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  • VSE Receives Air Force C-130J MRO Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Receives Air Force C-130J MRO Task Order

    VSE has secured a potential 30-month, $28.5 million task order to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul support for the U.S. Air Force‘s military transport aircraft fleet. The company said Monday it will perform organizational MRO services for the 314th Air Wing headquartered at Little Rock AF Base in Arkansas. USAF awarded the order under the Contract Field Teams indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract […] More

  • KBR Subsidiary Gets USAF Weapon Systems Analysis, Engineering Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Subsidiary Gets USAF Weapon Systems Analysis, Engineering Support Order

    KBR‘s government services business has received a 54-month, $34.1 million task order to provide engineering and analysis support for U.S. Air Force weapons systems as part of the service branch’s cybersecurity and air traffic safety efforts. The company said Monday KBRwyle will support the engineering and communication network branch of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s engineering […] More

  • David Helsel: Lockheed's LRASM Completes Sixth Flight Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Helsel: Lockheed’s LRASM Completes Sixth Flight Mission

    Lockheed Martin launched a production-configuration of its precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile from a U.S. Air Force bomber aircraft during a recent test flight. The company said Monday its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile hit a maritime target and met test objectives following deployment from the 337th Test Squadron’s B-1B Bomber over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, California. David Helsel, LRASM […] More

  • Report: Raytheon, Rheinmetall Seek to Offer Germany Integrated Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon, Rheinmetall Seek to Offer Germany Integrated Air Defense System

    Raytheon and Rheinmetall have partnered to offer a suite of integrated air defense systems to Germany that could potentially rival Lockheed Martin‘s antimissile system offering for the German military, Defense News reported Friday. The partnership seeks to propose the Raytheon-built Patriot system in case Germany decides to explore other options for its Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem program, or TLVS. Rheinmetall […] More

  • Report: Unisys to Extend Australian DoD IT Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Unisys to Extend Australian DoD IT Support

    Unisys has received a $35.8 million contract extension for information technology support services at Australian defense department facilities and military installations, ARN reported Monday. The award extends a contractual arrangement between the company and the department’s chief information officer group through October 2019. Unisys has supported IT network security efforts, infrastructure, servers and desktops of Australian […] More

  • CAE to Build Qatar NH90 Helicopter Training System Under $115M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Build Qatar NH90 Helicopter Training System Under $115M Contract

    Leonardo has awarded CAE a potential $115 million subcontract to build a comprehensive NH90 helicopter training system for Qatar’s air force. CAE said Thursday it will build a facility with simulators and devices to train future Qatari pilots, aircrew and maintenance technicians of NH90 tactical transport and NH90 NATO frigate helicopters. The training center will feature CAE 3000 Series full-mission simulator […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Crew Module Engines for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Crew Module Engines for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has produced and delivered engines that Boeing will integrate into spacecraft the latter company is building under NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. Boeing will install MR-104J engines on the CST-100 Starliner crew module inside the  Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday. Each Starliner capsule is designed for reuse up […] More

  • Northrop to Help Modernize SSA IT Systems; Erik Buice Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Modernize SSA IT Systems; Erik Buice Comments

    Northrop Grumman will support information technology modernization and transformation activities at the Social Security Administration under a potential 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded in August 2017. The company said Thursday it seeks to help SSA update and engineer software, manage data and database and secure IT platforms through the IDIQ re-compete award. Northrop, CGI’s federal business and Leidos hold positions on […] More

  • USAF Undersecretary Matthew Donovan Visits Boeing's KC-46A Tanker Production Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Undersecretary Matthew Donovan Visits Boeing’s KC-46A Tanker Production Facility

    Matthew Donovan, undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, toured Boeing‘s KC-46A Pegasus production and modification facility in Everett, Washington, on Wednesday. Boeing designed the aircraft to help increase the Air Force tanker fleet’s capacities and operational performance, the military branch said Wednesday. “Air refueling is a no-fail mission,” Donovan said. He added that the company should accelerate […] More

  • KBR to Build, Maintain UK Combat Water Supply System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR to Build, Maintain UK Combat Water Supply System

    KBR has received a potential seven-year, $42 million contract from the U.K. ministry of defense to build a potable water supply system for the British military’s combat missions. The company said Wednesday it will design, manufacture, test and deliver the Combat Water Supply System and CWSS variants to the ministry. Work will also include maintenance, repair and operations […] More

  • Northrop to Engineer, Sustain Navy LCS Mission Modules - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Engineer, Sustain Navy LCS Mission Modules

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a one-year, $46.8 million contract modification to support mission modules of the service branch’s Littoral Combat Ships. Northrop will engineer, sustain and provide technical services for LCS mission modules through March 2019, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the modification exercises options under a previously awarded contract. The Naval […] More

  • ManTech Attains CMMI Level 4 Rating; Bonnie Cook Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Attains CMMI Level 4 Rating; Bonnie Cook Comments

    ManTech has received Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 4 for Development appraisal from a CMMI Institute partner organization for the company’s quantitative project management efforts. Cyber Solutions assessed ManTech’s work to analyze statistical data and predict key performance goals for two U.S. military projects, ManTech said Wednesday. The evaluation involved the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise Accelerator and Defense Medical information […] More