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  • BAE Delivers 1st Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft to Oman AF - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Delivers 1st Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft to Oman AF

    BAE Systems delivered the first of 12 Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets built for the air force of Oman during a ceremony held Wednesday at the country’s Adam military base. The company said Friday the delivery follows an official roll-out of Oman’s Typhoon unit alongside a Hawk jet trainer at a company facility in Warton, England, in May. Oman […] More

  • BAE Unveils Cockpit Devt & Military Aircraft Training Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils Cockpit Devt & Military Aircraft Training Facility

    BAE Systems has opened a new cockpit development and training facility designed to integrate gaming technologies with military aircraft simulators and Formula One engineering. The company said Thursday it worked with Williams Advanced Engineering to build the $2.9 million Training and Simulation Integration Facility at Warton village in Lancashire, England. TSIF is designed to provide simulation support for various aircraft types […] More

  • Navy Selects BAE, General Dynamics, MES for Submarine Trainer Production, Installation IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects BAE, General Dynamics, MES for Submarine Trainer Production, Installation IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded three companies positions on a potential five-year, $42.6 million contract to provide support services for the military branch’s Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer systems. BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business, General Dynamics‘ mission systems segment  and services business and MES‘ simulation and training unit will compete for hardware design, fabrication, logistics and installation task orders under […] More

  • BAE Unveils GEOINT Platform for Mission Planning Applications; Scott Murray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils GEOINT Platform for Mission Planning Applications; Scott Murray Comments

    BAE Systems has introduced a new geospatial offering designed to support mission planning applications of military and civilian agencies. Dynamic Cartography works to generate geospatial content and analytics information from various sources such as commercial and military satellites, BAE said Wednesday. The platform uses comparative vector data and social media to develop constantly updated digital maps that feature human geography, […] More

  • Vencore’s Patrick Biltgen to Receive ASF’s Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore’s Patrick Biltgen to Receive ASF’s Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence; Mac Curtis Comments

    Patrick Biltgen, technical director of analytics at Vencore, will receive the inaugural Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation for his research work and efforts to expand science and technology-related exploration initiatives. ASF will present the award to Biltgen during the foundation’s Innovators Gala to be held on Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C., […] More

  • DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a pair of contracts to begin development work on a radio frequency technology platform that seeks to help unmanned aircraft systems carry out multiple missions and adapt to changing combat scenarios. DARPA awarded the contracts worth $5.4 million combined as part of the agency’s CONverged Collaborative […] More

  • CACI's Ken Asbury, BAE's Manish Parikh & Unisys' PV Puvvada Assume New Roles at PSC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI’s Ken Asbury, BAE’s Manish Parikh & Unisys’ PV Puvvada Assume New Roles at PSC

    Ken Asbury, president and CEO at CACI International; Manish Parikh, vice president of business development and strategy at BAE Systems; and PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal business unit, have been elected to assume new leadership roles within the Professional Services Council. PSC said Friday Puvvada was named the organization’s vice chairperson while Asbury and Parikh will […] More

  • BAE's US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm Taps CH2M to Help Implement Aircraft Landing Tech at Marine Corps, Navy Facilities

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has selected CH2M to support the installation of airfield and shore-based landing systems at more than 35 U.S. Marine Corps and Navy facilities globally. The two companies will collaborate to help the Navy’s air traffic control systems division implement the Instrument Landing System and Instrument Carrier Landing System as part of the service branch’s Air Traffic Control […] More

  • BAE-QinetiQ Alliance Seeks to Promote Adoption of Electric Drive Tech for Combat Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-QinetiQ Alliance Seeks to Promote Adoption of Electric Drive Tech for Combat Vehicles

    BAE Systems and QinetiQ have entered into a teaming agreement with the goal to help foster worldwide adoption of an electric drive transmission technology designed for ground combat vehicles. QinetiQ said May 25 it aims to combine the firm’s electric drive expertise with BAE’s systems design, development, manufacturing and integration experience in efforts to  support utilization of the E-X-Drive system. E-X-Drive is designed to power communications, […] 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

  • BAE Subsidiary to Update Maritime SATCOM Terminals for Australian Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Subsidiary to Update Maritime SATCOM Terminals for Australian Navy

    BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has landed a four-year, $30 million contract to help the Australian navy update its maritime satellite communications terminals. The company said Thursday upgrade work on the Maritime element of the Advanced SATCOM Terrestrial Infrastructure System terminals will take place at BAE facilities in South Australia and Sydney. MASTIS is equipped with two antennas that work to simultaneously process data in X– and […] More

  • BAE Unveils Oman's 1st Typhoon Fighter, Hawk Trainer Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils Oman’s 1st Typhoon Fighter, Hawk Trainer Aircraft

    BAE Systems has formally presented a Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft and a Hawk jet trainer built for Oman’s air force during a ceremony held at the company’s facility in Warton, England. The company said Monday it showcased both aircraft platforms to more than 100 delegates that included Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidi, defense minister of Oman, and Mattar Ali bin […] More