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  • UTC Subsidiary to Produce Air Force B-1, A-10 Ejection Seats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Subsidiary to Produce Air Force B-1, A-10 Ejection Seats

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has received a potential $23.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to deliver modernized ejection seats for two kinds of aircraft. Universal Propulsion Co. will produce Advanced Concept Ejection Seats II for the service branch’s B-1 Lancer bomber and A-10 Warthog planes, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur in Fairfield, California, […] More

  • Northrop to Support Air Force ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Air Force ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Program

    Northrop Grumman has received a $16.8 million contract modification to perform cryptography upgrades on the U.S. Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification falls under a previously awarded contract for ICBM prime integration services and seeks to address a request for equitable adjustment related to program changes. The company will perform […] More

  • Lockheed Begins Colorado Satellite Manufacturing Hub Construction; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Begins Colorado Satellite Manufacturing Hub Construction; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has kicked off a $350 million project to build a satellite production facility at the company’s Waterton Canyon campus in Colorado. The Gateway Center is scheduled for completion in 2020 and will accommodate Lockheed’s growing workforce and future projects in Colorado, the company said Wednesday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed’s space systems business, […] More

  • Sylint Receives NSA Cyber Incident Response Assistance Accreditation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sylint Receives NSA Cyber Incident Response Assistance Accreditation

    Sylint Group has received National Security Agency accreditation after the company demonstrated its capacity to deliver cyber incident response services to government agencies, nonprofit organizations and public companies. Sylint said Tuesday it is one of 16 U.S. companies that have obtained NSA’s Cyber Incident Response Assistance accreditation status. Charles Shugg, a Sylint senior partner and retired U.S. […] More

  • Boeing Receives $59M Task Order for Air Force B-52 Sustainment Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives $59M Task Order for Air Force B-52 Sustainment Support

    Boeing has secured a $59.4 million task order to provide engineering sustainment services for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of B-52 bomber aircraft. The Defense Department said Tuesday the service branch will finance the order with its fiscal year 2017 funds for the B-52 Long Range Standoff Program. B-52 bombers are designed to provide nuclear and conventional […] More

  • Northrop to Support Air Force Logistics Complex Under $61M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Air Force Logistics Complex Under $61M Contract

    Northrop Grumman has landed a five-year, $60.8 million contract to provide logistics services to the U.S. Air Force‘s Quick Reaction Capability support center. The Defense Department said Monday the company will support all activities carried out within an Air Force air logistics complex. Work will occur in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, through April 30, 2022. The Air Force […] More

  • Charles River Analytics Develops Tablet-Based Trauma Assessment Training System for DoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics Develops Tablet-Based Trauma Assessment Training System for DoD

    Charles River Analytics has developed a tablet-based system designed to help train Defense Department medical personnel for primary and secondary trauma assessment under a 27-month, $749,000 follow-on contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The company said Monday the System for Trauma Assessment Training works to help clinicians assess, learn and rehearse various trauma scenarios with a virtual patient. […] More

  • Boeing, Air Force, NAVAIR Put KC-46 Tanker Aircraft Through Electromagnetic Field Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Air Force, NAVAIR Put KC-46 Tanker Aircraft Through Electromagnetic Field Test

    Boeing, the U.S. Air Force and the Naval Air Systems Command have collaborated on electromagnetic testing of a company-built KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft. The team assessed the tanker’s capacity to operate through electromagnetic fields generated by radars, radio towers and other systems, Boeing said Thursday. “The KC-46 tanker is protected by various hardening and shielding technologies […] More

  • Quanterion to Help Manage DoD Cyber & Info Analysis Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Quanterion to Help Manage DoD Cyber & Info Analysis Center

    Quanterion Solutions has won a potential six-year, $47.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform basic operations support at the Defense Department‘s Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center. DoD said Thursday Quanterion will help the Defense Technical Information Center to manage DoD services, databases, systems or networks for the collection, storage, retrieval […] More

  • Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors

    Lisa Disbrow, former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, and Mary Louise Krakauer, former executive vice president and chief information officer at Dell, have been appointed to the board of directors at Mercury Systems. The latest appointments bring the number of Mercury Systems’ board members to nine, including eight independent directors, the company said Thursday. Mark […] More

  • Air Force Taps UDRI for Vehicle Nonmetallic Material R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps UDRI for Vehicle Nonmetallic Material R&D Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential seven-year, $43 million contract to the University of Dayton Research Institute for research and development of nonmetallic materials the military branch can use to build, repair and maintain multiple vehicle platforms. UDRI said Monday its research team will perform R&D work on composites, sealands, textiles, adhesives and elastomers […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Tech Advancements to Address VLF/LF Comms Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Tech Advancements to Address VLF/LF Comms Challenges

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has issued a broad agency announcement to solicit science and technology ideas to address “urgent” problems with very low frequency and low frequency communications platforms. A BAA document published Monday on FedBizOpps says the U.S. Air Force aims to identify and assess potential advancements in key focus areas that include […] More