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  • Navy Taps General Dynamics to Sustain US, UK Submarine Attack Weapon, Fire Control Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics to Sustain US, UK Submarine Attack Weapon, Fire Control Systems

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has received a two-year, $25.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the sustainment of a fire control system for U.S. and U.K. SSBN nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The company will also help sustain an attack weapon control system for U.S.’ SSGN guided missile submarines under the sole-source contract, the Defense […] More

  • NASA Reviews Launch Schedule for 1st Integrated Orion-SLS Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Reviews Launch Schedule for 1st Integrated Orion-SLS Flight Test

    NASA has concluded a comprehensive review of the potential launch schedule for an integrated flight test of Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. The space agency said Thursday it assessed the impact of manufacturing and supply challenges on Orion’s first European service module as well as tornado damage that affected the space agency’s New Orleans-based Michoud […] More

  • Lockheed Test Pilot Mark Ward Reaches 100 Flight Hours Aboard T-50A - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Test Pilot Mark Ward Reaches 100 Flight Hours Aboard T-50A

    Lockheed Martin test pilot Mark Ward has become the first to fly the T-50A for 100 hours. The company said Wednesday Mark Ward’s T-50A flight was part of the company’s contribution to the U.S. Air Force‘s Advanced Pilot Training competition. Lockheed announced the T-50A’s APT participation in February 2016. The test-flying began November 2016 at the Greenville site. The aircraft was built […] More

  • Harris Completes Mission Data Unit for Future Air Force GPS III Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Completes Mission Data Unit for Future Air Force GPS III Satellites

    Harris has built a digital mission data unit for potential integration into the navigation payload of the U.S. Air Force‘s 11th and succeeding GPS III satellites. The company said Wednesday its MDU technology is designed to increase signal strength and flexibility of the GPS III Space Vehicle 11+ compared with the Harris-made payload on current GPS III satellites built […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Recognized for Work With Veteran-Owned Suppliers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Recognized for Work With Veteran-Owned Suppliers

    Rockwell Collins is one of 25 U.S.-based companies that have received recognition under the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s 2017 Military Friendly Supplier Diversity Program. The association included Rockwell Collins in the list of companies published in the Vetrepreneur magazine for including veteran-owned businesses into supplier diversity programs, the company said Wednesday. Vetrepreneur ranked the companies based on […] More

  • Retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander Keynotes at NYC Cybersecurity Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander Keynotes at NYC Cybersecurity Summit

    Retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, president and CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, delivered a keynote speech Monday at the CyberConnect 2017 conference that took place in New York City. He told event audience he believes the U.S. government should play a key role in efforts to protect trade secrets the same way it helps secure critical infrastructure […] More

  • VSE Adds Navy Vet Mark Ferguson to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Adds Navy Vet Mark Ferguson to Board of Directors

    Mark Ferguson, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, has been elected to join the board of directors at Alexandria, Virginia-based technical services contractor VSE effective Dec. 1. VSE said Wednesday Ferguson concurrently led U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa, as well as NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command before he retired from military service in July last year. The […] More

  • NASA's SBIR-Funded Vanilla Aircraft & Black Swift Drones Now Operational - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA’s SBIR-Funded Vanilla Aircraft & Black Swift Drones Now Operational

    NASA has confirmed the operational status of two unmanned aircraft systems that Vanilla Aircraft and Black Swift Technologies separately developed through the space agency’s Small Business Innovative Research program. NASA said Tuesday Vanilla Aircraft’s VA001 and Black Swift’s S2 small UAS are both designed to support scientific investigations. VA001 works to operate in austere conditions with temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit, lift 35 […] More

  • Raytheon-Built Ground System for Joint Polar Satellite Program Becomes Operational - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built Ground System for Joint Polar Satellite Program Becomes Operational

    Raytheon has powered up a new Common Ground System the company built to support an upcoming launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System. Version 2 of JPSS CGS is designed to transmit observations from 11 future polar-orbiting satellites to NOAA’s National Weather Service agency at a rate 50 percent faster than that of the original […] More

  • Northrop to Support DARPA's Graph Processor Tech Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support DARPA’s Graph Processor Tech Project

    Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help develop a graph processor chip technology as part of DARPA’s Hierarchical Identify Verify Exploit program. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with five other parties in efforts to examine the performance of graph algorithms when incorporated into the HIVE chip. HIVE seeks to implement a generic graph […] More

  • SSL-Built Telesat Satellite Arrives in Eastern Russia Ahead of Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL-Built Telesat Satellite Arrives in Eastern Russia Ahead of Launch

    A small satellite built by Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary for Telesat has been delivered to the Vostochny Cosmodrome launch base in Eastern Russia ahead of its scheduled late November launch aboard a Soyuz-2 rocket. SSL said the satellite will be one of two Phase 1 spacecraft that will help Telesat test the key performance parameters of its future low […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes Structural Acceptance Test on Space Launch Vehicle Motor Case Component - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes Structural Acceptance Test on Space Launch Vehicle Motor Case Component

    Orbital ATK has conducted a structural acceptance test on a motor composite case built to support the company’s Next Generation Launch family of space launch vehicles. The company said Tuesday the test demonstrated the structural loads’ capacity to generate more than 110 percent of the anticipated maximum motor operating pressure as well as operational, flight and […] More