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  • Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US

    Norway’s defense equipment authority has inked a deal to purchase five Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon from the U.S. for use in maritime surveillance operations of the Norwegian military, Naval Technology reported Friday. Naval Technology quoted Ine Eriksen Soreide, Norway’s defense minister, as saying the contract also covers the procurement of modern sensors, monitoring and support systems as well as anti-submarine weapons. The State […] More

  • SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket With Reused Booster Into Orbit; Elon Musk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket With Reused Booster Into Orbit; Elon Musk Comments

    SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a reused lower stage to deliver a communications satellite into orbit from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, Space.com reported Thursday. Irene Klotz writes the launch was the first reflight of a used orbit-class rocket booster and the second time it landed on SpaceX’s Of Course I Still Love You robotic drone ship at sea. […] More

  • CAE to Help Train NATO AWACS Aircraft Crews; Marc-Lovier Sabourin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Help Train NATO AWACS Aircraft Crews; Marc-Lovier Sabourin Comments

    NATO has awarded CAE a contract to train crews at the international alliance’s facility in Germany on flying the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. CAE said Thursday it will continue to maintain and perform support work on E-3A flight deck simulator and training devices at NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen. The company will also deploy aircrew instructors, develop courseware, operate mission simulators […] More

  • NVI Awarded Follow-On NASA Baseline Interferometry Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVI Awarded Follow-On NASA Baseline Interferometry Support Contract

    NVI has secured a five-year, $12 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to continue support work on NASA‘s very long baseline interferometry. NASA said Thursday that NVI will coordinate and examine VLBI observations as well as support the development, documentation, implementation and maintenance of related software under the follow-on contract. The company will also assist NASA in operation of the geophysical and astronomical observatory at the […] More

  • Leonardo’s DRS Subsidiary to Build T-100 Trainer Production Facility in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo’s DRS Subsidiary to Build T-100 Trainer Production Facility in Alabama

    Leonardo’s U.S.-based subsidiary DRS plans to establish a Tuskegee, Alabama-based facility to manufacture its proposed aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer jet program. The Leonardo DRS-led industry team will set up its final assembly and manufacturing facility for its proposed T-100 Integrated Training System at Moton Field Municipal Airport in Tuskegee in an effort to leverage […] More

  • NGA Taps Esri to Join Geospatial Exchange Program; Jack Dangermond Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Taps Esri to Join Geospatial Exchange Program; Jack Dangermond Comments

    Esri has been chosen to participate in a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency program that will place NGA employees in temporary positions with academic and industry partners as part of efforts to increase their exposure to new technologies and methodologies. The company said Thursday the eNGAge program seeks to foster experiential learning opportunities that may help professionals expand their current capacities. NGA employees who collaborate with […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments

    Orbital ATK has concluded its support services for an Earth observation satellite the company built for NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to aid the validation and development of satellite and instrument technologies. The company said Thursday NASA has decommissioned the Earth Observing-1 satellite  after a nearly 17-year mission that began in 2000. Orbital ATK supported the EO-1 mission as […] More

  • CryptoMove to Help Secure CBP's Small UAS Through DHS Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CryptoMove to Help Secure CBP’s Small UAS Through DHS Grant

    CryptoMove has secured a $200,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help protect the Customs and Border Protection‘s small unmanned aircraft systems against threats. DHS said Wednesday CryptoMove aims to develop a dynamic defense system and data fragmentation approach for sUAS platforms in an effort to boost automated system resilience for connected devices. The grant […] More

  • Mike Lawrie: CSC, HPE Services Arm Eye 'Digital Transformation' as Post-Merger Priority - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lawrie: CSC, HPE Services Arm Eye ‘Digital Transformation’ as Post-Merger Priority

    DXC Technology, the company that will result from Computer Sciences Corp.‘s merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s enterprise services segment, targets digital transformation support for customers as one of its strategic priorities, CRN reported Wednesday. Rick Saia writes Mike Lawrie, CSC chairman, president and CEO, told investors Wednesday that DXC will aim to offer clients an opportunity to manage costs within their […] More

  • Navy Runs Safe Separation Tests of Lockheed-Built Anti-Submarine Weapon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Runs Safe Separation Tests of Lockheed-Built Anti-Submarine Weapon

    The U.S. Navy has begun to conduct safe separation tests of a Lockheed Martin-built anti-submarine warfare weapon from Boeing-made P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, Flighglobal reported Wednesday. Stephen Trimble writes the High Altitude Anti-submarine warfare Weapon Capability is scheduled to undergo guided flight test in late fiscal 2017, which will permit program officials to potentially order 140 weapons in the […] More

  • Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, AM General to Collaborate on Autonomous Driving Vehicle Devt Project

    AM General and the U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center have teamed up to develop an autonomous driving vehicle that would transport equipment, soldiers and supplies inside military bases. The project is part of the Applied Robotics for Installations and Base Operations program that explores the potential of robotic technology to address transportation challenges at U.S. military facilities, AM General said Wednesday. […] More

  • Orbital ATK Secures Follow-On MDA Contract for Rocket Motor Technical Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Secures Follow-On MDA Contract for Rocket Motor Technical Support

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Orbital ATK a five-year, $48.2 million contract to provide technical support for multiple types of government-furnished rocket motor. Orbital ATK will refurbish Trident I, Castor IVA/IVB, Orion and Orbus 1/1A rocket motors under the follow-on contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD added work also covers technical support, flight certification, safe handling, transportation, propulsion, propellant/motor […] More