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  • Former CACI Exec Ryan Vervack Appointed CTO of DroneShield's US Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former CACI Exec Ryan Vervack Appointed CTO of DroneShield’s US Subsidiary

    Ryan Vervack, former chief technology officer of CACI International‘s government services business, has been appointed to the same position at DroneShield‘s U.S.-based subsidiary. DroneShield said Monday his responsibilities will span across the unmanned aircraft technology firm’s engineering teams in Australia and the U.S. Peter James, chairman of DroneShield, said Vervack joins the company as it aims to expand operations in the […] More

  • CPI Aero Delivers Initial F-35A Lock Assemblies to Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CPI Aero Delivers Initial F-35A Lock Assemblies to Lockheed

    CPI Aerostructures has delivered an initial batch of lock assemblies for the arresting gear door on the conventional takeoff-and-landing variant of F-35 aircraft Lockheed Martin is building for U.S. and international defense customers. The delivery was part of a multimillion dollar contract Lockheed awarded to CPI Aero in July 2015 to produce four different lock assemblies for […] More

  • Army Unveils Cyber Range Market Research Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Unveils Cyber Range Market Research Plan

    The U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation seeks market research that can aid the development of an acquisition strategy for a multi-year National Cyber Range Complex event planning and operations support contract. The service branch said in a special notice published Tuesday on FedBizOpps the NCRC research effort seeks to address an existing Test […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy's 19th LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy’s 19th LCS

    A Lockheed Martin-led industry team, which includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox and more than 800 suppliers, has laid the keel for a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship at a Fincantieri Marinette Marine facility in Wisconsin. The future USS St Louis, dubbed LCS 19, is one of seven ships in various construction stages at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • Sikorsky to Overhaul Tail Rotor Blades of Army UH-60 Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky to Overhaul Tail Rotor Blades of Army UH-60 Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $37.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to repair 381 tail rotor blades of the service branch’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Wednesday contract work will run through March 31, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. The Army Contracting Command obligated $18.4 million at the time of award from fiscal 2017 “other” […] More

  • Lockheed Updates Exoskeleton to Help Boost Soldier Mobility, Load-Carrying Capacity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Updates Exoskeleton to Help Boost Soldier Mobility, Load-Carrying Capacity

    Lockheed Martin has updated its computer-controlled exoskeleton to help increase user mobility and load-carrying capacity as well as reduce the risk of overstress on the lower back and legs. The company said Tuesday it built the FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device using Dermoskeleton bionic augmentation technology from B-Temia under a licensing agreement signed in April. FORTIS K-SRD is designed to help […] More

  • CNAS Introduces Future Joint Force Project, Names Advisory Council Members - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNAS Introduces Future Joint Force Project, Names Advisory Council Members

    The Center for a New American Security has launched a new project that aims to analyze how the U.S. joint force should adapt to technological innovations of potential state and non-state adversaries. CNAS said Monday the Evolving the Future Force project is part of the center’s Defense Strategies and Assessments program and seeks to explore the […] More

  • Lockheed to Supply Targeting Pods to Kuwait via US Air Force Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Supply Targeting Pods to Kuwait via US Air Force Delivery Order

    Lockheed Martin has secured a delivery order to supply Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods to Kuwait under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The U.S. Air Force placed the order under a potential $485 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded in March 2015, Lockheed said Monday. The order covers 14 Snipers ATPs, support tools, spares and integration support. […] More

  • Raytheon Lands $53M Air Force Contract to Manufacture 3D Long-Range Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Lands $53M Air Force Contract to Manufacture 3D Long-Range Radars

    Raytheon has received a potential three-year, $52.7 million contract to design, develop and manufacture a long-range radar platform for the U.S. Air Force. The company will develop three units of the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar system under the fixed-price-incentive-firm contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received two bids for the […] More

  • Leidos CFO James Reagan Talks Continuing Resolution, Procurement Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos CFO James Reagan Talks Continuing Resolution, Procurement Process

    James Reagan, chief financial officer at Leidos, has said he is pleased that the federal government no longer operates under a continuing resolution. He made the statement four days after President Donald Trump signed a $1 trillion omnibus spending package to fund government operations through the end of fiscal 2017 and increase defense spending by $21 billion. “Where […] More

  • Law Enforcement Agencies Aim to Locate Missing Persons With Special Needs Via Lockheed Indago UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Law Enforcement Agencies Aim to Locate Missing Persons With Special Needs Via Lockheed Indago UAS

    Sheriff’s agencies in New Jersey and Virginia have begun to deploy a Lockheed Martin-built quadrotor unmanned aircraft system designed to facilitate search-and-rescue missions as part of a program that seeks to find missing individuals with special needs. Lockheed’s Indago small UAS is integrated with an electronic equipment from Project Lifesaver International to help first responders locate missing […] More

  • Lockheed Showcases Autonomous Tech for Military & Commercial Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Showcases Autonomous Tech for Military & Commercial Customers

    Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a range of autonomous and unmanned technologies for reporters at the company’s Grand Prairie, Texas-based Missiles and Fire Control facility. The technologies include the Indago quadrotor unmanned aerial system, LM XE small UAS; Hydra Fusion Tools three-dimensional reconstruction software, Squad Mission Support System autonomous vehicle and Site Shuttle transport system, Lockheed said Tuesday. Chris Van Buiten, […] More