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  • Raytheon to demo mobile intell software under Army contract; Todd Probert comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to demo mobile intell software under Army contract; Todd Probert comments

    Raytheon has received a contract from the U.S. Army to demonstrate its software offering that works to help deployed warfighters gather and access data on the battlefield. FoXTEN is a mobile intelligence platform that can be loaded onto a commercial laptop and can run at low-transmission speeds, the company said Wednesday. “Our soldiers need real-time […] More

  • Boeing invests in UK-based hypersonic propulsion tech developer Reaction Engines via HorizonX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing invests in UK-based hypersonic propulsion tech developer Reaction Engines via HorizonX

    Boeing has invested in Reaction Engines through its ventures arm to assist the U.K.-based company in its efforts to develop a hypersonic propulsion technology. Reaction Engines has developed a heat exchanger that works to prevent overheating of engine components at high speeds as part of its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine technology program, Boeing said Wednesday. […] More

  • Mike Kahn: Orbital ATK supports readiness through expansion of missile production facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Kahn: Orbital ATK supports readiness through expansion of missile production facilities

    Orbital ATK has hired 1,000 additional employees and expanded several weapons facilities to increase production capacity as it expects a rise in the demand for munitions and missiles from the Defense Department in the next few years, Defense News reported Wednesday. “We have invested a decent number of millions, tens of millions, in a number of […] More

  • Polaris Alpha to expand offices, create 450 jobs in Colorado - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Polaris Alpha to expand offices, create 450 jobs in Colorado

    Polaris Alpha has announced plans to expand its offices in Colorado in a move that will generate 450 jobs in the state over the next eight years. The company said Wednesday it will establish a 20,000-square-foot facility in the Metro Denver area and hire 150 employees under the expansion plan’s initial phase. Polaris Alpha will […] More

  • GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine

    General Electric’s marine solutions business has completed a weight and noise attenuation testing between a carbon fiber-based gas turbine enclosure and steel module. GE said Monday test results showed that the lightweight composite-based module for the LM2500 marine gas turbine reduced noise by 60 percent and weight by approximately 2,500 kilograms compared with the steel enclosure. […] More

  • TAPE gets ISO/IEC IT security certification; Michael Kelliher comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TAPE gets ISO/IEC IT security certification; Michael Kelliher comments

    Technical and Project Engineering has received a certification from the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission for cybersecurity practices. TAPE said Tuesday the ISO/IEC 27013:2015 certification seeks to demonstrate the company’s efforts to implement an integrated data security and information technology service management system in support of government clients. Michael Kelliher, vice president […] More

  • CACI to Support Army's Commercial Based Technology Analysis program; DeEtte Gray comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Support Army’s Commercial Based Technology Analysis program; DeEtte Gray comments

    CACI International has received a potential one-year, $41.5 million task order to provide engineering services for a U.S. Army program that seeks to facilitate the analysis of commercial-based technologies in support of mission requirements worldwide. “Our partnership with the U.S. Army’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate in support of its critical Commercial Based Technology Analysis […] More

  • Lockheed-Cobham team to compete for Navy’s low-band jamming pod replacement program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Cobham team to compete for Navy’s low-band jamming pod replacement program

    Lockheed Martin and Cobham have teamed up to compete for a U.S. Navy program that seeks to replace the ALQ-99 tactical jamming pod system onboard the service’s Boeing-built EA-18 Growler electronic warfare aircraft. The Next Generation Jammer Low Band program aims to develop a system that will work to build up the Growler’s electronic attack capabilities […] More

  • Iridium eyes May 19 launch for 6th 'NEXT' satellite batch, rideshare mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium eyes May 19 launch for 6th ‘NEXT’ satellite batch, rideshare mission

    Iridium Communications plans to launch on May 19 the Iridium-6 rideshare mission aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Falcon 9 will send into orbit five Iridium NEXT satellites and two satellites as part of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On mission of NASA and GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Iridium said Monday. […] More

  • Report: Lockheed names 3 industry partners for Navy’s MQ-25 tanker drone program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed names 3 industry partners for Navy’s MQ-25 tanker drone program

    Lockheed Martin has announced three industry partners for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial tanker drone program, Defense News reported Monday. Lockheed officials announced Monday that General Electric and United Technologies Corp. will respectively supply the F404 turbofan engine and the F-35C landing gear, while Triumph Aerostructures will produce the drone’s internal structure. Lockheed’s Skunk […] More

  • L3 showcases undersea military drone at Navy League expo; Christopher Kubasik comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 showcases undersea military drone at Navy League expo; Christopher Kubasik comments

    L3 Technologies has unveiled an autonomous undersea vehicle at the Navy League’s three-day Sea-Air-Space Exposition that commenced Monday at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Iver Precision Workhorse is an undersea drone developed by L3’s OceanServer business in Fall River, Massachusetts, and works to support clients’ anti-submarine warfare, multidomain intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, mine and seabed warfare missions, […] More