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  • AEOP Opens Applications for Army-Sponsored STEM Student Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AEOP Opens Applications for Army-Sponsored STEM Student Competition

    The Army Educational Outreach Program has kicked off registration for the military branch’s 16th annual eCYBERMISSION competition for students in grade six through nine. AEOP said Thursday the online competition, administered by the National Science Teachers Association, seeks to expand students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Student teams have an opportunity to compete on the state, regional […] More

  • Leidos Wins $50M Army Contract for Radioactive Waste Investigation Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Wins $50M Army Contract for Radioactive Waste Investigation Services

    Leidos has won a potential $49.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army conduct toxic radioactive waste investigations. The Defense Department said Friday Leidos will support the military branch’s Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program through Feb. 28, 2023 under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The Army established FUSRAP in 1974 as part of efforts to identify, investigate and clean […] More

  • Bohemia Interactive Simulations Receives Army Contract for Video Game-Based Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bohemia Interactive Simulations Receives Army Contract for Video Game-Based Training Platform

    Bohemia Interactive Simulations has landed a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to provide perpetual licenses of the company’s Virtual Battlespace 3 desktop training platform. BISim said Tuesday it will also deliver upgraded versions of VBS3; provide online training course support; develop additional features; and update existing VBS3 functions under the contract. VBS3 is based on […] More

  • L3 to Provide Manned-Unmanned Teaming Hardware for Army Apache Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Provide Manned-Unmanned Teaming Hardware for Army Apache Helicopters

    L3 Technologies will develop manned-unmanned teaming hardware to aid the U.S. Army‘s AH-64 Apache multirole helicopters as part of a one-year, $69.3 million contract. The Defense Department said Thursday the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract also covers technical and engineering support services. The Army Contracting Command will solicited and received one bid for the procurement effort. AH-64 helicopters are manufactured by Boeing and […] More

  • Phoenix Logistics to Help Army Deploy Common Battle Command Simulation Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Phoenix Logistics to Help Army Deploy Common Battle Command Simulation Equipment

    Phoenix Logistics has won a potential five-year, $44.5 million contract to procure and deploy common battle command simulation equipment, hardware and software licenses on behalf of the U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will support a program of record that involves the Program Manager for Integration […] More

  • Army Unveils List of Top Industry Suppliers for 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Unveils List of Top Industry Suppliers for 2017

    The U.S. Army has released this year’s Superior Supplier Incentive Program list that ranks the top industry suppliers for the military in 2017 based on cost, schedule, technical performance, management, regulatory compliance and small business utilization. The service branch announced Tuesday that SSIP serves as a basis for companies to learn and improve on the areas that factor into their overall performance […] More

  • Army Wants Info on Financial Mgmt System Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Wants Info on Financial Mgmt System Sources

    The U.S. Army seeks information on industry sources of an integrated information and financial management system that can support the Army headquarters’ G-8 force development directorate and other agencies. The Army said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that the integrated system should feature fiscal programming; budget and execution; and equipment modeling functions to support force modernization […] More

  • SunPower Breaks Ground on Solar Photovoltaic System at Redstone Arsenal Army Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SunPower Breaks Ground on Solar Photovoltaic System at Redstone Arsenal Army Base

    SunPower has broken ground on a 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic system designed to help increase energy resilience and security at the U.S. Army‘s Redstone Arsenal facility in Alabama. The company said Wednesday it will install the Oasis power plant system at the military base and expects the project to create approximately 200 jobs. “We’re continually looking for ways to […] More

  • Varley USA Delivers Initial H-60 Toolkits to Army, Coast Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Varley USA Delivers Initial H-60 Toolkits to Army, Coast Guard

    Varley USA has delivered an initial batch of toolkits designed to help the U.S. Army and Coast Guard remove and install components on H-60 utility helicopters. H-60 bridge toolkits include forward and aft bridges, bellcranks, eccentric bushings, longitudinal support assembles and tie rods for the helicopter gearbox, two engine input and accessory drive modules, Varley USA said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Rajneesh Singh: Army, Aurora Flight Sciences Eye Unmanned Aviation Tech R&D Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rajneesh Singh: Army, Aurora Flight Sciences Eye Unmanned Aviation Tech R&D Partnership

    The U.S. Army wants to partner with Manassas, Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences to develop technologies that will work to increase the speed, endurance payload capacity of unmanned vertical lift platforms. Rajneesh Singh, acting division chief at the Army Research Laboratory’s vehicle technology directorate, said in a statement published Tuesday both parties seek to initiate the project through a cooperative research and […] More

  • Leidos to Provide Army C4, Info Mgmt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Provide Army C4, Info Mgmt Support

    Leidos has secured a $16 million contract for command, control, communications, computers and information management services to the U.S. Army‘s Intelligence and Security Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will also provide C4IM support for  Army G2 military intelligence staff based within and outside the contiguous U.S. The service branch received one bid for the firm-fixed-price […] More

  • Airbus Unit to Continue Army UH-72 Helicopter Logistics, Sustainment Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Unit to Continue Army UH-72 Helicopter Logistics, Sustainment Support

    A business unit of Airbus Group has landed $34.5 million contract modification to continue logistics and sustainment support for the U.S. Army‘s UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopters. The Defense Department said Monday Airbus’ helicopters business will perform work in Grand Prairie, Texas, through April 30, 2018. The Army Contracting Command obligated the full amount of the modification from the military branch’s […] More