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  • BAE, O2 Partner to Offer 'Device-to-Cloud' Security Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, O2 Partner to Offer ‘Device-to-Cloud’ Security Service

    BAE Systems and digital communications firm O2 have partnered to offer a managed  security service for enterprise clients to protect internet-enabled devices against cyber threats. The device-to-cloud cybersecurity offering is designed to support customers’ network and processes as a stand-alone platform or in combination with the O2 Gateway integrated network, BAE said Tuesday. O2 Gateway works to integrate mobile, fixed and Wi-Fi […] More

  • BAE Unit to Provide Logistics Support, Incidental Materials for Navy C4I Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Provide Logistics Support, Incidental Materials for Navy C4I Projects

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a one-year, $24.4 million contract modification to a business unit of BAE Systems to provide logistics services and incidental materials for the Naval Air Warfare Center‘s aircraft division. BAE’s technology solutions and services unit will perform 568,551 hours of support for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence projects of NAWCAD’s special communications mission solutions division […] More

  • Navy Taps BAE Unit for Potential $68M USS Roosevelt Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps BAE Unit for Potential $68M USS Roosevelt Modernization Contract

    BAE Systems‘ Southeast Shipyard Mayport business in Jacksonville, Florida, has won a potential $68.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide facilities and human resources for the modernization, repair and maintenance of the USS Roosevelt guided missile destroyer. The Defense Department said Thursday the Navy obligated $51.4 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds at the […] More

  • BAE Develops Atmospheric Lens Platform for Battlefield Surveillance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Develops Atmospheric Lens Platform for Battlefield Surveillance

    Researchers at BAE Systems have developed a laser-based atmospheric lens platform designed to help military commanders perform long-range surveillance operations on adversaries. The Laser Developed Atmospheric Lens system works to create lens-like structures through the use of high-power pulsed lasers and manipulation of the Earth’s atmosphere through ionization or reversal reheating process, BAE said Jan. […] More

  • Report: Defense Companies Expect Surge in European Arms Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Defense Companies Expect Surge in European Arms Spending

    Defense contractors expect an increase in weapons spending as NATO countries work to increase their military budgets amid President-elect Donald Trump’s skepticism about the alliance and his call for U.S. allies to pay more for their own defense, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Rick Clough writes Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Thales are among the defense companies whose […] More

  • Lockheed Taps BAE for Air Force F-22 Head-Up Display Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE for Air Force F-22 Head-Up Display Modernization

    BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to replace the head-up displays of the U.S. Air Force‘s F-22 Raptor aircraft with a digital version. BAE said Monday it will use its Digital Light Engine technology to install a form, fit and function HUD platform into the F-22 fleet’s HUD space. The company also expects to receive a follow-on production […] More

  • BAE-Built 3D Radar Completes Sea Trials Aboard UK Type 23 Frigates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Built 3D Radar Completes Sea Trials Aboard UK Type 23 Frigates

    A BAE Systems-built radar system has completed three years of sea-based trials on the U.K. navy’s Type 23 frigates and has been integrated onto a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, landing platform dock assault ship and landing platform helicopter assault ship. BAE said Wednesday it has also installed the company’s Artisan 3D radar at the U.K. ministry of defense’s land-based test site in Portsmouth, […] More

  • Navy Eyes Modification for BAE Electromagnetic Railgun Pulsed Power Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Modification for BAE Electromagnetic Railgun Pulsed Power Tech Contract

    The U.S. Navy plans to award a contract modification to BAE Systems to continue development work on a pulsed power system for the service branch’s electromagnetic railgun, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes Naval Sea Systems Command officials said the sole-source contract to be awarded to BAE’s platforms and services business segment will also cover […] More

  • AFRL Picks BAE to Deploy Security Systems for Intell Sharing; DeEtte Gray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Picks BAE to Deploy Security Systems for Intell Sharing; DeEtte Gray Comments

    BAE Systems has received a potential five-year, $49 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to deploy and maintain systems built to secure information sharing across government networks. The data-sharing technologies that BAE is tasked to deliver under the Systems Engineering and Evaluation System Analysis Worldwide Cross Domain contract will work to support the Defense Department, […] More

  • Research and Markets: Global Military Ammunition Market to Hit 1.52% CAGR in 2016-2026 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Global Military Ammunition Market to Hit 1.52% CAGR in 2016-2026

    A new Research and Markets report projects the global military ammunition market to hit a compound annual growth rate of 1.52 percent from 2016 through 2026, buoyed by sustained procurement in defense spending countries. Research and Markets said Thursday that countries involved in conflicts and emerging economies involved in territorial disputes will drive the demand […] More

  • Research and Markets Sets Global Airborne ISR Market CAGR at 3.88% in 2017-2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Sets Global Airborne ISR Market CAGR at 3.88% in 2017-2020

    A new Research and Markets report predicts the global airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market will hit a compound annual growth rate of 3.88 percent from 2017 through 2021. Research and Markets reported that many countries have started to augment their maritime security systems amid escalating possibilities of terrorist attacks through sea routes and illegal dealings […] More

  • Markets and Markets: Global EOIR Systems Market to Hit $14.2B by 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Markets and Markets: Global EOIR Systems Market to Hit $14.2B by 2022

    A new Markets and Markets report forecasts the global military electro-optics/infrared systems market to hit $14.20 billion by 2022 from $10.15 billion in 2016, at a compound annual growth rate of 5.75 percent. Markets and Markets said that high demand for battlespace data by defense forces will drive the military electro-optics/infrared systems market. The report also […] More