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  • Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $47 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, spares and support equipment to Afghanistan as part of a Building Partnership Capacity mission. Insitu will also deploy one logistician field service representative, 16 technical support operators and two site surveys and site activation teams to the foreign country, […] More

  • Boeing to Support Navy's Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Support Navy’s Aircraft Physiological Episode Investigation, Mitigation Efforts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a two-year, $19.3 million contract to help investigate and address physiological episodes on the service branch’s F/A-18A-F and EA-18G platforms. Work under the sole-source contract will include research, development, inspection and modification activities, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $91,319 in fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds at the time of award. Boeing will […] More

  • Switzerland Outlines Requirements for New Combat Aircraft, Ground-Based Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Switzerland Outlines Requirements for New Combat Aircraft, Ground-Based Air Defense System

    Switzerland has unveiled a list of specifications for the country’s future combat aircraft and ground-based air defense system. The Swiss defense department said Friday its NKF combat aircraft should be able to protect the Swiss airspace and perform routine air policing missions continuously. The country is looking for an aircraft that can respond within minutes to […] More

  • Report: SAMI Eyes Saudi Arabia Fleet Support MoU With Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SAMI Eyes Saudi Arabia Fleet Support MoU With Boeing

    State-owned defense company Saudi Arabian Military Industries plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with Boeing for fleet training and support services, Reuters reported Wednesday. The non-binding agreement will come as Saudi Arabia aims to localize half of the country’s military sector by 2030. SAMI Ahmed Al Khateeb told Reuters at the 2018 Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum the company hopes […] More

  • Report: Boeing to Benefit From WGS Satellite Funding Under $1.3T Omnibus Measure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing to Benefit From WGS Satellite Funding Under $1.3T Omnibus Measure

    A $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2018 would allocate approximately $600 million in funds to support the development of two new Wideband Global Satcom satellites for the Defense Department, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. The budget allocation for the WGS program will be a boon to Boeing, which has secured approximately $4 billion in […] More

  • Boeing’s Leanne Caret Speaks at Defense Technology & Security Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Leanne Caret Speaks at Defense Technology & Security Conference

    Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, took part in a panel discussion at the Defense Technology and Security Conference organized by Saudi Arabian Military Industries in Washington, D.C. The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia said Tuesday Caret, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, discussed the defense value chain alongside Colin Mahoney, senior vice president of international and […] More

  • Report: Lockheed Unveils Concept for Navy’s Stingray Tanker Drone Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed Unveils Concept for Navy’s Stingray Tanker Drone Program

    Lockheed Martin has launched its proposed concept for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based aerial tanker drone program, USNI News reported Monday. The drone concept from Lockheed’s Skunk Works business has a flying wing design equipped with a set of sensors in the aircraft’s nose and a single D-704 buddy tank. Boeing and General Atomics […] More

  • Boeing Invests in Australian Firm Myriota to Support Satcom Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Invests in Australian Firm Myriota to Support Satcom Tech Development

    Boeing has invested in Myriota through its ventures arm to help the Adelaide, Australia-based startup further develop its direct-to-orbit technology platform designed to facilitate communications for internet of things-based devices in remote areas. Boeing said Monday its HorizonX Ventures arm joined investors such as Blue Sky Venture Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, Right Click Capital and Singtel Innov8 in the […] More

  • Boeing to Open New Research Center in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Open New Research Center in South Korea

    Boeing is in talks with the South Korean government on the company’s plan to build a new research center in the East Asian country. The research center will support the development of technologies that can be integrated into future aerospace products such as autonomy, artificial intelligence, avionics, analytics, smart cabin and smart factory, Boeing said Wednesday. […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team Updates US Ballistic Missile Defense System Foundation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Team Updates US Ballistic Missile Defense System Foundation

    A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has modernized a global network of systems that serves as the foundation of U.S.  ballistic missile defense. Lockheed said Tuesday it worked with Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to update the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications system, which is installed at various locations worldwide. The C2BMC network is designed […] More

  • Howard Berry: Boeing Eyes New Partnerships, Acquisitions to Meet Growth Target - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Howard Berry: Boeing Eyes New Partnerships, Acquisitions to Meet Growth Target

    Howard Berry, director of global sales and marketing for international government services at Boeing’s global services business, has said the company plans to buy businesses and establish new partnerships in a move to support defense platforms in Europe and Russia and meet its growth target, Defense News reported Friday. “Today we are about a $16 […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Crew Module Engines for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Crew Module Engines for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has produced and delivered engines that Boeing will integrate into spacecraft the latter company is building under NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. Boeing will install MR-104J engines on the CST-100 Starliner crew module inside the  Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday. Each Starliner capsule is designed for reuse up […] More