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  • Lockheed Subcontracts Ultra Electronics Subsidiary for MK 48 Torpedo Array Nose Assemblies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subcontracts Ultra Electronics Subsidiary for MK 48 Torpedo Array Nose Assemblies

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a potential five-year, $27 million subcontract to an Ultra Electronics subsidiary to engineer and produce MK48 topedo array nose assemblies and spares. Ultra Electronics said Monday its Ocean Systems business will supply integrated array nose assemblies in an effort to increase the inventory of U.S. Navy‘s MK48 torpedoes. The subcontract has an initial base period worth $6.6 million and four […] More

  • Navy Taps Hamilton Sundstrand for V-22 Aircraft Frequency Generator Repair Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Hamilton Sundstrand for V-22 Aircraft Frequency Generator Repair Services

    United Technologies Corp. subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand has been awarded a $9.2 million delivery order to repair the constant frequency generator of V-22 planes operated by both the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Friday the generator is currently used on the Marine Corps’ MV-22 and Air Force’s CV-22. Hamilton Sundstrand will perform work in Rockford, […] More

  • Navy Commissions 7th LCS Ship, 4th Lockheed Team-Built Freedom Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Commissions 7th LCS Ship, 4th Lockheed Team-Built Freedom Variant

    The U.S. Navy has commissioned and assigned to active service its seventh littoral combat ship overall and fourth LCS vessel constructed by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. Lockheed said Saturday the USS Detroit Freedom-class LCS will join the fleet with similar variants USS Fort Worth, USS Milwaukee and USS Freedom. USS Detroit completed its acceptance trials in July and is the […] More

  • IMIA Wins Contract to Repair, Sustain USS Maine Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IMIA Wins Contract to Repair, Sustain USS Maine Submarine

    The U.S. Navy has awarded International Marine and Industrial Applicators a one-year, $21.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to support the preservation and non-submarine safety structural repairs and sustainment efforts for the USS Maine ballistic missile submarine. IMIA will provide preservation, hull and structural repair, anode removal, repair and replacement, lead bin repair and fabrication, de-ballasting and re-ballasting and safety track […] More

  • Motorola Solutions to Help Navy Sustain Anti-Terrorism, Force Protection Radio Systems  - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions to Help Navy Sustain Anti-Terrorism, Force Protection Radio Systems 

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $20.5 million contract option to Motorola Solutions for life cycle sustainment work on the military branch’s enterprise land and mobile radio systems. Motorola Solutions will provide radio equipment preventive maintenance, asset and configuration management, password management and software update installation services for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Ashore Program, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company will also […] More

  • Raytheon Awarded Additional Gallium Nitride Production Process Development Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Awarded Additional Gallium Nitride Production Process Development Funds

    Raytheon has secured a $14.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Office of the Secretary of Defense to further develop the production process of gallium nitride-based semiconductors. The company said Wednesday it will work to update the performance, supply and the dependability of wideband, monolithic, microwave-integrated circuits and circulator equipment made from GaN. This […] More

  • DSA Secures Navy Information Assurance Task Order; Fran Pierce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DSA Secures Navy Information Assurance Task Order; Fran Pierce Comments

    Data Systems Analysts has received a task order from the U.S. Navy to provide information assurance expertise to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare Protection and Oversight Directorate. DSA said Monday it will support research and analysis of strategies to detect, mitigate and deter threats to the military branch’s cybersecurity architectures on land and at sea. “We […] More

  • Root9B Chosen for DoD, Critical Infrastructure Cyber Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Root9B Chosen for DoD, Critical Infrastructure Cyber Contracts

    Root9B has disclosed multiple contract awards with a combined value of at least $750,000 for cybersecurity services to the Defense Department and commercial critical infrastructure. Root9B will assist the U.S. Navy in cyber missions through the company’s services and systems in an effort to help protect the military branch’s critical networks under one contract worth $480,000, Root9B said Wednesday. Root9B will also provide its […] More

  • ASEC to Support Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASEC to Support Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One

    Aviation Systems Engineering Co. has secured a potential six-year, $35.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy for technical, analytical, administrative and material support services to the military branch’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One. The Defense Department said Tuesday the service branch will obligate $635,299 in fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation, operations and maintenance funds at the time […] More

  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Deliver AESA Radars for Navy MQ-8C Unmanned Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Deliver AESA Radars for Navy MQ-8C Unmanned Helicopter

    Leonardo-Finmeccanica has secured a contract to provide active electronically scanned array radars for integration onto the U.S. Navy‘s new MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter built by Northrop Grumman. The company said Monday it will deliver five Osprey AESA radars to the Naval Air Systems Command to support testing and evaluation work and NAVAIR has the option to acquire more […] More

  • CAE Reports $76M in US, Intl Defense Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Reports $76M in US, Intl Defense Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE has reported $76.3 million in defense contracts from sector customers such as U.S. military agencies and other companies Insitu and Rotorsim. The company said Tuesday the U.S. Air Force and Navy have exercised contract options for continued KC-135 tanker and T-44C aircrew training services respectively. Work to support the Air Force’s KC-135 program will […] More

  • Rolls-Royce to Build Power & Propulsion Equipment for Navy Oiler Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce to Build Power & Propulsion Equipment for Navy Oiler Ships

    Rolls-Royce has received a contract to build power and propulsion equipment for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of replenishment oiler ships. The company said Monday the contract covers work on two Kamewa 150A controllable pitch propellers and two Bergen B32:40xL8A generator sets for the first John Lewis-class ship with options for five more. Don Roussinos, president of Rolls-Royce’s naval division, said […] More