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  • L3 to Produce UAS Tech Platforms for Army Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Produce UAS Tech Platforms for Army Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming Program

    L3 Technologies has received a $97 million production contract to support the U.S. Army‘s Apache Manned/Unmanned Teaming – eXpanded Capabilities program that seeks to integrate modern warfighting technologies into the military’s AH-64E fleet. The company said Monday the MUMT-X program aims to facilitate communications and data exchange between manned and unmanned aircraft platforms. L3’s Communications Systems-West […] More

  • DoD Seeks Industry Support to Implement Software-Based Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Industry Support to Implement Software-Based Network

    The Defense Department‘s Joint Service Provider has reached out to industry to gather ideas on how JSP can implement a software-defined network technology to modernize network infrastructure at the Pentagon. A FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 20 said JSP aims to simplify and update the DoD network infrastructure with the use of orchestration, routing and virtualization tools. The organization […] More

  • Eurofighter Consortium Pledges to Support Creation of Natl Innovation Centers in Belgium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eurofighter Consortium Pledges to Support Creation of Natl Innovation Centers in Belgium

    Members of the Eurofighter consortium have committed to aid the establishment of two national innovation centers in Belgium as part of efforts to help boost the country’s aeronautical and defense capacities. The consortium said Saturday Airbus‘ defense and space business, BAE Systems and Leonardo signed formal endorsements to support the centers alongside France-based missile systems provider MBDA. […] More

  • General Atomics Invests in UAS Tech Upgrades; Chris Pehrson, Darren Moe Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Invests in UAS Tech Upgrades; Chris Pehrson, Darren Moe Comment

    General Atomics has embarked on a project to incorporate automation-based disruptive technology into the Reaper unmanned aircraft system as the company aims to increase the aircraft’s performance, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Darren Moe, senior director of automation and UX mission systems at General Atomics, told the publication the modernization effort covers flight, ground and intelligence components of […] More

  • Ball Aerospace, Partners Prepare NOAA Polar Orbiting Weather Satellite for Nov. 10 Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace, Partners Prepare NOAA Polar Orbiting Weather Satellite for Nov. 10 Launch

    Ball Aerospace and other Joint Polar Satellite System-1 team members are preparing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration polar orbiting weather satellite for a scheduled Nov. 10 launch. The JPSS-1 team pressurized the propulsion system, fueled the satellite, cleaned the spacecraft and finished a final thermal blanket closeout in preparation for launch, Ball Aerospace said Thursday. JPSS-1 was […] More

  • BAE Systems, Milspec to Demo Offering for Australian Army's Military Vehicle Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems, Milspec to Demo Offering for Australian Army’s Military Vehicle Replacement Program

    Milspec Manufacturing will help demonstrate BAE Systems-built military vehicle which will be offered for an Australian army vehicle replacement program. BAE Systems said Friday the AMV35 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle, built alongside Patria, will be bid for the LAND 400 Phase 2 program established to replace the aging Australian Light Armored Vehicles. The company selected Milspec to manufacture Complex […] More

  • Northrop Deploys Sunshield Subsystem for NASA James Webb Space Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Deploys Sunshield Subsystem for NASA James Webb Space Telescope

    Northrop Grumman has deployed a sunshield subsystem and tensioned five sunshield layers for the NASA James Webb Space Telescope at the company’s highbay facilities in Redondo Beach, California. The company said Thursday the sunshield subsystem will work to divide the JWST observatory into a warm sun-facing side and a cold space-facing side that features optics and […] More

  • Army Invites Firms, Agencies to Participate in C4ISR/EW Interoperatbility Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Invites Firms, Agencies to Participate in C4ISR/EW Interoperatbility Initiative

    The U.S. Army has issued a special notice inviting non-members to join the Vehicular Integration for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance/Electronic Warfare interoperability program. According to a notice published Tuesday on the FedBizOpps website, the initial set of VICTORY standard specifications have started to be implemented on commercial vendors, U.S. Army and Marine […] More

  • CAE Extends UK Military Helicopter Aircrew Training Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Extends UK Military Helicopter Aircrew Training Support

    CAE has received an eight-year contract modification from the U.K. ministry of defense to continue the provision of aircrew training services for the British air force at the company’s Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility. The modification extends a partnership between CAE and MOD that commenced in 1997 as part of a private finance initiative […] More

  • General Dynamics Concludes Navy Mine Countermeasure UUV Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Concludes Navy Mine Countermeasure UUV Tests

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit has tested a mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle for the U.S. Navy during a round of contractor trials that occurred off the coast of Boston. The Knifefish UUV trials aimed to evaluate if the system could detect, classify and locate potential buried, bottom and volume type mine-test targets at various depths, General […] More

  • Army to Issue RFP for Lightweight Armored Combat Vehicle Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Issue RFP for Lightweight Armored Combat Vehicle Devt Program

    The U.S. Army will issue a request for proposals in November for the service branch’s Mobile Protected Firepower lightweight armored combat vehicle development program. The MPF vehicle will feature a 105mm gun and offer a long-range direct-fire capacity for infantry brigade combat teams to support forcible entry and breaching missions, the service branch said Wednesday. […] More

  • Navy OKs SBIR Program to Mature RDRTec Sense and Avoid Radar for Triton UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy OKs SBIR Program to Mature RDRTec Sense and Avoid Radar for Triton UAS

    The U.S. Navy has approved the proceeding of a Small Business Innovation Research program which will further the development of an RDRTec-built airborne collision and avoidance system designed to support the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. RDRTec said Wednesday the Common Radar Airborne Collision Avoidance System is a C-band radar built to offer sense and avoid along […] More