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  • Orbital ATK Hosts Gun System, Ammo Demo for Customers, Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Hosts Gun System, Ammo Demo for Customers, Partners

    Orbital ATK has conducted live-fire demonstrations of gun systems and ammunition during the company’s Bushmaster User Conference in Arizona. The three-day event featured Orbital ATK-built Bushmaster chain guns and ammunition that range from 7.62mm, 25mm, 30mm and 40mm, the company said Thursday. More than 150 customers and partners from 25 countries were in attendance as Orbital ATK exhibited the capacity of its […] More

  • FLIR to Build Ship Imaging, Fire Control Sensors for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR to Build Ship Imaging, Fire Control Sensors for Navy

    FLIR Systems has been awarded a potential five-year, $13.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide electro-optics sensors for integration with the military branch’s Sea Star Safire III and Brite Star II EOS systems. The Defense Department said Friday FLIR will also deliver spares as well as perform repair, training, data and technical support services under the firm-fixed-price contract. Work will occur […] More

  • Lockheed, EOS Build Space Debris Tracking Facility in Australia; Ben Greene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, EOS Build Space Debris Tracking Facility in Australia; Ben Greene Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems have begun construction on a new facility in Australia that seeks to help government and industry satellite operators track and monitor orbital space debris objects. The tracking facility will work to help prevent collisions of satellite payloads with debris objects in space, Lockheed said Tuesday. The new site will house […] More

  • Airbus Group, EOS Jointly Develop Aircraft Production Tech Benchmark; Jon Meyer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Group, EOS Jointly Develop Aircraft Production Tech Benchmark; Jon Meyer Comments

    Airbus Group Innovations and EOS have partnered to assess and compare environmental lifecycles of two aircraft production technologies. The team applied the rapid investment casting and direct metal laser sintering processes to an Airbus A320 nacelle hinge bracket for overall lifecycle benchmarking, EOS said Tuesday. Jon Meyer, additive layer manufacturing research team lead at EOS, […] More