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  • Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap

    Northrop Grumman has proposed the use of its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force to bridge a communications gap between the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor aircraft platforms, Defense News reported. The report said the service branch’s F-35 and F-22 planes currently are unable to exchange information because the former uses the […] More

  • CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud

    CSRA has obtained authorization from the U.S. Navy to test a new integrated pay and personnel system for the service branch on Amazon Web Services‘ cloud platform. The Interim Authorization to Test permits CSRA to assess the viability and flexibility of running a commercial off-the-shelf human resource management platform on AWS cloud, CSRA said Wednesday. The COTS HRM system will […] More

  • Report: Orbital ATK, Air Force Set Aug. 25 Launch for ORS-5 Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Orbital ATK, Air Force Set Aug. 25 Launch for ORS-5 Satellite

    A U.S. Air Force satellite is scheduled Friday to launch into orbit aboard the Orbital ATK-built Minotaur IV rocket that will lift off from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Spaceflight Insider reported Wednesday. The Operationally Responsive Space 5 satellite will work to provide situational awareness capabilities as the U.S. military […] More

  • Kratos Launches Geolocation Tool for Satellite Interference Mitigation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Launches Geolocation Tool for Satellite Interference Mitigation

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled a new geolocation platform that works to determine the physical location of very small aperture terminals in an effort to mitigate satellite interference. The satID platform comes with a time division multiple access geolocation module designed to classify, process and filter signals from VSATs and provide signal removal […] More

  • Moog Lands DLA Military Aircraft Component Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moog Lands DLA Military Aircraft Component Supply Contract

    Moog has been awarded a potential $48 million contract by the Defense Logistics Agency to supply aircraft components for multiple weapon system platforms of the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy. The Defense Department said Wednesday the sole-source contract has a five-year base period that will run through Aug. 22, 2022, and an option that could extend work for an […] More

  • BAE Unveils 'Radiation-Hardened' Space Computer Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils ‘Radiation-Hardened’ Space Computer Tech

    BAE Systems has introduced a single-board computer technology designed to support computing processes on board spacecraft and satellites. The company said Wednesday it developed the RAD5545TM computer to aid space missions such as weather monitoring, planetary exploration, communications, surveillance, tracking and national security. RAD5545TM components are designed to resist potential damage or malfunction caused by radiation exposure […] More

  • Bloomberg Government Unveils it's 2017 List of Top Federal Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg Government Unveils it’s 2017 List of Top Federal Contractors

    Bloomberg has released the sixth annual BGOV200 report that lists the top 200 federal government contractors based on the value of prime contracts awarded to them in fiscal year 2016. The BGOV200 ranking looks at the top contracts at 24 federal agencies under 27 purchasing categories, BGOV said Wednesday. “This year, top federal contractors have seen an […] More

  • General Dynamics Mission Systems Launches TechScout Outreach Program for Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Mission Systems Launches TechScout Outreach Program for Small Businesses

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has unveiled a technical procurement outreach program organized to provide opportunities for small businesses to contribute in forming technologies that address the needs of General Dynamics customers. TechScout is part of the company’s EDGE Innovation Sourcing Network that seeks to enable small business vendors and suppliers to provide ideas and collaborate in response […] More

  • Varley USA Delivers Initial H-60 Toolkits to Army, Coast Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Varley USA Delivers Initial H-60 Toolkits to Army, Coast Guard

    Varley USA has delivered an initial batch of toolkits designed to help the U.S. Army and Coast Guard remove and install components on H-60 utility helicopters. H-60 bridge toolkits include forward and aft bridges, bellcranks, eccentric bushings, longitudinal support assembles and tie rods for the helicopter gearbox, two engine input and accessory drive modules, Varley USA said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Harris to Supply EW Transmitter for Air Force C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Supply EW Transmitter for Air Force C-130J Aircraft

    BAE Systems has awarded Harris a contract to provide electronic warfare transmitter technology for integration into the U.S. Air Force‘s MC-130J Commando II and AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft platforms. Harris said Wednesday its phased array antennas will offer transmit capacity for BAE’s electronic warfare countermeasure systems. In 2016, BAE and Northrop Grumman secured separate contracts worth up […] More

  • General Atomics Opens Flight Test & Training Center Hangar in North Dakota - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Opens Flight Test & Training Center Hangar in North Dakota

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to mark the opening of a new unmanned aircraft system hangar at the Grand Sky business park in North Dakota. The company said Tuesday its Flight Test and Training Center hangar is built to house GA-ASI operational hardware such as MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Predator B remotely […] More