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  • Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop 'Flexible' Circuit System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop ‘Flexible’ Circuit System

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has collaborated with a public-private manufacturing consortium to create operational prototypes of a circuit board system in efforts to accelerate the development of smart technologies. AFRL said Thursday it worked with NextFlex: America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute to develop Arduino integrated circuit systems that are designed to be programmed through open-source software. […] More

  • European Space Agency Picks 5 Firms to Conduct Satellite Microlauncher Feasibility Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    European Space Agency Picks 5 Firms to Conduct Satellite Microlauncher Feasibility Studies

    The European Space Agency has selected five companies to study the feasibility of using a commercial microlauncher to deploy small satellites into orbit. ArianeGroup, MT-Aerospace, ELV, Deimos and PLD Space will conduct research on their proposed concepts, ESA said Thursday. France-based ArianeGroup, a joint venture of Airbus and Safran, proposed to develop the three-stage Quick Access to Space vehicle […] More

  • KPMG Wins $58M USACE Financial Statement Audit Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Wins $58M USACE Financial Statement Audit Contract

    KPMG has won a $57.6 million contract from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to audit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ financial statement related to civil works. The company will also provide financial examination services for agencies owning the funds that have been obligated to USACE military programs for fiscal 2018 through 2022, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Finland's Lockheed-Built Airborne Surveillance Tech Gets Final Operational Capability Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Finland’s Lockheed-Built Airborne Surveillance Tech Gets Final Operational Capability Status

    The Finnish defense forces have achieved final operational capability for a Lockheed Martin-built system designed to support airborne surveillance missions. Dragon Shield reached FOC status following a flight test that evaluated if the aircraft modified to house the surveillance technology complies with Finland’s airworthiness and system requirements, Lockheed said Friday. The company reconfigured an Airbus-built CASA C-295 […] More

  • USAF Taps Spartan Air Academy for Iraq Aviation Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Spartan Air Academy for Iraq Aviation Training Services

    Addison, Texas-based Spartan Air Academy Iraq will establish an air academy training program for Iraq’s air force under a one-year, $45 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform contract work at Balad Air Base, Iraq through Feb. 8, 2019. USAF’s 338th Specialized Contracting Squadron will obligate $9,999,999 […] More

  • Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation

    The U.S. Air Force plans to put an end to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft recapitalization program in its budget request for fiscal 2019, Defense News reported Saturday. Sources told the publication the service will instead advance a “system-of-systems approach” that seeks to combine existing platforms to carry out command-and-control functions and […] More

  • SES-Intelsat Team Aims to Speed Up 5G Terrestrial Service Deployment Via C-Band Spectrum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES-Intelsat Team Aims to Speed Up 5G Terrestrial Service Deployment Via C-Band Spectrum

    Intelsat and SES have jointly proposed to the Federal Communications Commission to protect the delivery of data and video connectivity and other satellite services in the C-band 3700-4200 megahertz downlink spectrum. The companies said Friday the proposal also aims to establish a technical and commercial framework that seeks to provide wireless operators access to approximately […] More

  • Northrop to Update New Ground-to-Air Comms Equipment at Denmark Airports - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update New Ground-to-Air Comms Equipment at Denmark Airports

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has received a contract from a state-owned air navigation service provider in Denmark to provide new ground-to-air communications equipment and associated support to the country’s airports. Naviair will use T6 air traffic control radios from Northrop’s Park Air Systems business to replace radio systems that currently support Danish airports and en-route operations as part of a national system upgrade […] More

  • Report: Singapore Evaluates Potential F-35 Aircraft Purchase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Singapore Evaluates Potential F-35 Aircraft Purchase

    Rick Edwards, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s international business, has said that Singapore is eyeing a potential future procurement of F-35 fighter aircraft,  Reuters reported Thursday. Edwards told Reuters at the Singapore Airshow that the company held preliminary talks with Singapore’s government about the F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing variant. An F-35B jet was on display […] More

  • NASA to Discuss Crewed Flight Contingency Option With Boeing, SpaceX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Discuss Crewed Flight Contingency Option With Boeing, SpaceX

    Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of human exploration and operations at NASA, has said the agency is considering crew rotation missions as one option to address a schedule gap that may arise if Commercial Crew Program contractors experience spacecraft certification delays, SpaceNews reported Friday. He told SpaceNews in an interview that NASA will discuss with Boeing and […] More

  • Mike Lawrie Gives Updates on DXC’s Cloud Business, USPS Unit's Merger With Vencore, KeyPoint - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lawrie Gives Updates on DXC’s Cloud Business, USPS Unit’s Merger With Vencore, KeyPoint

    Mike Lawrie, chairman, president and CEO of DXC Technology, has said the company saw a 13 percent growth in its cloud business during the third quarter of fiscal 2018 that ended Dec. 31, CRN reported Friday. Lawrie told analysts Thursday that DXC has introduced five centers worldwide to advance digital transformation efforts and experienced progress […] More

  • BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay

    BAE Systems, Harris and MBDA‘s U.K. business have collaborated on ground-based tests that sought to demonstrate the release of a full-sized payload from an aircraft cargo bay. A team of engineers used BAE’s test facility in Warton, England, to conduct full-scale ground trials in an effort to better understand the aircraft bay environment, the British defense company said […] More