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  • Eaton to Help Update Navy, Marine Corps Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eaton to Help Update Navy, Marine Corps Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems

    The U.S. Army‘s Engineering and Support Center has awarded Eaton a contract to support the modernization of supervisory control and data acquisition systems installed at U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps facilities in San Diego, California. Eaton said Tuesday it will supply equipment and provide project management, labor, engineering, supervision and transportation services to help the Naval […] More

  • Textron Unit Selects CPI Aerostructures to Produce AH-1Z Helicopter Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Unit Selects CPI Aerostructures to Produce AH-1Z Helicopter Components

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has awarded CPI Aerostructures a potential $14.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply engine cowl and support assemblies for the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. The contract will run through Dec. 31, 2020, and falls under the U.S. Marine Corps‘ H-1 Program of Records initiative that seeks up to 189 AH-1Z and 160 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, CPI Aero said Tuesday. Douglas […] More

  • Marine Corps OKs Magpul's Polymer-Based Magazine for Combat & Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps OKs Magpul’s Polymer-Based Magazine for Combat & Training

    The U.S. Marine Corps has cleared Magpul Industries‘ polymer-based magazine for combat and training applications, Military Times reported Sunday. Shawn Snow writes the Marine Corps Systems Command said Magpul’s GenM3 PMAG was the only magazine that met performance requirements across all combinations of the service branch’s 5.56mm rifles and ammunition during tests. “The specification to use ‘only tested, approved, and […] More

  • Technavio Estimates Global Military Vertical Take-Off, Landing Aircraft Market CAGR at 4% in 2016-2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Estimates Global Military Vertical Take-Off, Landing Aircraft Market CAGR at 4% in 2016-2020

    Technavio has released a new report that indicates the global military vertical take-off and landing aircraft market will reach a compound annual growth rate of nearly 4 percent from 2016 through 2020. Technavio said Wednesday the market is segmented into military powered-lift VTOL aircraft and military rotorcraft VTOL aircraft market, with the former accounting for […] More

  • Marine Corps Receives 1st BAE-Built Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Receives 1st BAE-Built Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototype

    BAE Systems handed over an amphibious, ship-launchable and ship-recoverable combat vehicle prototype to the U.S. Marine Corps during a ceremony held Tuesday at the company’s York, Pennsylvania-based facility. BAE said Tuesday its Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 is designed to meet the Marine Corps’ force protection, water and land mobility, lethality, transportability and survivability requirements for a production-ready platform. The service branch […] More

  • Northrop Taps Saab for Marine Corps G/ATOR Radar Components, Subsystems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Taps Saab for Marine Corps G/ATOR Radar Components, Subsystems

    A U.S.-based subsidiary of Saab has received a potential $18.6 million subcontract from Northrop Grumman to provide components and subsystems in support of a U.S. Marine Corps radar production program. Saab Defense and Security will provide software, subsystems and assemblies for the next nine AN/TPS-80 ground/air task oriented radar low-rate initial production units under the contract, Saab said Monday. Northrop secured a potential […] More

  • Thales to Provide Navy Helmet Mounted Sight & Display System Test Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Provide Navy Helmet Mounted Sight & Display System Test Equipment

    Thales‘ defense and security business unit has secured a $14.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide helmet mounted sight and display system depot-level specialized test equipment in support of the U.S. Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers support for the Optimized TopOwl helmet mounted sight and display system of the […] More

  • Klas Telecom Govt Adds Lawrence Brock to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Klas Telecom Govt Adds Lawrence Brock to Board of Directors

    Klas Telecom Government has appointed Lawrence Brock, a retired U.S. Army major general and former commanding general of the 311th Signal Command, to the board of directors for the company’s U.S. government and defense business. Dave Huisenga, Klas Telecom Government president and CEO, said Tuesday Brock will help the company formulate its strategy to deliver new communications equipment to warfighters and operators. […] More

  • Black Box to Update Marine Corps Facility's Telecom Network Architecture, Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Black Box to Update Marine Corps Facility’s Telecom Network Architecture, Systems

    The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Black Box a $17.9 million contract to update and develop telecommunications network architectures and systems at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Black Box said Monday it will engineer, furnish, deploy, secure and evaluate the base’s communication, network and collaboration infrastructures in an effort to support a high availability unified communications […] More

  • The Office Group Receives DLA Off-The-Shelf Products Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    The Office Group Receives DLA Off-The-Shelf Products Supply Contract

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded The Office Group a potential five-year, $40 million contract to provide commercially available off-the-shelf items for the Defense Department Electronic Mall. DoD said Monday the company will perform work under the multiple award schedule contract in Virginia in support of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. […] More

  • Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits HII's Ingalls Shipyard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits HII’s Ingalls Shipyard

    U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Mississippi to address the shipyard’s leaders and staff workers. HII said Friday Mabus was accompanied by Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Mississippi) during his tour of the shipyard. Ingalls Shipbuilding-built vessels support the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps as they conduct missions and […] More

  • 3M's Ceradyne Subsidiary to Build Helmets, Armor Inserts for Army Soldier Protection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    3M’s Ceradyne Subsidiary to Build Helmets, Armor Inserts for Army Soldier Protection System

    3M‘s Ceradyne subsidiary has received two contracts worth $43 million combined to produce helmet systems and hard body armor inserts to act as components of the U.S. Army‘s Soldier Protection System. 3M said Tuesday Ceradyne secured a $7 million contract to deliver more than 5,300 helmet systems for SPS’ Integrated Head Protection System component. IHPS is designed give soldiers a lighter ballistic helmet […] More