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  • BAE Extends Agreement to Provide International Business Opportunities for Australian Companies
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    BAE Extends Agreement to Provide International Business Opportunities for Australian Companies

    Australia’s defense ministry has renewed a supply chain agreement with BAE Systems to continue to give Australian companies access to commercial and defense opportunities within BAE’s international business. The British defense contractor said Monday its Global Access Program has helped Australian firms secure export deals for products such as military vehicle restraint systems, ship evacuation equipment, precision components […] More

  • Raytheon Orders Anaren Beamforming Assemblies for Navy Air & Missile Defense Radar
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    Raytheon Orders Anaren Beamforming Assemblies for Navy Air & Missile Defense Radar

    Anaren has received a potential $97 million order from Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business unit to provide radio frequency beamforming assemblies needed for the production of the U.S. Navy‘s new air and missile defense radar. Anaren said Tuesday it obtained $31.5 million in initial contract funds to support the low rate initial production of the AN/SPY-6(V) AMDRs. The radar is designed […] More

  • MDA Demos Boeing-Built Ground Midcourse Defense System Against ICBM Target
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    MDA Demos Boeing-Built Ground Midcourse Defense System Against ICBM Target

    The Missile Defense Agency performed Tuesday a live-fire test of the Boeing-built Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system element of the U.S. ballistic missile defense platform. During the test, the GMD system helped guide a ground-based interceptor that launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to zero in on an intercontinental ballistic missile target that lifted off from […] More

  • Sikorsky Wraps Up Combat Rescue Helicopter Critical Design Review
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    Sikorsky Wraps Up Combat Rescue Helicopter Critical Design Review

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed a critical design review for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program that aims to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR’s conclusion will move the HH-60W helicopter toward the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Tuesday. A joint team of experts from Sikorsky and the Air Force’s helicopter program developed and evaluated […] More

  • DFAS Taps Grant Thornton, Cotton & Co. for Military Command Audit Services
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    DFAS Taps Grant Thornton, Cotton & Co. for Military Command Audit Services

    The Defense Finance Accounting Service has awarded a $29.2 million contract to Grant Thornton and a $24.6 million contract to Cotton & Co. to respectively provide general fund and working capital fund audit services to the U.S. Special Operations Command and the U.S. Transportation Command. Each labor-hour contract has 19 base months and three one-year options, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DFAS […] More

  • Orbital ATK Gets $90M Contract to Supply Northrop Bomber Aircraft Components
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    Orbital ATK Gets $90M Contract to Supply Northrop Bomber Aircraft Components

    Northrop Grumman has awarded Orbital ATK a potential five-year, $90 million contract to manufacture aircraft composite parts in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s B-2 Spirit aircraft modernization effort. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce 17 hot trailing edge structures and provide non-recurring engineering services for B-2 bombers. The contract has an option for follow-on orders. Steve Earl, vice president and general manager of […] More

  • Doug Kitani: IAP to Support Military Customers Under Potential $37B Army IDIQ
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    Doug Kitani: IAP to Support Military Customers Under Potential $37B Army IDIQ

    IAP Worldwide Services will provide a range of customized technology platforms and services to the Defense Department under a potential U.S. Army contract vehicle worth up to 37.4 billion over 10 years. The company said Friday it aims to support military customers in the engineering; logistics; research, development, test and evaluation; education and training; and command, control, communications, computers, […] More

  • GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons
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    GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons

    The GEO Group has secured two potential 10-year contracts from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to continue to house criminal aliens at company-owned facilities. GEO said Friday the contracts were awarded through the Criminal Alien Requirement 16 procurement vehicle and are expected to generate $664 million in combined revenues throughout the full 10-year periods. The company will provide […] More

  • Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agencies Can Advance IT Modernization Through ‘Agile’ Acquisition Methods
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    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agencies Can Advance IT Modernization Through ‘Agile’ Acquisition Methods

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said federal agencies should establish agile acquisition approaches and boost commitment to IT workforce training and acquisition initiatives as they seek to update their information technology systems and make changes to the acquisition process. Puvvada wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Thursday that agencies should should facilitate […] More

  • General Atomics RPA Hits 48-Hour Continuous Flight Milestone
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    General Atomics RPA Hits 48-Hour Continuous Flight Milestone

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has flown a “certifiable” variant of the company-built Predator B remotely piloted aircraft for 48.2 hours non-stop, breaking a company record for the longest endurance flight of any Predator-series platform. The MQ-9B SkyGuardian set off on May 16 from Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona with 6,065 pounds of internal fuel then flew between 25,000 and 35,000 feet […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Trident II D5 Missile Production for Navy
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    Lockheed to Continue Trident II D5 Missile Production for Navy

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has secured a $43.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce Trident II D5 submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles and carry out support for deployed D5 systems. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Washington, Utah and Virginia through Sept. 30, 2017. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs will obligate […] More