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  • State Dept OKs $101M Kiowa Warrior Helicopter Equipment Sale to Tunisia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs $101M Kiowa Warrior Helicopter Equipment Sale to Tunisia

    Tunisia has asked to buy $100.8 million in equipment, training and support services for the country’s future fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters from the U.S. under a foreign military sales deal approved by the State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the sale covers 25 embedded GPS/inertial navigation systems, 24 AN/AAR-57 common missile warning systems, […] More

  • State Dept Surveys Potential Small Biz Sources of Wireless Intrusion Detection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Surveys Potential Small Biz Sources of Wireless Intrusion Detection Tech

    The State Department is conducting market research on potential suppliers of commercial security equipment built to identify and detect wireless threats inside a user-defined zone. In a sources sought notice posted April 27 on FedBizOpps, the department said it seeks a wireless intrusion detection system to support its Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s physical security efforts at various U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. The […] More

  • Raytheon Establishes UAS Directorate Within Missiles Systems Product Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Establishes UAS Directorate Within Missiles Systems Product Line

    Raytheon has created an unmanned aircraft systems directorate under its advanced missile systems product line in Arizona in efforts to consolidate the elements of small UAS production including airframe, payload integration and command-and-control technology. The company said Tuesday it will also increase delivery of its Coyote and Silver Fox UAS platforms to address a growth in small UAS demand. Thomas Bussing, Raytheon […] More

  • Boeing’s Insitu Forms Commercial Business Unit, Sells UAS Software to University Client - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Forms Commercial Business Unit, Sells UAS Software to University Client

    Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has established a business unit that will work to assist commercial clients in their data collection and processing efforts through unmanned aerial systems. Insitu said Monday the new unit will offer several products and services including aerial vehicles, Inexa Control software designed to operate UAS and Catalina and TacitView software for multi-sensor […] More

  • Francois Auque: Airbus, European Space Agency Sign Earth Explorer Mission Pact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Francois Auque: Airbus, European Space Agency Sign Earth Explorer Mission Pact

    An Airbus business segment has signed an agreement with Europe’s pan-continental agency to start development work for the next Earth Explorer mission referred to as the Biomass satellite. Airbus Defence and Space will aid the project expected to launch in 2021 that works to measure forest biomass to help assess terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes, the company said Tuesday. “Collecting […] More

  • Cubic to Exhibit Training & C4ISR Product Line at Jordan Special Operations Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Exhibit Training & C4ISR Product Line at Jordan Special Operations Conference

    A Cubic business unit will display some of its training and C4ISR products at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference May 9 through May 12 in Jordan. Cubic Global Defense will also exhibit technology from its subsidiaries DTECH Labs, GATR Technologies and TeraLogics that include “internet on-the-move,” end-to-end Full Motion Video management and satellite-based communications features, the company said […] More

  • CivilianJobs.Com Names SAIC as a 'Most Valuable Employer' for Military; Kimberly Admire Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CivilianJobs.Com Names SAIC as a ‘Most Valuable Employer’ for Military; Kimberly Admire Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has been selected as one of the companies in the 2016 Most Valuable Employer for Military list released by CivilianJobs.com. Awardees go through a selection process that involves a survey on employer recruitment, training and retention plans that serve military service members and veterans, SAIC said Tuesday. “Today, more than 20 percent of our workforce […] More

  • John Mikal Named MTSI Site Lead for Edwards Air Force Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Mikal Named MTSI Site Lead for Edwards Air Force Base

    John Mikal, an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel and test pilot for the KC-46A tanker aircraft, has been appointed by Modern Technology Solutions Inc. as site lead for the company’s operations at Edwards Air Force Base in California. MTSI said Tuesday Mikal succeeds Don Blanton, who was recently promoted to director of the flight test business unit within […] More

  • AUVSI Adds Woolpert SVP Jeff Lovin to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AUVSI Adds Woolpert SVP Jeff Lovin to Board of Directors

    Jeff Lovin, a nearly 30-year veteran of Woolpert and currently senior vice president and director of the company’s government solutions business, has joined the board of directors of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. He will serve a three-year term in the association that works to promote and supports the interests of the unmanned systems and robotics […] More

  • Thales Partners With Netherlands' Defense Forces to Open Cyber Training & Testing Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Partners With Netherlands’ Defense Forces to Open Cyber Training & Testing Facility

    Thales and the Dutch armed forces’ defense cyber command formed an alliance to establish a new cyber training and testing facility. The Cyber Range will provide a platform to simulate cyber attacks as well as protective and defense mechanisms on different weapon systems, IT environments or satellite links and test offensive cyber tactics, Thales said Tuesday. The company added it will […] More

  • AeroVironment, SmartC2 to Help NASA Conduct UAS Flight Demo's Second Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment, SmartC2 to Help NASA Conduct UAS Flight Demo’s Second Phase

    AeroVironment, SmartC2 and NASA have forged a partnership to perform a second phase of field tests on the space agency’s unmanned traffic management technology in October. AeroVironment said Thursday researchers will assess the Puma AE’s onboard autopilot three-dimensional geo-fencing functions, backup data link command-and-control and ADS-B integration into NASA’s UTM research platform. SmartC2 will deploy its VirtualAirBoss aviation business […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu to Equip ScanEagle UAS with Maritime Surveillance Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu to Equip ScanEagle UAS with Maritime Surveillance Tech

    Boeing subsidiary Insitu has partnered with Hood Technologies and Sentient to integrate maritime detection technology into Insitu-built small unmanned aerial systems such as the ScanEagle UAS. Insitu said Tuesday it aims to equip its ScanEagle with the Visual Detection and Ranging system that is designed to scan the ocean in a 180-degree arc around the front of a drone. The ViDAR software — developed by Sentient’s vision systems business – works to […] More