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A Huntington Ingalls Industries shipbuilding division is halfway done with the construction of the U.S. Navy‘s future John F. Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding business reached the milestone upon the installation of a 905-metric ton superlift unit on the Ford-class ship’s aft section located in the middle of the hangar bay and flight deck, the company said […] More

The U.S. Army seeks a contractor to help the service manage the operation of wideband satellite communications systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday stated the Army Contracting Command will solicit bids until Sept. 24 through a full and open competition and use a “best-value tradeoff” method to evaluate proposals. A selected vendor would provide personnel, equipment, […] More

Austal‘s U.S. subsidiary has delivered the USS Charleston littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy at a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery marks the third LCS shipment from Austal USA this year, the company said Friday. Charleston is the eighth ship of the Independence variant and 16th LCS slated to enter the Navy’s fleet. The […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps has adopted a low-risk approach to acquire a new amphibious combat vehicle by opting for commercially available technologies, the National Defense Magazine reported Friday. “The recognition of needing to go with something that was low risk — meaning relatively commercially available — so that you could get a new vehicle into the […] More

Janus Global Operations has helped Iraq’s security forces clear a main road near Baghdad of approximately 400 pounds of improvised explosive devices buried across six sites. The company said Friday it used an unmanned aerial vehicle to locate the sites and demining experts worked to neutralize the IEDs discovered within a 100-meter area of the main […] More

Lockheed Martin is reportedly offering to the U.S. Air Force a new version of the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft that would integrate some structural modifications and avionics from the F-35 jet, Defense One reported Thursday. A source told the publication the proposed F-22 variant would include the F-35 mission platform and “other advancements in the […] More

Anne Rung, director of government for Amazon Business, has said online marketplaces could help federal agencies comply with competition requirements and achieve spending transparency and competitive pricing in terms of government procurement. Rung wrote in a FedScoop article published Thursday that agencies seeking to meet their small business spending goals could benefit from such online platforms. “Online […] More

BAE Systems intends to compete for U.S. Army–National Guard program to build a joint all-terrain all-weather support vehicle that can function on the ground and across moderate bodies of water, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. The company looks to offer its BvS10 tracked carrier to replace the National Guard’s existing small unit support vehicle, which was […] More

CGI Federal has established an innovation center in Arlington, Va., in a move to help federal clients address challenges with the use of technology, Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. The facility, which is located at Marymount University’s Ballston Center, will host interactive workshops and showcase company-made information technology platforms through video walls, touch tables and […] More

The Education Department looks to procure information technology services to build a federal student aid processing and servicing platform through a contract vehicle managed by the National Institutes of Health‘s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center. A FedBizzOpps notice posted Monday says the department will seek an enterprise-wide digital and customer care technology for its NextGen Financial Services Environment […] More

Some defense industry leaders have identified hypersonic weapons as a potential growth driver for their companies as the Defense Department boosts its spending on hypersonic-related development programs, National Defense reported Wednesday. Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson said the company considers hypersonics as one of the “key providers of growth opportunities in the future” and that its […] More

NASA will host an industry day at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Dec. 6 to present technologies from the agency’s satellite servicing projects division. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the SSPD event, which is the third that NASA announced for this year, is part of its efforts to help private sector organizations commercialize […] More