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  • General Dynamics Demos 4G LTE Wireless Network; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Demos 4G LTE Wireless Network; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics completed a demonstration of its wireless broadband network at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in August to evaluate how the system handles large data transmissions between ground troops and the command center. During the demo, soldiers sent pictures from their smartphones to leaders on the simulated control hub using the 4G LTE solution with the company’s eNodeBlue platform as base station, […] More

  • General Dynamics Starts USSOCOM Ground Vehicle Low-Rate Production; Tim Neaves Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Starts USSOCOM Ground Vehicle Low-Rate Production; Tim Neaves Comments

    General Dynamics is set to begin the low-rate initial production phase under a contract to build ground mobility vehicles for the U.S. Special Operations Command. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is contracted to build 72 vehicles through 2016 under the Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 program, which the company won in August 2013, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “We look forward to continuing this strong partnership […] More

  • General Dynamics to Open Operations Center in Florida - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Open Operations Center in Florida

    A General Dynamics business unit plans to open an operations center at One Imeson Center with $500,000 in funding to meet the growing operational requirements for government clients, The Daily record reported Friday. Karen Brune Mathis writes General Dynamics Information Technology will start to train approximately 100 employees in December to man the center at the Imeson International Industrial Park in […] More

  • General Dynamics Canada Opens Undersea Warfare Tech Hub; David Ibbetson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Canada Opens Undersea Warfare Tech Hub; David Ibbetson Comments

    General Dynamics‘ business arm in Canada has opened a new EDGE facility in Nova Scotia to facilitate further collaboration between academia, government and naval technology makers as they work with Canada’s navy. The Undersea Warfare EDGE Innovation Center is the 17th facility in the global EDGE Innovation Network and will primarily focus on defense and security functions for […] More

  • Research and Markets: Electro-Optics Market Valued at $14B in 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Electro-Optics Market Valued at $14B in 2020

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the value of the electro-optical market will grow from $11.76 billion in 2014 to $14.03 billion in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 2.98 percent. The market research firm said Monday that growth is attributed to ongoing upgrade and replacement projects in the defense, homeland security and aerospace […] More

  • Deltek's Alex Rossino: Army ITES-3S Vehicle to Be 'More Heavily Utilized' Than Predecessor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Army ITES-3S Vehicle to Be ‘More Heavily Utilized’ Than Predecessor

    Deltek‘s Alex Rossino has outlined his analysis of the U.S. Army‘s spending on the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 – Services vehicle in an effort to help vendors prepare for the upcoming ITES-3S iteration in fiscal year 2015. “ITES-3S is expected to be even more heavily utilized than its predecessor due to the Army’s desire to push more of its IT acquisition […] More

  • ReportsnReports: Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market to Hit $8B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportsnReports: Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market to Hit $8B by 2020

    ReportsnReports has projected the global unmanned ground vehicle market to be worth $8.26 billion by 2020, a 32.72 percent increase from the firm’s 2014 figure. The market research firm’s new report analyzes emerging trends and major countries from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa regions, MarketsnMarkets said Thursday. ReportsnReports also examines UGV applications […] More

  • Leda Chong Appointed Gulfstream Aerospace SVP for Asia Pacific; Larry Flynn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leda Chong Appointed Gulfstream Aerospace SVP for Asia Pacific; Larry Flynn Comments

    Leda Chong has been appointed senior vice president for Asia-Pacific at Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics business, to oversee the unit’s business aviation sector in the APAC region. Chong will be based in Beijing and is a former APAC regional SVP for General Dynamics’ aerospace division, Gulfstream said Wednesday. Gulfstream President Larry Flynn said Chong will lead efforts to maintain the unit’s established relationships with stakeholders […] More

  • Kurt Hesch: GD Electric Boat Moves From Sea Trials to Delivery for Virginia-Class Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kurt Hesch: GD Electric Boat Moves From Sea Trials to Delivery for Virginia-Class Submarine

    General Dynamics Electric Boat has delivered a new Virginia-class nuclear submarine to the U.S. Navy ahead of its commissioning in October as the first of eight vessels in the Block III group. The North Dakota (SSN-784) attack submarine is the 11th ship of its class that Electric Boat has built with Huntington Ingalls Industries‘  Newport News Shipbuilding subsidiary, General Dynamics said Friday. Kurt Hesch, Electric Boat […] More

  • Research and Markets: APAC, Middle East to Lead Global Ammo Market by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: APAC, Middle East to Lead Global Ammo Market by 2020

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts a 4.2 percent compound annual growth rate for the global ammunition market by 2020 due to modernization programs and ongoing conflicts in some parts of the world. The market research firm said Tuesday that ATK, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Nammo and Raytheon could lead the market as it shifts focus from the west to Asia-Pacific and the Middle […] More

  • Michael Toscano: Underwater Drones' Potential Uses are 'Limitless' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Toscano: Underwater Drones’ Potential Uses are ‘Limitless’

    Commercial and government efforts are underway to build unmanned and autonomous underwater vehicles that can be used for naval warfare, environmental research and recovery mission, National Defense Magazine reports. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes that Michael Toscano, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, believes that UUV technology has limitless applications and will […] More

  • Craig Perciavalle: Austal USA Unveils USS Montgomery Littoral Combat Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Craig Perciavalle: Austal USA Unveils USS Montgomery Littoral Combat Ship

    Austal USA has launched the USS Montgomery littoral combat ship the company built for the U.S. Navy’s near-shore and open-ocean operations under a $3.5 billion block purchase inked in 2010. General Dynamics‘ Advanced Information Systems served as integrator for the ship’s navigation, C4I and aviation systems, General Dynamics said Wednesday. Austal USA collaborated with Berard […] More