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  • Raytheon to Support US-Germany Rolling Airframe Missile Program Under Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support US-Germany Rolling Airframe Missile Program Under Navy Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $26.8 million contract option to support a U.S.-Germany cooperative project to develop and produce a rolling airframe missile system. Raytheon’s missile systems business will provide design agent and engineering services to the MK-31 RAM guided missile weapon development and production effort, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work also covers design, logistics engineering, maintainability, quality assurance, reliability, […] More

  • Lockheed Updates Exoskeleton to Help Boost Soldier Mobility, Load-Carrying Capacity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Updates Exoskeleton to Help Boost Soldier Mobility, Load-Carrying Capacity

    Lockheed Martin has updated its computer-controlled exoskeleton to help increase user mobility and load-carrying capacity as well as reduce the risk of overstress on the lower back and legs. The company said Tuesday it built the FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device using Dermoskeleton bionic augmentation technology from B-Temia under a licensing agreement signed in April. FORTIS K-SRD is designed to help […] More

  • AppDynamics-Govplace Team to Help CBP Implement App Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AppDynamics-Govplace Team to Help CBP Implement App Mgmt Platform

    The Customs and Border Protection has chosen a team composed of AppDynamics and Govplace to help the agency implement infrastructure visibility and application performance management tools. CBP will use the tools as part of efforts to manage the agency’s digital operations and the movement of goods and travelers, Govplace said Monday. Both companies will also work to create dashboards for CBP to view performance baselines around […] More

  • Textron Unit Tests Glide Munition Against Moving Targets in Arizona - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Unit Tests Glide Munition Against Moving Targets in Arizona

    Textron‘s systems business has tested a lightweight precision guided glide munition against moving targets during a flight test at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. Textron said Monday that its weapon and sensor systems team recorded 23.8 flight hours for the Fury weapon between captive carriage, survey flights and weapon releases from unmanned aircraft systems. The company performed a […] More

  • PAE Tests Resolute Eagle UAS' Beyond-Line-of-Sight Mission Capacity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE Tests Resolute Eagle UAS’ Beyond-Line-of-Sight Mission Capacity

    PAE has tested the beyond-line-of-sight mission capacity of an unmanned aerial system at the White Sands Missile Test Range in New Mexico to demonstrate the platform’s ability to offer satellite communications and support large data transmission at an extended range. The Resolute Eagle system was able to receive command-and-control data from a tactical ground station during the test, PAE said […] More

  • Navy Taps American Systems for Air Vehicle System Engineering, Technical Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps American Systems for Air Vehicle System Engineering, Technical Services Contract

    American Systems has received a $30.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide specialized engineering and technical services for various Defense Department air vehicles and related systems. DoD said Monday that the company will support the development and operation of aircraft trainer devices, air vehicle dynamic simulations and architecture, future piloted and desktop engineering simulation systems, manned […] More

  • Army Tests Saab-Built Mobile Camouflage System on Fighting Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Tests Saab-Built Mobile Camouflage System on Fighting Vehicles

    The U.S. Army‘s 2nd Cavalry Regiment has begun a field evaluation of a Saab-developed mobile camouflage system as part of operational training activities in Hohenfels, Germany. Saab said Friday the service branch is testing Barracuda MCS on Stryker fighting vehicles with NATO allies that support Operation Atlantic Resolve and the Enhanced Forward Presence missions. MCS offers multi-spectral signature management properties designed to help […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Booster Engine Component for AFRL Tech Demonstrator Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Booster Engine Component for AFRL Tech Demonstrator Program

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a fuel boost kick pump engine component as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory program that aims to demonstrate an oxygen-rich staged combustion technology for rockets. The company said Friday it developed and tested the kick pump at full power under AFRL’s Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator program. “What we’ve learned through this program will be instrumental as […] More

  • USSOCOM Picks Thales Subsidiary for Multiband Radio Sustainment Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USSOCOM Picks Thales Subsidiary for Multiband Radio Sustainment Contract

    Thales‘ defense and security business has received a $9.9 million to sustain multiband radios for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The Defense Department said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will run through September 2021 and covers sustainment of the Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio family of radios. Thales’ AN/PRC-148 MBITR is designed to operate with military and commercial legacy radio systems and provide communications capacity for warfighters. […] More

  • General Dynamics to Support Air Force Emergency Action Message C2 Terminal Under $53M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Support Air Force Emergency Action Message C2 Terminal Under $53M IDIQ

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has received a five-year, $53 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force manage a communications terminal used to deliver emergency action messages to nuclear forces. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers on-site management, software updates, production, contractor logistics support, information awareness, travel, over and above services, field support and engineering services […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes Midsize Unmanned Cargo Air Vehicle to Address Soldier Load Weight Issue - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes Midsize Unmanned Cargo Air Vehicle to Address Soldier Load Weight Issue

    The U.S. Army seeks a midsize unmanned cargo air vehicle that can help reduce soldiers’ loads by eliminating the need for them to carry mission equipment and emergency supplies, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. Lt. Col. Jeremy Gottshall, autonomous aerial resupply capability manager at the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, said at an industry event hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International that the […] More

  • State Dept Clears India's $75M CBRN Protective Equipment Purchase Request - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Clears India’s $75M CBRN Protective Equipment Purchase Request

    India has received clearance from the State Department to buy chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense support equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $75 million foreign military sales agreement. The deal covers 38,034 M50 general purpose masks, 854 pieces each of aprons and alternative aprons, 9,509 Quick Doff Hoods and 114,102 M61 filters, the Defense Security Cooperation […] More