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  • Australia’s Request for $148M in M795 Howitzer Ammo Gets State Dept Approval - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia’s Request for $148M in M795 Howitzer Ammo Gets State Dept Approval

    The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy M795 155mm high-explosive projectiles from the U.S. government under a potential $148 million foreign military sales transaction. Australia plans to use the howitzer ammunition to build up homeland defense capability, deter regional threats and meet its operational readiness training needs, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. […] More

  • Federal Premium Awarded DHS Ammo Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Federal Premium Awarded DHS Ammo Supply Contract

    Federal Premium has received a potential five-year contract from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to supply .40 caliber ammunition rounds for mission and training applications. The company said Friday it will deliver up to 180 million Tactical HST rounds to multiple Department of Homeland Security components and other federal customers. HST is designed with a nickel-plated case, a bullet […] More

  • Australian Army Awards NIOA $79.8M Contract for Lightweight Ammunition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australian Army Awards NIOA $79.8M Contract for Lightweight Ammunition

    The Australian defense ministry has awarded a $79.8 million contract to NIOA for the delivery of the 155 millimeter Lightweight Towed Howitzer ammunition to the country’s army. The contract is expected to generate up to 22 new jobs, including 12 jobs for the effort’s first two years, and possibly additional 10 for domestic assembly given favorable business circumstances, the […] More

  • Swedish Army Orders Additional BAE 155mm Ammo Rounds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Swedish Army Orders Additional BAE 155mm Ammo Rounds

    BAE Systems has received a contract from Sweden’s defense and material administration to supply an additional 254 Bofors 155-millimeter ammunition rounds to the Swedish army. The company said Thursday it will produce BONUS munitions at BAE’s manufacturing facility in Karlskoga, Sweden, and expects deliveries to occur during 2019. BONUS is designed to be fired from 155mm artillery launchers […] More

  • Black Hills Ammunition Secures Navy Special Ball, Long Range Ammo IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Black Hills Ammunition Secures Navy Special Ball, Long Range Ammo IDIQ

    Black Hills Ammunition has won a potential five-year, $49.9 million contract from to supply the U.S. Navy with 5.56mm special ball, long range ammunition rounds. The Defense Department said Friday the Navy will deploy the weapons to support various operations of U.S. forces overseas. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes foreign military sales to the government of Jordan. […] More

  • Orbital ATK Uses 30mm, 40mm Ammo to Demo MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Uses 30mm, 40mm Ammo to Demo MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun

    Orbital ATK carried out a live-fire demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun at the firm’s Bushmaster User Conference held at Big Sandy Range in Arizona. The weapon system mounted on a General Dynamics-built light armored vehicle and Kongsberg-made protector turret fired 30mm and 40mm rounds against steel panel, adobe and concrete block targets during the […] More

  • CTC to Support DoD Ammo Demilitarization Project; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Support DoD Ammo Demilitarization Project; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has secured a $200,000 subcontract from Azimuth Consulting Services to support a Defense Department project to demilitarize conventional ammunition. CTC said Tuesday it will collaborate with Azimuth Consulting, the project’s prime contractor, to determine requirements for the replacement of a current demilitarization optimization software platform. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO, said the company has supported the department in efforts […] More

  • Army Orders $76M in Orbital ATK Small Caliber Ammo; Jim Nichols Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders $76M in Orbital ATK Small Caliber Ammo; Jim Nichols Comments

    Orbital ATK has received a $76 million order to produce and deliver an undisclosed number of .50 caliber ammunition to the U.S. Army. The Army placed the order for small-caliber ammunition under a supply contract with Orbital ATK, the company said Wednesday Jim Nichols, vice president and general manager of Orbital ATK’s small caliber systems division, said that company-made […] More

  • Army Orders $92M in Orbital ATK Small-Caliber Rounds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders $92M in Orbital ATK Small-Caliber Rounds

    Orbital ATK has secured orders worth $92 million combined to supply small-caliber rounds to the U.S. Army. The orders cover 7.62 millimeter and 5.56 mm ammunition under the company’s supply contract with the service branch, Orbital ATK said Monday. Orbital ATK will manufacture the ammo at the Lake City Army ammunition facility in Missouri, which […] More

  • Raytheon Evaluates Electric Gun for Phalanx Close-In Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Evaluates Electric Gun for Phalanx Close-In Weapon System

    Raytheon has tested an updated electric gun that will be integrated on a company-built radar-guided weapon system against ballistic missiles as part of a series of “tech refresh” projects. The company said Tuesday the updates to the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System were implemented to help sailors and soldiers fire weapons at varying rates and consume less ammunition. Phalanx uses […] More

  • Orbital ATK Records $600M in Intl Orders for Bushmaster Cannons, Rounds; Mike Kahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Records $600M in Intl Orders for Bushmaster Cannons, Rounds; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK has received international orders for Bushmaster cannons and medium-caliber ammunitions worth approximately $600 million over the last three months. The company said Monday it expects delivery schedules for MK44 and M230 Bushmaster Chain Guns, target practice and tactical munitions and aftermarket support to run through 2020. Mike Kahn, president of Orbital ATK’s defense systems […] More