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  • US Navy Seeks Proposals for ERP Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Navy Seeks Proposals for ERP Support Services

    The Department of the Navy is seeking industry proposals to manage and maintain the service’s enterprise resource planning system. The Navy issued a request for proposals Friday for products and services such as business services management, reporting and analysis, user management and operational support. The service plans to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a base […] More

  • Executive Profile: Phil Freedenberg, Business Development VP at SAP NS2 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Phil Freedenberg, Business Development VP at SAP NS2

    Phil Freedenberg has been vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services — or SAP NS2 — since 2011 and has served in leadership roles at SAP since 2007 over areas such as strategic account management in both the aerospace and defense sectors. Prior to SAP, the 25-year industry veteran helped to develop the aerospace and defense practice at […] More

  • Mike Mackey: Northrop, Navy Review Initial Test Points for Triton UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Mackey: Northrop, Navy Review Initial Test Points for Triton UAS

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have finished the first test flight phase for the company’s Triton unmanned aircraft system in an effort to evaluate how the drone flies at different altitudes, speeds and weights. The company said Monday 568 test points were evaluated during the initial envelope expansion test program through 13 simulated flight tests, 81 hours of long-endurance […] More

  • Exelis Awarded $92M for Anti-Missile Electronic Jammer Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Awarded $92M for Anti-Missile Electronic Jammer Systems

    The electronic systems unit of Exelis has been awarded a $91.7 million contract to deliver 42 electronic jammer systems to the U.S. Navy for protecting aircraft from radar-guided missiles, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. contracted Exelis to build the AN/ALQ-214(V)4 set for the F/A-18C/D and F/A-18E/F Hornet and Super Hornet combat […] More

  • Cobham to Build Electronic Jamming System Transmitters for US Navy, Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham to Build Electronic Jamming System Transmitters for US Navy, Australia

    Cobham will develop low-band transmitters for electronic jamming systems used by the U.S. Navy and Australian forces under a $21.8 million contract modification, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes Cobham’s defense electronics segment will work to build antennas and adapter interface modules for the AN/ALQ-99 jamming system under the modification awarded by the […] More

  • Elbit Systems Subsidiary to Build Marine Corps Helmet Display System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Subsidiary to Build Marine Corps Helmet Display System

    An Elbit Systems company has won an $11.7 million contract modification to develop a helmet-mounted display system for U.S. Marine Corps pilots, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes Fort Worth, Texas-based EFW Inc. will produce helmet display tracker system kits for pilots of the Whiskey Cobra attack helicopter under the U.S. Naval […] More

  • Northrop Surveillance Demo Plane Hits 100K Combat Flight Hours - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Surveillance Demo Plane Hits 100K Combat Flight Hours

    Northrop Grumman‘s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstration aircraft has exceeded the 100,000-combat flight hour mark for the U.S. Navy since the aircraft’s initial six-month deployment in 2009. The Navy has used the BAMS-D to support maritime surveillance missions, Northrop said Wednesday. Capt. James Hoke, Triton program manager at the Naval Air Systems Command, said the branch […] More

  • Exelis to Update Harrier Aircraft Carriage, Release Tech; Pete Martin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Update Harrier Aircraft Carriage, Release Tech; Pete Martin Comments

    Exelis will update the carriage and release systems on the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of AV-8B Harrier aircraft under a contract worth more than $13 million. The company will develop 181 digital improved triple ejector rack units for the plane’s current carriage and release technology, the company said Thursday. Pete Martin, director of defense systems for Exelis’ electronic […] More