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  • CBP Announces Small Business Set-Aside Aircraft Support Services IDIQ
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    CBP Announces Small Business Set-Aside Aircraft Support Services IDIQ

    U.S. Customs Border and Protection intends to award a small business set-aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure aircraft support services for the agency's fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft fleet. CBP Air and Marine Operations aims to conduct major and minor aircraft modifications, purchase aircraft parts and mission support equipment, perform out-of-cycle heavy aircraft maintenance and acquire specialty aircraft engineering services through the potential four-year contract, according to a notice posted Friday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System.

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  • DynCorp Lands $54M Navy Aircraft Maintenance, Crew Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Lands $54M Navy Aircraft Maintenance, Crew Support Contract

    DynCorp International has won a potential $53.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the Naval Test Wing Pacific maintain different types of aircraft and support aircrew. The Defense Department said Friday the company will provide organizational-level maintenance and logistics support services for the Navy’s P-3 Orion, C-130 Hercules, F/A-18 Hornet, E/A-18 Growler, AV-8B Harrier […] More

  • Raytheon to Repair Navy P-3 Patrol Aircraft Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Repair Navy P-3 Patrol Aircraft Radar

    Raytheon has secured a potential $17.8 million delivery order to repair the APS-137 radar system currently installed on the U.S. Navy‘s P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. The Navy obligated $13.6 million in fiscal 2017 working capital funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted the order falls under a previously […] More

  • Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US

    Norway’s defense equipment authority has inked a deal to purchase five Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon from the U.S. for use in maritime surveillance operations of the Norwegian military, Naval Technology reported Friday. Naval Technology quoted Ine Eriksen Soreide, Norway’s defense minister, as saying the contract also covers the procurement of modern sensors, monitoring and support systems as well as anti-submarine weapons. The State […] More

  • Boeing Delivers 50th Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Navy; Tony Rossi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Delivers 50th Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Navy; Tony Rossi Comments

    Boeing has built and delivered its 50th P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy‘s anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Navy said Thursday it accepted the new unit at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida, and expects to complete the branch’s fleet transition from P-3C to P-8A by fiscal year 2019. “This is the first time a […] More

  • Lockheed to Refresh Mission Systems of Germany's P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Refresh Mission Systems of Germany’s P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has received a $54.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to update mission computers, armament and ordnance systems, displays and controls and acoustic equipment on eight P-3C Orion maritime surveillance planes for Germany. The P-3C Mission System Refresh Program will cover long-lead items procurement, non-recurring engineering, design and build, integration, planning and software development services, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Lockheed’s […] More

  • Lockheed Authorizes AAMSI to Support P-3 Operators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Authorizes AAMSI to Support P-3 Operators

    Lockheed Martin has approved Associated Aircraft Manufacturing and Sales Inc. as a support provider for P-3 Orion aircraft operators. AAMSI announced Wednesday its addition to Appendix A-2 of Lockheed’s P-3 Orion distributor agreement enables it to provide P-3 manufacturing and avionics repair to support military operators of the aircraft. The company added that it has previously received tasks from […] More

  • NOAA to Deploy Raytheon-Built UAS to Track Atlantic Hurricanes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA to Deploy Raytheon-Built UAS to Track Atlantic Hurricanes

    Raytheon has built an unmanned air system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in an effort to help agency and company researchers study hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA and Raytheon launched an upgraded version of the company’s Coyote UAS from a P-3 Orion aircraft over Avon Park, Florida, during a recent calibration flight test, the […] More