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  • Textron, Navy to Install Surface Warfare Weapons on Unmanned Surface Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron, Navy to Install Surface Warfare Weapons on Unmanned Surface Vehicle

    Textron and the U.S. Navy have entered an agreement to integrate anti-surface weapons into the service branch’s unmanned surface vehicle, USNI News reported Tuesday. The team would develop and install surface warfare payloads onto the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle as part of the cooperative research and development agreement. Payloads will include missiles, designators, sensors and remote weapon stations, the report […] More

  • QinetiQ Signs Five-year Deal With Dutch Air Force for Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ Signs Five-year Deal With Dutch Air Force for Training Services

    QinetiQ has signed in December a five-year, $7.4 million contract with the Netherlands’ air force entailing the company’s Empire Test Pilots’ School to provide training services for Dutch pilots and engineers. ETPS has enabled multi-year contracts through the signing of a Long Term Partnering Agreement, QinetiQ said Tuesday. The company intends to further propagate multi-year options to […] More

  • Navy Eyes General Atomics UAS Support for Task Force Southwest Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes General Atomics UAS Support for Task Force Southwest Missions

    The U.S. Navy intends to award General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business a contract to provide contractor-owned/contractor-operated unmanned air systems to support Task Force Southwest missions across the U.S. Central Command area of operations in fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2019. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the Naval Air Systems Command will ask GA-ASI to supply military […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Additional Tech to Complement Military Space Asset Mgmt Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Additional Tech to Complement Military Space Asset Mgmt Systems

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a broad agency announcement to seek additional technology platforms that can help U.S. military personnel manage space assets through rapid delivery and presentation of data. DARPA said Tuesday the Hallmark Tools and Capabilities 2 initiative looks to create and validate technologies to complement a set of tools and systems being […] More

  • Root9B Books Multiple Govt Cybersecurity Support Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Root9B Books Multiple Govt Cybersecurity Support Contracts

    Root9B received contracts worth more than $5.5 million combined during the last quarter of 2017 to provide cybersecurity services to multiple government and commercial customers. The company said Wednesday it received a contract extension to help the Defense Department manage active adversary pursuit missions and training events with the Orion HUNT platform. Root9B will also provide advisory, incident […] More

  • Boeing Develops Unmanned VTOL Aerial Platform to Test Autonomous Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Develops Unmanned VTOL Aerial Platform to Test Autonomous Tech

    Boeing has revealed a new electric unmanned aerial vehicle prototype developed to serve as a test bed for the company’s future autonomous and electric propulsion technologies. The company said Wednesday it designed the vertical-takeoff-and-landing, multi-copter UAV platform to accommodate logistics and cargo payload of up to 500 pounds. The 747-pound unmanned cargo air vehicle is equipped […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Gets Navy E-2D Training System Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Gets Navy E-2D Training System Support Contract Modification

    Rockwell Collins‘ simulation and training solutions business has received a $21.4 million contract modification to continue support work on the U.S. Navy‘s E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III program. The modification exercises options on a previously awarded contract and covers HITS maintenance and flight trainer aircraft concurrency, technical data, aircraft obsolescence and technology refresh services, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Help Manage USAF Airborne Radio Parts Supply Chain - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Help Manage USAF Airborne Radio Parts Supply Chain

    Rockwell Collins has received a three-year, $22 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to manage the supply chain for replacement parts on U.S. Air Force airborne radio systems. The initial contract covers supply chain management services for AN/ARC-171, AN/ARC-190 and AN/ARR-85 communications platforms being maintained at Robins Air Force Base, the company said Wednesday. Alan Prowse, vice […] More

  • Gibbs & Cox to Help Lockheed Design Saudi Arabia's Future Surface Combatant Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gibbs & Cox to Help Lockheed Design Saudi Arabia’s Future Surface Combatant Ship

    Lockheed Martin has selected Gibbs & Cox to support functional design work on a  multi-mission surface combatant platform for Saudi Arabia. Gibbs & Cox said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia’s navy chose an MMSC offering that Lockheed based on the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship in a bid to help the service branch confront maritime and economic security threats. […] More

  • OST Global Seeks to Offer Mentoring Support to Small Businesses Via ‘GovCon Incubator’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OST Global Seeks to Offer Mentoring Support to Small Businesses Via ‘GovCon Incubator’

    OST Global Solutions has unveiled an incubator program that seeks to help small businesses secure federal contracts and transition into prime contractors. The GovCon Incubator will work to provide member companies networking and mentoring services through its in-house consulting personnel, the company said Wednesday. The incubator also has a curriculum in entrepreneurship, business development, operations and […] More

  • BAE Unit Awarded DARPA Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit Awarded DARPA Program Support Contract

    BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integration business has received a $7.9 million contract to support a research program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA is obligating $1.3 million in fiscal 2017 research and development funds at the time of award., the Defense Department said Wednesday. Contract work will occur at various locations […] More

  • Former VMware, IBM Exec Mercer Rowe to Head Avaya Cloud Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former VMware, IBM Exec Mercer Rowe to Head Avaya Cloud Business

    Mercer Rowe, former vice president of strategic partners at IBM‘s Watson and cloud computing platforms, has been named senior VP and general manager of a newly formed cloud business at Avaya. He will oversee research, development and sales of public, private and hybrid cloud offerings in his new position, Avaya said Wednesday. Jim Chirico, president and CEO at […] More