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  • CAE Expands Defense & Security Business Footprint With New Australia Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Expands Defense & Security Business Footprint With New Australia Office

    CAE‘s defense and security unit has opened a new office in Canberra, Australia, and exhibited company-built simulation products during the inauguration ceremony. The company said Wednesday Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry, and Ian Bell, vice president and general manager of CAE’s operations in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, attended the formal opening of the office located […] More

  • Report: Marine Corps, Sikorsky Negotiate CH-53K Batch 2 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Marine Corps, Sikorsky Negotiate CH-53K Batch 2 Contract

    The U.S. Marine Corps and Sikorsky aim to finalize in the coming months a contract for the helicopter manufacturer to produce six more CH-53K units, Reuters reported Thursday. Col. Hank Vanderborght, CH-53K program manager for the Marine Corps, said the additional order would increase the number of Marines’ CH-53K helicopters to 14. The contract is potentially […] More

  • BAE Systems to Provide Two-Color Warning System for Army Quick Reaction Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Provide Two-Color Warning System for Army Quick Reaction Capability

    BAE Systems will provide a two-color technology for missile and hostile fire warning for equipment on U.S. Army aircraft. The company said Thursday it will deliver its 2-Color Advanced Warning System under a contract meant to provide U.S. Army pilots with an aircraft that features quick reaction capability. BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary received in December […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Completes Second Testbed Assessment Under DARPA's Hallmark Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Completes Second Testbed Assessment Under DARPA’s Hallmark Program

    Ball Aerospace has completed the second of five assessments on a space system testing platform being developed for the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Thursday it demonstrated the open and development approach for the Space Evaluation and Analysis Capability testbed through DARPA’s Hallmark program. “To assess the effectiveness of the […] More

  • Aviall, GE Sign Helicopter Engine Distribution Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aviall, GE Sign Helicopter Engine Distribution Agreement

    A Boeing subsidiary has signed a new agreement to distribute parts needed for maintenance, repair and overhaul of General Electric‘s T700 engine. Aviall will use its worldwide distribution network to deliver localized parts support for civil and military entities employing the T700, Boeing said Thursday. “GE and Aviall share a strong, strategic relationship, having already signed spares distribution agreements serving […] More

  • ICF Secures $52M Cyberspace Support Contract for Major Air Force Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Secures $52M Cyberspace Support Contract for Major Air Force Command

    ICF will provide cyberspace support for a U.S. Air Force command under a potential $51.7 million contract. The contract includes technical and programmatic expertise and cyberspace support recommendations for the Air Combat Command, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will run through Nov. 20, 2021 and will take place at Joint Base Langley-Eustis with an […] More

  • USAF Taps Tribalco to Support Technology Service Effort Under $57M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Tribalco to Support Technology Service Effort Under $57M Contract

    Tribalco has received a five-year, $57 million contract to deliver services and products in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Guardian Angel Technical Recovery III program. The company will provide technical recovery kits, training, annual maintenance, system engineering, program management and kit modernization via technology refresh under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will occur in Bethesda, Md., with […] More

  • Boeing Completes KC-46 Tanker Flight Test for FAA Supplemental Type Certificate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes KC-46 Tanker Flight Test for FAA Supplemental Type Certificate

    Boeing has completed the flight tests of its KC-46 aircraft for a Federal Aviation Administration certificate after a refueling and communications exercise with a C-17 Globemaster III. The company said Thursday it will submit the flight test data and results for the FAA’s review for the award of the Supplemental Type Certificate. The STC tests for […] More

  • IBM's Cloud-Based Collaboration Platform Gets FedRAMP OK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Cloud-Based Collaboration Platform Gets FedRAMP OK

    John Hamilton, program manager of operations at the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, has tweeted that IBM‘s collaboration platform became the 100th cloud service offering to receive FedRAMP approval, Federal Times reported Wednesday. IBM Connections is designed to support business email, instant messaging, web conferencing and social business networking, file sharing, online document editing and archiving. […] More

  • Leidos Wins Potential $65M USACE Info Mgmt, IT Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Wins Potential $65M USACE Info Mgmt, IT Support Contract

    Leidos has won a one-year, $64.5 million contract to information management and information technology services across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers enterprise. USACE received four bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online-based solicitation and will obligate $63.3 million in fiscal 2018 revolving funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company’s innovations business […] More

  • Engility Joins Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies' NASA Mission Systems Support Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Joins Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies’ NASA Mission Systems Support Team

    Engility has joined a Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies-led industry team that will support operations at NASA‘s Houston-based human spaceflight hub under a potential eight-year, $1.12 billion contract. The Mission Systems Operations Contract covers administrative, technical and managerial services for the NASA Flight Operations Directorate’s systems that support multiple spaceflight programs, Engility said Tuesday. Those programs encompass the International Space Station, Orion, Space Launch […] More

  • Intelsat General to Continue Global TV, Radio Programming Support for U.S. Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat General to Continue Global TV, Radio Programming Support for U.S. Military

    An Intelsat subsidiary has received a potential five-year contract to provide television and radio programming services to U.S. warfighters deployed worldwide via the American Forces Network. Intelsat General said Tuesday it will collaborate with SES Government Solutions, Korea Telecom and Allen Communications to facilitate broadcasting for U.S. troops who perform land and sea operations. The effort will leverage the IntelsatOne […] More