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  • Elbit Systems Gets Follow-On NATO IR Countermeasures Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Gets Follow-On NATO IR Countermeasures Contract

    Elbit Systems has received a four-year, $46 million contract to supply additional aircraft self-protection systems for NATO’s Airbus-built aerial refueling tanker aircraft. The company said Tuesday it will provide J-Music Direct Infrared Countermeasures  and Passive Airborne Warning Systems for integration into the international alliance’s A330 Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport fleet. Elad Aharonson, general manager for the intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance division […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers UK's 14th F-35B Aircraft; Peter Ruddock Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers UK’s 14th F-35B Aircraft; Peter Ruddock Comments

    The U.K. military has accepted delivery of a 14th F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft from Lockheed Martin. The F-35B flew into Beaufort, South Carolina, last week to undergo tests by 200 deployed U.K. personnel before the aircraft joins the country’s 617 Squadron by next summer, the British defense ministry said Monday. Peter Ruddock, chief executive of Lockheed’s […] More

  • Saab to Supply Sweden With New Gripen E Aircraft Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Supply Sweden With New Gripen E Aircraft Equipment

    Saab has received a potential $47.5 million to provide new Gripen E fighter aircraft equipment to the Swedish defense and material administration FMV. The company said Monday the supplemental contract updates the terms of an agreement signed with the agency in 2013 concerning reuse of existing Swedish military aircraft fleet or stock. Sweden’s armed forces […] More

  • Navy Commissions Lockheed-Built USS Little Rock Littoral Combat Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Commissions Lockheed-Built USS Little Rock Littoral Combat Ship

    A littoral combat ship that Lockheed Martin developed with partner Fincantieri Marinette Marine has entered into active service with the U.S. Navy. The Navy conducted the commissioning ceremony for the USS Little Rock vessel designated LCS 9 on the Buffalo River in New York, Lockheed said Saturday. The ship, which was the second to be named after the […] More

  • Leidos Secures Navy Contract to Help Build 2nd 'Sea Hunter' Autonomous Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Secures Navy Contract to Help Build 2nd ‘Sea Hunter’ Autonomous Vessel

    Leidos has received a potential three-year, $43.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to build a hull structure for the construction of a second autonomous vessel. The company will develop the Sea Hunter II-Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel Hull Number 2 under the cost-plus-fixed fee contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Work is expected to be completed […] More

  • EY Selected as SAIC's Next Audit Services Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EY Selected as SAIC’s Next Audit Services Provider

    Science Applications International Corp. has chosen EY to serve as the independent public accounting firm for the McLean, Virginia-based government contractor’s next fiscal year ending Feb. 1, 2019. SAIC said Friday the audit committee of its board of directors made the decision after the panel completed a competitive evaluation of multiple independent registered accounting firms. Deloitte is contracted to audit SAIC’s 2018 fiscal […] More

  • Boeing to Help Install Air Force Low-Frequency Transmission System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Help Install Air Force Low-Frequency Transmission System

    Boeing‘s defense, space and security business has secured a potential two-year, $40.1 million order to install, test and integrate a modified low-frequency transmission system for the U.S. Air Force. The order falls under a previously awarded contract and includes the provision of support equipment and technical data, the Defense Department said Friday. USAF obligated $14.8 million […] More

  • WidePoint, Silent Circle Collaborate for Federal Mobile Comms Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint, Silent Circle Collaborate for Federal Mobile Comms Security

    WidePoint and Silent Circle have entered into an agreement to jointly offer security products to federal government agencies. The companies have formed a strategic partnership to deliver systems leveraging Silent Circle’s mobile communications security technology through WidePoint’s blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Homeland Security for cellular wireless management services, WidePoint said Thursday. Jin Kang, […] More

  • Rubrik Gets Common Criteria EAL2+ Certification for Cloud Data Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rubrik Gets Common Criteria EAL2+ Certification for Cloud Data Mgmt Platform

    Rubrik has secured Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a technology platform the company designed to help government customers secure data in cloud environments. The company said Wednesday its appliances met requirements during an information technology security evaluation that covered developer and independent tests, product lifecycle management and process assessment. Steve Alfieris, vice president and […] More

  • Saab Opens UAE-Based Defense, Security Tech Production Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Opens UAE-Based Defense, Security Tech Production Hub

    Saab has inaugurated a development and production center for defense and security technology platforms in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as part of expansion efforts. The company said Thursday it seeks to market product offerings from the new facility to UAE and international customers. Saab added the facility will initially manufacture sensor systems and may […] More

  • Booz Allen to Support Navy GPS Directorate Under Potential $67M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Support Navy GPS Directorate Under Potential $67M Contract

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential five-year, $67.5 million contract for systems engineering support to the global positioning system directorate of the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. The contract will extend Booz Allen’s 15-year partnership with the service branch on  positioning, navigation and timing programs, the company said Thursday. Tom Pfeifer, an […] More

  • Army Taps Envision for Mission Software Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Envision for Mission Software Support Contract

    Envision Innovation Solution has won a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide support services to the platform mission software equipment branch within the U.S. Army‘s Software Engineering Center. The Army Contracting Command received seven offers for the contract via an online-based solicitation process, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted locations and funds will be […] More