Bell Boeing to Build 4 Osprey Tiltrotors for Japan Under $545M Navy Contract Modification A joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Bell Helicopter has received a four-year, $544.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to manufacture and deliver four MV-22 Osprey multirole tiltrotor aircraft to Japan under the foreign military sales program…

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Lockheed Receives $242M Navy Contract Modification for F-35 Electronic Components Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a $241.8 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to procure diminishing manufacturing sources electronic parts for F-35 production facilities in the U…

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Navy Awards Boeing $100M Contract Modification to Support Australia P-8A Patrol Aircraft Production Boeing (NYSE:BA) has secured a $100.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead parts and support services for the production of four Lot 8 P-8A maritime patrol aircraft for Australia…

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NATO Taps MCR Global for Program Mgmt, Technical Support Contract; Paul Marston Comments MCR Global has received a potential four-year, $8.1 million contract to provide technical support and program management services to NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Transformation and Allied Command Operations…

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General Dynamics Subsidiary to Continue Virginia Payload Module Development The U.S. Navy has awarded a $18.9 million contract modification to a General Dynamics subsidiary for the development of the Virginia Payload Module. General Dynamics Electric Boat will allocate the funds for two VPM pre-production to support the production of the VPM payload tubes, General Dynamics said Tuesday…

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Dominion, Navy to Collaborate on Solar Facility Construction Project at NAS Oceana Dominion Virginia Power and the Department of the Navy plan to jointly establish a 21-megawatt direct current solar facility at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. The Navy said Tuesday Dominion will seek approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission for the project this summer and expects the facility to be fully constructed and operational by late 2017…

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Ball Aerospace Eyes New Maryland Office for Cyber Business Expansion Ball Aerospace and Technologies plans to open a new office in Columbia, Maryland  this summer as part of expansion initiatives after the company completed its acquisition of specialized engineering cyber services provider Wavefront Technologies…

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Virginia Contracting Activity Seeks Social Media Report Sources to Support Security Clearance Process The Virginia Contracting Activity has begun its search for potential industry sources that can provide social media reports for use in background investigations of security clearance holders and applicants…

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Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency Issues RFP for Annual FISMA Audit Services The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency has issued a request for proposals for a potential five-year contract to provide audit services in compliance with the annual reporting requirements of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act…

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Report: Ashton Carter to Support Presidential Veto of 2017 NDAA Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) in a letter he will recommend that President Barack Obama reject the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill in its current form due to reform and war funding provisions, Defense News reported Monday…

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July 19 Market Close: GovCon Index Flat, Lockheed Gains on 2Q Beat Despite F-35 & Profit Caution Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index scored a gain in choppy trade Tuesday on help from defense prime stocks such as Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), which posted second quarter earnings and sales above analyst expectations but issued some caution to analysts on future earnings and the F-35 program…

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