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  • Kratos Subsidiary Provides Virtual Machine Software for Military Wideband Global Satcom - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Subsidiary Provides Virtual Machine Software for Military Wideband Global Satcom

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has produced a ground-based satellite communications architecture for military personnel to manage the Wideband Global SATCOM payload. The company said Tuesday Kratos RT Logic delivered virtual machine-based software to replace a legacy command-and-control technology for the Boeing-led Global SATCOM Configuration Control Element Evolution program. Boeing’s defense, space and security segment is the prime […] More

  • Report: Qatar's Future Boeing-Built F-15s Would Include New Wing Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Qatar’s Future Boeing-Built F-15s Would Include New Wing Upgrade

    Boeing will introduce an updated wing structure for the F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter aircraft that the company will deliver to Qatar, FlightGlobal reported Friday. Steve Parker, Boeing vice-president of F-15 programs, told FlightGlobal that the aircraft maker could offer the redesigned wing as a service life extension option for the F-15 fleets of the U.S. Air Force and […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Space Tech R&D Proposals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Space Tech R&D Proposals

    The U.S. Air Force has requested proposals from small businesses that can research and develop technologies to optimize the U.S. military’s space systems. The Air Force said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice that the Spacecraft Object Tracking and Characterization program will cover space systems such as launch platforms, payload adapters, on-orbit systems, communications links, ground systems and […] More

  • Elbit-Rockwell Collins JV to Integrate Helmet Display System for South Korea's F-16 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit-Rockwell Collins JV to Integrate Helmet Display System for South Korea’s F-16

    A joint venture between Elbit Systems‘ America business and Rockwell Collins‘ ESA Vision Systems subsidiary has received a task to integrate a helmet-mounted display system to F-16 aircraft within South Korea’s air force. The Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II will be configured to provide situational awareness and identification display on friendly, enemy and unknown targets for day and […] More

  • HackerOne Unveils Results of Second Air Force Bug Bounty Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HackerOne Unveils Results of Second Air Force Bug Bounty Challenge

    HackerOne has released the results of the U.S. Air Force‘s second bug bounty challenge that invited hackers from 26 countries to identify vulnerabilities in the military branch’s systems. The company said Thursday 27 hackers participated in the 20-day Hack the Air Force 2.0 event and found 106 valid vulnerabilities, which earned the participants $103,883 in total bounties. HackerOne […] More

  • Field Aerospace to Modernize Air Force T-1A Avionics Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Field Aerospace to Modernize Air Force T-1A Avionics Suite

    Field Aerospace has won a potential $18.5 million contact to update the avionics suite of 208 T-1A Jayhawk aircraft and trainers for the U.S. Air Force. USAF asked the company to replace avionics of 16 flight trainers, 14 part task trainers and 178 standard aircraft in the service branch’s T-1A fleet, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The AF Life Cycle […] More

  • Garmin to Supply Aviator Watches for Air Force U-2 pilots - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Garmin to Supply Aviator Watches for Air Force U-2 pilots

    The U.S. Air Force has selected Garmin‘s international unit to supply aviator watches for pilots of the Lockheed Martin-built U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. Garmin said Wednesday its D2 Charlie aviator watch is designed to serve as a back-up navigation system in the cockpit through the delivery of global navigation support, moving maps and other features. The company expects the Air Force […] More

  • DARPA, Air Force Conduct Flight Test of BAE-Built Battle Mgmt Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Air Force Conduct Flight Test of BAE-Built Battle Mgmt Software

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force have tested a BAE Systems-made on-board software that works to deliver information to operators and pilots in environments where communications can be disrupted. BAE said Tuesday DARPA and the Air Force Research Laboratory conducted an 11-day flight test of the semi-autonomous Distributed Battle Management software. DBM is designed to […] More

  • Air Force to Complete Windows 10 Transition in March - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Complete Windows 10 Transition in March

    The U.S. Air Force has announced it expects to complete Microsoft Windows 10 operating system transition by March 31 to meet requirements mandated by the Defense Department. The service branch said Tuesday it will decommission all systems not updated to Windows 10 by the deadline. The USAF will also have to replace the many computer assets within the […] More

  • Telos VP Paul Capasso Named to AFC4A Cyberspace Operations & Support Hall of Fame - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos VP Paul Capasso Named to AFC4A Cyberspace Operations & Support Hall of Fame

    Paul Capasso, a 33-year U.S. Air Force veteran and vice president of strategic programs at Telos, has been selected for the Air Force Command, Control, Communications and Computers Association’s Cyberspace Operations and Support Hall of Fame. The retired major general continued to support multiple efforts at USAF and the Defense Department after he retired from military […] More

  • Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered its 400th C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Friday. The aircraft comes in the MC-130J Commando II Special Operations variant and is assigned to the Air Force’s Special Operations Command, the company said Monday. The 400th C-130J is also the 13th MC-130J to be modified into an AC-130J […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop 'Flexible' Circuit System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop ‘Flexible’ Circuit System

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has collaborated with a public-private manufacturing consortium to create operational prototypes of a circuit board system in efforts to accelerate the development of smart technologies. AFRL said Thursday it worked with NextFlex: America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute to develop Arduino integrated circuit systems that are designed to be programmed through open-source software. […] More