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  • Navy Tests SEWIP Upgrade on Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests SEWIP Upgrade on Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

    The U.S. Navy moved closer to updating its ship-based electronic warfare systems with the installation of a Lockheed Martin-built sensor suite on the USS BainBridge, DoD Buzz reported Thursday. Kris Osborn writes the Block 2 SLQ-32 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program is designed to increase the early detection and signal analysis capability of the warship fleet. The operational testing is part of […] More

  • Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch

    Boeing has received signal confirmation that its eighth GPS IIF satellite in space has started to prepare for full operations after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The GPS IIF-8 satellite launched aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket and is the last launch for the U.S. Air Force program this year, Boeing said Wednesday. “The schedule this year […] More

  • Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite

    United Launch Alliance has launched the latest global positioning system satellite to join the on-orbit constellation that will provide timing and navigation services for a U.S. Air Force program. The company said Wednesday that an Atlas V 401 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carried the GPS IIF-8 satellite to space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president for the […] More

  • Rick Nelson: Raytheon, L-3 Combine Tech in Laser-Guided Remote Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Nelson: Raytheon, L-3 Combine Tech in Laser-Guided Remote Weapon System

    Raytheon and L-3 Communications have completed a new test on the TALON Rocket Remote Weapon System to demonstrate the target positioning and engagement functions of this laser-guided defense system for small ships. Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon’s naval and area mission defense products, said Wednesday TALON RRWS combines the uses of the TALON laser-guided rocket and L-3’s Advanced Remote Weapon […] More

  • Bob Held: TCS Pushes IP Monetization With 11 US Patents in Q3 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Held: TCS Pushes IP Monetization With 11 US Patents in Q3 2014

    TeleCommunication Systems has received 11 domestic patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the third quarter of 2014 for the company’s location-based services and communications and messaging technology. Bob Held, TCS vice president of intellectual asset management, said Tuesday the patents are part of a monetization campaign on the company’s intellectual property. USPTO issued patents for TCS technology in prepaid short […] More

  • Northrop Builds 1-Terahertz Circuit Amplifier for DARPA; William Deal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Builds 1-Terahertz Circuit Amplifier for DARPA; William Deal Comments

    Northrop Grumman has created an integrated circuit amplifier that works operate at one terahertz as part of a three-phase contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for transistor-based electronics. The company said Tuesday its terahertz monolithic integrated circuit is built with an indium phosphide high electron mobility transistor at 25-nanometer gatelength that works to help signals reach the high-frequency terahertz band. […] More

  • Research and Markets Forecasts 5.4% CAGR for Environmental Sensors Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Forecasts 5.4% CAGR for Environmental Sensors Market

    Research and Markets has unveiled a new report on environmental sensors that details trends and factors the firm believes could affect market development in the next several years. The firm forecasts a 5.4 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 to 2018 for the industry in devices used to sense, monitor, detect or identify air, soil and water quality, conditions […] More

  • Navy Conducts 'Engage on Remote' Test of Raytheon SM-6 Interceptors; Mike Campisi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Conducts ‘Engage on Remote’ Test of Raytheon SM-6 Interceptors; Mike Campisi Comments

    A Raytheon-built missile interceptor system has used offboard targeting data to engage targets in a recent at-sea trial conducted by the U.S. Navy. Raytheon said Friday two Standard Missile-6 interceptors launched from a USS Chancellorsville ship by taking cues from another cruiser that was equipped with the Aegis missile defense system during the demonstration. According […] More

  • Raytheon, Thales Team Up for UK IFF Upgrade Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Thales Team Up for UK IFF Upgrade Project

    A Raytheon–Thales team has been awarded a contract to provide an upgrade solution to the British military’s Identification Friend or Foe systems. The project seeks to bring the Ministry of Defence IFF platform in line with new NATO standards that specify a Mode 5 requirement for all transponders, Raytheon said Friday. Raytheon U.K.’s solution includes […] More

  • Rick Edwards: Lockheed, Roketsan Partner on F-35 Cruise Missile Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Edwards: Lockheed, Roketsan Partner on F-35 Cruise Missile Offering

    Lockheed Martin and Turkish weapons manufacturer Roketsan have signed a partnership agreement to develop, produce and market air-to-surface missiles for the F-35 fighter program. The companies seek to offer a new Standoff Cruise Missile variant that can be placed in F-35 internal carriage bays or on external carriage of other aircraft platforms, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

  • Lockheed to Help CBP Test Aerostat for Border Surveillance; Paula Hartley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help CBP Test Aerostat for Border Surveillance; Paula Hartley Comments

    Lockheed Martin has provided U.S. Customs and Border Protection with a tethered aerostat-based radar platform meant to help the agency detect potential threats along the southern border. CBP is testing the Persistent Threat Detection System for the agency’s border surveillance activities in collaboration with Lockheed and the U.S. Army, the company said Wednesday. The Army […] More