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  • Northrop Seeks Participants to Build & Test Drone Swarm Tactics Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Seeks Participants to Build & Test Drone Swarm Tactics Under DARPA Program

    Northrop Grumman has kicked off a search for participants that can create and test their swarm tactics for unmanned systems on Northrop’s open architecture test bed. The company said Tuesday it is developing a test bed for swarm technologies as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program. In December 2017, DARPA awarded contracts […] More

  • CommAgility to Supply LTE Systems for Lockheed Satcom Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CommAgility to Supply LTE Systems for Lockheed Satcom Project

    Lockheed Martin has selected CommAgility to supply integrated LTE hardware and software for the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense contractor’s ongoing satellite communications project. CommAgility said Tuesday it will provide a customized variant of its SmallCellPHY software and AMC-4C6678-Serial RapidIO module to Lockheed. SmallCellPHY functions as a LTE physical layer for small cells and designed to comply with 3rd Generation Partnership Project Release 10 standard. The […] More

  • Maxar Subsidiary to Build Miniature UAS for Canadian Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Subsidiary to Build Miniature UAS for Canadian Navy

    A Maxar Technologies subsidiary has received a $6.36 million contract from Canada’s department of national defense to provide miniature maritime unmanned aircraft systems to the Canadian navy. The company said Tuesday its MDA subsidiary will also help DND develop training, equipment and resource as well as validate naval tactics and new capability development efforts under the contract. […] More

  • Textron to Repair USAF Combat Aircraft System Tester - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Repair USAF Combat Aircraft System Tester

    A Textron subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $10.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to repair components of a technology platform used to test military combat aircraft systems. Textron Systems will perform repair work on AN/USM-670 Joint Service Combat System Tester parts under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. JSECST is designed to test and fault-isolate […] More

  • BAE to Modernize USS Philippine Sea Cruiser Under Potential $72M Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Modernize USS Philippine Sea Cruiser Under Potential $72M Navy Contract

    BAE Systems has received a potential $72 million contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser ship. BAE said Monday the contract contains a $9.6 million initial value and covers USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) docking selected restricted availability efforts. “We will utilize our cruiser experience to accomplish the DSRA and return the ship back to […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Help Mexican Airports Implement Passenger Processing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Help Mexican Airports Implement Passenger Processing System

    A Mexico-based airline operator has selected a Rockwell Collins-built technology platform to help expedite the check-in process for travelers who arrive at eight airports in the country. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide ARINC vMulti-User System Environment Common Use Passenger Processing Systems to Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, also called OMA, for implementation at the Mexican airports. […] More

  • Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered its 400th C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Friday. The aircraft comes in the MC-130J Commando II Special Operations variant and is assigned to the Air Force’s Special Operations Command, the company said Monday. The 400th C-130J is also the 13th MC-130J to be modified into an AC-130J […] More

  • Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018

    Orbital ATK has showcased its side-mounted airborne gun platform to Asia-Pacific customers at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, AIN Online reported Sunday. Byron Foster, a director at Orbital ATK, said the company sees opportunities to sell the 30mm Palletized Weapon System to customers in the region. “There are threats such as those in north Asia that make it […] More

  • Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic’s Australian arm is expected to expand development work on combat training simulation systems in support of Australia’s potential $1.77 billion military training program with Singapore, Townsville Bulletin reported Tuesday. The Australia Singapore Military Training Initiative seeks to provide the Asian country’s armed forces with increased access to Australia’s military training areas as part of […] More

  • DARPA Partners With 2 Firms for Sonar Tech Devt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Partners With 2 Firms for Sonar Tech Devt Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with Systems and Technology Research and Applied Physical Sciences to build a phased-array sonar technology compatible with unmanned naval vessels, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. Sonars to result from the project are expected to be installed on small underwater and surface vessels, as well as on surveillance systems deployed on […] More

  • Tauri Group to Support Medical Initiatives Under DoD's Chemical & Biological Defense Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tauri Group to Support Medical Initiatives Under DoD’s Chemical & Biological Defense Program

    Tauri Group has received a pair of task orders to provide support services for the medical domain of a Defense Department program that seeks to help U.S. warfighters counter chemical and biological threats. The company said Monday it will provide bioengineering and scientific expertise to DoD’s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense under the […] More

  • DHS Requests Info on Security, App, Storage Software Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Requests Info on Security, App, Storage Software Offerings

    The Department of Homeland Security has posted requests for information on potential industry sources of software and incidental services in the areas of security, application infrastructure and backup and storage. DHS said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it needs software systems that can secure data, applications and web servers across the department and its components. […] More