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  • General Dynamics to Supply Helicopter Gun Turrets to U.S. Marines, Pakistan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Supply Helicopter Gun Turrets to U.S. Marines, Pakistan

    General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems unit has received a $9.1 million delivery order to manufacture helicopter gun turrets for the U.S. Marine Corps and the government of Pakistan. The order is for 41 A/A49E-7 (V4) gun turrets for integration onto AH-1Z attack helicopters, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the order comprises nearly $6 […] More

  • Navy, Northrop Test New Functions of Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Northrop Test New Functions of Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopters

    The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman have jointly demonstrated new functions and technologies of the MQ-8B and MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. Northrop said Wednesday Fire Scout showcased its manned/unmanned teaming features through station-to-station hand offs of two Fire Scouts and the streaming of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting data to an Amphibious Readiness Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit. The […] More

  • Boeing Gets Modification on Air Force AWACS Aircraft Upgrade Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets Modification on Air Force AWACS Aircraft Upgrade Contract

    Boeing has received a $46.3 million contract modification for upgrade work on the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of airborne warning and control system aircraft. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification will definitize a previous undefinitized contract action for the low-rate initial production of the AWACS Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation […] More

  • NASA Enlists 3 Companies to Develop Fabrication Lab Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Enlists 3 Companies to Develop Fabrication Lab Prototypes

    NASA has awarded three companies $10.2 million in total grants to develop ground-based prototypes of a multimaterial fabrication laboratory. Interlog, Techshot and Tethers Unlimited will aim to deliver the prototypes within an 18-month period as part of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships  initiative, NASA said Friday. The agency plans to select partners to further mature resulting […] More

  • CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship

    CH2M has pledged a donation of $1 million to create an endowed professorship within the Oregon State University’s College of Engineering. The company said Thursday an endowed professor will be appointed to teach at the college for a term of up to five years through the CH2M Hill Professorship in Civil Engineering Fund. Scott Ashford, dean of OSU […] More

  • Kelly Grier to Succeed Steve Howe as EY US Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kelly Grier to Succeed Steve Howe as EY US Chairman

    Kelly Grier, regional managing partner for the U.S. Central Region at accounting and professional services firm EY, has been named U.S. chairman and managing partner-elect, as well as managing partner-elect for the Americas area, effective July 1, 2018. EY said Thursday the 27-year company veteran will succeed Steve Howe, who is due to retire  by Dec. 31, 2018 […] More

  • Accenture's Federal Arm Selects Celedon for 'Small Business of the Year' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture’s Federal Arm Selects Celedon for ‘Small Business of the Year’ Award

    Accenture‘s federal services business has given its Small Business of the Year award to Celedon Partners in recognition of the latter company’s efforts to support Accenture-built information technology platforms. Annapolis, Maryland-based Celedon supported the execution of Accenture’s Task Management Tool that works to help federal customers manage flow of information and workload across the enterprise, Accenture said Tuesday. Christine […] More

  • Comtech Gets Contract Modification for Navy Network Connection Device Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Gets Contract Modification for Navy Network Connection Device Engineering Support

    A subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications has secured a $1.9 million contract modification for engineering support services backing a U.S. Navy network connection device. Comtech EF Data will provide support for enhancements to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Interface Processor production terminals, the company said Wednesday. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon BBN to Help Develop Causal Exploration Tech for Military Planners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon BBN to Help Develop Causal Exploration Tech for Military Planners

    A Raytheon subsidiary has been selected to develop tools for military planners to examine and address causal factors that trigger conflict situations as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-led program. Raytheon BBN Technologies aims to use artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to produce a modeling platform for DARPA’s Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments program, […] More

  • IBM Tops List of Australian Govt IT Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Tops List of Australian Govt IT Contractors

    A new report from Australia’s national audit office says IBM received the highest number of information technology contracts from the Australian government during the 2012 to 2013 through 2016 to 2017 period, ZDNet reported Thursday. Australia spent $27 billion on IT contracts over the five-year period, including $1.8 billion for 692 government contracts that went to IBM, […] More

  • Raytheon Launches Abu Dhabi, UAE-Based Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Launches Abu Dhabi, UAE-Based Subsidiary

    Raytheon has created an aerospace and defense subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates to mark its 30th year of partnership with the country’s government. John Brauneis, formerly vice president for supply chain management at Raytheon, will serve as chief executive of the Abu Dhabi-based Raytheon Emirates business, the company said Wednesday. Brauneis said the subsidiary aims […] More

  • Terumo BCT Receives DoD Grant for Blood Sterilization Tech Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Terumo BCT Receives DoD Grant for Blood Sterilization Tech Research

    Terumo BCT has received a three-year grant from the Defense Department to study the effectiveness of a new medical technology to cut the risk of bloodborne pathogen transmission in military personnel. The company said Wednesday it will use the funds awarded through DoD’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program to further develop the Mirasol pathogen reduction technology. “This new […] More