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  • Stan Crow Named Chief Executive of Northrop's Japan Operations; Dave Perry Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stan Crow Named Chief Executive of Northrop’s Japan Operations; Dave Perry Comments

    Stan Crow, former director of Northrop Grumman‘s aerospace systems business in Japan, has been named chief executive of the company’s operations in that country. Northrop said Tuesday Crow will report to Dave Perry, corporate vice president and chief global business development officer, and lead the company’s development, growth and partnership efforts in Japan. Crow succeeded Jack Dorsett, who […] More

  • Boeing Receives Saudi F-15 Radar Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives Saudi F-15 Radar Contract Modification

    Boeing has been awarded an $18.3 million contract modification by the U.S. Air Force to supply AN/APG-63(V) 3 radar for the Saudi Arabian air force’s F-15SA aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday work will primarily occur in Forest, Mississippi, through March 31, 2017. The modification falls under a foreign military sales agreement between the U.S. government and Saudi Arabia. Boeing-built F-15 jets serve as […] More

  • Taser Receives Smart Weapon Purchase Order from Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Taser Receives Smart Weapon Purchase Order from Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has placed an order for a Taser International-built smart weapons platform designed for use in law enforcement operations. Taser said Thursday it received the order for 1,345 Taser X26P devices through its sole-source distributor Aardvark and expects to start delivery in the first quarter of 2017. Rick Smith, Taser CEO and co-founder, said the order […] More

  • Lockheed's Speedline Facility Completes Inlet Coatings Work on 1st F-22 for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Speedline Facility Completes Inlet Coatings Work on 1st F-22 for Air Force

    Lockheed Martin has completed sustainment work on the first F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft at the company’s Marietta, Georgia-based Inlet Coating Repair Speedline facility for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed said Wednesday the company received the first two F-22s for inlet coating maintenance at the Speedline facility in November and December 2016 while another unit arrived […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force will collaborate to develop a new signal processor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile as part of a refresh program that seeks to extend production of the system beyond 2020. The company said Tuesday the service branch launched the Form Fit Function Refresh effort as the government-industry team marks milestone for the 20,000th AMRAAM unit. AMRAAM is designed to […] More

  • DISA to Implement RedSeal Network Modeling, Risk Scoring Platform; Ray Rothrock, Kimberly Baker Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA to Implement RedSeal Network Modeling, Risk Scoring Platform; Ray Rothrock, Kimberly Baker Comment

    RedSeal has secured a multi-year, $33.8 million contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency implement a network modeling and risk scoring platform. DISA will use RedSeal’s technology to model and monitor the Defense Department‘s Joint Regional Security Stacks, gain visibility into network segmentation and measure the resiliency of the JRSS infrastructure, the company said Tuesday. Kimberly Baker, vice president and general manager […] More

  • Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support

    PTC will provide a service parts management platform to the U.S. Air Force in an effort to help the military branch manage supply chain planning and weapon systems support activities at Air Force Sustainment Centers worldwide. The company said Tuesday its PTC Service Parts Management Software-as-a-Service  platform will work to optimize demand forecast accuracy, logistics cost estimation and aircraft availability as well as […] More

  • Lockheed, Air Force's 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit Collaborate on F-35 Maintenance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Air Force’s 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit Collaborate on F-35 Maintenance

    A team of Lockheed Martin maintainers has partnered with airmen from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit to sustain the U.S. Air Force‘s F-35 jets in preparation for a turnover of maintenance responsibilities. Lockheed currently maintains all 62nd AMU F-35s and will turn over aircraft maintenance responsibilities to the Air Force beginning June, the service branch said Jan. 24. “We can’t afford to have any […] More

  • Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a contract modification with an obligated value of $62.5 million for the low-rate initial production of 312 lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions. Raytheon’s missile systems business will also provide 24 SDB II weapon load crew and conventional munitions maintenance trainers and 413 single weapon containers to the Air Force, the Defense Department […] More

  • Wes Bush: Northrop Undecided on Whether to Bid on Air Force T-X Trainer Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wes Bush: Northrop Undecided on Whether to Bid on Air Force T-X Trainer Program

    Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush has said the company has not reached a decision on whether to submit a proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s $16 billion T-X trainer aircraft program, Defense News reported Thursday. Bush said at a quarterly earnings call Thursday that Northrop is still evaluating the request for proposals and that it is more interested to […] More

  • DynCorp Awarded Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Awarded Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Contract

    DynCorp International has won a $26.5 million contract to provide exercise and contingency logistics support, maintenance outload, reconstitution and storage services for the U.S. Air Force‘s war reserve materiel. The Defense Department said Monday that DynCorp will also support the maintenance, repair and minor construction of government furnished facilities under the contract. The company will perform work in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar […] More