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  • Sparton-Ultra Electronics JV Secures $65M Subcontracts to Develop Sonobuoys for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sparton-Ultra Electronics JV Secures $65M Subcontracts to Develop Sonobuoys for Navy

    A joint venture of Sparton and Ultra Electronics Holdings has received $64.6M in subcontracts to develop sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy. ERAPSCO will conduct the work in Columbia, Ind. and DeLeon Springs, Fla. through April 2020, Sparton said Monday. The JV will provide subcontracts worth $30.3M to Ultra Electronics and $34.3M to Sparton. “This contract underscores the increased focus […] More

  • Report: Army to Equip General Atomics-Built UAS With Electronic Warfare Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army to Equip General Atomics-Built UAS With Electronic Warfare Tech

    Maj. Gen. John Morrison, commander of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, has announced that the U.S. Army will launch a drone-mounted electronic warfare technology in 2019, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. The service has started developing prototypes of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare Air capability for installation on General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. MFEW includes […] More

  • DoD's Strategic Capabilities Office, Navy Demonstrate Raytheon Aerial Decoy; Matthew O’Connell Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Strategic Capabilities Office, Navy Demonstrate Raytheon Aerial Decoy; Matthew O’Connell Quoted

    The Strategic Capabilities Office and Naval Air Warfare Center Point Mugu have performed two free flight demonstrations of the new variant of a Raytheon-made aerial decoy. The Defense Department said Thursday the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-X platform integrates features from the MALD-Jammer system, as well as helps the U.S. Navy integrate advanced electronic warfare payloads […] More

  • Jim Scanlon: SAIC Eyes Orlando, Fla. Presence With Navy Training Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Scanlon: SAIC Eyes Orlando, Fla. Presence With Navy Training Contract

    Science Applications International Corp. has landed a spot on a potential $980M contract to provide support services to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division. SAIC said Thursday it will compete with 21 other contractors for task orders to design, develop, analyze, integrate, modify and deliver training platforms through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Jim […] More

  • AECOM Secures Spot on Potential $28B DoD R&D Contract; John Vollmer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Secures Spot on Potential $28B DoD R&D Contract; John Vollmer Quoted

    AECOM has secured a position on a potential nine-year, $28B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Department for technology research and development services. The company said Thursday it will vie for task orders worth over $15M under the unrestricted and open Pool 1 of the Defense Technical Information Center’s Information Analysis Center Multi-Award Contract. DoD awarded […] More

  • Viasat Gets NSA OK for Handheld Link 16 Radio Tech; Ken Peterman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Gets NSA OK for Handheld Link 16 Radio Tech; Ken Peterman Quoted

    The National Security Agency has approved Viasat‘s handheld Link 16 radio technology for deployment to military customers from the “Five Eyes” alliance composed of U.S, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and U.K. ViaSat said Wednesday it designed the Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System-Dismounted device to help air and ground forces communicate with one another and increase their situational awareness. Ken Peterman, president of […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Initiates Boundary Layer Transition Experiment for Hypersonic Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Initiates Boundary Layer Transition Experiment for Hypersonic Vehicles

    A team of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory researchers has launched a three-year experiment that aims to determine the state of the thin layer of air near the surface of hypersonic vehicles. APL said Wednesday the Boundary Layer Transition effort seeks to help developers identify materials to produce hypersonic aircraft and missiles, as well […] More

  • Kratos Completes Second Phase of Air Force Enterprise Ground Services Study - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Completes Second Phase of Air Force Enterprise Ground Services Study

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed the second phase of a nearly three-year, four-phase study that aimed to migrate a military satellite communications ground system to the U.S. Air Force’s Enterprise Ground Services architecture. The company said Wednesday it offered its EPOCH telemetry and command server and TAO-DSI platform, among other things, to automate […] More

  • Lockheed-Made InSight Spacecraft Passes Halfway Mark in Journey Towards Mars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Made InSight Spacecraft Passes Halfway Mark in Journey Towards Mars

    A Lockheed Martin-made spacecraft designed to study Mars’ deep interior has traveled halfway towards the red planet. NASA said Tuesday the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodsey and Heat Transport or InSight spacecraft covered 172M miles since it was launched in May aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. […] More