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  • Defense News: Raytheon to Pursue Air Force T-X Program with Alenia, CAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense News: Raytheon to Pursue Air Force T-X Program with Alenia, CAE

    Raytheon will confirm on Monday its partnership with Alenia Aermacchi and CAE to compete for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer replacement contract, Defense News reported Tuesday. Aaron Mehta and Lara Seligman write Raytheon likely will hold a prime role on the team, which will propose a variant of Alenia’s M-346 aircrew training system for the competition. General […] More

  • Lockheed Authorizes AAMSI to Support P-3 Operators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Authorizes AAMSI to Support P-3 Operators

    Lockheed Martin has approved Associated Aircraft Manufacturing and Sales Inc. as a support provider for P-3 Orion aircraft operators. AAMSI announced Wednesday its addition to Appendix A-2 of Lockheed’s P-3 Orion distributor agreement enables it to provide P-3 manufacturing and avionics repair to support military operators of the aircraft. The company added that it has previously received tasks from […] More

  • Sikorsky Selects UI Helicopter as South Korea Customer Support Center; Christophe Nurit Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Selects UI Helicopter as South Korea Customer Support Center; Christophe Nurit Comments

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business has designated UI Helicopter as an authorized customer support center in South Korea to provide sourcing services for repair and overhaul to customers in the country. Sikorsky S-76 and S-92 helicopter operators in South Korea will have access to overhaul services through the center based in Yesan, Lockheed said Wednesday. “UI Helicopter has more […] More

  • Paul Meyer Named Seabury Global Aerospace & Defense COO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Meyer Named Seabury Global Aerospace & Defense COO

    Paul Meyer, formerly executive vice president of Seabury Group‘s global aerospace and defense consulting business, has been named chief operations officer of the business unit. Meyer was most recently responsible for Seabury’s effort to execute various projects for aerospace and defense customers, the company said Tuesday. He helped the company form a Executives in Residence team […] More

  • Lockheed Expands STEM Program to Singapore; Doug Greenlaw Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Expands STEM Program to Singapore; Doug Greenlaw Comments

    Lockheed Martin has introduced the company’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics program to Singapore in partnership with UN Women Singapore. Lockheed Martin said Monday it hosted a STEM event in Biopolis, Singapore, where more than 300 students engaged with U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Carrie Howe, Facebook’s Claire Deevy and Guo Huili, Institute of Molecular and […] More

  • Lockheed, iCONECT Seek to Reduce EMR System Maintenance Costs With App Decommissioning Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, iCONECT Seek to Reduce EMR System Maintenance Costs With App Decommissioning Tool

    Software firm iCONECT has teamed up with Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions segment in an effort to help healthcare institutions reduce maintenance costs associated with legacy electronic medical records systems. Lockheed will use its tool to migrate EMRs and related data from a variety of legacy applications to the iCONECT-built XERA Application Decommissioning repository […] More

  • Lockheed-KAI Team Unveils T-50A for Air Force T-X Trainer Jet Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-KAI Team Unveils T-50A for Air Force T-X Trainer Jet Program

    Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries  have introduced the T-50A training jet that they plan to offer to the U.S. Air Force as part of the upcoming competition for the T-X trainer aircraft program. Lockheed and KAI built the trainer aircraft in an effort to replace the service branch’s fleet of T-38 planes, Lockheed said Thursday. Rob Weiss, executive vice […] More

  • Lockheed-Built F-35 Fleet Hits 50K Flight Hours - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built F-35 Fleet Hits 50K Flight Hours

    A fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft that the U.S. service branches and other countries operate worldwide has reached the mark of 50,000 flight hours. Lockheed said Wednesday 155 operational fighter jets deployed to six countries reached approximately 37,950 flight hours, while 18 F-35 planes intended for system development and demonstration operations reached 12,050 flight […] More

  • ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission

    A National Reconnaissance Office payload lifted off Wednesday onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket as part of the NROL-45 mission in support of national defense. The payload’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California marks the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s second launch this year, ULA said Wednesday. The Delta IV rocket used in the mission consists of a composite […] More

  • ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has selected Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to serve as an auxiliary payload customer on ULA’s CubeSat rideshare program under a memorandum of understanding between the two companies. Tyvak will be able to provide commercial and U.S. government CubeSat customers, as well as science, technology, engineering and math CubeSat customers access to ULA’s Atlas V […] More

  • CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments

    CAE‘s U.S. business unit has received authorization from the U.S. Navy to begin technology refresh work on simulator and training systems for the service branch’s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The company said Wednesday the Navy gave the signal for CAE to proceed following the Government Accountability Office‘s decision over a bid protest on the MH-60R/S Tech Refresh […] More

  • MBDA Begins Air-to-Air Missile Delivery for UK's F-35 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Begins Air-to-Air Missile Delivery for UK’s F-35 Fleet

    MBDA has begun deliveries of its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the U.K. military for integration with the country’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II aircraft. The U.K. defense ministry will use ASRAAMs in air-launched fire tests and flight trials necessary to achieve initial operating capability for the fighter jets of the country’s air […] More