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  • Leidos Gets Contract Modification for DARPA's Adaptive Radar Countermeasures Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Gets Contract Modification for DARPA’s Adaptive Radar Countermeasures Program

    Leidos has received a contract modification from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that brings the value of its contract on the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures program to $33.2 million. The Defense Department said Monday the modification itself is worth $12.9 million and covers ARC work through December 2017. Leidos will perform work at locations in Virginia, New York […] More

  • Textron to Provide Radar Signal Simulator for Boeing KC-46 Tanker Preflight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Provide Radar Signal Simulator for Boeing KC-46 Tanker Preflight Tests

    A Textron business unit will provide its Model 527 radar signal simulator for “end-of-runway” and “walk-around” preflight testing of the U.S. Air Force‘s KC-46 tanker aircraft platform built by Boeing. Textron‘s electronic systems business will apply Model 527 to check the operational readiness and threat recognition function of KC-46’s electronic warfare radar warning receiver systems, the company said […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan Forecasts 1% CAGR for DoD C4ISR Spend in 2014-2020; Brad Curran Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost & Sullivan Forecasts 1% CAGR for DoD C4ISR Spend in 2014-2020; Brad Curran Comments

    Frost & Sullivan has projected the Defense Department’s command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance spend to grow 1.4 percent annually from 2014 to 2020. Frost & Sullivan’s report forecasts a growth in usage of commercial off-the-shelf-based computing, storage, security, networking and collaboration tools as the DoD’s demand for virtualized services increases, the market research […] More

  • Army Wants Integrated Platform for Cyber, EW Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Wants Integrated Platform for Cyber, EW Operations

    The U.S. Army seeks vendors that can offer situational awareness tools designed for cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum environments as part of an effort to build a converged CEM SA platform. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 22, the Army said it will also hold a Cyber Quest exercise in July 2016 to assess the feasibility of integrating commercial technology […] More

  • BAE Picks Cobham to Supply F-35 Microelectronic Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Picks Cobham to Supply F-35 Microelectronic Components

    BAE Systems has ordered $51 million in microelectronic technologies from Cobham for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft’s radar and electronic warfare systems. Cobham said Monday that its microelectronic, motion control, microwave, cryptography, aerial refueling and pilot survival products are integrated into F-35s of U.S. and international defense customers. F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin showcased an F-35 cockpit demonstrator during […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Missile Against EW Interference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Missile Against EW Interference

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have conducted flight tests on the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile inventory’s HARM Control Section Modification product on an F-16 aircraft. The company said Monday the HARM upgrade works to operate against electronic warfare systems such as enemy radars. Mike Jarrett, vice president of Raytheon’s air warfare systems unit, said the missile features updates that aim […] More

  • Army Picks Metova for Cyber Battle Lab Experimentation Support; John Adams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Picks Metova for Cyber Battle Lab Experimentation Support; John Adams Comments

    Metova, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, has received a potential $45 million contract to provide experimentation support services for electronic and cyber warfare programs of the U.S. Army’s Cyber Battle Lab. The company said Thursday the Army Contracting Command awarded the firm-fixed-price contract through a competitive procurement with nine companies involved. “Metova is honored to have the opportunity […] More

  • Lockheed Launches Counter-UAS System at AUSA Meeting - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Launches Counter-UAS System at AUSA Meeting

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting a new software system that works to detect and intercept threats from commercially available unmanned aircraft systems. Lockheed said Monday Icarus operates defensively and combines electronic warfare, cybersecurity, sensor and nonkinetic technology or techniques. According to Deon Viergutz, vice president of cyber solutions at Lockheed Martin, […] More

  • Exelis to Help Navy Build, Test EW Decoys - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Help Navy Build, Test EW Decoys

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Exelis a potential three-year, $53.5 million contract to perform engineering and technical support work on decoy architecture payloads for electronic warfare. Exelis will help the Naval Research Laboratory’s tactical EW unit to develop and test the payloads under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will work […] More

  • Raytheon Tests 'Cerberus' EW Tech with Aerial Decoy Jammer Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Tests ‘Cerberus’ EW Tech with Aerial Decoy Jammer Platform

    Raytheon and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have collaborated to demonstrate an aerial decoy jammer platform equipped with an electronic warfare architecture at a recent Northern Edge military exercise held in Alaska. Cerberus interchangeable EW payloads were integrated onto the Raytheon-built Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer vehicle and tested in multiple operationally relevant scenarios, the company […] More

  • Air Force Wants New EW Testing Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Wants New EW Testing Platform

    The U.S. Air Force plans to issue a firm-fixed-price contract to procure a commercial testing kit that the military branch can use to evaluate jammers, digital receivers and other electronic warfare technologies. USAF said Aug. 31 in a FedBizOpps solicitation notice that its research laboratory needs a platform to analyze and record the performance of […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Complete EIRP Tests on Next Generation Jammer Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Complete EIRP Tests on Next Generation Jammer Prototypes

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have completed effective isotropic radiated power tests on the Next Generation Jammer prototypes over a six-week period in efforts to determine the electronic warfare system’s targeting range and capacity. The company said Tuesday the team conducted the prototype testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility within Edwards Air Force Base. “Raytheon and the Navy developed a […] More