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  • Vectrus Unit Secures Recompete Contract for Maxwell AFB Base Operations Support; Chuck Prow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Unit Secures Recompete Contract for Maxwell AFB Base Operations Support; Chuck Prow Comments

    A Vectrus subsidiary has secured a $37 million recompete contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide base operations support services at the Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama. The company said Friday Vectrus Systems‘ contract covers support for foreign object damage, transient and static display maintenance; resource management; communications and information technology; publishing; installation management and […] More

  • Trident Technologies to Build Computer Comms Network for Army Engineer R&D Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trident Technologies to Build Computer Comms Network for Army Engineer R&D Center

    Trident Technologies has won a potential five-year, $48 million contract to build, staff and maintain a computer communications network in support of the U.S. Army‘s Engineer Research and Development Center. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur through Feb. 28, 2022, and locations and funds will be determined with each task order. The Army Corps of Engineers received three […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Manufacture AR1 Rocket Engine in Huntsville, Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Manufacture AR1 Rocket Engine in Huntsville, Alabama

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has decided to build its AR1 rocket engine technology in Huntsville, Alabama, and create as many as 100 jobs to support production work. The company said Monday it is developing AR1 to help end U.S. dependence on foreign-made engines for national security and civil space launch programs. Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said Huntsville is the “logical choice” for AR1 […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Picks 28 Gulf Coast Schools to Receive STEM Grants; Edmond Hughes Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Picks 28 Gulf Coast Schools to Receive STEM Grants; Edmond Hughes Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has provided more than $100,000 in total funds to help finance science, technology, engineering and math projects of 28 schools and educational groups in Alabama and Mississippi. The funds were awarded through a STEM grant program managed by HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, the company said Tuesday. “Ingalls is proud to provide STEM grants to our local schools to help […] More

  • CAE to Support Army Pilot Training Program Through New Alabama Facility; Ray Duquette Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Support Army Pilot Training Program Through New Alabama Facility; Ray Duquette Comments

    CAE‘s U.S. business unit plans to open a new flight training facility in Dothan, Alabama, by spring 2017 as part of the aerospace and defense contractor’s $75 million capital investment in the state. CAE USA expects to provide integrated classroom instruction, simulator training and live-training services to more than 450 U.S. Army fixed-wing aviators and U.S. Air Force C-12 twin turboprop […] More

  • AI Signal Research Taps ZedaSoft to Build Apache Simulator for US Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AI Signal Research Taps ZedaSoft to Build Apache Simulator for US Army

    ZedaSoft has received a contract from AI Signal Research to provide a simulator for the Boeing-built Apache AH-64D helicopter that runs on a simulation software framework. ZedaSoft will work to equip the Apache simulator with its Container-Based Architecture for Simulation software framework and provide simulation hardware equipment under the contract, the company said Wednesday. CBA for Simulation is […] More

  • General Atomics Eyes Expanded Operations With New Facility in Huntsville, Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Eyes Expanded Operations With New Facility in Huntsville, Alabama

    General Atomics unveiled its new facility at Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama, on May 6 in support of efforts to expand its operations in the region. Scott Forney, president of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group, said in a release posted Thursday the company’s expansion in the Huntsville area works to drive technology development by developing and building on business associations and community relationships. “Huntsville represents […] More

  • Jacobs to Oversee Tennessee Valley Fossil Plants, Hydro Dams Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Oversee Tennessee Valley Fossil Plants, Hydro Dams Construction

    Jacobs Engineering Group has been selected to manage and support the construction of fossil plants and hydro dams located in Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky for an undisclosed contract amount. The company will provide managed task construction management services for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s civil projects and coal combustion product management group under the terms of the contract, Jacobs […] More

  • CSRA Subsidiary Lands Alabama Supercomputer Network Services Recompete - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Subsidiary Lands Alabama Supercomputer Network Services Recompete

    The CSRA subsidiary CSC State and Local Solutions has received a five-year, $96 million contract from Alabama’s state supercomputing agency to provide network and internet connections to 550 institutions within the state’s academic community. CSRA said Wednesday the recompeted contract covers services to support schools, school districts, community colleges, universities and libraries across Alabama. Paul Nedzbala, executive vice president for CSRA’s health and civil […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Division Awards STEM Grants to Mississippi, Alabama Schools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Division Awards STEM Grants to Mississippi, Alabama Schools

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has awarded grants worth approximately $100,000 to support 25 science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects at elementary, middle and high schools in Alabama and Mississippi. “These grants allow students to implement STEM knowledge into these projects, while having fun in learning and interacting with each other,” Edmond Hughes, vice president […] More

  • Parsons Donates Battle Cross Replica to Huntsville Veterans Memorial; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Donates Battle Cross Replica to Huntsville Veterans Memorial; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons has presented a battlefield cross replica statue to the Huntsville Madison County Veterans Memorial in Alabama. Parsons donated the bronze replica statue during a ceremony held on Veterans Day at the memorial park, the company said Thursday. “Parsons welcomes this opportunity to honor those who have fallen in battle while serving our country,” said Mary […] More

  • Brian Cuccias: Ingalls Shipyard Donation Seeks to Build Technical Education in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Cuccias: Ingalls Shipyard Donation Seeks to Build Technical Education in Alabama

    Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary Ingalls Shipbuilding looked to strengthen its pre-employment program and Alabama’s technical workforce with a recent donation to Bishop State Community College. “This donation will help grow the number of skilled professionals in Alabama and support workforce development through technical education,” Brian Cuccias, HII corporate vice president and Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said Sept. 10. According to HII, the […] More