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    Navy Seeks Industry Input on Future Guided-Missile Frigate

    The U.S. Navy has issued a request for information on existing designs of small surface combatant ships that can be modified to meet the service branch’s requirements for its future guided-missile frigates. The military branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday that it plans to award a contract in fiscal year 2020 to design […] More

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    ManTech Lands 5-Year Navy Fleet Support Contract

    ManTech International has received a five-year, $39 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Combat Direction Systems Activity to help maintain systems on U.S. Navy ships. The company said Friday it will deliver support to NSWCDD’s documentation management function and computer build and installation program under the contract. CDSA works to update and maintain systems on aircraft […] More

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    Northrop to Produce MK 48 Torpedo Components for Navy

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential $50.1 million contract to manufacture nose shell assemblies and transducer arrays for the U.S. Navy‘s MK 48 torpedo. The company said Thursday it will produce 45 torpedo components under the contract’s base term worth approximately $9.6 million. Northrop would build up to 180 additional components over five years if the […] More

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    Lockheed Starts CH-53K Flight Test Program Transition to Naval Air Station in Maryland

    Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the first cross-country flight of the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter from a Florida-based facility to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland as part of the flight test program. The CH-53K aircraft took off Friday from Sikorsky’s facility in Maryland and traveled approximately 810 miles for six hours to Patuxent River with […] More

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    Kratos to Produce Aerial Target Systems Under Navy Contract Modification

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a $34.6 million contract modification for the low-rate initial production of subsonic aerial target drone systems. Kratos said Wednesday the fiscal 2017 LRIP is the first annual production order for the BQM-177A drone system. The company also secured a $2.5 million contractor logistics support contract […] More

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    Sentar Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Security Engineering, Software Devt Support

    Sentar has secured a five-year, $9.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific for security engineering, software development and technical support services. SPAWARSYSCEN PAC awarded the order through the multiple-award Cyberspace Science, Research, Engineering and Technology Integration contract Sentar won a spot on in March, the company said Monday. Sentar will provide […] More

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    Navy, Australia Order Boeing F/A-18 Retrofit Kits

    Boeing has received a $48.9 million delivery order to provide retrofit kits for the F/A-18 Hornet jets of the U.S. Navy and Australia. The order will support an engineering change proposal under the combat aircraft’s trailing edge flap retrofit redesign program, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the full obligated amount at the time of award […] More

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    Metal Shark Lands $54M Navy Contract to Build Near Coastal Patrol Vessels

    Metal Shark has won a potential $54.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to construct near coastal patrol vessels in support of the U.S. Southern Command‘s partner nations and the foreign military sales program. The Defense Department said Wednesday Metal Shark will provide up to 13 NCPVs, electro-optical infrared sensors, diagnostic equipment, in-country reactivation, crew […] More

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    Lockheed Gets $61M Contract Modification for Navy Aegis Facility O&M Support

    Lockheed Martin has received a one-year, $61.3 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain development and test facilities for the Aegis combat system. The Defense Department said Monday the modification covers technical engineering, configuration management, associated equipment, quality assurance and information assurance services for the Combat Systems Engineering Development Site, SPY-1A Test Facility and the […] More

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    Oracle to Help Develop, Sustain Marine Logistics System

    Oracle has secured a six-month, $11.2 million task order to support the development of an integrated technology platform for the U.S. Marine Corps to manage the service branch’s logistics operation. The Defense Department said Monday the company will also provide sustainment and maintenance services for the Global Combat Support System – Marine Corps Logistics Chain Management. GCSS-MC/LCM is […] More

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    Lockheed to Supply Laser Guided Training Rounds, Metal Containers to Navy, Marine Corps

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $26.6 million contract to produce 8,973 laser guided training rounds and refurbish 3,411 government-furnished metal containers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Thursday the full obligated amount at the time of award is from the fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2017 procurement ammunition funds of both […] More

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    Tiag to Build Wellness & Performance Tracking Platform for Navy Sailors

    Reston, Virginia-based technology services provider tiag will design and build an expanded version of its performance tracking system for the U.S. Navy. The company said Tuesday it will evolve the Warrior Performance Platform into an interactive Human Performance Self-Service Kiosk in an effort to provide sailors access to wellness and nutrition information tailored to their individual fitness goals. The HPSSK will also work to integrate with various personal electronic devices and […] More