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  • Army Extends Lockheed's Apache Sensor Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Extends Lockheed’s Apache Sensor Logistics Support Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $64.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to continue logistics support work on electro-optical sensors designed to help increase Apache helicopter pilots’ situational awareness. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification extends Lockheed’s performance-based logistics services to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors program through Dec. 31, 2018. The Army […] More

  • General Dynamics to Help Army Intelligence & Security Command Manage IT Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Help Army Intelligence & Security Command Manage IT Networks

    General Dynamics‘ information technology unit has secured a $13.3 million contract to help operate and maintain the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command‘s information technology networks. The Army obligated $82,894 at the time of award from its fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance funds, the Defense Department said Monday. GDIT will perform contract work at Fort Belvoir […] More

  • Zenetex Secures $70M Navy Weapon Systems Logistics Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Zenetex Secures $70M Navy Weapon Systems Logistics Contract

    Zenetex has won a nearly $70 million contract to provide integrated logistics services for two naval weapons systems managed by the U.S. Navy‘s Strike Planning and Execution Systems Program Office. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform logistics work to support acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of the Naval Mission Planning Systems and the Theater Mission Planning Center. […] More

  • CDC Taps Leidos to Provide Support Services for Strategic National Stockpile Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CDC Taps Leidos to Provide Support Services for Strategic National Stockpile Division

    Leidos has received a potential five-year $26 million contract to provide logistics, emergency operation and program coordination services in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s Division of Strategic National Stockpiles. Services under the contract aim to support the management and delivery of the estimated $7 billion SNS inventory consisting antibiotics, antidotes, antitoxins, antiviral, medical […] More

  • Sarcos Robotics Lands Air Force Contract for Logistics Exoskeleton Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sarcos Robotics Lands Air Force Contract for Logistics Exoskeleton Development

    Robotics company Sarcos Robotics will build a powered full-body exoskeleton for logistics use under a contract from the U.S. Air Force. Sarcos said Wednesday it secured the Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from the Air Force to create the exoskeleton suit for application in logistics operations. Company Chairman and CEO Ben Wolff said the contract works to […] More

  • IAI Demos Unmanned Helicopter Concept for Battlefield Logistics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAI Demos Unmanned Helicopter Concept for Battlefield Logistics

    Israel Aerospace Industries has demonstrated an unmanned helicopter proof of concept the company designed to simplify air and land battlefield supply logistics processes during a warfare mission. Air Hopper performed two simulated scenarios, including one wherein the platform transported a wounded soldier to an extraction point for treatment, during the POC demonstration, IAI said Monday. For […] More

  • IBM’s Robert Kleppinger on Cognitive Computing Platform’s Use in Army Maintenance, Logistics Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Robert Kleppinger on Cognitive Computing Platform’s Use in Army Maintenance, Logistics Operations

    Robert Kleppinger, a senior client partner at IBM responsible for federal government contracts, told Data Center Dynamics in an interview published Tuesday how the company plans to apply its Watson cognitive computing system to the U.S. Army’s maintenance and logistics activities under a $135 million recompete contract. “Ideally, the plan is to bring this further, probably next to […] More

  • POC 2017 Army Forum, Steffanie Easter Addresses Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    POC 2017 Army Forum, Steffanie Easter Addresses Modernization

    “Readiness is our Number 1 priority–there is no other Number 1–Readiness is what deters and wins wars.” POC 2017 ARMY FORUM, AUG. 30–Among the current issues facing our nation’s military, the U.S. Army is taking a closer look at modernization, especially that of information technology capabilities on and off the battlefield. With new developments in […] More

  • Capstone to Help Navy Installations Command Manage Equipment Tracking System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capstone to Help Navy Installations Command Manage Equipment Tracking System

    Capstone has won a task order to configure, implement, administer and sustain a catalog ordering logistic tracking system for the Commander, Navy Installations Command. The company said Thursday it will provide COLTS database support services as part of the Naval Security Forces Ashore Antiterrorism and Force Protection Equipment Program. “We are excited about this opportunity to assist […] More

  • Aviation, Logistics Vet Gabrielle Costigan Named CEO of BAE’s Australian Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aviation, Logistics Vet Gabrielle Costigan Named CEO of BAE’s Australian Arm

    Gabrielle Costigan, formerly CEO of Asia at logistics and supply chain firm Linfox International Group, has been appointed CEO of BAE Systems’ Australian business. Costigan will join the company on Oct. 2 and will succeed Glynn Phillips as CEO of BAE Systems Australia in March 2018 following a global transition initiative, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Boeing-Bell JV to Repair Navy V-22 Aircraft Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Bell JV to Repair Navy V-22 Aircraft Parts

    A Boeing–Bell Helicopter joint venture has secured a $32 million delivery order to repair various components of the U.S. Navy‘s V-22 Osprey multimission aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday Bell Boeing Joint Program Office will perform work in Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, through December 2018. DoD added the full obligated amount at the time of award […] More

  • SAIC to Provide Engineering Support for Marine Combat Operations Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Provide Engineering Support for Marine Combat Operations Center

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential five-year, $39 million task order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic to provide engineering services to the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Combat Operations Center. SAIC said Wednesday it will also help COC develop, integrate and security software as well as provide information assurance, logistics and […] More