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  • State Department Clears Romania's $121M FMS Request for Assault Amphibious Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Clears Romania’s $121M FMS Request for Assault Amphibious Vehicles

    The State Department has approved a potential $120.5 million foreign military sale of assault amphibious vehicles and related equipment to the government of Romania. The proposed FMS deal covers a total of 21 AAV units in personnel, command and recovery variants with 16 50-caliber machine guns and five 7.62 mm M240B machine guns, the Defense […] More

  • Akima Subsidiary Lands 5-Year Contract for 9th Air Force Operational Planning Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Akima Subsidiary Lands 5-Year Contract for 9th Air Force Operational Planning Support

    RiverTech, an Akima subsidiary, has been selected to help a numbered U.S. Air Force organization manage its planning and operational functions in support of U.S. Central Command requirements. The company will provide operational planning, systems engineering, training, global force management and integration services to the Ninth Air Force under a contract worth $11 million over […] More

  • Peraton Tapped to Extend Navy Shipboard Network Consolidation Support; Tarik Reyes Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Tapped to Extend Navy Shipboard Network Consolidation Support; Tarik Reyes Quoted

    Peraton will continue to help the U.S. Navy consolidate and modernize its shipboard network infrastructure to address the naval fleet’s communications requirements under an $18.6 million delivery order. The company said Wednesday it will produce units, components, modules, software, kits, spares and development items to support submarines, destroyers and mine countermeasure ships under the Navy’s […] More

  • John Hagan Appointed Strategic Adviser for Deep Water Point Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Hagan Appointed Strategic Adviser for Deep Water Point Practice

    John Hagan, a two-decade industry veteran, was named strategic adviser at consulting and advisory firm Deep Water Point & Associates for its transaction advisory services practice. He will advise Deep Water Point clients on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, proprietary analysis and business development in his new capacity, the company said Tuesday. Hagan most […] More

  • Anduril to Support Rheinmetall in Army Infantry Combat Vehicle Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril to Support Rheinmetall in Army Infantry Combat Vehicle Competition

    Anduril Industries and industry partners will support American Rheinmetall Vehicles in the next phases of a competition to design and manufacture a next-generation combat vehicle for the U.S. Army.  The team will advance its digitally engineered and open-architecture design concept for the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, formerly known as the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, […] More

  • CISA to Host Industry Day on Cyber Response and Recovery Act Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CISA to Host Industry Day on Cyber Response and Recovery Act Requirements

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Chief of Contracting Office is hosting a virtual industry day on Aug. 17 to discuss CISA’s requirements for cyber incident response and recovery services. CISA seeks to gather industry feedback and recommendations on its draft requirements for the Cyber Response and Recovery Act initiative for fiscal year 2023, according […] More

  • Maxar 300 Small Satellite Bus Series Clears Critical Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar 300 Small Satellite Bus Series Clears Critical Design Review

    Maxar Technologies is set to begin production of its new small satellite bus series purchased by L3Harris Technologies for the Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite constellation after completing the critical design review phase of the program. The review validates the structural design, power, attitude control and command and data handling functions of the Maxar 300 […] More

  • Anduril Equips Space Force's Comms Infrastructure With Resilient Networking Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril Equips Space Force’s Comms Infrastructure With Resilient Networking Capability

    The U.S. Space Force has selected a resilient mesh network manufactured by Anduril Technologies to boost communications between sensors, command and control systems and data platforms at Space Surveillance Network sites nationwide. Anduril said Saturday the SDANet platform was recently used to restore operational communications at an SSN site in Maui, Hawaii, that experienced severe […] More

  • NIST Adds Microsoft's Jay Lewis to CHIPS for America R&D Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Adds Microsoft’s Jay Lewis to CHIPS for America R&D Team

    Jay Lewis, partner for silicon projects at Microsoft, has joined a National Institute of Standards and Technology office responsible for implementing research and development programs funded under the CHIPS for America Act. Lewis will spearhead program areas within the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office that support the National Semiconductor Technology Center, the agency […] More

  • Space Force Eyes Additional Vendors for Future Launch Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Eyes Additional Vendors for Future Launch Missions

    The U.S. Space Force is planning to broaden its network of commercial launch service providers beyond SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to support multiple planned missions over five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The service branch will add a third provider to handle more difficult launch missions under the third phase of its […] More

  • STI Lands AFRL Microelectronics Design, Manufacturing Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    STI Lands AFRL Microelectronics Design, Manufacturing Contract

    Silicon Technologies Inc. has secured a $42 million contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory design and manufacture advanced analog and mixed-signal rad hard microelectronics. The contract aims to enable electron beam lithography capabilities to support the low-cost development of advanced analog electronics for programs that require high-mix and low-volume integrated circuits, the Department […] More

  • Atom Computing, NREL Explore Quantum Computing Applications to Optimize Electric Grid - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Atom Computing, NREL Explore Quantum Computing Applications to Optimize Electric Grid

    Atom Computing has partnered with the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to explore the potential applications of quantum computing to optimize the U.S. power grid. The team will research how quantum computing could be used to keep the electric grid stable and enhance decision-making on the re-routing of power during a switch or […] More