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  • Raytheon to Produce Targeting Systems, Electronic Unit for Navy MQ-4C Triton UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Produce Targeting Systems, Electronic Unit for Navy MQ-4C Triton UAS

    Raytheon has received a three-year, $7.21 million contract to produce three multi-spectral targeting systems and one electronic unit to the U.S. Navy. The company will provide the MTS “B” AN/DAS-3 systems and electronic unit to support low-rate initial production of lot 2 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted Raytheon will perform work in McKinney, […] More

  • Report: Lockheed Invests in Startups to Back Nanosatellite, Cyber Devt for Defense Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed Invests in Startups to Back Nanosatellite, Cyber Devt for Defense Applications

    Lockheed Martin has made approximately $100 million in investments in 22 commercial technology startups since the defense contractor established its venture capital arm in 2007, CNBC reported Thursday. Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested this year in early-stage start-ups that work on technologies in the areas of cybersecurity, autonomous technology and nanosatellites and those companies include […] More

  • NASA to Host Industry Day for UAS Integration in Natl Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Host Industry Day for UAS Integration in Natl Airspace

    NASA plans to host an industry day on Nov. 30 in San Diego, California, to convene and collect input from commercial and academic organizations that support ongoing projects to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system. The space agency said Thursday it aims to demonstrate the systems integration and operationalization of UAS in […] More

  • General Atomics to Build Arresting Gear Test Assets for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Build Arresting Gear Test Assets for Navy

    General Atomics has secured an $11.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce test assets of an arresting gear system the company designed to manage deceleration of carrier-borne aircraft. The company will provide Advanced Arresting Gear test articles for the Navy Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program Office’s testing and evaluation efforts at an AAG […] More

  • Saab to Help Maintain Swedish Military's Gripen C/D Aircraft Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Help Maintain Swedish Military’s Gripen C/D Aircraft Fleet

    Saab has secured an order from the Sweden’s defense materiel administration to help maintain Gripen C/D fighter aircraft for the Swedish armed forces during 2018. The company said Tuesday the order exercises an option under a performance-based aircraft support and maintenance contract awarded in May. Services will cover technical system, publications, spare parts, repairs, ground support and pilot equipment. […] More

  • Boeing Pledges $50M in Charitable Grants for NonProfits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Pledges $50M in Charitable Grants for NonProfits

    Boeing has pledged to provide more than $50 million in grants to approximately 500 nonprofit organizations across 50 countries. The grants package will fund initiatives through 2018 and will augment Boeing’s expected $117 million in company and employee contributions to other charitable causes, the company said Thursday. The new investments will bring the company’s total community contributions in 2017 to approximately […] More

  • Gillian Duggan Named Cobham HR & Comms EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gillian Duggan Named Cobham HR & Comms EVP

    Gillian Duggan, formerly group human resources director at Berendsen, has joined aerospace and defense technology company Cobham as executive vice president of HR and communications. Cobhan said Thursday Duggan previously spent 12 years at infrastructure support services provider Amey, where she held the roles of group HR director and managing director for two business units. Earlier in her career, […] More

  • Saudi Arabian Military Industries Names A&D Vet Andreas Schwer CEO, Forms Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saudi Arabian Military Industries Names A&D Vet Andreas Schwer CEO, Forms Board of Directors

    Andreas Schwer, former president and chairman of the board at Rheinmetall International, has joined state-owned defense contractor Saudi Arabian Military Industries as CEO He brings leadership experience in multiple international aerospace and defense companies to his new position, SAMI said Tuesday SAMI also formed a board of directors to be led by Ahmed Al Khateeb. The company entered […] More

  • DoD's Innovation Unit Taps C3 IoT to Develop AI-Based Predictive Maintenance Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Unit Taps C3 IoT to Develop AI-Based Predictive Maintenance Platform

    C3 IoT has received a multiyear contract from the Defense Department‘s innovation unit to build an artificial intelligence-based data management platform to aid military aircraft maintenance operations. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental asked the company to provide a predictive maintenance platform for DoD to forecast imminent problems with aircraft systems and components, C3 said Wednesday. C3 noted its […] More

  • TAT Subsidiary Lands US Military Thermal System MRO Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TAT Subsidiary Lands US Military Thermal System MRO Contract

    A TAT Technologies subsidiary has landed a five-year, $4.5 million contract to maintain, repair and overhaul thermal units for the U.S. military. Limco Airepair will provide MRO services for thermal units used on the country’s key military platforms, TAT said Wednesday. Gedera, Israel-based TAT provides original equipment manufacturer and aftermarket services for thermal management, power and actuation […] More

  • L3 Joins Boeing's Navy XLUUV Design Contract Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Joins Boeing’s Navy XLUUV Design Contract Team

    L3 Technologies has joined a Boeing-led team that won a potential $42.3 million contract to design an extra large unmanned undersea vehicle platform for the U.S. Navy. L3 said Thursday it will design and integrate autonomous, mission planning, cybersecurity, navigation and anti-tamper technologies into the team’s XLUUV offering. Christopher Kubasik, L3 president and chief operating officer, said […] More

  • ACT I Secures USAF Task Order for Cessna ISR Training Support in 2 African Countries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Secures USAF Task Order for Cessna ISR Training Support in 2 African Countries

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a task order to provide the U.S. Air Force training support for Cessna-208 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in Chad and Cameroon. ACT I said Wednesday that the task order awarded through the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business Pool 1 contract will facilitate support for the Air […] More