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    Sparton-Ultra Electronics JV to Produce Sonobuoys for Navy Qualification, Test

    A Sparton–Ultra Electronics Holdings joint venture has received a potential three-year, $9.7 million delivery order to design representative sonobuoys for qualification and testing by the U.S. Navy. ERAPSCO will also support engineering and development of underwater active multiple ping sonobuoys under the order, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Naval Air Systems Command will obligate $1.8 […] More

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    Navy Seeks Info on Potential Small Business Sources of Engineering & Support Services

    The U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command wants information on small businesses that can provide engineering and support services for the service branch’s future tactical afloat network. SPAWAR said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice that the required engineering services under the Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services program includes research into technology updates, configuration management, preparations […] More

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    Air Force May Hand Over Some Predator UAVs to Navy

    The U.S. Navy may take on some of the U.S. Air Force’s General Atomics-built MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles as the latter prepares to transition to the MQ-9 Reaper drone by the end of 2018, The War Zone reported Monday. “There are a number of possibilities as to where they could go, including Air Force museums,” […] More

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    Report: General Dynamics Electric Boat to Hire Over 2K Employees in 2018

    A General Dynamics subsidiary plans to employ an additional 2,200 workers in 2018 to support submarine engineering, design, operations and fabrication work in Groton, Connecticut, and Quonset Point, Rhode Island, The Day reported Monday. Jeffrey Geiger, president of General Dynamics Electric Boat, told state and local officials in Groton Monday that the company hired at […] More

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    BAE to Update US Naval Gun Systems; Joseph Senftle Comments

    BAE Systems has received a $46.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to update the service branch’s current naval gun systems. The company said Monday it will deliver four additional Mk 45 Naval Guns with the Mod 4 configuration designed to increase the weapon’s firepower and range capacity. “Mod 4 updates make the system easier to […] More

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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Contract Modification for Navy Subs’ Large Vertical Array Fixtures

    A subsidiary of General Dynamics has received a modification worth $11.4 million on a previously awarded contract for the supply of large vertical array fixtures for two U.S. Navy submarine classes. The modification exercises the first option year of General Dynamics Electric Boat‘s production of LVA fixtures for Ohio-class and Virginia-class ship sets, the Defense Department said […] More

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    DigitaliBiz to Engineer, Support NSF Polar Systems

    DigitaliBiz has won a potential 66-month, $48.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide systems engineering and operational support services to the National Science Foundation‘s Division of Polar programs. The Defense Department said Friday the company will help NSF implement systems designed to manage airspace, quality operational meteorology, aviation ground and information systems. The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems […] More

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    Lockheed to Transfer F-35 Reprogramming Lab System to Eglin AF Base

    Lockheed Martin has received a $7.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy  to transfer an F-35 aircraft reprogramming laboratory system to a U.S. Air Force base in Florida. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company’s aeronautics business will transition the F-35 Australia, Canada, U.K. Reprogramming Laboratory system from a Lockheed facility in Fort Worth, Texas to Eglin Air Force […] More

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    FedBid to Continue Procurement Marketplace Services for U.S. Navy

    Compusearch Software Systems‘ FedBid subsidiary has secured a potential five-year contract to provide the U.S. Navy access to an online technology platform for buying multiple commodity goods and services. FedBid said Tuesday the service branch will continue to use the company’s commercial e-commerce portal that is designed to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense FAR Supplement. The […] More

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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Ray Spicer, Director of Defense and Intelligence for IBM U.S. Federal

    Artificial intelligence has seen a massive uptake in the past decade, as major tech companies and up-and-coming start-ups plant their roots in AI-related disciplines like machine learning, natural language processing, image recognition and neural networks. As of 2018, the seeds of innovation are blossoming as human interest in the nonhuman continues to grow. There is […] More

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    Vigor Industrial Subsidiary to Help Repair USS Kidd Destroyer Ship

    A Vigor Industrial subsidiary has received a $19.6 million contract to support repair and alteration work on a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer. Vigor Marine will support scheduled, selected restricted availability activities for the USS Kidd (DDG 100) as part of the service branch’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship repair program, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Contract work will occur in Everett, Washington, […] More

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    Report: Raytheon Eyes Sale of Tomahawk Missiles to Foreign Customers

    Raytheon is considering the foreign military sale of its Tomahawk cruise missiles beyond the U.K., Seapower Magazine reported Wednesday. Christian Sprinkle, Raytheon’s senior program director for Tomahawk, said that the company wants to keep its missile production activities going to be well-positioned to compete for the U.S. Navy‘s Next-Generation Land-Attack Weapon program in 2030. Sprinkle added that Raytheon […] More