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  • Raytheon-Led Team to Build Superconducting Computing Tech for IARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Led Team to Build Superconducting Computing Tech for IARPA Program

    An industry team led by Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies business has begun to develop a superconducting computing prototype for cryogenic memory arrays and scalable control architecture under a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. Raytheon said Tuesday the team integrated a superconducting switch with a cryogenic memory element during a demonstration of the superconducting/ferromagnetic memory […] More

  • Report: UTC, Rockwell Collins Likely to Reveal 'Collins Aerospace' HQ Location in March - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: UTC, Rockwell Collins Likely to Reveal ‘Collins Aerospace’ HQ Location in March

    United Technologies Corp. and Rockwell Collins could determine by the end of March the location of the corporate headquarters for a new entity that would be formed through UTC’s acquisition of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based avionics contractor, The Gazette reported Monday. Farmington, Connecticut-based UTC agreed to buy Rockwell Collins in September for approximately $30 billion […] More

  • Northrop, S&K Electronics Forge Mentor-Protege Relationship Under DoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, S&K Electronics Forge Mentor-Protege Relationship Under DoD

    Northrop Grumman and S&K Electronics have partnered under the Defense Department‘s Mentor-Protege program in an effort to boost the latter company’s business skills and capacity to compete for defense contracts. Northrop said Tuesday it will provide development assistance to help S&K Electronics build up its processes to manufacture printed circuit card assemblies for Northrop programs. S&K […] More

  • Air Force Tests Raytheon-Built Military GPS Receiver Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Tests Raytheon-Built Military GPS Receiver Tech

    The U.S. Air Force has conducted a military-code global positioning system test using a Raytheon receiver technology designed to facilitate connectivity between multiple vehicle platforms and the service branch’s GPS network. Raytheon said Tuesday its MAGR-2K-M receiver was tested onboard a B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as part of a government-led GPS modernization initiative. The effort aims to update […] More

  • Navantia-Led Team Bids on Canadian Surface Combatant Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navantia-Led Team Bids on Canadian Surface Combatant Program

    A Navantia-led industry team has submitted its proposal for the Canadian Surface Combatant program to build up to 15 frigates that will replace Canada’s Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates. The team includes Saab Group‘s Australian arm as the combat systems integrator and CEA Technologies as the provider of key elements of the proposed ship, Navantia said Thursday. The group’s […] More

  • DLT Lands Spot on DoD Enterprise Software Contract; Brian Strosser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Lands Spot on DoD Enterprise Software Contract; Brian Strosser Comments

    DLT Solutions has secured a position under a potential five-year, $40 million blanket purchase agreement to deliver enterprise software to the Defense Department. The enterprise software initiative BPA was awarded by the U.S. Army‘s Contracting Command on behalf of DoD and the contract includes Quest enterprise management software products and services, the company said last Thursday. DoD […] More

  • CH2M-Merrick JV to Help Army Engineers Design Missile Defense Support Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M-Merrick JV to Help Army Engineers Design Missile Defense Support Facilities

    The Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville Center in Alabama has selected a CH2M–Merrick joint venture to provide facility design services for the Missile Defense Agency‘s Ballistic Missile Defense Program. CH2M said Tuesday it will conduct pre-design engineering studies and help design tactical support stations for missile defense weapons systems. The company will also prepare design criteria; architectural and engineering designs; design-related analyses and […] More

  • Saab Gets Training Artillery Ammunition Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Gets Training Artillery Ammunition Order

    Saab has secured a $14 million order to supply 155-millimeter explosive training artillery ammunition to an undisclosed customer. The company said Tuesday its Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland subsidiary will oversee technical alteration, target mark and explosive component filing and final assembly processes. SBDS will also work to convert live rounds into training rounds slated for delivery […] More

  • Air Transport Services Group Subsidiary to Produce Aircraft Components for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Transport Services Group Subsidiary to Produce Aircraft Components for Army

    An Air Transport Services Group subsidiary to manufacture wire harnesses, as well as coaxial and fiber optic cables for a U.S. Army aircraft program. Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services will deliver the aircraft components to Leidos, AMES said Thursday. Leidos plans to demonstrate a military aircraft system that will use the parts to be produced by AMES. Ohio-based AMES […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Follow-On NATO Contract for Laser Guided Training Rounds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Follow-On NATO Contract for Laser Guided Training Rounds

    Lockheed Martin has signed a five-year deal to produce up to 3,000 Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds for NATO member countries per year. The company said Tuesday it will deliver the ELGTRs through 2021 under the follow-on agreement with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Jason Golden, ELGTR program manager at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control […] More

  • Saab and Armscor to Support South African Air Force Gripen Weapon Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab and Armscor to Support South African Air Force Gripen Weapon Systems

    Saab and Armscor have received a $23 million contract to deliver support services for the South African air force’s JAS 39 Gripen aircraft weapon systems. The support contract entails airworthiness management, engineering support, maintenance, repair, spare parts delivery and technical document update services, Saab said Friday. The companies will perform work through a period from November 2017 to February 2020. The […] More

  • NASA Solicits Proposals for Deep Space Resource Production Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Proposals for Deep Space Resource Production Tech

    NASA wants proposals from potential industry partners that can help develop technologies for resource production and processing in deep space destinations such as the Moon and Mars. The space agency said Tuesday it aims to achieve Technology Readiness Level 5 or 6 for platforms that can extract and process oxygen, water and methane fuel in deep […] More