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  • SwRI to Help Army Researchers Update Armor Computational Analysis Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SwRI to Help Army Researchers Update Armor Computational Analysis Tech

    The U.S. Army has awarded Southwest Research Institute a potential $4.3 million  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contract to help the Army Research Laboratory update computational analysis tools for armor and warfighter survivability. SwRI said Tuesday it aims to model human injury under a $100,000 initial order and advance fracture models with the Elastic, Plastic, Impact Computations technology under a separate […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev't & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev’t & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop and test a propulsion system as part of the Advanced Full Range Engine program that aims to realize reusable hydrocarbon propulsion technologies. AFRE looks to develop a propulsion system that could operate at up to hypersonic speed in an effort to deploy responsive hypersonic aircraft for […] More

  • Roboteam Launches 'Interoperable' UGV at AUSA 2017; Shahar Abuhazira Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roboteam Launches ‘Interoperable’ UGV at AUSA 2017; Shahar Abuhazira Comments

    A Roboteam unmanned ground vehicle was scheduled to launch Monday at the 2017 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington D.C. The company said Monday the Transportable Interoperable Ground Robot is designed to be modular to allow integration of add-ons, sensors and future technologies and is built as an all-weather system for all-terrain operation. TIGR […] More

  • L3 Gets Air National Guard Contract for Satcom Terminals, Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets Air National Guard Contract for Satcom Terminals, Training Services

    L3 Technologies has secured a contract to provide satellite communications terminals and on-site training services to the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability teams of the U.S. Air National Guard. The company said Monday it is scheduled to deliver 46 Hawkeye III Lite very small aperture terminals to JISCC groups in the fourth quarter of 2017. Hawkeye VSATs […] More

  • DHS S&T Awards Contract to NexiTech for Finance Sector Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS S&T Awards Contract to NexiTech for Finance Sector Cybersecurity

    The Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate has awarded a $194,000 contract under the Financial Services Cyber Security Active Defense program to NexiTech for the company’s cybersecurity technology. FSCSAD is part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program other transaction solicitation authority, which funds nontraditional companies to develop products that address threats against homeland security and critical infrastructure sectors such […] More

  • AirTronic Receives Grenade Launcher Orders From DLA, Int'l Defense Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AirTronic Receives Grenade Launcher Orders From DLA, Int’l Defense Customers

    AirTronic USA has received contracts from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency and undisclosed international defense clients to supply 40-millimeter grenade launcher systems. The company said Thursday it will provide M203 grenade launcher barrels under a multiyear contract with DLA and grenade launcher systems under a pair of foreign contracts. Richard Vandiver, AirTronic president and chief operating officer, said the company […] More

  • Small Business Red Balloon Security to Update Cybersecurity Tool for DHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Small Business Red Balloon Security to Update Cybersecurity Tool for DHS

    The Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate has awarded Red Balloon Security a $746,756 Small Business Innovation Research contract to update its Symbiote Defense intrusion detection system for the agency. DHS said Thursday the New York-based company will inject four new features to the system as part of the Hybrid Prediction for Embedded Malware project under the two-year SBIR […] More

  • Northrop Gets $66M Task Order to Sustain Navy Triton UAVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets $66M Task Order to Sustain Navy Triton UAVs

    Northrop Grumman has received a one-year, $66.3 million task order to test and maintain MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday Northrop’s systems business unit will help the service branch sustain MQ-4Cs along with mission control and operator training systems. The company will also provide field service representatives to provide technical support for […] More

  • MDA Taps Strategic Alliance Business Group for Facility Operations Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Taps Strategic Alliance Business Group for Facility Operations Support Contract

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Strategic Alliance Business Group a potential five-year, $34.3 million contract to help manage all aspects of MDA facility operations. SABG will also provide operational requirement planning support to help MDA ensure availability of facilities as well as support the agency’s corporate and regulatory compliance efforts, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Produce Grenade Training Cartridges for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Produce Grenade Training Cartridges for Army

    General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business unit has received a $17 million contract option from the U.S. Army for the production of grenade training cartridges. The company said Tuesday General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems will manufacture the 40-millimeter M781E1 Low Velocity Day/Night/Thermal training cartridge for the Army’s simulated tactical exercises using M203 and M320 low-velocity grenade […] More

  • Summit Technical Solutions Lands USAF Contract for Radar Operations & Maintenance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Summit Technical Solutions Lands USAF Contract for Radar Operations & Maintenance

    Summit Technical Solutions has received a potential $35.5 million prime contract from the U.S. Air Force for the operations, maintenance and logistical support of a missile warning and space surveillance phased-array radar system. The contract for work on the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System has a base performance period of seven months starting October and one-year […] More