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Lockheed Martin has built and delivered 91 F-35 fighter jets to military customers this year, up 40 percent from 2017 deliveries and a 100 percent increase over 2016 production levels. The U.S. Marine Corps received the 91st aircraft, an F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant, at a USMC air station in Beaufort, S.C., the company said Thursday. Greg Ulmer, vice president and […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has chosen Burwood Group to redesign the voice communications system within Orange County, Calif., as part of an SAIC-led team that won a $77M information technology services contract. Burwood said Wednesday it will help design, implement and manage the county’s future IT and voice infrastructure. SAIC was awarded the potential five-year, firm-fixed-price contract last month […] More

Ron Hutter and Mike Sousa of General Electric told Defense News in an interview published Thursday about the company’s proposed technology for the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program. ITEP seeks to build a new engine for integration with the service branch’s existing helicopters and aircraft under the Future Vertical Lift program. Hutter, executive director […] More

The Department of Homeland Security plans to use a set of existing procurement vehicles for information technology services to replace the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions II contract, Nextgov reported Thursday. Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at DHS, announced Monday that agencies within the department will start using six governmentwide acquisition contracts as early as […] More

The U.S. Army plans to award SOS International a sole-source contract to provide base life support and security services at a military installation in Taji, Iraq. SOSi will provide the “noncommercial” services in support of a U.S.-led joint task force that aims to prevent the Islamic State militant group from destabilizing Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, Army Contracting […] More

Advanced Concepts & Technologies International‘s business operations unit has received a level 3 Capability Maturity Model Integration rating for services. ACTI I said Tuesday said Acme Process Group conducted the CMMI appraisal process, which uses an industry benchmark to measure organizational performance and capability. “We are extremely proud to receive this third-party validation for our work and processes, […] More

The General Services Administration has released a draft solicitation for the latest iteration of its GSA Leasing Support Services contract. The GLS Plus contract will include additional support services to help federal agencies build up their capability to implement leasing projects, GSA said Wednesday. “GLS Plus is designed to improve GSA’s ability to efficiently and effectively replace […] More

Lockheed Martin has shipped an initial batch of long range anti-ship missiles to the U.S. Air Force after completing integration, flight test, simulation and modeling requirements. The company said Tuesday its LRASM system reached an early operational capability status on the military service’s B-1B bomber aircraft ahead of schedule. The missile is built to detect and counter target ships in […] More

KLX Aerospace Solutions will rename itself “Boeing Distribution Services” in a move slated to take effect Feb. 4. The name change notice, published Tuesday, came two months after Boeing completed its purchase of the Florida-based aviation parts and services provider for $3.2B cash. The Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer said the deal was part of its push to expand offerings […] More

Lockheed Martin and Universal Synaptics have partnered to leverage an automated testing platform in efforts to help the Department of Defense address intermittence in electronics used on military aircraft, ground vehicles and ships. Both companies agreed to utilize Universal Synaptic’s Intermittent Fault Detection tool to identify fault anomalies in multidomain platform electronics and wiring harnesses, Lockheed said […] More