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Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush has said the company has not reached a decision on whether to submit a proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s $16 billion T-X trainer aircraft program, Defense News reported Thursday. Bush said at a quarterly earnings call Thursday that Northrop is still evaluating the request for proposals and that it is more interested to […] More
A U.S. Navy official has said the service branch plans to issue this month a request for proposals for a program that seeks to develop a network of large underwater unmanned systems designed to function as communication tools, Defense News reported Tuesday. Valerie Insinna writes Capt. Jon Rucker said at a briefing at the Surface Navy […] More
The U.S. Army has started work to find a company to build a 100-foot-long landing craft for the Abrams main battle tank as the military branch seeks to retire a predecessor 74-foot landing ship, Defense News reported Wednesday. Christopher Cavas writes the Army has released a request for proposals for a new light maneuver support vessel […] More
The U.S. Air Force has asked Boeing to submit a proposal on the engineering and manufacturing development phase for the service branch’s Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program. The military branch said Monday it issued the request for proposal for the PAR program’s EMD phase after it received authorization from Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology […] More
Xerox will provide operational and managed business platforms and services to government agencies and educational institutions under a contract awarded through cooperative purchasing organization National IPA/TCPN. The Region 4 Education Service Center awarded the national cooperative contract to Xerox’s public sector solutions business after a competitive solicitation process, the company said Monday. The contract covers customer service, […] More
NASA has detailed its plans to seek industry feedback for a future contract to support mission systems operations at the space agency’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. The center is looking for sources to provide services for mission control center systems, training systems, space vehicle mockup facility and flight operations directorate mission systems environments, according to a presolicitation notice issued […] More
CSG Government Solutions has secured a contract to help Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare develop a request for proposal for the state’s Healthcare Analytics System. The department plans to deploy the Healthcare Analytics System in an effort to improve interconnectivity, analytics and information sharing between hospitals, healthcare insurance firms and private medical providers, CGS said […] More
A General Dynamics business unit has received a multi-year contract from Smith & Wesson to manufacture hammer-forged gun barrels for integration with the latter’s M&P pistol. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems will produce the gun barrels for the pistol that Smith & Wesson proposed to the U.S. Army in order to compete for the […] More
The Energy Department has issued the first request for proposals on the office of technology transition’s Technology Commercialization Fund, which seeks to support the transfer of energy-related technologies to the commercial market. DOE said Friday the $20 million funding opportunity aims to facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed as part of federally funded research projects at the 17 […] More
Boeing has partnered with the Port of Seattle and Alaska Airlines to conduct a $250,000 feasibility study on an infrastructure that will work to facilitate the use of aviation biofuel by all airlines at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Port of Seattle will oversee the study as well as engineering and integration operations for the […] More
GCC Innovative Technologies has launched a web-based platform intended to help companies view and explore contracting opportunities in the public sector. The company said Tuesday that ProDash works to automatically review solicitations from electronic commerce platforms such as FedBizOpps, GovWin and SeaPort-e and match government projects with the interest of contractors. The business development software is also designed to […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to award a potential five-year contract to provide information technology research and consulting support services for the U.S. Transportation Command’s command, control, communications and cyber systems directorate. DISA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Monday potential contractors will work to provide such services in order to help Transcom’s directorate acquire, […] More
