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  • General Dynamics Unveils Public Safety Comms Tech Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unveils Public Safety Comms Tech Suite

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business in Canada has released a new suite of  digital communications systems for first responders to exchange information over fixed or mobile networks. The portfolio comprises the CitySHIELD, BorderSHIELD, InfrastructureSHIELD and EmergencySHIELD platforms that are designed to help increase users’ situational awareness as well as reduce emergency response times through the combination of 4G LTE […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests Army's WIN-T Increment 2 Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests Army’s WIN-T Increment 2 Components

    General Dynamics has begun to test two updated components of the U.S. Army‘s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 system. The company said Monday its business unit delivered four Tactical Communications Node-Lite and two Network Operations and Security Center-Lite units to the Army to start the test and evaluation process. General Dynamics also performs preliminary logistics and software evaluations on a TCN-L […] More

  • A&D Industry Vet Mike Greenley Joins L-3 as WESCAM Subsidiary President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A&D Industry Vet Mike Greenley Joins L-3 as WESCAM Subsidiary President

    Mike Greenley, formerly vice president and general manager of CAE‘s Canadian operations, has been named president of L-3 Communications‘ WESCAM subsidiary. He will be based at the WESCAM headquarters in Ontario, Canada, and report directly to Jeff Miller, president of L-3’s integrated sensor systems sector, L-3 said Tuesday. Greenley was responsible for the general management and operation of CAE […] More

  • SAP NS2 Becomes MACH37 Cyber Accelerator Platinum Sponsor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2 Becomes MACH37 Cyber Accelerator Platinum Sponsor

    A U.S.-based subsidiary of SAP will participate in the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator 90-day program for startups and small businesses as a platinum sponsor. SAP National Security Services — or SAP NS2 – will receive access to the MACH37 portfolio comprised of information security entrepreneurs and innovators and also take part in the program’s  executive advisory board, the Center for Innovative Technology said Thursday. CIT’s MACH37 […] More

  • General Dynamics Showcases Bluefin Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Matt Graziano Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Showcases Bluefin Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Matt Graziano Comments

    General Dynamics has demonstrated a hovering-autonomous underwater vehicle the company’s Bluefin Robotics subsidiary developed to detect threats to a ship’s hull and structure. General Dynamics said Thursday it showcased the H-AUV platform that incorporates acoustic sonar and high-resolution imaging technology during the OCEANS 2016 exposition in Monterey, California. The vehicle is designed to determine a hull’s condition, locate structural issues and identify […] More

  • Marine Corps Tests General Dynamics-Made Aviation C2 System; Larry Grove Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Tests General Dynamics-Made Aviation C2 System; Larry Grove Comments

    The U.S. Marine Corps has completed an operational test on the General Dynamics-built Common Aviation Command and Control System at a Marine Corps weapons and tactics instructor course in Arizona. General Dynamics said Wednesday the service branch’s Marine Air-Ground Task Force uses the CAC2S platform that visually integrates C2 data collected from aerial and ground-based radar systems […] More

  • IBC Gets 'Approved Forging Supplier' Qualification With General Dynamics Electric Boat; Mark Wolma Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBC Gets ‘Approved Forging Supplier’ Qualification With General Dynamics Electric Boat; Mark Wolma Comments

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has granted the “Approved Forging Supplier” designation to IBC Advanced Alloys. IBC secured the status after General Dynamics Electric Boat performed audits on the former company’s metal forging facility in Franklin, Indiana, IBC said in a Sept. 13 news release. “We are very pleased to be named an approved forging supplier […] More

  • General Dynamics to Update Air Force 'Friend or Foe' ID Cryptographic Module - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Update Air Force ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Cryptographic Module

    General Dynamics has received $20 million in additional contract funds from the U.S. Air Force to update cryptographic modules for the service branch’s Air Identification Friend or Foe system. The company said Sept. 6 its mission systems unit will begin to deliver the updated AIFF Mode 4/5 KIV-78 combined interrogator/transponder applique to the Air Force in February next year. The KIV-78, certified by […] More

  • Report Predicts Anti-Tank Missile Systems Market CAGR of Nearly 4% by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report Predicts Anti-Tank Missile Systems Market CAGR of Nearly 4% by 2020

    A Technavio study, released by Research and Markets, forecasts the global market for tactical anti-tank missile systems will grow from 2016 through 2020 at a 3.98 percent compound annual growth rate. The 71-page market research report indicates that new updates to anti-tank missiles will fuel the market growth over the forecast period while thermal management of missile systems will present […] More

  • General Dynamics to Help Air Force Researchers Develop Cloud-Based Threat Detection, Analysis Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Help Air Force Researchers Develop Cloud-Based Threat Detection, Analysis Platform

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $15 million contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to prototype cloud-based threat detection and analysis software as part of efforts to automate the process for threat assessments. AFRL’s intelligence analysts will use the platform to correlate geospatial and signals intelligence, cyber indicator and warning data streams, General Dynamics said Thursday. General Dynamics’ mission systems unit will design, […] More

  • General Dynamics’ Michael Bruce, 3M’s Ella Schiralli Join SIBA Board of Directors; Michael Dougherty Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics’ Michael Bruce, 3M’s Ella Schiralli Join SIBA Board of Directors; Michael Dougherty Comments

    Michael Bruce, director at General Dynamics’ mission systems business, and Ella Schiralli, federal government markets manager at 3M, have been named to the board of directors of the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association. Michael Dougherty, CEO of SIBA, said in a statement released Wednesday Bruce and Schiralli will provide insights to the board in an […] More

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics Subsidiary for USS Gonzalez Maintenance Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics Subsidiary for USS Gonzalez Maintenance Support Contract

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has won a potential one-year, $21 million contract to provide maintenance, modification and repair services for the U.S. Navy’s USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) as part of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer’s fiscal 2017 restricted dry-docking availability. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the firm-fixed-price contract to General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk through a competitive procurement process […] More