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  • Atlantic CommTech to Update Air Force's Weapon Security, Alarm Comm Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Atlantic CommTech to Update Air Force’s Weapon Security, Alarm Comm Systems

    Atlantic CommTech Corp. has won a $36.5 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force modernize the service branch’s Weapon Storage and Security System and Alarm Communication and Display. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform sustainment upgrades to the WS3 cryptographic platform that works to encrypt the system’s alarm data. ACT-Corp will also replace obsolete components and the […] More

  • Raytheon to Build Lot 2 Small Diameter Bombs for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Build Lot 2 Small Diameter Bombs for Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a $49.2 million contract modification for the production of Lot 2 Small Diameter Bomb Increment II weapons and containers. Raytheon’s missile systems business will perform work in Tucson, Arizona through Sept. 30, 2018, the Defense Department said Thursday. The modification exercises an option on a previously awarded fixed-price incentive firm contract. The Air […] More

  • Lockheed Secures Navy Contract Option for F-35 Electronic Components Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Navy Contract Option for F-35 Electronic Components Procurement

    Lockheed Martin has received a $10.02 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to purchase additional diminishing manufacturing sources electronic components for the F-35 fighter aircraft. The award exercises an option to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract and Lockheed will perform work in Fort Worth, Texas, through December 2018, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Navy obligated the full […] More

  • UES to Help Air Force Researchers Develop Nanoelectronic Materials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UES to Help Air Force Researchers Develop Nanoelectronic Materials

    UES has won a potential six-year, $42 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop advanced materials for electronic, magnetic and electro-optical applications. The Defense Department said Tuesday that UES will help the Air Force Research Laboratory produce materials the service branch can use to update digital, radio frequency, radar, infrared detector, opto-electronic, communications, power generation, sensing […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Jordan's F-16 Air Combat Training Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Jordan’s F-16 Air Combat Training Centers

    Lockheed Martin has received a $39.5 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to establish and maintain two F-16 air combat training centers for Jordan’s military. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Lockheed will also provide logistics support to Jordan and is scheduled to complete work under the sole-source contract by Sept. 15, 2020. The contracting activity is the Air Force […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Named Tier 1 Supplier on USAF Superior Supplier Incentive Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Named Tier 1 Supplier on USAF Superior Supplier Incentive Program

    Ball Aerospace has ranked as a Tier 1 supplier in the U.S. Air Force‘s Superior Supplier Incentive Program for 2016 in recognition of the company’s work as a prime contractor for the military branch. This is the first time the company qualified for the Air Force’s annual ranking, which evaluates contractors based on three years of contractor performance assessment reports, Ball said Tuesday. […] More

  • Vencore Labs Continues 'Applied' Research Focus One Year Post-Launch; President Petros Mouchtaris on R&D Collaborations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Labs Continues ‘Applied’ Research Focus One Year Post-Launch; President Petros Mouchtaris on R&D Collaborations

    The mission of Chantilly, Virginia-based contractor Vencore‘s internal technology development and engineering subsidiary remains the same year out from its initial rebrand and relaunch: transformative applied research for organizations in the government, utility and commercial arenas. More than 200 scientists, engineers and analysts now staff the Basking Ridge, New Jersey-headquartered Vencore Labs business and focus its applied research in […] More

  • Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares

    Boeing has received a $9.6 million contract modification to provide Combat Network Communications Technology full-rate production spares as well as modify low-rate initial production spares for the U.S. Air Force‘s B-52 bomber fleet. The Defense Department said Tuesday Boeing will supply replaceable units for FRP-configured bomber aircraft and retrofit field-deployed, LRIP-configured bombers with with FRP line replaceable units. Work will occur in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma through […] More

  • CB&I Lands $75M Contract to Help Modernize Infrastructure for Arnold Air Base Test Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CB&I Lands $75M Contract to Help Modernize Infrastructure for Arnold Air Base Test Center

    CB&I has secured a multi-year, $75 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to restore, modernize and sustain plants and infrastructure at a military air base in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The company said Tuesday the project will work to support the research, development, test and evaluation operations of the Air Force Test Center located at Arnold AF Base. Chip Ray, president of CB&I’s […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab, Eccrine Systems Partner to Develop Non-Invasive Sweat Sensing Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab, Eccrine Systems Partner to Develop Non-Invasive Sweat Sensing Tech

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Eccrine Systems a $3.96 million contract to help the military service branch’s research organization develop a non-invasive sensor technology that will work to monitor human sweat for specific molecular biomarkers. Eccrine said Wednesday it will collaborate with the University of Cincinnati on the project as well as use the Air Force Research Laboratory’s testing tools at […] More

  • Vectrus Subsidiary Receives AF Task Order to Provide Installation Services in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Subsidiary Receives AF Task Order to Provide Installation Services in Qatar

    A Vectrus subsidiary has received a $21 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to perform a range of installation services in support of the U.S. military operations at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The company said Friday Vectrus Systems will provide maintenance, custodial, lodging, recreation and hospital aseptic services under the task order awarded through the Air Force Contract Augmentation […] More

  • ULA, Air Force Launch 2 Orbital ATK-Built Space Situational Awareness Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA, Air Force Launch 2 Orbital ATK-Built Space Situational Awareness Satellites

    The United Launch Alliance has worked with the U.S. Air Force‘s 45th Space Wing to launch the third and fourth Orbital ATK-built Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites aboard a Delta IV rocket. The Air Force said Friday the launch of the two GSSAP satellites is part of the AFSPC-6 mission to advance space situational awareness. The Air Force Space Command-operated […] More