Vectrus Says Army to Re-Open Bids for Kuwait Logistics Contract, Narrows Earnings Guidance With Revenue Outlook Lift GovCon Index-listed Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) said Tuesday the U.S. Army will seek revised proposals for a recompeted logistics contract the company originally was not selected for in late September as the program’s current iteration represents the largest the contractor’s portfolio…

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Pratt & Whitney Awarded $168M Contract for Lot 11 F-35 Propulsion System Components United Technologies Corp.‘s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received a $167.5 million contract to fund long-lead engine materials needed for the low-rate initial production of lot 11 F-35s…

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GovCon Vet Paul Rempfer Named STG Business Devt SVP; Phil Lacombe Comments Paul Rempfer, formerly a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has joined Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor STG Group as senior vice president of business development…

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DSCA’s Joseph Rixey: US Foreign Military Sales Reached $34B in FY 2016 The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has announced that the U.S. recorded $33.6 billion in total foreign military sales for fiscal year 2016. DSCA said Tuesday the figure consists of $25.7 billion in deals funded by partner countries; $5 billion in building partner capacity transactions; and $2…

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JF Taylor Wins $75M Navy Contract to Support NAWCAD Battlespace Modeling, Integrated Combat Divisions J.F. Taylor has won a potential $75.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the integrated combat environment and battlespace modeling and simulation units of the the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division…

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Leidos to Build, Implement Army’s Common Driver Trainer Systems Leidos has received a potential $10 million prime contract to develop and deploy 14 common driver trainer systems for the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation…

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Navy to Release Undersea Warfare Combat System Production RFP in December The U.S. Navy has issued a draft statement of work on the production of a surface ship undersea warfare combat system and the service branch plans to seek proposals next month. The Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday that the USW combat system program will involve Advanced Capability Build software integration and Technical Insertion hardware development, integration and production…

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Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract Allied Associates International has secured a $23.4 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on the technical, engineering, advisory and management aspects of MDA’s international affairs and foreign military sales…

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DARPA Taps Northrop for RF Signal Processing Tech Development Contract Northrop Grumman has received a potential $7.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop new technology platforms for a program that seeks to facilitate radio and radar communications in contested radiofrequency environments…

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Micro Craft CEO Kenneth Sullivan to Chair NDIA Manufacturing Division The National Defense Industrial Association has named Kenneth Sullivan, president and CEO of Micro Craft, as chairman of NDIA’s manufacturing division. He previously served as vice chairman of the same division and chaired the association’s  supply chain network committee, NDIA said Monday…

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November 8 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Move Green on Election Day Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index traded higher in conjunction with advances by U.S. stocks Tuesday as citizens cast their votes and investors looked for clues on the election’s final result…

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