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  • CTC Obtains Patent for 3D Metal Product Manufacturing Process; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Obtains Patent for 3D Metal Product Manufacturing Process; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a method to produce three-dimensional products from metals in a gaseous state. Joe Pickens, a former chief scientist of CTC, worked with the company’s adviser engineers Juan Valencia and Mike Tims to invent the “Additive Manufacturing Using Metals from the Gaseous State” […] More

  • GA-ASI Launches First Test Flight from New North Dakota-Based Test and Training Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GA-ASI Launches First Test Flight from New North Dakota-Based Test and Training Center

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has conducted the first test flight from its new Flight Test and Training Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. GA-ASI deployed a Block 5 Predator B/MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft which flew approximately 1,075 nautical miles in Class A civilian airspace, General Atomics said Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration granted a […] More

  • Battelle Updates Handheld Counter-UAS Device; Dan Stamm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Updates Handheld Counter-UAS Device; Dan Stamm Comments

    Battelle has updated a man-portable device the nonprofit designed to help the departments of Defense and Homeland Security protect national airspace from unmanned aerial system threats. DroneDefender V2 is equipped with a multifunction selector switch and miniaturized electronics, Battelle said Monday. The new design works to extend the range and capacity of the handheld counter-UAS platform to […] More

  • Austal USA-Led Team Delivers Omaha LCS to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA-Led Team Delivers Omaha LCS to Navy

    An Austal USA-led team has delivered the sixth of Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy for mine countermeasures, anti-submarine and surface warfare missions. The Navy said Monday its acceptance of USS Omaha represents the final milestone before the military branch commissions the new warship in early 2018. USS Omaha will be homeported in San Diego, California, […] More

  • Air Force Taps BAE for South Korea F-16 Radar Warning Receiver Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps BAE for South Korea F-16 Radar Warning Receiver Upgrades

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received a potential $49.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to update radar warning receivers currently installed on South Korea’s F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $9.7 million in foreign military sales funds at the time of award […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Turns Over USS Portland to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Turns Over USS Portland to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding unit has turned over the 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock of the U.S. Navy. USS Portland (LPD 29) was delivered during a ceremony wherein a DD 250 document was signed to formally transfer custody of the vessel to the service branch, HII said Monday. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and […] More

  • Iron Mountain Opens New Data Center in Northern Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Opens New Data Center in Northern Virginia

    Iron Mountain has opened the first of four planned data centers in Northern Virginia built to help government agencies, enterprises and cloud service providers meet security and compliance requirements. The company said Friday that the new 165,000 square-foot, 10.5-megawatt multi-tenant and cloud facility in Prince William will house operations of pre-leased customers including Dell Technologies‘ […] More

  • UK Defense Ministry Chooses 25 Winners for Global Troop Resupply Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Defense Ministry Chooses 25 Winners for Global Troop Resupply Challenge

    The U.K. ministry of defense has selected 25 projects that suggested multiple systems to resupply the country’s troops with weapons, food, clothing, equipment and medical supplies, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Harriett Baldwin, British minister for defense procurement, said that winning ideas under the Last Mile challenge include robotic ground vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous hover bikes […] More

  • Discovery Air, Inzpire and Leonardo Team Up to Offer Live Air Training System for UK MoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Discovery Air, Inzpire and Leonardo Team Up to Offer Live Air Training System for UK MoD

    Discovery Air‘s defense services unit, Inzpire and Leonardo have teamed up to develop and deliver a live air training system in support of the U.K. ministry of defense’s Air Support to Defense Operational Training program. Inzpire said Tuesday that the companies will merge their respective capacities, expertise and expertise in live air aggressor and air […] More

  • Northrop to Help Air Force Test North Pole EHF Satcom System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Air Force Test North Pole EHF Satcom System

    Northrop Grumman has received a $22.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to provide testing support for a system designed to manage strategic and tactical satellites communications in the North Polar region. The Defense Department said Friday Northrop’s information systems unit will help the military branch test the Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment ahead of […] More

  • AT&T to Provide Army Integrated Comms Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Provide Army Integrated Comms Service

    AT&T has secured a potential five-year, $35.8 million contract for the provision of integrated instant messaging, chat, voice, video, presence and screen sharing services to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday the Army Contracting Command received seven bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online-based solicitation. The military branch obligated the full contract amount […] More