General Dynamics to Supply 7 Intl Clients With Hydra Rockets Under $170M Army Contract Modification General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential $169.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce Hydra-70 unguided rocket systems for seven U.S. allies under the foreign military sales program…

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Northrop to Support Natl Chronic Disease Prevention System Under $53M CDC Contract The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $52.7 million recompete contract to Northrop Grumman to provide technical services for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion…

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ICF Lands Contract to Help Maintain SSA’s Automated Security Platform ICF International has received a potential five-year, $9.6 million contract to maintain a suite of web-based security applications for the Social Security Administration‘s Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness…

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UTC to Integrate Sensor Tech Into Air Force ISR System; Kevin Raftery Comments Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to United Technologies Corp. to integrate a sensor system with the U.S. Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection and processing infrastructure…

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DoD, Lockheed Eye F-35 Program Savings Through 2 Cost Reduction Strategies The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin have unveiled a pair of initiatives that aim to reduce the costs of producing and sustaining the F-35 Lightning II aircraft and weapon system. Lockheed, the primary F–35 contractor, and its principal industry partners BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman will invest an additional $170 million over the next two years in an effort to generate further savings in aircraft production costs under their Blueprint for Affordability deal with DoD, Lockheed said Monday…

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Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development Raytheon will collaborate with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop modular building blocks for the service branch’s Next Generation Radar program under a two-year, $1.1 million cooperative research agreement…

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US Navy Halts Transfer Maneuver for Fifth MUOS Satellite The U.S. Navy has temporarily halted the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite’s transfer maneuver to its test location on geosynchronous Earth orbit following discovery of an anomaly in the process…

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July 11 Market Close: GovCon Index, S&P 500 Close at All-Time Highs Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed above 81 points for the first time Monday as the S&P 500 composite index ended at a new record high as investors sought to carry Friday’s rally after the pre-market June jobs report then…

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