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  • Report: Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering Undergoes Tests Ahead of Source Selection Decision - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering Undergoes Tests Ahead of Source Selection Decision

    Boeing has already conducted several tests of its proposed unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based aerial refueling tanker drone program ahead of the service’s contract award decision, National Defense reported Friday. “We have already demonstrated a lot of the functionality… We have done almost everything short of flying,” Donald “BD” Gaddis, Boeing’s […] More

  • GE Secures $92M Navy F/A-18 Engine Supply Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Secures $92M Navy F/A-18 Engine Supply Contract Option

    General Electric has received a one-year, $91.6 million contract modification to manufacture additional engines for the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. The Navy exercised an option for GE to supply 24 lot 22 full-rate production F414-GE-400 engines to support aircraft construction and delivery efforts, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work will occur at various locations in Massachusetts, […] More

  • DynCorp Gets Army, Navy Contract Modifications to Extend Base Support, Aircraft Maintenance Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Gets Army, Navy Contract Modifications to Extend Base Support, Aircraft Maintenance Services

    DynCorp International has received contract modifications from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy worth $24.4 million and $40 million, respectively, to extend the company’s base life support and aircraft maintenance services. DynCorp said Monday it will carry out additional base life support and maintenance services for U.S. forces in Afghanistan under the Army’s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV contract. The company […] More

  • Navy Seeks Info on Air Vehicle Systems for MUX Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks Info on Air Vehicle Systems for MUX Program

    The U.S. Navy has asked industry for technical information on air vehicle systems designed to expand and complement a joint force’s capability to carry out crisis response, campaigns and other operations across maritime, ground and littoral environments. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the Naval Air Systems Command seeks industry input on aerial vehicle platforms […] More

  • DCMA Boeing Seattle Team Delivers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCMA Boeing Seattle Team Delivers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia

    A five-member team from the Defense Contract Management Agency embarked on a more than 9,400-mile journey to deliver a Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon military aircraft to Australia’s air force on Jan. 12, DCMA reported Wednesday. The more than 24-hour flight marks DCMA’s first direct foreign military aircraft delivery through the Poseidon program. The DCMA Boeing Seattle […] More

  • Navy Selects Tekla Research, Avian-Precise Co. for NAVAIR Systems Engineering Support IDIQs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects Tekla Research, Avian-Precise Co. for NAVAIR Systems Engineering Support IDIQs

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $64.1 million contract to Tekla Research and a $57.4 million contract to Avian-Precise Co. for a range of support services to the Naval Air Systems Command’s Systems Engineering Department. The Defense Department said Friday Tekla will perform up to 835,200 hours of systems specialty engineering and technical work while Avian-Precise will conduct up to 739,200 hours of sustaining engineering, […] More

  • In The News: Ret. Brig.- Gen. Frank Kelley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In The News: Ret. Brig.- Gen. Frank Kelley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems

    By land, air or sea, unmanned systems are a technological marvel in today’s efforts in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as mine warfare, electronic warfare and command and control operations. Some of the benefits to unmanned systems are reducing risk to U.S. sailors and marines, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for […] More

  • Boeing-Bell JV Gets Navy Osprey Fleet Software Sustainment Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Bell JV Gets Navy Osprey Fleet Software Sustainment Order

    A joint venture of Boeing and Bell Helicopter has received a $20.6 million order from the U.S. Navy to maintain software of the V-22 Osprey joint service, multimission aircraft fleet. The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will engineer and provide technical support for  the V-22 flight control system and avionics software, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work also covers flight control […] More

  • Navy Plans Mobile Gateway Buoy Devt Contract Award to Hydronalix - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Mobile Gateway Buoy Devt Contract Award to Hydronalix

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Hydronalix a potential five-year blanket ordering agreement develop a mobile gateway buoy that can support an unmanned underwater vehicle. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the company will build a pair of MGB prototypes to the Naval Air Systems Command under the third phase of the service branch’s Small Business Innovation Research program. Hydronalix will […] More

  • Navy Taps Boeing-Bell JV for Tiltrotor Aircraft Technical Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Boeing-Bell JV for Tiltrotor Aircraft Technical Support Services

    A Boeing–Bell Helicopter joint venture has secured a potential five-year, $18 million contract to render support services for the U.S. Navy‘s V-22 tiltrotor aircraft fleet. The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office will perform technical analysis, engineering and integration efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work is scheduled to be completed by December 2022 with funds […] More

  • Engility Wins Navy Aircraft Systems Engineering Recompete; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Wins Navy Aircraft Systems Engineering Recompete; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has secured a potential five-year, $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division update the service branch’s naval aircraft systems engineering methods. The company said Tuesday it will support the Navy in efforts to modernize launch, recovery and visual landing equipment and maintain aircraft deployed on Navy ships and at […] More

  • Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program

    General Dynamics has placed an order for Saab medium-range surveillance radar systems for installation on two future U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Saab said Thursday it will provide Sea Giraffe AMB naval radars designated as AN/SPS-77 for the military branch’s LCS 28 and LCS 30 ships. Erik Smith, president and CEO of Saab Defense and Security USA, said the company is contracted to deliver Sea […] More