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  • BAE Rolls Out 4th Astute-Class Attack Submarine for British Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Rolls Out 4th Astute-Class Attack Submarine for British Navy

    BAE Systems has unveiled the fourth Astute-class attack submarine that the company built for the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy. The nuclear-powered submarine named Audacious was lowered into the dock water at BAE’s Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria site to undergo the next phase of test and commissioning ahead of sea trials in 2018, the company said Friday. Astute-class submarines are equipped […] More

  • EXPAL Systems to Help BAE Integrate Air Launched Weapons Onto Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EXPAL Systems to Help BAE Integrate Air Launched Weapons Onto Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft

    Maxam‘s EXPAL Systems subsidiary has received a contract from BAE Systems to help develop and integrate an air launched weapon system for the Eurofighter Typhoon multirole aircraft. EXPAL will provide engineering support services for the integration of air-launched weapons munitions and standard weapons with MK 80 series warheads for Typhoon jets. “With this contribution, EXPAL enlarges its trajectory of supporting weapon […] More

  • BAE Selects Triumph to Supply Gun Bodies for India's Future M777 Howitzers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Selects Triumph to Supply Gun Bodies for India’s Future M777 Howitzers

    Triumph Group has secured a $15 million contract from BAE Systems to manufacture gun bodies for M777 Howitzer weapons that the British defense contractor’s U.S. subsidiary will build and deliver to India under a foreign military sales deal. Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Triumph said Monday its precision components business unit will machine, weld and assemble gun bodies before delivering them to BAE in the […] More

  • BAE Unit to Extend USAF Air Vehicle Planning System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Extend USAF Air Vehicle Planning System Support

    A business unit of BAE Systems has received a $42.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to provide additional support for an air vehicle planning system. The modification will also increase contract ceiling to authorize the procurement of continued maintenance and sustainment activities; development activities; onsite support requirements; and required modifications to Army Prepositioned Stock weapons, the Defense Department said Thursday. BAE’s […] More

  • BAE to Help Maintain, Repair Estonia's Infantry Fighting Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help Maintain, Repair Estonia’s Infantry Fighting Vehicles

    Estonia’s center for defense investment has inked long-term contracts with BAE Systems for the company to help maintain and sustain the country’s fleet of infantry fighting vehicles. BAE said Wednesday the agreements will cover configuration management, maintenance, repair and spare parts production support services 44 CV9035 IFVs the Estonian government procured in 2014 from the Netherlands. The company noted that Estonia is one of […] More

  • BAE Receives $50M Subcontract From Lockheed to Provide UK F-35 Engineering, Maintenance, Training Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Receives $50M Subcontract From Lockheed to Provide UK F-35 Engineering, Maintenance, Training Support

    BAE Systems has secured nearly $50 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin to provide a range of support services for the U.K.’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Lockheed awarded the funds to the British defense company as part a three-year, $100 million contract from the Defense Department‘s F-35 Joint Program Office, BAE said Friday. Both companies will also establish a team of more […] More

  • BAE Updates Flight Simulator for F-35 Pilots; Peter Wilson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Updates Flight Simulator for F-35 Pilots; Peter Wilson Comments

    BAE Systems has refurbished a flight engineering simulator to help F-35 pilots prepare for flight trials on a new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier of the U.K. armed forces. The company said Wednesday it updated the simulator previously used for the Harrier jump-jet and Hawk jet trainer in an effort to help British airmen train for flights to and from the U.K. aircraft carrier […] More

  • Esterline to Supply Visual Systems for UK Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoon Simulators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esterline to Supply Visual Systems for UK Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon Simulators

    Esterline has received a contract from BAE Systems to deliver visual systems for the U.K. air force’s Eurofighter Typhoon simulators. BAE said Tuesday Esterline is scheduled to deliver two TREALITY SEER display systems for Eurofighter Typhoon simulator facilities at Royal Air Force Lossiemouth in Scotland by the end of the year. The visual systems will support the training […] More

  • Andy Wright: BAE Adopts Collaborative Strategy to Support Defense Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Wright: BAE Adopts Collaborative Strategy to Support Defense Tech Devt

    BAE Systems has worked with small and medium enterprises, academia and government entities to support the development of emerging and disruptive technologies. Andy Wright, strategic technical director at BAE, wrote in a blog post published Monday that organizations and academic institutions should combine skill-sets and expertise to help create new technologies for military customers and governments. “Bringing […] More

  • BAE Taps VOP CZ to Supply Components for Beowulf Armored Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Taps VOP CZ to Supply Components for Beowulf Armored Vehicles

    Czech Republic-based company VOP CZ has received a contract from BAE Systems to manufacture components that will be used to build armored all-terrain vehicles. VOP CZ will produce components for 32 BVS10 Beowulf vehicles that BAE’s Swedish  subsidiary is constructing for the Austrian government, BAE said Monday. Both companies signed a partnership agreement in May 2016 to jointly pursue Czech Republic’s BMP-2 Infantry Fighting […] More

  • F-35 Jet Fires MBDA-Built Missile in Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    F-35 Jet Fires MBDA-Built Missile in Flight Test

    A Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft launched an MBDA-made guided air-to-air missile during flight and firing trials that were held at two military bases in Maryland and California. Integrated teams from Lockheed, MBDA, BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman took part in the development tests for the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile  system, MBDA said Wednesday. The tests marked the first […] More

  • Research and Markets: Innovations Drive Military Satellite Payload, Subsystem Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Innovations Drive Military Satellite Payload, Subsystem Market Growth

    Research and Markets has predicted the global market for military satellite payloads and subsystems will grow at a 5.35 percent compound annual growth rate through 2021 due to advancements in satellites, antenna technology and networks. The research firm said it also forecasts that the emergence of ground-based inflatable satellite communications antennas for military applications will help drive market growth. The “Global Military Satellite […] More