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  • UTC to Deliver Submarine Acoustic Windows to US Navy; Marc Duvall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Deliver Submarine Acoustic Windows to US Navy; Marc Duvall Comments

    United Technologies Corp.’s aerospace systems business unit has been awarded a five-year contract to supply high frequency acoustic windows for submarines to the U.S. Navy. UTC Aerospace Systems will make the delivery through 2020 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, UTC said Monday. The company’s engineered polymer products team will produce the systems at its facility in Jacksonville, Florida, […] More

  • Cubic Completes First Phase of UAS Air Range System; Bill Toti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Completes First Phase of UAS Air Range System; Bill Toti Comments

    Cubic’s global defense business has completed the initial phase of a manned/unmanned air range system for the U.S. Air Force. Cubic collaborated with the Wright State Research Institute and the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and execute the live, virtual and constructive unmanned aerial systems in an effort to establish a simulation environment for […] More

  • NASA Forms Alliance to Further Composite Materials Development Project; Jaiwon Shin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Forms Alliance to Further Composite Materials Development Project; Jaiwon Shin Comments

    NASA has teamed up with a number of organizations for its research and development program intended to help bolster future aircraft performance through the use of composite materials. NASA started the advanced composites project in an effort to reduce the amount of time spent on product development and certification by 30 percent for composites infused into aeronautics applications,” […] More

  • Research and Markets: SaaS Security Service Outpaces Traditional Network Security Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: SaaS Security Service Outpaces Traditional Network Security Software

    A new Research and Markets report has indicated that demand for software as a service has surpassed that for traditional network security software. The report traces the growing interest in SaaS-based network security services among enterprises to increasing cyber attacks and use of portable devices, Research and Markets said Friday. The market analyst also noted the companies’ […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary to Distribute AirRobot-Built UAS in US Market; Walt Werner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary to Distribute AirRobot-Built UAS in US Market; Walt Werner Comments

    Northrop Grumman subsidiary Remotec has agreed to resell German company AirRobot‘s line of small unmanned aerial systems to first responder and law enforcement clients in the U.S. Remotec will also combine its technology with AirRobot aerial systems to produce a new range of product offerings, Northrop said Tuesday. Walt Werner, director of Remotec, said the distribution arrangement with AirRobot US gives his company’s customers access to a […] More

  • Deloitte, Verizon to Integrate Cyber Offerings for Enterprise Clients; Mike Denning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, Verizon to Integrate Cyber Offerings for Enterprise Clients; Mike Denning Comments

    Deloitte and Verizon Enterprise Solutions have forged an alliance to combine their offerings in a move to help customers respond to cyber threats. The companies will integrate Verizon’s computer forensics, incident response and investigation services with Deloitte’s cyber risk advisory services under the partnership, Deloitte said Tuesday. “With our combined capabilities, we are preparing enterprises to […] More

  • HHS Taps BioCryst for Ebola Drug Experiments; Robin Robinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Taps BioCryst for Ebola Drug Experiments; Robin Robinson Comments

    BioCryst Pharmaceuticals will experiment on a new drug to treat the Ebola virus under a potential $35 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services. Studies on the experimental drug will occur over the next 18 months in collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority prior to large-scale production, HHS said Tuesday. […] More

  • Research and Markets: Cloud-Based Cybersecurity Service Adoption in Asia Pacific on the Rise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Cloud-Based Cybersecurity Service Adoption in Asia Pacific on the Rise

    New analysis from Research and Markets expects the cybersecurity market in Asia Pacific to achieve a 15.15 percent compound annual growth rate from 2014 through 2019 due to increased demand for cloud-based security services in the region. The report noted the surge in tablet and laptop use as a major market driver. “With the rising need to integrate networks with mobile […] More

  • Raytheon to Supply Ground Segments for Northrop-Built Global Hawk in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Supply Ground Segments for Northrop-Built Global Hawk in South Korea

    Raytheon will provide ground stations for Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems based in South Korea under a $45.7 million contract with Northrop Grumman. The work to supply one building-based and one mobile ground segment to support four of the Korean surveillance planes will occur in Dulles, Virginia through mid-2019, Raytheon said Monday. Todd Probert, vice president of mission support […] More

  • Kaman to Produce Rotor Blade Parts for Bell Helicopters; Tim Bates Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kaman to Produce Rotor Blade Parts for Bell Helicopters; Tim Bates Comments

    Kaman Corp. has been awarded a more than $25 million follow-on contract to build military rotor blade components for Bell Helicopter’s UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters. Kaman’s Aerosystems division will manufacture skin and skin-to-core components at the company’s Bloomfield, Connecticut-based facility under the five-year extension, Kaman said Thursday. Tim Bates, general manager of Kaman composite structures, […] More

  • Airbus Hands Training Helicopter to US Army; Allan McArtor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Hands Training Helicopter to US Army; Allan McArtor Comments

    Airbus Group has transported a version of the Lakota helicopter configured for training mission to the U.S. Army. Airbus Helicopters Inc. built and delivered the UH-72A Lakota helicopter and the Army plans to order an additional rotary wing training fleet of 187 Lakotas from the company, Airbus said Thursday. The planned order will consist of new […] More