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  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Modification for Arleigh Burke-class Lead Yard Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Modification for Arleigh Burke-class Lead Yard Services

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has received a $23.9 million modification for additional Arleigh Burke-class lead yard services including engineering and technical support to construct new ships. Services under the original lead yard services contract include ship construction liaison, general class support, logistics support, design agent support, change design support and Arleigh Burke-class Flight III upgrade design efforts, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Esri to Help UN Member States Use ArcGIS-Based Data Hub for Sustainable Development Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri to Help UN Member States Use ArcGIS-Based Data Hub for Sustainable Development Efforts

    The United Nations Statistics Division has partnered with Esri in an effort to help UN member states implement a data respository for assessing, monitoring and reporting sustainable development goals. Esri said Monday the Federated System for the SDGs is based on the company-built ArcGIS mapping platform and designed to process location intelligence data. Gregg Scott, inter-regional adviser for global geospatial information management […] More

  • FAA OKs LifePort Ballistic Protection Tech for Bell Helicopter Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA OKs LifePort Ballistic Protection Tech for Bell Helicopter Integration

    LifePort, a business unit of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary, has received supplemental type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate ballistic protection technology into a Bell Helicopter aircraft platform. Lockheed said Monday the certification allows LifePort to equip Bell 412EP combat utility helicopters with the Ballistic Protection System. BPS operators can configure the system to address ballistic threat […] More

  • NEC Subsidiary Enters Agreement With DOJ to Update Software Product Security Protocols - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NEC Subsidiary Enters Agreement With DOJ to Update Software Product Security Protocols

    NEC‘s Netcracker Technology Corp. subsidiary has agreed to implement additional measures to secure software products and service offerings for U.S. customers under a “non-prosecution” agreement with the Justice Department. DOJ said Monday Netcracker would update data security protocols designed to manage remote access to business networks and transfer of sensitive information. “As threats to our critical infrastructure increase, especially […] More

  • L3’s Michael Strianese: Lack of Defense Budget Visibility Harms Industry R&D Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3’s Michael Strianese: Lack of Defense Budget Visibility Harms Industry R&D Efforts

    L3 Technologies CEO Michael Strianese told Defense News in an interview published Monday a lack of visibility over budgets as a result of continuing resolutions drives defense contractors to take more risks when it comes to research and development. “Generally, we don’t build to inventory; we build to a contract,” Strianese said. “And with the […] More

  • CenturyLink to Supply Data Networking Products to Pennsylvania - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Supply Data Networking Products to Pennsylvania

    CenturyLink has received a five-year contract from the state government of Pennsylvania to supply data networking products. The telecommunications company said Monday it will work with Comcast‘s business arm to deliver network services and last mile connectivity to state agencies, commissions, councils, bureaus, authorities and boards. The new contract reflects another phase of service delivery under a contract awarded to CenturyLink’s Level […] More

  • SSL Offers Satellite Rideshare Service to NASA Solar Research Mission; Richard White Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL Offers Satellite Rideshare Service to NASA Solar Research Mission; Richard White Comments

    Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary will collaborate with a team at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Michigan to carry out a space mission to study the sun. SSL said Monday the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment aims to launch a small satellite constellation designed to explore how solar energetic particles are accelerated and emitted into interplanetary […] More

  • General Atomics, Starburst Accelerator Host Aerospace Tech Showcase Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Starburst Accelerator Host Aerospace Tech Showcase Event

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has collaborated with Starburst Accelerator to administer selection committee program for multiple aerospace startup firms to pitch various technology platforms. Ten aerospace startups presented technologies to industry representatives and potential investors during “The Future Is Now” event that took place Dec. 1 at GA-ASI’s headquarters in Poway, California, General Atomics said Monday. “We hosted […] More

  • Report: Germany Eyes Eurofighter Typhoon as Potential Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Germany Eyes Eurofighter Typhoon as Potential Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement

    Germany’s defense ministry said it considers the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft as its primary option to replace its fleet of 85 Tornado fighter jets by 2025, Reuters reported Tuesday. The European country’s parliament would need to approve the procurement of new fighter jets over the next two years with a plan to have the contract signed by […] More

  • SIPRI: 2016 Global Military Arms Sales Hit $375B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SIPRI: 2016 Global Military Arms Sales Hit $375B

    A new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says military arms and services sales worldwide reached a total of $374.8 billion during 2016. SIPRI said Monday the figure reflects a 1.9 percent increase from 2015 and represents the first year of growth in arms sales since 2010. Sales of U.S. arms manufacturers rose by 4 percent […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Produce Software Baseline for Navy E-2D Trainer Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Produce Software Baseline for Navy E-2D Trainer Upgrade

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Rockwell Collins a three-year, $13.7 million contract modification to produce a supplementary software platform for the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III modernization effort. The Defense Department said Monday the company’s simulation and training solutions business will deliver an E-2D Delta Software System Configuration No. 3 baseline as part of aircraft flight and tactics trainer upgrades. The company will help the Navy […] More

  • Research and Markets: Military Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Ammo Demand Through 2027 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Military Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Ammo Demand Through 2027

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the worldwide market for military ammunition products will grow at a 2.21 percent annual compound growth rate to reach $16.6 billion in value by 2027. The company said Tuesday the projected ammo demand over the next 10 years will be driven by military modernization initiatives; regional conflicts and instability challenges; and […] More