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  • Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin has received a $59 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of four customized KC-130J fuselage trainers. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit will modify C-130 airframe trainer systems to replicate the appearance, functions and performance of the KC-130J aircraft. DoD noted that modified trainers will support load […] More

  • Raytheon Unit to Produce 'Friend or Foe' ID Crypto Tech for Air Force, Intl Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Unit to Produce ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Crypto Tech for Air Force, Intl Customers

    A business unit of Raytheon has landed a $42.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide cryptographic applique for friend-or-foe identification systems to the U.S. Air Force and multiple foreign military sales customers. The Defense Department said Friday the sole-source contract covers the production of  KIV-77 Mode 4/5 units along with data, remote form factor and spare parts. Raytheon’s space and […] More

  • CTC, SAIC Vet Michael Genseal Joins TechFlow as Energy Solutions Business Senior Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC, SAIC Vet Michael Genseal Joins TechFlow as Energy Solutions Business Senior Director

    Michael Genseal, a former executive director at Concurrent Technologies Corp. and vice president at Science Applications International Corp., has been named senior director of the energy solutions business at technology and professional services provider TechFlow. The 35-year energy business development and management veteran will be responsible for overseeing the unit’s business activities and functions in his new position, TechFlow said Monday. […] More

  • Northrop to Provide Beam Radar Tech for Air Force F-16 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Provide Beam Radar Tech for Air Force F-16 Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force has chosen a Northrop Grumman-built beam radar technology to serve as the active electronically scanned array for the service branch’s F-16 aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday it will install APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar systems on 72 of the Air National Guard’s F-16 units in an effort to help the service branch comply with a “joint emergent operational need” […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI to Support Air Force Test Systems Under $94M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI to Support Air Force Test Systems Under $94M Contract

    CACI International will carry out automated testing system support services for the U.S. Air Force‘s 309th electronics maintenance group under a five-year, $94 million contract awarded in May. The company said Monday it will integrate, update and consolidate computer-based analytical software tools, database repositories, test fixtures, test program sets and associated network communications for aircraft as part of the service […] More

  • Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Elected to Textron Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Elected to Textron Board

    Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, will officially join Textron on July 1 as a member of the board of directors. Textron said Thursday she will bring three decades of homeland and national security experience in the public and private sectors to the company. “Deborah’s deep expertise in national security, government procurement, strategic planning, cybersecurity, logistics […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites

    Lockheed Martin has secured a nearly $46 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to integrate an additional subsystem for the fifth and sixth Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous missile warning satellites. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed will also modify SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6 propulsion systems under the modification. Lockheed’s space systems business will perform work at a company facility in Sunnyvale, […] More

  • Lockheed Requests Incentive Package for Missile Production Facility Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Requests Incentive Package for Missile Production Facility Expansion

    Lockheed Martin seeks $3.5 million in incentives from the Orange County, Florida, government to expand the company’s manufacturing hub for missiles and fire control systems, Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday. The Orange County’s board of commissioners will meet Tuesday to vote on a proposed resolution to authorize tax refunds and provide a $700,000 financing aid as part of an incentive package for Lockheed’s expansion […] More

  • Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning Joins CNAS Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning Joins CNAS Advisory Board

    Eric Fanning, former secretary of the U.S. Army, has been appointed to the board of advisers at the Center for a New American Security. He joins other CNAS advisory board members who came from various government, military, academic and private organizations, the Washington-based think tank said Wednesday. CNAS CEO Michele Flournoy said that Fanning has broad leadership experience across the Defense Department and […] More

  • Air Force Taps Raytheon to Provide Surveillance Tech for T-38, A-10 Planes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Raytheon to Provide Surveillance Tech for T-38, A-10 Planes

    Raytheon has received a potential six-year, $49 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to integrate a surveillance technology into T-38A/B and A-10 aircraft platforms. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast equipment for T-38A/Bs and A-10s in an effort to help the Air Force comply with a Federal Aviation Administration mandate. FAA requires that […] More

  • CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes 'Fully Operational' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes ‘Fully Operational’

    A C-130 aeromedical evacuation trainer CAE built for the U.S. Air Force has been declared fully operational and ready for use at the service branch’s Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia. CAE said Monday the Aeromedical Evacuation Training System is equipped with a motion platform and designed to train aeromedical crews for pre-flight, emergency procedures and in-flight patient care on C-130 transport planes. […] More

  • Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo

    The U.S. Air Force has invited a team composed of Sierra Nevada and Embraer‘s defense and security business to participate in the service branch’s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration in July at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Sierra Nevada said Friday the two companies will jointly showcase the A-29 Super Tucano light air support aircraft at the OA-X assessment. OA-X will inform the Air […] More