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  • 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

  • Mnemonics Secures $50M Navy Satellite, Avionics R&D Completion Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mnemonics Secures $50M Navy Satellite, Avionics R&D Completion Contract

    Mnemonics has received a potential five-year, $49.6 million from the U.S. Navy to carry out the final phase of a research and development project focused on satellite, avionics and communications technology platforms. The cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract has an initial value of $10 million and work could extend through Nov. 30, 2022, if all options are exercised, the Defense Department […] More

  • NASA, Boeing Partner to Conduct Flight Safety Research With Synthetic Vision Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Boeing Partner to Conduct Flight Safety Research With Synthetic Vision Tech

    Boeing and NASA have entered into a Space Act Agreement to study pilot awareness and response to unplanned situations as part of efforts to help improve aviation safety and flight training. The research effort will employ NASA’s synthetic vision technologies along with Boeing’s 787 simulators and , the agency said Wednesday. Kyle Ellis, NASA’s research technical lead, […] More

  • BAE, True North Automation Form Cybersecurity Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, True North Automation Form Cybersecurity Partnership

    BAE Systems has partnered with True North Automation to offer the former’s cybersecurity products and services to the latter’s customers. True North Automation aims to help clients integrate new security platforms into their systems and facilities as well as address cyber threats in the manufacturing and utility sectors, BAE said Wednesday. Colin McKinty, vice president of cybersecurity solutions at BAE’s […] More

  • Dave Buss: Cubic to Assist Marine Corps in Warfighting Skills Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Buss: Cubic to Assist Marine Corps in Warfighting Skills Training

    Cubic‘s global defense business will provide a range of training services to the U.S. Marine Corps under a six-month, $11.5 million contract. The company said Thursday it will support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force’s Training Systems Support program that covers Marine warfighting training; command post exercises; battle staff training; mission rehearsal exercises; and mobile command, control, communication and computers […] More

  • BAE Adds 2 Suppliers to UK Type 26 Shipbuilding Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Adds 2 Suppliers to UK Type 26 Shipbuilding Program

    BAE Systems has selected Liferaft Systems Australia and Mackay Consolidated Industries to respectively produce a marine evacuation system and pipe hanger inserts for the U.K. navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. Australian Defense Minister Christopher Pyne witnessed the signing of contracts between BAE and the two Australia-based companies at the British defense contractor’s headquarters in London, BAE said Wednesday. […] More

  • Radiant Solutions’ Tony Frazier: AI, Big Data Analytics Can Help Uncover Insights From Remote Sensing Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Radiant Solutions’ Tony Frazier: AI, Big Data Analytics Can Help Uncover Insights From Remote Sensing Data

    Tony Frazier, president of Radiant Solutions, told Trajectory Magazine in an interview published Wednesday one of the trends he sees in the remote sensing sector is the capability to leverage technologies such as big data analytics and artificial intelligence to generate insights from collected data. “The bottleneck is going to be how we can extract […] More

  • Kratos to Update Air Force Satellite Control, Mgmt Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Update Air Force Satellite Control, Mgmt Systems

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received a potential $11.3 million contract modification to help update the U.S. Air Force‘s satellite control and management systems. The company said Wednesday updates will cover system consolidation and architecture and security enhancements intended to support the service branch’s communication satellite missions.   Kratos’ satcom business unit currently provides technology platforms and services […] More