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  • Lockheed Licenses B-Temia's Exoskeleton Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Licenses B-Temia’s Exoskeleton Tech

    Lockheed Martin has secured rights to use B-Temia’s Dermoskeleton technology platform in products intended for military, first responder and industrial applications under a license agreement with the latter. Dermoskeleton works to prevent overstress on the lower legs and back in order to increase the user’s mobility and capacity to carry load, Lockheed said Tuesday. Glenn […] More

  • Lockheed, Calspan, Air Force Conduct Manned-Unmanned Teaming Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Calspan, Air Force Conduct Manned-Unmanned Teaming Demo

    Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, Calspan, the U.S. Air Force‘s Test Pilot School and the Air Force Research Laboratory have conducted a manned-unmanned teaming exercise in a push to help increase warfighters’ combat efficiency and effectiveness. Lockheed said Monday the Have Raider II demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base involved an experimental F-16 aircraft which acted as a surrogate […] More

  • Kongsberg Lands Contract to Integrate BAE Australian Arm’s RF Sensor With F-35 Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg Lands Contract to Integrate BAE Australian Arm’s RF Sensor With F-35 Missile

    A Kongsberg subsidiary has received a potential $17.3 million contract from Australia’s federal government to integrate a BAE Systems-developed radio-frequency sensor platform with the former’s Joint Strike Missile that will fly aboard the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE’s Australian arm will deliver passive RF sensors to Kongsberg’s defense and aerospace business for use in qualification […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils Analytics Platform for Space Asset Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils Analytics Platform for Space Asset Protection

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled an analytics platform the company designed to help public and private sector customers protect their space assets. The intelligent Space offering encompasses sensor data processing, space domain awareness, battle management and command-and-control support for defense, civil, commercial and international clients, Lockheed said Tuesday. The company designed iSpace to task, process and correlate data from a global network of government, commercial […] More

  • Lockheed to Integrate 3D-Printed Remote Interface Unit on 6th Air Force AEHF Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Integrate 3D-Printed Remote Interface Unit on 6th Air Force AEHF Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has used a three-dimensional printing system to create a remote interface unit for integration onto a military communications satellite built for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Tuesday it developed the 3D-printed aluminum enclosure to hold avionic circuits on the military branch’s sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite and reduce the amount of time required for the […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Milestone C Approval for Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Milestone C Approval for Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter

    Lockheed Martin has received Milestone C approval to transition the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter to the low-rate initial production phase. Lockheed said Tuesday the CH-53K aircraft was granted the approval after it completed production readiness reviews and initial operational assessment by the U.S. Marine Corps in October 2016. The helicopter also completed its Defense Acquisition […] More

  • ULA Concludes Final Test of Emergency Egress Platform for Boeing Starliner Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Concludes Final Test of Emergency Egress Platform for Boeing Starliner Spacecraft

    United Launch Alliance has wrapped up the final testing phase on an emergency egress platform for the Boeing-built Starliner crew capsule designed to fly aboard the ULA-built Atlas V rocket for crewed missions to the International Space Station. ULA collaborated with zip line maker Terra-Nova to develop the Emergency Egress System in support of NASA’s Commercial […] More

  • Leidos to Support DHS Cybersecurity, Threat Mitigation Efforts Under $395M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Support DHS Cybersecurity, Threat Mitigation Efforts Under $395M Contract

    Leidos will provide cybersecurity and threat mitigation services in support of the Department of Homeland Security-operated facility built to monitor cyber threats across the DHS information network. The company said Tuesday it will help DHS run the NextGen Security Operations Center under a potential seven-year, $395 million contract that was originally awarded to Lockheed Martin‘s information systems and global solutions business. […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Air Force Sustain US Military's Joint Battle Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help Air Force Sustain US Military’s Joint Battle Mgmt System

    Lockheed Martin has received a $38 million contract to sustain a joint battle management system that all four U.S. military branches use for air operations planning and execution. The company said Monday it will support the Theater Battle Management Core System  built to coordinate all flown military assets such as cruise missiles, fighter aircraft and helicopters. The U.S. Air Force will […] More

  • Lockheed Demos Jettison Release of Anti-Ship Missile From Super Hornet Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Demos Jettison Release of Anti-Ship Missile From Super Hornet Aircraft

    A Lockheed Martin-built missile has been released from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft of the U.S. Navy during a flight test at the service branch’s air station in Patuxent River, Maryland. The jettison flight test aimed to validate the aerodynamic separation models of Lockheed’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile in a push to obtain flight clearance for captive carry integration […] More

  • BAE Receives $50M Subcontract From Lockheed to Provide UK F-35 Engineering, Maintenance, Training Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Receives $50M Subcontract From Lockheed to Provide UK F-35 Engineering, Maintenance, Training Support

    BAE Systems has secured nearly $50 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin to provide a range of support services for the U.K.’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Lockheed awarded the funds to the British defense company as part a three-year, $100 million contract from the Defense Department‘s F-35 Joint Program Office, BAE said Friday. Both companies will also establish a team of more […] More