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  • Boeing Lands Australian C-17 Fleet Sustainment Contract
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    Boeing Lands Australian C-17 Fleet Sustainment Contract

    Boeing has received a potential $53.4 million contract from Australia’s capability acquisition and sustainment group to provide sustainment services for the Australian air force’s fleet of C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft. The contract has a base term of five years and covers service management, integration, engineering and maintenance support for eight C-17As based at the Royal Australian […] More

  • Report: SpaceX Eyes New Rocket Refurbishment & Storage Facility in Florida
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    Report: SpaceX Eyes New Rocket Refurbishment & Storage Facility in Florida

    SpaceX plans to build a new facility in Florida to accommodate the refurbishment and storage of the company’s reusable rocket boosters, Reuters reported Tuesday. Documents submitted to authorities outline SpaceX’s proposal to establish a 67,222-square-foot hangar near its Cape Canaveral-based launch sites to prepare used Falcon rocket boosters for relaunch. The rocket manufacturer would construct the hangar […] More

  • MicroAutomation-Unify Team to Help Update 9-1-1 System at Tinker Air Force Base
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    MicroAutomation-Unify Team to Help Update 9-1-1 System at Tinker Air Force Base

    MicroAutomation and Unify have partnered to implement an updated 9-1-1 system for emergency communications at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command re-certified MicroAutomation’s CallCenter Millennium platform to operate with Unify’s OpenScape Voice product, Unify said Tuesday. Following the JITC certification, Unify received a contract to update Tinker […] More

  • Boeing, Georgia Tech Open Manufacturing Dev’t Center
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    Boeing, Georgia Tech Open Manufacturing Dev’t Center

    Boeing and the Georgia Institute of Technology have opened a development research facility as part of efforts to help address technical challenges related to manufacturing. The Boeing Manufacturing Development Center located at Georgia Tech’s Delta Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility is built to encourage collaboration between researchers and engineering students on the implementation of industrial automation […] More

  • Air Force Selects Tempus for Flight Operations Support, Technical Services
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    Air Force Selects Tempus for Flight Operations Support, Technical Services

    Tempus Applied Solutions has received a $1.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide flight operations support and technical services for aviation systems managed by the military branch’s weapons development and integration directorate. The company said Tuesday that it will integrate the Air Force’s High-Altitude LIDAR Atmospheric Sensing platform onto a Tempus-owned Gulfstream IV […] More

  • SAIC Wins Spot on Maryland’s $2.5B Agency IT Services Contract; Bob Genter Comments
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    SAIC Wins Spot on Maryland’s $2.5B Agency IT Services Contract; Bob Genter Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has secured a prime position on a potential $2.5 billion contract for information technology support services to government agencies across the state of Maryland. Bob Genter, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC’s federal civilian customer group, said in a statement released Tuesday the company aims to introduce advanced IT platforms […] More

  • Orbital ATK Uses 30mm, 40mm Ammo to Demo MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun
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    Orbital ATK Uses 30mm, 40mm Ammo to Demo MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun

    Orbital ATK carried out a live-fire demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun at the firm’s Bushmaster User Conference held at Big Sandy Range in Arizona. The weapon system mounted on a General Dynamics-built light armored vehicle and Kongsberg-made protector turret fired 30mm and 40mm rounds against steel panel, adobe and concrete block targets during the […] More

  • HII Lands Navy Contract Modification for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Flight III Updates
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    HII Lands Navy Contract Modification for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Flight III Updates

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a contract modification from the U.S. Navy to install Flight III baseline updates aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125). The modification covers the installation of the SPY-6 air and missile defense radar system as well as electrical power and cooling upgrades to the ship under the DDG […] More

  • InfoZen Expands Maryland HQ to Support Agile Devt, DevOps Services Delivery
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    InfoZen Expands Maryland HQ to Support Agile Devt, DevOps Services Delivery

    InfoZen has opened a new 31,000-square-foot facility in Bethesda, Maryland, to support the delivery of DevOps and agile development support services to federal agencies. The $2 million facility is part of the expansion of the company’s corporate headquarters in Bethesda and will house a new training space and at least 250 employees that specialize in […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Segment Gets NAVSEA Engineering Support Task Order
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    Huntington Ingalls Segment Gets NAVSEA Engineering Support Task Order

    A business segment of Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a potential five-year, $40 million task order from the Naval Sea Systems Command for engineering support services to NAVSEA’s Combat Direction Systems Activity-Dam Neck in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The company said Monday its technical solutions business will provide global readiness and training engineering services intended to help the […] More

  • DLA Preps Network Infrastructure Upgrade RFP
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    DLA Preps Network Infrastructure Upgrade RFP

    The Defense Logistics Agency plans to issue a request for proposals on a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for network modernization support services by July 12. DLA will launch the small business set-aside procurement effort to identify contractors that can help the agency modify and update its telecommunications and network infrastructure, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. The contract will […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit Wins Denmark Armored Patrol Vehicle Supply Contract
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    General Dynamics Unit Wins Denmark Armored Patrol Vehicle Supply Contract

    Denmark’s defense acquisition and logistic organization has awarded General Dynamics‘ European Land Systems business a contract to supply armored patrol vehicles to the Danish army. GDELS will deliver an initial batch of 36 EAGLE 4×4 vehicles in 2018 in support of Denmark’s APV program, General Dynamics said Monday. The contract includes options for the company to provide electronic […] More