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  • Frequency Electronics to Help Air Force Develop Space-Qualified Atomic Clock - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frequency Electronics to Help Air Force Develop Space-Qualified Atomic Clock

    Frequency Electronics has received two contracts worth $37.2 million combined from the U.S. Air Force to build and demonstrate an atomic clock for space systems. The company will help the service branch create an atomic frequency standard for timing applications and test a space-qualified clock through a flight experiment as part of a $19.4 million contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • GE Secures $92M Navy F/A-18 Engine Supply Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Secures $92M Navy F/A-18 Engine Supply Contract Option

    General Electric has received a one-year, $91.6 million contract modification to manufacture additional engines for the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. The Navy exercised an option for GE to supply 24 lot 22 full-rate production F414-GE-400 engines to support aircraft construction and delivery efforts, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work will occur at various locations in Massachusetts, […] More

  • DLA Seeks Info on Financial Mgmt Program Hosting Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Seeks Info on Financial Mgmt Program Hosting Systems

    The Defense Logistics Agency has posted a request for information on commercial hosting platforms that can support an enterprise resource planning program designed to facilitate financial management functions across the Defense Department. DLA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that it will consider cloud-based hosting solutions that could aid the migration of the Defense Agencies Initiative ERP system […] More

  • Raytheon BBN to Develop Transportation Movement Analysis Tool for Transcom - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN to Develop Transportation Movement Analysis Tool for Transcom

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has received a four-year, $45.5 million contract to develop a tool for the U.S. Transportation Command to examine the movement of military personnel and equipment. The Defense Department said Thursday work on the Analysis of Mobility Platform  commenced Sunday and will continue through Sept. 30, 2022. Transcom’s acquisition directorate received one offer for […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement

    The U.S. Army will use the Defense Department’s “other transaction authority” to accelerate the acquisition of a drone-mounted platform that works to jam enemy communications, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army’s electronic warfare and cyber division plans to award the Multi-Function EW Air Large contract to a member of the Consortium […] More

  • Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $47 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, spares and support equipment to Afghanistan as part of a Building Partnership Capacity mission. Insitu will also deploy one logistician field service representative, 16 technical support operators and two site surveys and site activation teams to the foreign country, […] More

  • General Dynamics Lands $61M Award for Army Abrams Tech Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Lands $61M Award for Army Abrams Tech Support

    A General Dynamics business unit will provide technical support for U.S. Army main battle tanks under a one-year, $61.2 million contract modification. General Dynamics Land Systems will support Abrams systems under the modification through March 31, 2019, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Army will use fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation; working capital; and aviation procurement funds for […] More

  • Boeing to Support Navy's Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Support Navy’s Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a two-year, $19.3 million contract to help investigate and address physiological episodes on the service branch’s F/A-18A-F and EA-18G platforms. Work under the sole-source contract will include research, development, inspection and modification activities, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $91,319 in fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds at the time of award. Boeing will […] More

  • L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract

    L3 Technologies‘ fuzing and ordnance systems unit has received a $50.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to supply M734A1 and M783 fuze units to Afghanistan and Bahrain. The modification is part of a foreign military sales deal and work will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio through Jan. 31, 2022, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Army used fiscal 2016 […] More

  • Report: Boeing to Benefit From WGS Satellite Funding Under $1.3T Omnibus Measure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing to Benefit From WGS Satellite Funding Under $1.3T Omnibus Measure

    A $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2018 would allocate approximately $600 million in funds to support the development of two new Wideband Global Satcom satellites for the Defense Department, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. The budget allocation for the WGS program will be a boon to Boeing, which has secured approximately $4 billion in […] More

  • Raytheon Gets $85M Navy H-60 Spare Parts Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets $85M Navy H-60 Spare Parts Delivery Order

    Raytheon has received a two-year, $84.7 million delivery order for H-60 spare parts under a basic ordering agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon will deliver the items through Aug. 31, 2020 to support the U.S. Navy‘s helicopter platform. DLA’s aviation unit performed a sole-source acquisition process in accordance with […] More

  • Harris to Produce IDECM Jammer Systems for Kuwait - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Produce IDECM Jammer Systems for Kuwait

    Harris has received a $24.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures systems to Kuwait as part of a foreign military sales deal. The company will produce 14 IDECM AN/ALQ-214 A(V)4/5 jammer systems for the Kuwaiti government under lot 15 full-rate production, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur in New Jersey, […] More