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Astronics has received a 24-month, $5 million contract to supply night-vision lighting systems for the F-16 jets of an unnamed country through the U.S. foreign military sales program. The contract calls for Astronics to design and develop a complete lighting system that will work to help pilots fly F-16s with night-vision goggles, the company said Wednesday. Astronics added the system will incorporate exterior and […] More

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has said he believes the passage of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act would help pave the way for ULA to further develop the Vulcan rocket, Via Satellite reported Thursday. Caleb Henry writes House and Senate lawmakers work to reconcile through a conference the two versions […] More

An Onvia study has revealed nationwide state, local and educational procurements including bids and requests-for-proposals has declined by 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2016 from Q2 of 2015. Onvia said Thursday its “State & Local Procurement Snapshot for Q2 2016” report showed the year’s first half showed an 0.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2015. “Onvia […] More

The U.S. Army plans to issue a solicitation for the research and development of eye protection technology for military personnel. A pre-solicitation notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the Army Contracting Command is scheduled to issue a formal request for bids on the Next Generation Eye Protection project by Aug. 3 and could award multiple firm-fixed-price contracts with a 12-month period […] More

ProSol Associates has won a potential five-year, $23 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide curriculum services for the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Communication Electronics School. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers course instruction for approximately 57 information technology software programs, certification testing conducted by test administrators and curricula development and management. Work will occur at […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded a $21 million contract modification to Northrop Grumman to build an enterprise resource planning system for the service branch to manage tactical logistics and financial management functions. The Defense Department said Thursday Northrop will develop, sustain, field and maintain the Global Support System-Army. Army Contracting Command will obligate $1.4 million from fiscal 2014 to […] More

Draken International has deployed six A-4 Skyhawks with 28 pilots and maintainers from Nellis Air Force Base in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Education and Training Command’s exercises. The company said Wednesday it flew 36 sorties for the Air Force’s F-16 requalification training at the Luke Air Force Base and AETC’s F-35 coalition instructor pilot training to deliver Red […] More

Michael Fallon, U.K. defense minister, has said the U.K. has called on the U.S. Defense Department to finalize and approve the former country’s request to procure 138 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft under two contracts worth approximately $15 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Anthony Capaccio writes the contracts include the potential sale of nine Lockheed’s F-35B short-takeoff […] More

The General Services Administration seeks proposals on a Des Moines, Iowa-based site where a new U.S. courthouse could be built to replace a courthouse in downtown Des Moines and a leased courthouse annex. GSA said Wednesday the $136.6 million it plans to allocate for the new facility will go to the acquisition, design and construction of the new facility, which will house nine […] More

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s applied research organization has secured a five-year, $35 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide offsite technical support for the foreign materiel division of the National Ground Intelligence Center. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. will analyze and exploit foreign military hardware in an effort to help the NGIC’s foreign materiel division access intelligence and […] More

CH2M has received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Federal Highway Administration to provide architect-engineer services to the federal lands highway program. The award represents the company’s sixth general engineering IDIQ contract and complements the 300 previous task orders CH2M performed in rural areas such as the Lake Tahoe Program of Projects in California and Nevada, the […] More

The U.S. Air Force has released a sources sought notice to gather information from potential vendors that can offer technical support, system analysis, design, development, operations and maintenance services for the military branch’s Acquisition App Store program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday stated the AAS program aims to provide a service-oriented architecture platform for the contracting community to build, discover and execute acquisition processes and applications. […] More