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  • Report: Lockheed, Rafael Offer Missiles for Army Multimission Launcher - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed, Rafael Offer Missiles for Army Multimission Launcher

    Lockheed Martin and Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will offer their respective missiles to the U.S. Army for possible integration with the service branch’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability multi-mission launcher, Defense News reported Monday. The Army seeks a second missile as part of the IFPC Increment 2 program, which aims to develop a weapon system that can counter rockets, […] More

  • Kymeta Produces, Markets Electronically-Steered Flat Satellite Antennas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kymeta Produces, Markets Electronically-Steered Flat Satellite Antennas

    Kymeta has begun production of electronically-steered flat satellite antennas in partnership with government clients, Space News reported Monday. A hundred of these Mtenna flat satellite antennas have already been shipped across 23 countries. The antennas have been used with military-grade armored vehicles and ships made to operate in austere environments. The company said it is currently developing […] More

  • Air Force Licenses Chemiluminescence Tech to Battle Sight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Licenses Chemiluminescence Tech to Battle Sight

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has granted Battle Sight Technologies exclusive rights to microencapsulated chemiluminescent materials through a licensing agreement. Battle Sight intends to use the AFRL-developed technology in efforts to create a prototype infrared writing instrument for potential use by warfighters and first responders, the U.S. Air Force said Friday. The service branch expects military personnel […] More

  • Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers

    A report by Bloomberg‘s government arm says the Defense Department‘s maintenance requirements could increase amid delays facing various military aircraft programs. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog post published Friday that the U.S. Air Force plans move the deployment of the Boeing-built KC-46 tanker aircraft from October 2018 to spring 2019. The […] More

  • Octo Consulting Part of DMI-Led Army HR System Support Contract Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting Part of DMI-Led Army HR System Support Contract Team

    Octo Consulting Group will participate in a DMI-led industry team that secured a potential five-year, $20 million contract to provide engineering and programmatic services for the U.S. Army‘s automated human resource systems. Octo said Tuesday it will help the service branch’s program executive office for enterprise information systems to design, build, implement and sustain AHRS software and hardware under […] More

  • Army Demos Raytheon's Updated Air & Missile Defense System to US Allies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Demos Raytheon’s Updated Air & Missile Defense System to US Allies

    Delegates from eight foreign countries observed a recent U.S. Army-led demonstration of Raytheon‘s updated air and missile defense system. A team of Army soldiers engaged two tactical ballistic missile targets using Global Patriot interceptors with the Post Deployment Build 8 configuration during a live-fire test,  Raytheon said Monday. Global Patriot uses radar and command-and-control technologies to guide multiple interceptor […] More

  • Lockheed PAC-3 Interceptor Test Supports Army's Field Surveillance Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed PAC-3 Interceptor Test Supports Army’s Field Surveillance Program

    The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated the capacity of two company-built PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative interceptors to counter tactical ballistic missile targets. Lockheed said Tuesday its PAC-3 CRI interceptors engaged two ballistic missiles during an Army-led flight test that supported the service branch’s Field Surveillance Program. FSP aims to ensure the readiness and reliability of fielded missile defense systems. Some Army officials […] More

  • Army to Award Contract for Electronic Warfare Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Award Contract for Electronic Warfare Technologies

    The U.S. Army has announced plans to award a contract for electronic warfare technologies that will be used for unmanned aircraft systems, C4ISRnet reported Friday. Work under the contract will be done in support of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare program, an effort aiming to provide EW capacities for the Army’s brigade combat teams. Based on the DoD’s fiscal 2019 […] More

  • Lockheed Martin and Letterkenny Munitions Center Partner to Modernize Army Tactical Missile Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin and Letterkenny Munitions Center Partner to Modernize Army Tactical Missile Systems

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Letterkenny Munitions Center in an effort to modernize the U.S. Army‘s tactical missile systems or ATACMS. The Army said Thursday its Precision Fire Rocket and Missile Systems Project Office initiated the ATACMS Modernization (AMOD program) to replace older variant warhead with a more modern warhead, through updating the electronics and installing a new warhead. […] More

  • York Space Systems Passes Critical Design Review for Army Satellite Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    York Space Systems Passes Critical Design Review for Army Satellite Mission

    York Space Systems has cleared a critical design review for a satellite that the aerospace company currently develops for the U.S. Army. Representatives from the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command and the U.S. Air Force conducted the review of the Harbinger mission at York’s spacecraft design and production facility in Denver, Colo., the company said Wednesday. […] More

  • General Atomics to Help Army Advance Railgun Weapon Tech; Nick Bucci, Mike Rucker Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Help Army Advance Railgun Weapon Tech; Nick Bucci, Mike Rucker Comment

    A General Atomics business unit has received a three-year contract to help the U.S. Army‘s Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Command mature and evaluate electromagnetic railgun weapon systems. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and ARDEC will collaborate to develop and test prototypes for mission performance and possible integration with Army vehicles as part the contract awarded through the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium, […] More

  • Army to Update Target Surveillance & Acquisition System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Update Target Surveillance & Acquisition System

    The U.S. Army will install upgrades into a target surveillance and acquisition system designed to boost target identification accuracy and protect scouts while searching for targets, Army Times reported Monday. Army researchers are working to update the Long-Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System with a third-generation forward-looking infrared radar. The Raytheon-built LRAS3 is designed to give scouts […] More