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  • Northrop Extends Supply Chain Agreement With Australian Govt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Extends Supply Chain Agreement With Australian Govt

    Nothrop Grumman‘s Australia-based subsidiary and the government of Australia have renewed their global supply chain agreement for another three years. The company said Sunday the agreement aims to give Australian companies access to military and commercial opportunities within Northrop’s global supply chain. Ian Irving, CEO of Northrop Grumman Australia, said the partnership will help the […] More

  • AeroVironment to Provide sUAS, Support for Australian Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment to Provide sUAS, Support for Australian Forces

    AeroVironment has secured a potential 10-year, $36.5 million contract from Australia’s defense department to deliver small unmanned aircraft systems as well as training and logistics support. The company said Thursday it will integrate Australian content into the WASP AE UAS to meet the country’s military and industry needs. AeroVironment will work with XTEK, General Dynamics‘ Mediaware subsidiary and Sentient Vision […] More

  • BAE Extends Agreement to Provide International Business Opportunities for Australian Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Extends Agreement to Provide International Business Opportunities for Australian Companies

    Australia’s defense ministry has renewed a supply chain agreement with BAE Systems to continue to give Australian companies access to commercial and defense opportunities within BAE’s international business. The British defense contractor said Monday its Global Access Program has helped Australian firms secure export deals for products such as military vehicle restraint systems, ship evacuation equipment, precision components […] More

  • Northrop Unveils South Australia-Based Aircraft Countermeasure Tech Support Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Unveils South Australia-Based Aircraft Countermeasure Tech Support Facility

    Northrop Grumman has established a new facility in Adelaide, South Australia, to provide in-country support services for laser-based aircraft countermeasure systems. The facility is located at the Australian air force’s Edinburgh base and will support repair and maintenance efforts for Northrop-built Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures systems that work to detect, identify and defeat air-launched missile threats, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • Northrop to Help Build Defense Electronics & Sustainment Center in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Build Defense Electronics & Sustainment Center in Australia

    Northrop Grumman will make a $37.2 million investment to build a defense electronics maintenance and sustainment center for Australia’s armed forces. The company said Monday the Electronic Sustainment Center of Excellence will be located at Badgerys Creek precinct in Western Sydney, where Northrop will serve as the anchor tenant for an aerospace and defense industries precinct. The ESCE will support advanced electronics […] More

  • ARN: IBM to Provide Mainframe Storage Infrastructure for Australia's Human Services Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ARN: IBM to Provide Mainframe Storage Infrastructure for Australia’s Human Services Dept

    IBM has secured a $10.1 million contract from Australia’s human services department to provide mainframe storage infrastructure, ARN reported Thursday. A spokesperson for the department told ARN that IBM will deliver new mainframe disk storage arrays to replace aging ones under the contract. “The scope includes supply of hardware and operating systems, installation and secure disposal […] More

  • Reports: HPE Unveils Regional HQ, Incubator Program in Singapore - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: HPE Unveils Regional HQ, Incubator Program in Singapore

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has established a Singapore-based regional headquarters in a push to help address a demand for new technologies across the Asia-Pacific and Japanese markets, Nikkei Asian Review reported Tuesday. HPE said it foresees “strong growth” opportunities in the internet of things and hybrid information technology sectors in Singapore, Japan, Australia and India, according to the report. The regional office has […] More

  • Cubic to Help Develop Transport Systems for Australia via Public-Private Consortium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Help Develop Transport Systems for Australia via Public-Private Consortium

    Cubic is part of a public-private consortium that has received a 10-year, $41.3 million grant from the government of Australia to develop smart transport and mobility technologies. Cubic said Tuesday it aims to build multimodal systems intended to help address Australia’s transportation challenges through the iMOVE Cooperative Research Center — a consortium comprised of technology companies, academic institutions and government agencies. CRC will focus on […] More

  • Raytheon to Refresh AMRAAM Guidance Under $65M Air Force Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Refresh AMRAAM Guidance Under $65M Air Force Contract Option

    Raytheon has received a $64.6 million contract option from the U.S. Air Force to update the guidance section of a company-built air-to-air missile system. The Defense Department said Thursday Raytheon will continue to support form, fit, function and refresh efforts for the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile‘s guidance segment. The contract includes foreign military sales to Norway, Turkey, […] More

  • Kongsberg Lands Contract to Integrate BAE Australian Arm’s RF Sensor With F-35 Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg Lands Contract to Integrate BAE Australian Arm’s RF Sensor With F-35 Missile

    A Kongsberg subsidiary has received a potential $17.3 million contract from Australia’s federal government to integrate a BAE Systems-developed radio-frequency sensor platform with the former’s Joint Strike Missile that will fly aboard the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE’s Australian arm will deliver passive RF sensors to Kongsberg’s defense and aerospace business for use in qualification […] More

  • ULA's Delta IV Rocket Launches 9th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Delta IV Rocket Launches 9th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Space

    United Launch Alliance launched a Boeing-built satellite into orbit Saturday aboard a Delta IV rocket to provide military communications support for the U.S. military and six of the country’s allies. The ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite with  updated digital channelizers that are designed to nearly double the bandwidth of earlier satellites in the WGS system, Boeing said Saturday. Boeing is contracted to build 10 WGS […] More

  • Marise Payne: Australia to Invest $192M in Growler Radio Jammer, Radar Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marise Payne: Australia to Invest $192M in Growler Radio Jammer, Radar Tech Development

    Australia will make a potential $191.6 million investment to develop a new radio jammer and radar system for the country’s Boeing-built EA-18G Growler aircraft. Sen. Marise Payne, Australia’s defense minister, said in a statement released Wednesday the country will partner with the U.S. Navy to perform development work on the next-generation radio jamming platform. Payne announced the […] More