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  • BAE Develops Military Aircraft Cyber Defense Tools; Cheryl Paradis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Develops Military Aircraft Cyber Defense Tools; Cheryl Paradis Comments

    BAE Systems has begun to develop system analysis, reverse engineering and intrusion detection tools in a move to help military customers detect and address cyber risks to aircraft platforms in real time. BAE said Monday the cyber defense systems will expand the company’s portfolio of threat management products and help defend warfighters and their aerial vehicles from […] More

  • General Dynamics Rolls Out 1st Army SEP V3 Main Battle Tank - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Rolls Out 1st Army SEP V3 Main Battle Tank

    The U.S. Army has accepted the first of six production units of an updated Abrams main battle tank from the General Dynamics-operated Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio. The service branch said Monday production of the M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 battle tank occurs at JSMC and Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Alabama. General Dynamics’ […] More

  • Raytheon Demos Air Defense Missile System With Army Ground Combat Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Demos Air Defense Missile System With Army Ground Combat Vehicle

    Raytheon has mounted and tested a company-built air defense missile technology on a Stryker armored fighting vehicle as part of efforts to help address the U.S. Army‘s requirement for ground troop protection. The company said Monday it integrated the Stinger weapon with a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station and installed the system on the Stryker AFV […] More

  • AT&T to Provide Global Comms Services for Army Personnel; Kay Kapoor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Provide Global Comms Services for Army Personnel; Kay Kapoor Comments

    AT&T has secured a contract to help the U.S. Army integrate and update communications services for approximately 1 million personnel of the service branch in the U.S. and abroad. The company said Monday will provide chat, voice, video, instant messaging, presence and screen sharing services intended to help commanders and their staff members collaborate, connect and exchange information. “These […] More

  • SES to Provide Managed, MEO Satellite Network Services to Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES to Provide Managed, MEO Satellite Network Services to Govt Clients

    SES‘ government solutions business unit will deliver managed network and low latency Medium Earth Orbit satellite network services as part of contracts received from the U.S. government. The company said Monday that it will provide approximately 4 gigabits per second of managed O3b services to aid 13 sites around the world for customers including the Defense […] More

  • Raytheon Aims to Help Address Army Readiness Objectives With Tech; Kim Ernzen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Aims to Help Address Army Readiness Objectives With Tech; Kim Ernzen Comments

    Raytheon has updated and tested multiple technology platforms in a bid to help the U.S. Army prepare soldiers for battlefield operations. The company said Friday it aims to help the service branch increase warfighter readiness through the development of sensor, cyber, weapons and training platforms. Kim Ernzen, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems business, said that […] More

  • Smiths Detection Unveils New Security Checkpoint Scanner Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Smiths Detection Unveils New Security Checkpoint Scanner Tech

    Smiths Detection has introduced a checkpoint scanner technology built to help increase security and operational efficiency in facilities. The company said Friday that the HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX checkpoint scanner, which features Smiths Detection proprietary computed tomography scanning technology, was demonstrated at the Inter Airport Europe exhibition. HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX removes the need to take out electronic […] More

  • NOAA-NASA Team to Launch 1st Joint Polar Satellite System in November - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA-NASA Team to Launch 1st Joint Polar Satellite System in November

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA have set a November launch date for the first of four polar-orbiting satellites designed to boost weather forecast accuracy. NASA said Saturday the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 is scheduled to lift off Nov. 10 at 4:47 a.m. Eastern time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a […] More

  • Army to Test Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Test Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming System

    The U.S. Army plans to implement a new technology designed to help the service branch’s AH-64 Apache helicopter operators communicate with up to two unmanned aerial vehicles, Defense News reported Sunday. The report said Manned-Unmanned Teaming X system will work to help AH-64E crews to operate the sensors and flight paths of Textron‘s RQ-7 Shadow and General […] More

  • PV Puvvada: Cultural Shift Key to Meet Federal IT Modernization Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PV Puvvada: Cultural Shift Key to Meet Federal IT Modernization Requirements

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business, has urged government agencies to implement cultural transformation efforts to obtain governance, management and technology skills required for digital modernization projects. Puvvada, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that federal information technology leaders should adopt tested systems, migrate services to a cloud platform […] More

  • BAE Systems to Support All UK Navy Vessels at Portsmouth Naval Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Support All UK Navy Vessels at Portsmouth Naval Base

    The U.K. ministry of defense has updated its maritime support delivery framework contract with BAE Systems to cover all classes of vessels homeported at the Portsmouth Naval Base including two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. BAE Systems said Thursday that its engineers from the Solent region will support the U.K. navy’s carriers and the rest […] More

  • Finland Sends Fighter Aircraft Tech RFI to 7 Other Countries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Finland Sends Fighter Aircraft Tech RFI to 7 Other Countries

    The logistics command of Finland’s defense forces has issued a request for information to gather input from industries of seven countries on weapons and equipment for a potential F/A-18 aircraft replacement. The Finnish defense organization said Thursday it sent the RFI notice to the U.S., France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Sweden and the U.K. as part of Finland’s HX […] More