, Ultra Electronics said Monday. Ultra Electronics’ ocean systems business will produce the ADC MK2 device in […] More

  • SAIC to Help DLA Establish Spare Parts Supply Chain Mgmt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Help DLA Establish Spare Parts Supply Chain Mgmt Program

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a potential five-year, $41.5 million contract to create a total supply chain management initiative for multiclass spare parts. SAIC will perform work for DLA and the U.S. Army and is scheduled to complete the three-year base period of performance by July 30, 2019, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Erickson to Extend Government Sustainment, Provide Airlift Services in Afghanistan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Erickson to Extend Government Sustainment, Provide Airlift Services in Afghanistan

    Erickson has received a six-month, $29 million extension to a four-year U.S. government sustainment contract to continue both that work and airlift services. The company said Monday it will continue to provide passenger and cargo airlift services for Fluor and airlift assets and operations supports in Afghanistan. Erickson has also received a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes 119th Booster Engine Acceptance Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes 119th Booster Engine Acceptance Test

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted another acceptance test on the RS-68A, a liquid-fueled booster engine that propels United Launch Alliance‘s Delta IV launch vehicle. The company’s Center of Excellence for Large Liquid Rocket Engine Assembly and Test administered the three-minute hot-fire test on the engine at NASA‘s Stennis Space Center, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Friday. The test works to assess engine performance […] More

  • World Wide Technology to Replace Obsolete Data Storage Items at USACE Sites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    World Wide Technology to Replace Obsolete Data Storage Items at USACE Sites

    The U.S. Army has awarded World Wide Technology a $7.9 million contract to deliver data storage hardware and software and provide maintenance and professional implementation services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. World Wide Technology will work to replace the obsolete data storage items at all relevant USACE sites, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD added that […] More

  • NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie

    NASA‘s Glenn Research Center and Sinclair College’s national training and certification center for unmanned aircraft systems will conduct a study on the algae blooms on Lake Erie as part of their new Space Act Agreement. Sinclair said Wednesday it will work with NASA to perform UAS sensor integration tests and flight operations to study the effects of […] More

  • KBR Chosen for US, Australia Defense Support Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Chosen for US, Australia Defense Support Services Contracts

    KBR has received a pair contract extensions of undisclosed terms for base operational support services from the U.S. Defense Department, as well as a five-year integrated support contractor services contract from the Australian defense department. The company said Monday the awards from DoD cover base operations and maintenance services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic in Djibouti and work to […] More

  • BAE to Help US Air Force Develop Machine Learning Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help US Air Force Develop Machine Learning Software

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary a three-year, $9.4 million contract to help the service branch develop, integrate and demonstrate a machine learning platform. BAE Systems Inc. will explore latest machine learning advancements to support the Air Force’s efforts to apply analytics to address space situational awareness challenges as well as leverage high-performance computing and […] More

  • ThreatTrack Unveils Updated Version of Malware Analysis Sandbox Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ThreatTrack Unveils Updated Version of Malware Analysis Sandbox Tool

    ThreatTrack has launched an updated version of its ThreatAnalyzer malware analysis sandbox product with additional features built to help organizations detect and respond to Zero-day threats, targeted attacks and known and unknown malware. The company said Thursday ThreatAnalyzer 6.1 has a new behavioral detection engine for files and URLs, cloud-based threat intelligence services, anti-forensic controls and a YARA-based rule engine […] More

  • General Atomics Subsidiary to Open Office in India by End of 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Subsidiary to Open Office in India by End of 2016

    A General Atomics subsidiary will open an office in New Delhi, India, by the end of 2016 in an effort to expand its presence in the country. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. intends to build on collaboration with India’s government to support the country’s maritime security and domain awareness missions through the new local office, General Atomics said Tuesday. GA-ASI CEO Linden Blue said the […] More