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  • TCS Obtains Army VSAT Sustainment Contract Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Obtains Army VSAT Sustainment Contract Funds

    TeleCommunication Systems has been awarded $5 million in incremental funds to perform sustainment work on transportable very small aperture terminals of the U.S. Army. TCS said Wednesday it has received $23.6 million as partial funding to help the military branch sustain AN/TSC-198A VSATs under a potential three-year, $91 million contract. The contract is for the sustainment of Secret […] More

  • Boeing, Saudi Partners to Form JV for Future Rotorcraft Support Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Saudi Partners to Form JV for Future Rotorcraft Support Center

    Boeing will form a joint venture with Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries and Alsalam Aircraft Company to open the Saudi Rotorcraft Support Center in Riyadh and Jeddah. Boeing said Wednesday the center will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the sustainment of Saudi Arabia’s commercial and defense helicopters. The country’s rotorcraft fleet includes Boeing’s AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook and AH-6i. Leanne Caret, […] More

  • AeroVironment Lands Army UAS Sustainment Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Lands Army UAS Sustainment Contracts

    AeroVironment booked $47.1 million in contracts during the past two months to help the U.S. Army sustain small hand-launched unmanned aircraft systems. The contracts cover sustainment work on RQ-11B Raven and RQ-20A Puma drones the company built for the military service, AeroVironment said Monday. The Army uses the Raven to support low-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. […] More

  • Lockheed's Marillyn Hewson Outlines Efforts to Address Challenges in Global Security Landscape - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson Outlines Efforts to Address Challenges in Global Security Landscape

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has stated that the company’s business growth strategy works to align with current trends in the global security landscape to address industry challenges and meet customer needs. Hewson outlined the strategy in a media day event to highlight its technology investments and product and service portfolio in line with these trends, Lockheed said Wednesday. “The global landscape […] More

  • Exelis to Redesign Jamming System for US Navy; Australian Gov't Places Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Redesign Jamming System for US Navy; Australian Gov’t Places Order

    Exelis has won a $15.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide sustainment and redesign support for the ALQ-99 tactical jamming system used by the service’s EA-6B Prowler and EA-18G Growler aircraft. The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center tasked Exelis to redesign three components of the jammer’s universal exciter upgrade shop-replaceable assembly, the company said Monday. The contract includes […] More

  • DTRA Taps Raytheon Surveillance System for Moldova Border Project; David Appel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DTRA Taps Raytheon Surveillance System for Moldova Border Project; David Appel Comments

    Raytheon will provide an electro-optical and infrared surveillance system for Moldova’s border security initiatives under a potential $12.9 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The company said Friday the contract also includes training and sustainment services and the eventual handover of all related functions to the Moldova government, which wants to prevent the transport of weapons of mass destruction. David Appel, […] More

  • Lockheed Extends DoD Asset-Tracking Program Support; Angela Heise Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Extends DoD Asset-Tracking Program Support; Angela Heise Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received a $26.8 million follow-on contract from the Defense Department for sustainment and operations support to the Integrated Data Environment/Global Transportation Network Convergence program, run by the U.S. Transportation Command and Defense Logistics Agency. The IGC program, which the company developed under a contract awarded in 2008, is designed to help make the supply chain visible and help DoD track […] More

  • Tom Owen: Lockheed, DoD, Suppliers Hold F-35 Cost Discussions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Owen: Lockheed, DoD, Suppliers Hold F-35 Cost Discussions

    Lockheed Martin is working with the Defense Department and F-35 suppliers to lower operation and maintenance costs for the fighter program over the next 50 years, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes that Lockheed officials recently met with representatives from DoD and 90 key F-35 suppliers in Fort Worth, Texas to brainstorm cost reduction ideas. […] More

  • Serco to Help SPAWAR Maintain Mine-Resistant Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco to Help SPAWAR Maintain Mine-Resistant Vehicles

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Serco -Inc. a one-year, $9 million contract to provide integration and maintenance services for the military’s fleet of mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles. Serco will work with the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Command to maintain command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems on the armored fighting vehicles, Serco said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Christopher Bogdan: F-35 Program Office Forms Global Sustainment Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christopher Bogdan: F-35 Program Office Forms Global Sustainment Plan

    Christopher Bogdan, head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, has said the organization has developed a framework to sustain F-35 fighter jets and boost competition globally, Defense News reported Sunday. Aaron Mehta writes that JPO plans to group the F-35 user base into North America, Europe and Pacific regional categories and evaluate required sustainment work […] More

  • Comtech to Support Army's SatCom Tracking Program; Fred Kornberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech to Support Army’s SatCom Tracking Program; Fred Kornberg Comments

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has won a three-year contract worth up to $38.2 million from the U.S. Army for sustainment support to its Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below – Blue Force Tracking program. The company said Monday Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation will provide engineering and program management services and satellite network operations for the BFT-1 satellite tracking program. “We […] More

  • Mike Taylor: Lockheed, AgustaWestland Partner for UK Apache Sensor Maintenance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Taylor: Lockheed, AgustaWestland Partner for UK Apache Sensor Maintenance Contract

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $60 million subcontract to perform sustainment and technical support work on electro-optical detector systems for the U.K. military’s fleet of Apache helicopters. The company will maintain AH Mk-1 modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor and spares as well as provide engineering, logistics and repair services, Lockheed said […] More