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  • Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has launched the U.S. Navy‘s future Indiana submarine into James River and transferred the watercraft from a construction facility to a pier managed by the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in preparation for final crew certification, outfitting and testing. Indiana, dubbed as SSN 789, will represent the 16th Virginia-class submarine of the Navy and the eighth unit Newport […] More

  • Navy Selects BAE, General Dynamics, MES for Submarine Trainer Production, Installation IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects BAE, General Dynamics, MES for Submarine Trainer Production, Installation IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded three companies positions on a potential five-year, $42.6 million contract to provide support services for the military branch’s Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer systems. BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business, General Dynamics‘ mission systems segment  and services business and MES‘ simulation and training unit will compete for hardware design, fabrication, logistics and installation task orders under […] More

  • Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program

    Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have partnered to design and build unmanned undersea vehicles as part of a joint pursuit of the U.S. Navy‘s Extra Large UUV program. The partnership will use HII’s design and production facilities in Huntington Beach, California; Newport News, Virginia; and Panama City, Florida, Boeing said Thursday. The Navy announced in January it plans […] More

  • CSRA to Continue NAVSEA Acquisition Support Services Under $61M Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Continue NAVSEA Acquisition Support Services Under $61M Task Order

    CSRA has received a five-year, $61 million task order from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide acquisition support services to NAVSEA’s Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Aircraft Carriers. The task order was awarded through the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e procurement vehicle and will extend CSRA’s support for the carriers, which began in 1991, the company said Wednesday. CSRA will also […] More

  • Boeing to Provide Navy Portable P-8A Trainers; John Thoe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Provide Navy Portable P-8A Trainers; John Thoe Comments

    Boeing has secured a contract to supply portable trainer units designed to help the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A Poseidon aircrew and operators prepare for missions while in service outside of the country. The company said Tuesday it will deliver seven P-8A deployable mission readiness trainers to the service branch beginning in 2019. Seventy percent of the Navy’s P-8A training efforts at naval air stations in […] More

  • Navy Uses Esri's Analytics Platform for Unmanned System Info Gathering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Uses Esri’s Analytics Platform for Unmanned System Info Gathering

    The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command has used Esri‘s mapping and analytics platform with unmanned maritime vehicles in an effort to optimize information gathering ahead of ocean and near-shore operations. Esri said Thursday NMOC conducted the Unmanned System Operational Demonstration in Gulfport, Mississippi from May 30 to June 1 in a push to show how location analytics of marine environments can aid decision-making. […] More

  • Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit to Provide Towed Array Units, Engineering Services Under Navy Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin‘s mission systems and training unit has received a nearly $42 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver TB-37 Multi-Function Towed Array production units, accessories, shipping products and engineering services. The Defense Department said Friday the modification exercises options in a previously awarded contract and includes purchases for the Navy and a foreign military sales […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Hands Over USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Hands Over USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding unit has delivered a first-of-class aircraft carrier to the U.S. Navy following the platform’s completion of acceptance trials. The company said Thursday the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier, dubbed CVN 78, is the first in the Ford class of carriers that serves as successor to the Nimitz-class ships. CVN 78 is equipped […] More

  • BAE's US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has selected CH2M to support the installation of airfield and shore-based landing systems at more than 35 U.S. Marine Corps and Navy facilities globally. The two companies will collaborate to help the Navy’s air traffic control systems division implement the Instrument Landing System and Instrument Carrier Landing System as part of the service branch’s Air Traffic Control […] More

  • Navy Plans Radio Supply, Upgrade IDIQ Award to Rockwell Collins - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Radio Supply, Upgrade IDIQ Award to Rockwell Collins

    The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Corona division plans to award a sole-source contract to Rockwell Collins to update the U.S. Navy‘s 721S radios and supply 721SR units. A FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday says the service branch intends to use a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for the radio procurement and upgrade efforts. NSWC Corona wants Rockwell Collins to supply commercial 721S radios to replace […] More

  • Boeing Taps Harris for P-8A Aircraft Sonobuoy Launchers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Harris for P-8A Aircraft Sonobuoy Launchers

    Harris has received multiple contracts to deliver sonobuoy launchers to Boeing for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A maritime patrol aircraft. The contracts cover the supply of single-shot and rotary launchers for 49 P-8A planes of the U.S., Australia and the U.K., Harris said Wednesday. Ed Zoiss, president of Harris’ electronic systems business, said the company’s sonobuoy launching technology is […] More

  • Raytheon Orders Anaren Beamforming Assemblies for Navy Air & Missile Defense Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Orders Anaren Beamforming Assemblies for Navy Air & Missile Defense Radar

    Anaren has received a potential $97 million order from Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business unit to provide radio frequency beamforming assemblies needed for the production of the U.S. Navy‘s new air and missile defense radar. Anaren said Tuesday it obtained $31.5 million in initial contract funds to support the low rate initial production of the AN/SPY-6(V) AMDRs. The radar is designed […] More