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  • Roboteam Starts Production of Unmanned Logistics Carriers for US, Israeli Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roboteam Starts Production of Unmanned Logistics Carriers for US, Israeli Govt Customers

    Roboteam has begun full-rate production and initial delivery of 40 unmanned logistics carriers for the Israeli military and two U.S. government customers, including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The company said Tuesday its second-generation Probot unmanned vehicle is designed to perform “silent” operations for up to 72 hours and feature an onboard generator that would charge batteries […] More

  • BAE Tests Head-Up Display on 3 Aircraft Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Tests Head-Up Display on 3 Aircraft Platforms

    BAE Systems has conducted initial flight tests of its see-through head-up display that works to show flight information directly in a pilot’s line of sight without blocking views. The company said Tuesday its LiteHUD platform was flown aboard the U.S. Special Operations Command‘s AC-130J aircraft, the Textron-made Scorpion jet and BAE-built Advanced Hawk demonstrator aircraft. LiteHUD has […] More

  • CAE-Elbit Team to Vie For UK Air Training Support Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE-Elbit Team to Vie For UK Air Training Support Contracts

    The U.K.-based subsidiaries of CAE and Elbit Systems have partnered to pursue business opportunities under the British defense ministry’s air training program. CAE UK and Elbit Systems UK will vie for the Defence Operational Training Capability (Air) program’s core system and services project as well as the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training effort, CAE said Tuesday. […] More

  • Raytheon to Supply Projectors for BAE-Built F-22 Digital Head-Up Displays - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Supply Projectors for BAE-Built F-22 Digital Head-Up Displays

    Raytheon has been chosen to deliver projectors for digital head-up displays that BAE Systems will install aboard the U.S. Air Force‘s F-22 Raptor aircraft. The Digital Light Engine HUDs will replace traditional analog displays on the fighter aircraft and help pilots gain situational awareness, Raytheon said Tuesday. Lockheed Martin awarded BAE a contract in January to modernize F-22 HUDs for the […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Sees Internet of Things Business Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Sees Internet of Things Business Growth

    Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, has cited internet of things as a growing business area for the Virginia-based satellite company during a panel discussion at the Summit for Satellite Financing that, Via Satellite reported Monday. He told audience at the Euroconsult-hosted forum that Iridium is focused on business cases instead of satellite frequency bands and that […] More

  • USCIS Seeks Info on Potential Sources of Employee Identity Verification System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USCIS Seeks Info on Potential Sources of Employee Identity Verification System

    The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wants information on industry vendors that can help develop and implement an “employee-centric” employment verification process. USCIS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday that it aims to partner with industry on the development of identity verification and management tools that will help individuals validate their identity and work authorization status. […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft to Bring Back Science Samples From ISS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft to Bring Back Science Samples From ISS

    A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to leave the International Space Station on Sept. 17 to bring approximately 3,800 pounds of cargo back to Earth. NASA said Monday the cargo will include science samples from human, animal, biology, biotechnology and physical science studies as well as education activities. SpaceX launched Dragon from the Kennedy Space Center […] More

  • Northrop Unit to Provide Navy RF Signal Generation Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Unit to Provide Navy RF Signal Generation Platform

    Northrop Grumman‘s Amherst Systems business has received a contract to supply radio frequency signal generation technology in support of the U.S. Navy‘s Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generator program. The NEWEG program aims to incorporate threat laboratory and free space simulation features into the Navy’s generator, Northrop said Monday. Northrop’s RF generation platform is equipped with an advanced pulse generation […] More

  • MBDA Taps Harris for Missile Carriage & Release Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Taps Harris for Missile Carriage & Release Systems

    Harris has received a contract from MBDA to supply carriage and release technology for the latter’s SPEAR precision strike missiles. Harris said Tuesday it will deliver four internal bay-compatible SCORPION lightweight ejection rack units for each of the weapon bays of two U.K. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. “The MBDA SPEAR weapon, combined with our delivery system, […] More

  • Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Air & Missile Defense Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Air & Missile Defense Radar

    The U.S. Navy has performed a simultaneous air and ballistic missile defense flight test with a Raytheon-made air and missile defense radar off the coast of Hawaii on Thursday. The AN/SPY-6(V) radar worked to detect and track a short-range ballistic missile target and multiple air-to-surface cruise missile targets during the test, the Navy said Friday. The demonstration […] More

  • UK Consortium Updates Counter-UAV System to Support Military & Commercial Vehicle Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Consortium Updates Counter-UAV System to Support Military & Commercial Vehicle Deployment

    A team of three U.K.-based defense companies has updated its counter-unmanned aerial vehicle defense platform to support installation on military trucks and commercial surveillance vehicles. The Anti-UAV Defense System — built by Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems — works to detect, track, identify and defeat UAVs up to six miles away in approximately […] More

  • Army Begins Short-Range Air Defense System Shoot-Off - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Begins Short-Range Air Defense System Shoot-Off

    The U.S. Army has kicked off a demonstration of short-range air defense systems that could potentially address the gap in the service branch’s SHORAD capabilities, Military Times reported. The report said the SHORAD demonstration began on Sept. 4 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and will run until Sept. 16 to give industry […] More