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  • Esterline to Support General Dynamics-Led Team on Canadian Search-and-Rescue Aircraft Program Pursuit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esterline to Support General Dynamics-Led Team on Canadian Search-and-Rescue Aircraft Program Pursuit

    An Esterline subsdiairy has been chosen to supply a suite of avionics systems for the C-27J Spartan platform a General Dynamics-led team aims to offer to Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program. Team Spartan comprises General Dynamics’ mission systems business, DRS Technologies and Leonardo-Finmeccanica‘s aircraft division, Esterline said Wednesday. The consortium seeks to integrate Esterline CMC Electronics‘ CMA-9000 Flight Management System, TacView Portable […] More

  • General Dynamics Delivers 30 Digital Manpack Networking Radios Under Army Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Delivers 30 Digital Manpack Networking Radios Under Army Contract

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems segment has shipped 30 two-channel manpack networking radios to the U.S. Army under the Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit program. The company said Wednesday the digital radios are based on the AN/PRC-155 two-channel networking radios and work to communicate through the Mobile User Objective System network. General Dynamics was awarded a spot on a potential $12.7 billion contract to manufacture […] More

  • Canadian Air Force Selects ViaSat Small Tactical Terminal for Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canadian Air Force Selects ViaSat Small Tactical Terminal for Patrol Aircraft

    ViaSat has been selected to provide a small tactical terminal to the Canadian air force for use in the service’s long-range patrol aircraft CP-140 Aurora. The broadband services and technology firm will work with General Dynamics’ mission systems business unit to manufacture the two-channel, software-defined KOR-24A terminal for the customer, ViaSat said Wednesday. The company […] More

  • General Dynamics Selected to Develop Shadow Compass Software Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Selected to Develop Shadow Compass Software Prototype

    General Dynamics has secured a $14.8 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract from the U.S. Air Force to create a Shadow Compass software prototype designed to correlate geospatial and signals intelligence, as well as cyber indicators and warning data streams. The Defense Department said Friday the Air Force will obligate $4.7 million from fiscal 2015 and 2016 research, development, […] More

  • FAA Receives 5,000th VHF-UHF Ground-to-Air Radio From General Dynamics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Receives 5,000th VHF-UHF Ground-to-Air Radio From General Dynamics

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit has delivered its 5,000th CM-300/350 V2 radio to the Transportation Department in support of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s NEXCOM 2 communications modernization program. The delivery is part of the 2012 NEXCOM 2 contract that sought to replace the existing ground-to-air radios at FAA facilities and military installations, General Dynamics said Tuesday. The company added that as a digital Voice over […] More

  • Fairfax County to Adopt Airbus 911 Call Handling Platform; Bob Freinberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fairfax County to Adopt Airbus 911 Call Handling Platform; Bob Freinberg Comments

    Fairfax County, Virginia will install an Airbus-built call handling platform into the jurisdiction’s future 911 system for use by more than 1.1 million residents. Airbus said Monday it will provide the company’s Vesta 9-1-1 call handling platform to Fairfax County in support of the latter’s contract to General Dynamics for work to help develop, deploy, maintain and support a “next-generation” 911 network. Steve McMurrer, Fairfax […] More

  • General Dynamics Delivers 1st Zumwalt Class Ship to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Delivers 1st Zumwalt Class Ship to Navy

    A subsidiary of General Dynamics has delivered the first of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers to the U.S. Navy for the service branch’s multi-mission surface combatant force. The Navy said Friday it accepted delivery of the USS Zumwalt after a series of tests on the ship’s hull, mechanical and electrical, damage control, ballasting, navigation and communications systems. General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary designed and built the ship. […] More

  • General Dynamics Ships 2nd ECO-Class Tanker to American Petroleum Tankers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Ships 2nd ECO-Class Tanker to American Petroleum Tankers

    A General Dynamics business unit has delivered the second LNG-conversion-ready tanker to American Petroleum Tankers on Thursday as part of a contract to build five such tankers for the petroleum transportation company. General Dynamics said Friday its NASSCO subsidiary built the Magnolia State tanker using a design by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering subsidiary DSEC. The 610-foot-long product carrier, which is the fifth ship that […] More

  • Navy Orders Additional General Dynamics-Built Digital Modular Radios; Paul Parent Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Orders Additional General Dynamics-Built Digital Modular Radios; Paul Parent Comments

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business unit has received a contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce more than 30 digital modular radios for use onboard naval surface vessels and submarines. The latest order for the AN/USC-61(C) radios represents the sixth option under a contract General Dynamics received in 2010, the company said Thursday. Paul Parent, vice president […] More

  • Cooper Standard Adds Former General Dynamics Exec Sonya Sepahban to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cooper Standard Adds Former General Dynamics Exec Sonya Sepahban to Board of Directors

    Sonya Sepahban, formerly senior vice president of engineering, development and technology at General Dynamics’ land systems business unit, has joined the board of directors of Novi, Michigan-based automotive systems and components supplier Cooper Standard. “Sonya brings a unique combination of technology and innovation expertise with strong financial acumen, extensive operational experience and demonstrated leadership skills, […] More

  • General Dynamics to Support Air Force's GPS Signal Generation Tech Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Support Air Force’s GPS Signal Generation Tech Project

    General Dynamics will collaborate with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop GPS satellite digital waveform generation technology under a potential $10.1 million contract the company has won from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will also perform analyses as well as help the AFRL researchers to refine algorithms and assess implementation methods […] More

  • HHS, FDA Vet Melissa Chapman Joins Triple-i as BD, Capture Unit VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS, FDA Vet Melissa Chapman Joins Triple-i as BD, Capture Unit VP

    Melissa Chapman, a former chief information officer and deputy assistant secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services, has joined Springfield, Virginia-based information technology services company Information Innovators Inc. as new vice president of the business development and capture unit. Chapman joined the company in May and has since led its HHS market growth strategy through subject matter and technical […] More