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  • AeroVironment to Update Netherlands' Small UAS Data Link; Kirk Flittie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment to Update Netherlands’ Small UAS Data Link; Kirk Flittie Comments

    AeroVironment has been awarded a $10.3 million contract by the Netherlands ministry of defense to provide small unmanned aircraft systems and digital data link upgrade services to the Dutch military. The company said Monday it will refresh the DDL system for the Dutch forces’ Raven B, Puma AE  and Wasp AE vehicles as well as ground control systems under the contract. The Netherlands’ defense […] More

  • Hydronalix Lands Navy SBIR Phase III Contract for Micro Underwater Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hydronalix Lands Navy SBIR Phase III Contract for Micro Underwater Drone

    The Department of the Navy has awarded Hydronalix a Small Business Innovation Research contract to update a micro unmanned surface vehicle designed to perform situational awareness, communications and mine hunting functions. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps says the SBIR program’s phase III contract calls for Hydronalix to integrate an acoustic communications platform with the […] More

  • DCNS, Airbus' Helicopters Business to Design French Navy's Aerial Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCNS, Airbus’ Helicopters Business to Design French Navy’s Aerial Drone

    DCNS and Airbus Group‘s helicopter business unit have partnered to design a vertical take off and landing drone system for France’s navy. Airbus said Thursday DCNS will design and develop components for the ship-based operation and integration of the VSR700 drone such as payload specification and validation as well as mission data links. DCNS will also build the drone’s mission system […] More

  • Navy Seeks Info on Vertical Take-Off & Landing Small Drone Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks Info on Vertical Take-Off & Landing Small Drone Sources

    The Department of the Navy has begun its search for potential industry sources of a small unmanned aerial system designed to perform vertical take-off and landing operations. A FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 12 says the VTOL-based small UAS will work to help the U.S. Marine Corps perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in any environmental conditions. […] More

  • CSRA Receives ATCA Award for FAA UAS Digital Registration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Receives ATCA Award for FAA UAS Digital Registration Support

    The Air Traffic Control Association has awarded CSRA the Earl F. Ward Memorial Award in recognition of the company’s contribution to efforts in the quality, safety and efficiency of the country’s air traffic control. CSRA said Tuesday it received the award during the 61st ATCA Annual Conference and Exposition held in National Harbor, Maryland. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA […] More

  • DoD’s Innovation Org Awards $36M in FY 2016 Contracts Via New Acquisition Process; Raj Shah Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Org Awards $36M in FY 2016 Contracts Via New Acquisition Process; Raj Shah Comments

    A Defense Department organization has awarded 12 contracts worth approximately $36.3 million combined in fiscal year 2016, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental group made the contract awards within an average period of 60 days and provided $8.3 million in funds to support the contracts. Tanium secured $12.7 million in DIUx contracts to develop […] More

  • DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments

    A Defense Department organization has awarded Kratos Defense and Security Solutions a potential $12.6 million contract to integrate sensors with an unmanned combat aircraft system. The contract with Defense Innovation Unit Experimental would also require Kratos to demonstrate how the company’s UTAP-22 drone can perform autonomous and semi-autonomous tasks in support of fourth- and fifth-generation fighter jets, the company said […] More

  • Insitu Donates ScanEagle UAS to Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; Ryan Hartman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Donates ScanEagle UAS to Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; Ryan Hartman Comments

    Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has donated a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region to give public the opportunity to view the drone. Insitu said Thursday the ScanEagle N202SE will display Boeing Aviation Hangar at the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center facility in Chantilly, Virginia. The unmanned aircraft […] More

  • Drone Aviation to Provide DoD Tethered UAS, Operator Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation to Provide DoD Tethered UAS, Operator Training Services

    Drone Aviation will provide WATT electronic tethered drones, in-field support packages and operator flight training services to a Defense Department  component under a $400,000 contract. The WATT unmanned aerial system is designed to provide communications and monitoring support for ISR, government, news gathering and emergency response missions in all weather conditions, Drone Aviation said Thursday. The UAS features dual sensor electro-optical/infrared military-grade, […] More

  • Drone Aviation Gets US Patent for Electric Tethered Platform for UAS; Jay Nussbaum Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation Gets US Patent for Electric Tethered Platform for UAS; Jay Nussbaum Comments

    Drone Aviation has obtained a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its electric tethered technology designed for use with its unmanned aerial systems. The company said Wednesday the Electric Tethered Aerial Platform serves as the core system for its WATT and BOLT tethered UAS. Jay Nussbaum, chairman and CEO of Drone Aviation, said […] More

  • L-3 Releases Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech for Small Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Releases Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech for Small Aircraft

    L-3 Communications has introduced an electro-optical/infrared airborne imaging system designed to integrate with small tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, light manned ISR aircraft and tactical aerostats. The MX-8 system works to process images in real time and simultaneously support up to four sensors, the company said Monday. L-3’s WESCAM division developed the airborne imaging technology. The 15-pound system has a clearance level of […] More

  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Airbus, Dassault Land Contract for European Drone Definition Study - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Airbus, Dassault Land Contract for European Drone Definition Study

    Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Airbus and Dassault Aviation have received a contract to conduct a two-year definition study of a program that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system for European countries. Germany, France, Spain and Italy participated in the launch of the contract for the European MALE RPAS program through a meeting led by the […] More