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  • Bethel Federal-Unit Company JV Secures Army Facility Construction Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bethel Federal-Unit Company JV Secures Army Facility Construction Contract

    A joint venture of Bethel Native Corp.‘s federal arm and Unit Company has won a two-year, $37.3 million contract to build a four-bay facility for the U.S. Army to house aircraft, maintain propulsion systems and manage corrosion. The Bethel Federal–Unit JV will construct the facility at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska and is scheduled to complete the project by […] More

  • Cubic Subsidiary Unveils Portable Satellite Ground Terminal; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Subsidiary Unveils Portable Satellite Ground Terminal; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s GATR Technologies subsidiary has developed a portable ground station for public and private sector customers to download satellite imagery for tactical applications. The GATR TRAC station works to help users download imagery and data from low-Earth orbit satellites such as Eros A and B, Pleiades 1A and 1B, RADARSAT 2, Spot 6 and 7, TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X, WORLDVIEW 1 […] More

  • Lockheed: Japan Rolls Out 1st Locally Assembled F-35A Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed: Japan Rolls Out 1st Locally Assembled F-35A Aircraft

    Japan has unveiled its first locally-assembled, Lockheed Martin-made F-35A fighter aircraft at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries‘ F-35 final assembly and check out facility in Nagoya. Lockheed said Monday MHI operates the F-35 FACO in Japan with technical support from Lockheed personnel and oversight from U.S. government officials. The launch ceremony was attended by Japanese and U.S. government and defense industry […] More

  • Mercury Systems Gets DoD Supplier Accreditation for Phoenix-Based Microelectronics Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Gets DoD Supplier Accreditation for Phoenix-Based Microelectronics Facility

    Mercury Systems has obtained design service accreditation from a Defense Department organization for its microelectronics facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The Advanced Microelectronics Center in Phoenix is the company’s second facility to obtain the Category 1A Trusted Supplier certification for design services from DoD’s Defense Microelectronics Activity organization, Mercury Systems said Wednesday. The accreditation seeks to […] More

  • Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin‘s mission systems and training unit has received a nearly $42 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver TB-37 Multi-Function Towed Array production units, accessories, shipping products and engineering services. The Defense Department said Friday the modification exercises options in a previously awarded contract and includes purchases for the Navy and a foreign military sales […] More

  • USSOCOM Seeks Info on Biometric Data Collection, Storage Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USSOCOM Seeks Info on Biometric Data Collection, Storage Capabilities

    The U.S. Special Operations Command has issued a request for information on potential sources of biometrics devices and related capabilities that work to collect and store fingerprints, irises, voice and facial photographs. USSOCOM said in a FedBizOpps notice published May 26 it is interested in capabilities that have the potential to transmit information to a national […] More

  • Engility Introduces Cloud Migration, Optimization Tool for DoD, IC Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Introduces Cloud Migration, Optimization Tool for DoD, IC Clients

    Engility has launched a technology platform the company designed to help defense and intelligence agencies architect, optimize and migrate to cloud computing infrastructure. Cloud ASCEND uses a data-based approach meant to help customers manage cloud and enterprise modernization projects, Engility said Wednesday. The company developed the platform to help customers gain visibility and reduce potential risks of cloud migration. Amanda Brownfield, senior […] More

  • OGSystems Updates Aerial Imaging & Image Processing Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Updates Aerial Imaging & Image Processing Platforms

    OGSystems has rolled out its updated three-dimensional aerial imaging system and sensor-based processing system for 2D and 3D images. The PeARL aerial imaging platform is equipped with a modern sensor that works to provide approximately 1.6 inches of ground sample distance at a 10,000 feet above ground level with about 2,000-yard configurable swath width, OGSystems said Thursday. The company updated the imaging […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Trident II D5 Missile Production for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Continue Trident II D5 Missile Production for Navy

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has secured a $43.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce Trident II D5 submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles and carry out support for deployed D5 systems. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Washington, Utah and Virginia through Sept. 30, 2017. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs will obligate […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Navy Build Airborne Mine Neutralization Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Navy Build Airborne Mine Neutralization Tech

    Raytheon has received a potential two-year, $58.1 million contract to assemble, fabricate and test airborne systems designed to help the U.S. Navy neutralize bottom and moored mines. The Defense Department said Friday that Raytheon’s integrated defense systems unit will also provide engineering and support services for the AN/ASQ-235 Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems under the firm-fixed-price contract. The Navy will deploy the AMNS from MH-60S […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites

    Lockheed Martin has secured a nearly $46 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to integrate an additional subsystem for the fifth and sixth Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous missile warning satellites. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed will also modify SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6 propulsion systems under the modification. Lockheed’s space systems business will perform work at a company facility in Sunnyvale, […] More

  • ITAMCO to Create Messaging & Transaction App for US Military Under DARPA Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ITAMCO to Create Messaging & Transaction App for US Military Under DARPA Grant

    ITAMCO has received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant to build a secure messaging and transaction application for Defense Department users. The company will base the messaging tool on its Crypto-Chat privacy app and blockchain technology as part of the project’s first phase, ITAMCO said Thursday. The messaging app is intended to support communications between deployed troops and headquarters as well as between intelligence officers […] More