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  • Raytheon Taps Anaren for Navy Air, Missile Defense Radar Beamformer Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Taps Anaren for Navy Air, Missile Defense Radar Beamformer Tech

    Anaren will provide its beamformer technology to Raytheon under an $8.5 million subcontract for the engineering and manufacturing development stage of Raytheon’s contract to build the U.S. Navy‘s Air and Missile Defense Radar. The one-year subcontract covers work to design and assemble the beamformer and is part of the AMDR program’s potential 10-year, $110 million low-rate initial production […] More

  • Lockheed Tests Orion Avionics Systems; Cleon Lacefield Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests Orion Avionics Systems; Cleon Lacefield Comments

    Lockheed Martin has completed a series of tests on the Orion spacecraft’s avionics system, which is built to activate and send commands to at least 20 systems on the crew module during flight and re-entry. The company Orion’s thermal control, guidance and navigation, environmental control life support and other systems and analyzed the command signal, system responses […] More

  • Lockheed, Neya Systems to Integrate C2 Tech for Cargo-Delivery Drones; Jeffrey Poulin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Neya Systems to Integrate C2 Tech for Cargo-Delivery Drones; Jeffrey Poulin Comments

    Lockheed Martin will partner with Neya Systems to integrate a mission planning and management system with a military unmanned aerial vehicle that carries out casualty evacuation and cargo resupply missions in Afghanistan. Neya Systems said Monday the companies will install VERTI on the K-MAX delivery drone as part of a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research program. Dr. Jeffrey Poulin, a […] More

  • George Vardoulakis: Northrop, Navy to Conduct 1st Ship-Based Fire Scout Flights in Summer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Vardoulakis: Northrop, Navy to Conduct 1st Ship-Based Fire Scout Flights in Summer

    The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman plan to carry out the first set of ship-based flights of the MQ-8C Fire Scout this summer, said George Vardoulakis, Northrop vice president of medium range tactical systems. “Land-based flight tests of the system are progressing well and… We expect the MQ-8C Fire Scout will be ready for operations by year […] More

  • Future Lockheed Navy Tech Center to Focus on Human-Machine Interfaces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Future Lockheed Navy Tech Center to Focus on Human-Machine Interfaces

    Lockheed Martin‘s mission systems and training unit will open a new facility later this year in Moorestown, N.J. to develop surface warfare combat systems, Seapower Magazine reported Friday.  Richard Burgess writes that Lockheed intends to focus on human-machine interfaces at the $3.5 million Surface Navy Innovation Center. Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis U.S. programs at […] More

  • Northrop, Air Force Demo Global Hawk's SatCom Capabilities; Alfredo Ramirez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Air Force Demo Global Hawk’s SatCom Capabilities; Alfredo Ramirez Comments

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command recently conducted ground and air demonstrations for the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. The demonstrations were held at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. in January to show split-link capability for mission data transmission separate from the command-and-control link, Northrop said Thursday. “We’re ecstatic with Global Hawk’s ability to provide […] More

  • Northrop Puts Military Communications Pod Through Data Exchange Test; Jeannie Hilger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Puts Military Communications Pod Through Data Exchange Test; Jeannie Hilger Comments

    Northrop Grumman has built and tested an air-based pod system for the U.S. Air Force to manage exchange of video, data and voice messages in real time during combat operations. The Smart Node Pod worked to transmit air and ground warfighter communications through waveform and datalink channels during flight demonstrations in February over Virginia Beach, […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Supply Marine Corps with Armored Vehicle Upgrade Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Supply Marine Corps with Armored Vehicle Upgrade Kits

    A General Dynamics division has been awarded a $74.7 million contract to provide egress survivability kits for mine resistant and ambush protected vehicles used by the U.S. Marine Corps. General Dynamics Land Systems – Force Protection will manufacture 916 kits for the USMC to upgrade front and rear doors, exhaust system and rear steps on […] More

  • Orbital Sciences to Launch NASA Ocean Wind Measurement Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital Sciences to Launch NASA Ocean Wind Measurement Satellite

    Orbital Sciences Corp. has won an estimated $55 million contract to launch a NASA satellite system intended to help researchers forecast weather conditions. The Dulles, Va.-based company will work to process the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, integrate payloads into the spacecraft and install tracking, data and telemetry systems, NASA said Friday. The University of Michigan will […] More

  • Boeing Picks ETL Systems' RF Tech for Inmarsat Satellite Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Picks ETL Systems’ RF Tech for Inmarsat Satellite Constellation

    ETL Systems will provide its radio frequency signal distribution technology for three satellites in Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress constellation. Boeing selected ETL to supply the technology for the satellite, one of which Boeing built with 89 beams and six spot beams, ETL said Thursday. ETL’s Alto line amplifiers and RF splitters/combiners are intended for GX’s ground segment, which work to distribute RF […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics, Stratosat Datacom Install South Africa Radio Telescope Antenna Setup - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics, Stratosat Datacom Install South Africa Radio Telescope Antenna Setup

    General Dynamics and Stratosat Datacom Ltd. have jointly installed an initial lot of radio antennas to form a telescope array in South Africa. The MeerKAT radio telescope antennas deployed in South Africa’s Karoo region are built to receive remote radio-frequency signals, General Dynamics said Thursday. MeerKAT is slated for full installation over the next three […] More

  • Lockheed-Sikorsky JV Breaks Ground on Chopper Maintenance Complex - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Sikorsky JV Breaks Ground on Chopper Maintenance Complex

    A joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky Aircraft has started construction work on a complex that will house maintenance work on the Australian navy’s fleet of 24 MH-60R maritime helicopters. The Maritime Helicopter Support Company broke ground on the new maintenance and warehouse facilities and expects construction to finish in early 2015,  the company announced Wednesday. Representatives from Brisbane-based Sikorsky […] More