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  • Northrop Delivers Optical Telescope Element to NASA for Webb Observatory Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Delivers Optical Telescope Element to NASA for Webb Observatory Integration

    Northrop Grumman has delivered the Optical Telescope Element to NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to support the 18 hexagonal gold-coated beryllium mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope. The company said Tuesday the 21.5-foot OTE is made of graphite composite materials and is designed to support the Webb telescope’s deep space observation mission. Scott Texter, Northrop telescope manager for the aerospace systems business, said […] More

  • Northrop to Produce Inertial Navigation Systems for Saudi Navy Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Produce Inertial Navigation Systems for Saudi Navy Ships

    Northrop Grumman has received an $8.3 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Navy to provide naval ship-based MK39 MOD 3A Ring Laser gyro inertial navigation systems to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also produce MK39 MOD 3A components, spare parts and associated shore-based tools for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces under the contract. Northrop will […] More

  • Cooper Standard Adds Former General Dynamics Exec Sonya Sepahban to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cooper Standard Adds Former General Dynamics Exec Sonya Sepahban to Board of Directors

    Sonya Sepahban, formerly senior vice president of engineering, development and technology at General Dynamics’ land systems business unit, has joined the board of directors of Novi, Michigan-based automotive systems and components supplier Cooper Standard. “Sonya brings a unique combination of technology and innovation expertise with strong financial acumen, extensive operational experience and demonstrated leadership skills, […] More

  • General Dynamics to Support Air Force's GPS Signal Generation Tech Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Support Air Force’s GPS Signal Generation Tech Project

    General Dynamics will collaborate with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop GPS satellite digital waveform generation technology under a potential $10.1 million contract the company has won from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will also perform analyses as well as help the AFRL researchers to refine algorithms and assess implementation methods […] More

  • Warren King Joins Northrop Advisory Board; David Perry Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Warren King Joins Northrop Advisory Board; David Perry Comments

    Warren King, former chief executive officer of the Australian Defense Materiel Organization, has joined the international advisory board of Northrop Grumman. King was recently responsible for the organization’s projects and commercial programs that include maintenance and supply initiatives for Australia’s military, Northrop said Wednesday. David Perry, vice president and chief global business development officer at Northrop, said the company […] More

  • Boeing, Northrop Win Contracts to Help USAF Develop Satellite Digital Waveform Generator Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Northrop Win Contracts to Help USAF Develop Satellite Digital Waveform Generator Tech

    Boeing and Northrop Grumman have won separate cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts from the U.S. Air Force to build digital signal generation technology for Global Positioning System satellites. The Defense Department said Monday that Boeing will help the Air Force to mature GPS-based positioning, navigation and timing systems through the Orbit Reprogrammable Digital Waveform Generator program under a $16.2 million contract. Boeing will perform […] More

  • Northrop Finishes Preliminary Design Review of Inertial Sensor Module for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Finishes Preliminary Design Review of Inertial Sensor Module for Navy

    Northrop Grumman has completed the preliminary design review of the inertial sensor module in the U.S. Navy‘s WSN-12 Inertial Navigation System Replacement that will succeed the current WSN-7 system. “This is a critical system for both surface and subsurface platforms,” Todd Leavitt, vice president of Northrop’s maritime systems business unit, said Monday. He adds that the […] More

  • Navy Vet Andy Von Stauffenberg Opens Unmanned, Robotics Systems Integration Company - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Vet Andy Von Stauffenberg Opens Unmanned, Robotics Systems Integration Company

    Andy Von Stauffenberg, a former U.S. Navy aviation electrician and Northrop Grumman engineer, has launched VStar Systems — a systems integration company that specializes in robotics and unmanned aerial systems for government and commercial clients. In a VStar press release posted Thursday, Stauffenberg said he established the company in 2015 to offer integration services for UAV customers. “There are hundreds of […] More

  • Northrop to Conduct Feasibility Study for Air Force GPS III Spacecraft, Payload Development; Tim Frei Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Conduct Feasibility Study for Air Force GPS III Spacecraft, Payload Development; Tim Frei Comments

    Northrop Grumman will carry out a feasibility study to assess the development of a follow-on space vehicle and navigational payloads for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System III satellite program under a 26-month contract. The company said Tuesday the contract award is based on its proposal to provide the service branch with a mission-specific spacecraft […] More

  • Northrop Completes Navy Block 3 Electronic Warfare Platform Critical Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Navy Block 3 Electronic Warfare Platform Critical Design Review

    Northrop Grumman has completed a critical design review of the electronic subsystem of the U.S. Navy’s AN/SLQ-32(V)7 electronic warfare platform. The company said Monday the CDR is part of the service branch’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 development. The AN/SLQ-32(V)7 system works to detect and counter anti-ship missiles and other threats through signal analysis. Northrop […] More

  • Technavio: Directed Energy Weapons Market Predicted to Grow 29% by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio: Directed Energy Weapons Market Predicted to Grow 29% by 2020

    A Technavio report forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 29 percent for the directed-energy weapons market by 2020 due to the continuous demand for DEW systems and equipment in law enforcement. The report published April 2016 by Research and Markets states that demand for non-lethal weapons is a primary driver in the market, with the U.S., Russia, Israel and Japan expected […] More

  • Report: US Foreign Military Sales Hit $29B in First Half of FY 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Foreign Military Sales Hit $29B in First Half of FY 2016

    Guggenheim Securities has found that foreign military sales of U.S.-built platforms and weapon systems amounted to $29 billion after six months of the government’s 2016 fiscal year, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes the investment banking and capital markets company said in its report obtained by Defense News that Lockheed Martin is the largest beneficiary of FMS deals for the first half of fiscal […] More