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  • Northrop Grumman, US Army Upgrade Joint Tactical Ground Station Installation in Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman, US Army Upgrade Joint Tactical Ground Station Installation in Japan

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Army recently upgraded the Joint Tactical Ground Station installation in Japan. JTAGS is a component of the U.S. early missile warning system. During the upgrade, the facility’s software, hardware, communications, cyber defenses and human interfaces were modernized. The facility was also given access to data feeds from additional satellite-based scanners, […] More

  • Cubic to Exhibit Training Platforms at Upcoming Army Symposium; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Exhibit Training Platforms at Upcoming Army Symposium; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic‘s Global Defense business is set to exhibit six training platforms during the U.S. Army Association’s LANPAC Symposium and Exposition, which will take place May 22 to 24 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The company said Monday it will showcase these technologies during the international event, which seeks to emphasize the Army’s role in the Indo-Asia-Pacific theater and the Joint Force. […] More

  • Report: Rockwell Collins, Korean Company to Bid for Chinook Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Rockwell Collins, Korean Company to Bid for Chinook Upgrades

    Rockwell Collins has partnered with Korea Aerospace Industries to bid for the opportunity to upgrade 27 CH-47  Chinook helicopters of the South Korean army and air force, Defense News reported Thursday. A press release from KAI states that a memorandum of understanding the two companies signed covers the collaborative design, modification and test flights for the […] More

  • Boeing Delivers 8 Apache Helicopters to Indonesia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Delivers 8 Apache Helicopters to Indonesia

    Boeing has delivered eight AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the Indonesia’s army as part of a foreign military sales transaction, Defenseworld.net reported Thursday. Ryamizard Ryacudu, Indonesian defense minister, said the Apache units will aid national efforts to protect sovereignty against potential threats. A turn-over ceremony occurred Wednesday at a military base located at Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang. More

  • PreTalen to Help USAF Further Develop Comms System Analysis Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PreTalen to Help USAF Further Develop Comms System Analysis Tool

    PreTalen will continue to develop an automated platform for analyzing wireless communication systems under a $23.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The company aims to incorporate a signals-based test framework into the Position Navigation and Time Autonomous Negotiator Applying Cognitive Effects-Based Analysis system, or PANACEA, the service branch said Thursday. USAF expects PreTalen to finish the project March 30, 2023. PANACEA […] More

  • Former Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno Joins Oshkosh Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno Joins Oshkosh Board

    Raymond Odierno, former chief of staff at the U.S. Army, has joined Oshkosh‘s board of directors as its 12th member. The retired Army general brings leadership experience, military and international expertise to the specialty vehicle manufacturing company, Wilson Jones, Oshkosh president and CEO, said in a statement released released Wednesday. Odierno’s 39-year military career includes service during the Persian Gulf and […] More

  • Army Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Medical Simulation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Medical Simulation System

    Charles River Analytics has received a $1.5 million U.S. Army contract to develop a medical simulation and tutorial platform aimed at improving the service branch’s medical training and patient care. The company said Monday the effort to develop the Virtual Intelligent Tutor for the Andragogy of Military Medicine Integrated Skills is done in collaboration with Frank Ritter and Chris Garrison of the […] More

  • Orbital ATK Produces 25,000th Precision Guidance Kit for Army and Marines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Produces 25,000th Precision Guidance Kit for Army and Marines

    Orbital ATK has produced the 25,000th unit of an artillery guidance kit used in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps. The M1156 Precision Guidance Kit was designed to reduce ballistic dispersion and collateral damage of 155mm artillery through the use of global positioning system technology, the company said Monday. Users may fit the kit on their weapons […] More

  • Leonardo DRS to Produce Sensor Tech for BAE-Developed Aircraft Missile Warning System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS to Produce Sensor Tech for BAE-Developed Aircraft Missile Warning System

    Leonardo DRS has been selected to provide sensors for an aircraft missile warning system BAE Systems is developing for the U.S. Army under a $97.9 million contract awarded in December. BAE will build the 2-Color Advanced Warning System to increase threat detection and protection capacities of Army rotary-wing aircraft through the Limited Interim Missile Warning System Quick Reaction Capability program, Leonardo DRS said Friday. 2C-AWS is […] More

  • DynCorp Gets $60M Modification on Air Force Base Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Gets $60M Modification on Air Force Base Support Contract

    DynCorp International has secured a $59.6 million contract modification to continue to help manage and maintain U.S. Air Force‘s base supply activities. The service branch exercised an option under a previously awarded contract for the company to extend supply support at Columbus, Laughlin, Randolph, Sheppard and Vance AF installations, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The company will also […] More

  • AeroVironment Gets Army Contract Modification for Aerial Missile System Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Gets Army Contract Modification for Aerial Missile System Equipment

    AeroVironment has received a $44.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide hardware and parts for Block 10C Switchblade miniature aerial missile systems. The company will supply equipment for inert training vehicles and all up rounds, multi pack launchers and modular battery payloads, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD noted the service branch will use fiscal 2017 missile procurement appropriations […] More

  • Army Launches Northrop-Built WGS Satcom Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Launches Northrop-Built WGS Satcom Training System

    The U.S. Army has unveiled a Northrop Grumman-built training system designed to educate soldiers on the management and operations of the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite communications program. Northrop said Wednesday the Wideband Training and Certification System is accessible on workstations at the Army Cyber Center of Excellence in Fort Gordon, Georgia. WTCS graduates will be assigned to […] More