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  • Saab to Deliver Carl-Gustaf Ammo to Swedish Army; Gorgen Johansson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Deliver Carl-Gustaf Ammo to Swedish Army; Gorgen Johansson Comments

    Saab has received a potential $14.5 million order to supply Carl-Gustaf weapon system ammunition to the Swedish army. The Swedish defense material administration, FMV, made the contract award and expects deliveries to conclude in 2017, Saab said Tuesday. Gorgen Johansson, head of Saab’s dynamics business area, said the order covers the delivery of both training and […] More

  • Navy Taps Boeing’s Insitu for ScanEagle UAS Support Services to Iraq - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Boeing’s Insitu for ScanEagle UAS Support Services to Iraq

    Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $8.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide spares, related equipment and other support services for the ScanEagle unmanned aerial system. The Navy awarded the firm-fixed-price delivery contract in support of Iraq’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Insitu will perform work in Bingen, Washington […] More

  • Textron Gets AF Production Orders for Electronic Combat Systems Testers, Retrofit Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Gets AF Production Orders for Electronic Combat Systems Testers, Retrofit Kits

    A Textron subsidiary will produce and supply electronic combat systems testers and related retrofit kits to the U.S. Air Force under two delivery orders worth approximately $11.5 million. The separate orders that Textron Systems received for 15 units of AN/USM-670A Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Testers and 95 AN/USM-670A retrofit components are part of a four-year, […] More

  • L-3 Subsidiary Receives Navy Delivery Order for EO Sensor System Depot Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Subsidiary Receives Navy Delivery Order for EO Sensor System Depot Spares

    L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 KEO has received a $9.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide MK 46 and MK 20 electro-optical sensor system depot spares. The Defense Department said Wednesday L-3 KEO will deliver the spares for the Navy as well as the government of South Korea under the foreign military sales program. L-3 acquired Danaher Corp.‘s Kollmorgen […] More

  • Marine Corps Orders 10K ArmorSource-Built Helmets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Orders 10K ArmorSource-Built Helmets

    ArmorSource has been awarded a contract to produce 10,000 lightweight helmets for the U.S. Marine Corps and is scheduled to deliver the helmets in the first three quarters of 2017. It represents the third order the company has received from U.S. government clients since January 2016, Yoav Kapah, president and CEO of ArmorSource, said in a statement issued Tuesday. […] More

  • Marine Corps Orders 166 Meggit Small Arms Training Systems; Kathleen Wilson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Orders 166 Meggit Small Arms Training Systems; Kathleen Wilson Comments

    Meggitt Training Systems has received a $5.8 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps to produce 166 small arms training systems for use in marksmanship, collective and judgmental scenarios. The company said Tuesday this third order makes a total of $25 million worth of awards placed so far for the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainers system under a $32.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. Kathleen […] More

  • Meggitt to Build Virtual Firearms Training System for Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Meggitt to Build Virtual Firearms Training System for Marine Corps

    The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a $7.19 million delivery order to build a virtual small-arms training platform to USMC’s systems command. Meggitt said Tuesday it will produce Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer systems in an effort to help Marines hone their marksmanship, judgment and collective skills. “Utilizing simulation in these three training arenas minimizes range time and ammunition […] More

  • Globecomm Lands Intl Comm Equipment, Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Lands Intl Comm Equipment, Services Contract

    Globecomm Systems has received a $9.7 million delivery order from a multilateral organization for radio frequency upgrade kits, antennas, terminals and related support services. The company said Tuesday the order falls under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract that contains three base years and two option years. According to Globecomm, the customer is upgrading its legacy communication […] More

  • Army Orders $45M in Harris SATCOM Terminals; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders $45M in Harris SATCOM Terminals; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris Corp. will provide satellite communications terminals, electronics equipment and associated services to the U.S. Army under $45 million in delivery orders as part of the Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals program. The company said Monday the orders are for new X-band or simultaneous X-/Ka-band terminals. Ed Zoiss, president of Harris’ electronic systems business, said the MET terminals will work […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $238M Delivery Order for Navy F-35 Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $238M Delivery Order for Navy F-35 Spares

    Lockheed Martin has received a $237.7 million delivery order to provide initial spares for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, non-Pentagon participants and international military clients under a basic agreement previously awarded to the firm. The Defense Department said Thursday the spares will be used in the preliminary production of F-35 jets under the order, which also covers deployment and […] More