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  • Pwnie Express Adds Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson to Board of Directors; Paul Paget Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pwnie Express Adds Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson to Board of Directors; Paul Paget Comments

    William Swanson, former chairman and CEO of Raytheon, has joined the board of directors of Pwnie Express, a developer of device threat detection technology for wired, wireless and connected devices. Swanson led Raytheon for nearly 10 years before he retired from the defense company in September 2014 after a 42-year career there, Pwnie Express said Wednesday. “Bill’s leadership […] More

  • INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP

    Larry Hanauer, a former senior international policy analyst at RAND Corp., has joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance as vice president for policy. He will oversee the nonprofit organization’s councils, task forces and other member-driven groups that aim to address national security issues through thought leadership and collaborative, public-private recommendations, INSA said Wednesday. At RAND, Hanaeur analyzed […] More

  • Elbit Systems Unit to Provide Gunner Hand Stations for Army's Bradley Combat Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Unit to Provide Gunner Hand Stations for Army’s Bradley Combat Vehicles

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an Elbit Systems subsidiary a two-year, $7.3 million contract to provide the U.S. Army gunner hand stations for the BAE Systems-built Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Elbit Systems of America will deliver Gunner’s Hand Stations that will operate alongside Commander’s Hand Stations to relay control signals to the Bradley M2A3/M3A3 turret fire control systems to support turret movement […] More

  • NovAtel's GPS Anti-Jamming & Interference Tech to Support DoD Information Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NovAtel’s GPS Anti-Jamming & Interference Tech to Support DoD Information Network

    NovAtel has received an order from the U.S. Naval Observatory for its anti-jamming antenna system in efforts to address the core controlled reception pattern antenna requirements of the Defense Department‘s main global enterprise network. The company said Monday its GPS Anti-Jam Technology will serve to support the DoD Information Network, which facilitates voice, data, video and bandwidth services. “GAJT has now been shipped and is […] More

  • Army Receives Initial Northrop-Made Common IR Countermeasure Systems; Carl Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Receives Initial Northrop-Made Common IR Countermeasure Systems; Carl Smith Comments

    Northrop Grumman has shipped an initial batch of Common Infrared Countermeasure missile defense systems to the U.S. Army as part of an engineering and manufacturing development contract awarded in August 2015. The Army received the CIRCMs after the company completed software qualification tests to evaluate the system’s performance and compliance with program requirements, Northrop said Tuesday. CIRCM is designed to help protect rotary […] More

  • AeroVironment Releases Remote Launch System for Blackwing UAS, Switchblade Missiles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Releases Remote Launch System for Blackwing UAS, Switchblade Missiles

    AeroVironment has released a new launch system that will work to allow remote deployments of the company’s Switchblade Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System and Blackwing tube-launched unmanned aircraft system. The company said Tuesday the Multi-Pack Launcher supports integration at forward operating bases and tactical ground vehicles to help provide incoming fire and force protection and on-the-go intelligence, surveillance and […] More

  • PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract

    PAE and Vectrus‘ Vectrus Systems Corporation subsidiary have formed a joint venture to bid for the U.S. Army‘s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program V contract vehicle. PAE said Tuesday Scott Welker, former deputy commander of the U.S. Army‘s Joint Munitions Command, will lead the PAE Vectrus JV as president. Welker said the PAE Vectrus team offers experience in international contingency mission support with operations on all continents. […] More

  • General Dynamics Unveils Public Safety Comms Tech Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unveils Public Safety Comms Tech Suite

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business in Canada has released a new suite of  digital communications systems for first responders to exchange information over fixed or mobile networks. The portfolio comprises the CitySHIELD, BorderSHIELD, InfrastructureSHIELD and EmergencySHIELD platforms that are designed to help increase users’ situational awareness as well as reduce emergency response times through the combination of 4G LTE […] More

  • Honeywell Chosen to Build Ballistic Composite Materials for ArmorSource, KDH Defense, Short Bark Industries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Chosen to Build Ballistic Composite Materials for ArmorSource, KDH Defense, Short Bark Industries

    Honeywell will provide ballistic composite materials to ArmorSource, Short Bark Industries and KDH Defense Systems‘ for efforts by the latter three companies to build military protection products. KDH Defense will use Honeywell’s Gold Shield and Spectra Shield products to create soft armor vest systems for the U.S. Army‘s next-generation Soldier Protection System, Honeywell said Tuesday. Honeywell added KDH Defense […] More

  • Interplay Learning to Develop Solar Training Platform Under DOE Cooperative Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Interplay Learning to Develop Solar Training Platform Under DOE Cooperative Deal

    Interplay Learning has received a $1.25 million contract from the Energy Department to develop a content platform that will feature three-dimensional simulations and educational tools intended for solar installation training programs. DOE awarded the cooperative contract through the Technology to Market program under the department’s SunShot Initiative with the goal to increase the adoption of solar technologies, Interplay […] More

  • DARPA, Air Force Tap PAR Technology Subsidiary for Media Forensics R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Air Force Tap PAR Technology Subsidiary for Media Forensics R&D Contract

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have awarded a $7.2 million contract to a PAR Technology subsidiary to develop digital media forensics technology. PAR Government Systems will apply its experience in image and video processing, cloud computing, data analytics and digital media forensics to support DARPA’s Media Forensics research-and-development program, the company said Tuesday. Matt […] More

  • Leidos Picks Crystal Group-Built Server for Signals Intell Platform; Matthew Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Picks Crystal Group-Built Server for Signals Intell Platform; Matthew Smith Comments

    Leidos has selected Crystal Group’s computer servers for integration with the former’s signals intelligence platform, Military & Aerospace reported Tuesday. John Keller writes Leidos will integrate Crystal’s RS378 3U rugged server with its eXpeditionary RT system that works to provide users with situational awareness data derived from various information sources. Matthew Smith, senior program manager at Leidos, […] More