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  • General Atomics, Fokker to Collaborate on Predator UAV Landing Gear Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Fokker to Collaborate on Predator UAV Landing Gear Development

    A General Atomics subsidiary has partnered with Fokker Technologies, a division of GKN Aerospace, to develop landing gear technology for the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft system. Netherlands-based Fokker and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. have worked together to offer Predator B to the Dutch armed forces and aim to integrate Fokker’s technology onto the UAV as the companies anticipate a potential drone procurement by […] More

  • Northrop Orders $107M in F-35 Opening Doors From Fokker; Brian Chappel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Orders $107M in F-35 Opening Doors From Fokker; Brian Chappel Comments

    Northrop Grumman has requested in-flight opening doors for the F-35 fighter jet from Fokker Technologies under a $106.8 million deal. GKN Aerospace‘s Fokker division will produce the opening doors for batches 10 and 11 of the F-35 aircraft under the agreement signed at the NIDV symposium in the Netherlands, Fokker said Thursday. Brian Chappel, vice president and F-35 […] More

  • Raytheon Uses Robotics, Racing Car Tech to Develop Airframe for AF Decoys - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Uses Robotics, Racing Car Tech to Develop Airframe for AF Decoys

    Raytheon has worked with industry partners Fokker Technologies and Dallara to utilize robotics and commercial racing technologies to develop a carbon fiber airframe for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy of the U.S. Air Force. The design, which works to slash 25 percent off airframe production costs, will be used for the decoy’s Lot 7 production this year, Raytheon said Tuesday. […] More

  • Lockheed Selects Dutch Firm for F-35 Wing Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects Dutch Firm for F-35 Wing Parts

    Lockheed Martin has tapped Netherlands-based Fokker Technologies to manufacture wing components for future F-35 jets through the end of 2017 for low-rate initial production lots 9 and 10. Lockheed said Wednesday that Fokker will supply wing flaperons and outboard leading-edge flaps that aim to enable the F-35’s “controllability.” These components are made of titanium and composite materials to deliver a […] More

  • Navy Tests Lockheed's F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Lockheed’s F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night

    Lockheed Martin‘s F-35C Lightning II aircraft has completed an initial round of at-sea development tests aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, where the Joint Strike Fighter performed nighttime landings and other maneuvers. The U.S. Navy said Monday that the F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force of the Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 evaluated the aircraft’s suitability and […] More