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  • Flightglobal: Northrop Plans Alternate Market for Proposed DARPA Unmanned Spaceplane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Flightglobal: Northrop Plans Alternate Market for Proposed DARPA Unmanned Spaceplane

    Northrop Grumman seeks to introduce its reusable unmanned spaceplane prototype to the commercial satellite launch market even as the company works on its design for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Experimental Spaceplane-1 program, Flightglobal reported Thursday. James Drew writes that Doug Young, vice president of space systems resiliency at Northrop, told Flightglobal the company plans to continue developing its XS-1 concept […] More

  • Northrop Grants Scholarships to CyberPatriot VIII National Winners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grants Scholarships to CyberPatriot VIII National Winners

    Northrop Grumman has awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships to the winning teams in the CyberPatriot VIII National Finals. The Air Force Association and Northrop recognized the winners of the competition’s open, all-service and middle school divisions during an awards banquet Wednesday in Maryland, the company said Thursday. First-place winners each received $2,000, second-place winners each received $1,500 […] More

  • UMass Lowell Completes PICTURE-B Exoplanet Research Mission Using Northrop-Built Mirror - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UMass Lowell Completes PICTURE-B Exoplanet Research Mission Using Northrop-Built Mirror

    The University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology has concluded its Planet Imaging Coronagraphic Technology Using a Reconfigurable Experimental Base exoplanet research mission following its return from space. PICTURE-B features a 22-inch-diameter silicon carbide primary mirror built by Northrop Grumman‘s AOA Xinetics subsidiary, Northrop said Tuesday. The mirror worked to support PICTURE-B’s mission to observe the Rigel […] More

  • Russ Matijevich, Rob Rainhart Take VP Roles at HawkEye 360; John Serafini Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Russ Matijevich, Rob Rainhart Take VP Roles at HawkEye 360; John Serafini Comments

    Russ Matijevich and Rob Rainhart have joined small satellite developer HawkEye 360 as vice presidents of the company’s sales and engineering divisions, respectively. Matijevich, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, will be responsible for the company’s business and product development activities, HawkEye 360 said Wednesday. Rainhart will lead the company’s technical team to design and […] More

  • DARPA Unveils Unmanned Spaceplane Program's 2nd Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Unveils Unmanned Spaceplane Program’s 2nd Phase

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and its industry partners will transition into the second phase of a program to build a reusable unmanned spaceplane that can carry satellites into space. DARPA said Thursday it will hold a proposers day April 29 in Arlington, Virginia for phase two of Experimental Spaceplane-1, a program to develop a spaceplane that can carry payloads […] More

  • Northrop Grumman to Spearhead Projects Aimed at Future Cyber Workforce; Kathy Warden Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman to Spearhead Projects Aimed at Future Cyber Workforce; Kathy Warden Comments

    Northrop Grumman is set to hold several cyber defense competitions in the U.S., Middle East and Europe in April as part of the company’s cyber education and workforce development goals. “Globally, we face a critical shortage of trained professionals ready to take on the job of securing our systems and networks,” Kathy Warden, corporate vice president and […] More

  • NVTC to Auction One-on-One Meetings with Virginia's Business Leaders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVTC to Auction One-on-One Meetings with Virginia’s Business Leaders

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council will auction off some prominent executives in the government contracting industry as part of a fundraising event scheduled on April 25. CXO Auction attendees will electronically bid for opportunities to meet with c-level regional and industry executives to gain insight on various businesses, NVTC said Monday. The event aims to raise money for the council’s […] More

  • Report: DoD's Pacific Pivot, 3rd Offset Strategy to Drive Military UAS Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD’s Pacific Pivot, 3rd Offset Strategy to Drive Military UAS Demand

    A Govini report indicates the U.S. military unmanned aerial systems market has experienced a compound annual growth rate of about 6 percent over the past five fiscal years, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lara Seligman writes the research firm observed the Defense Department‘s strategic pivot  to the Asia-Pacific region and efforts to implement a third offset strategy have […] More

  • Northrop Taps Moog to Build Flight Control System for DARPA/ONR UAS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Taps Moog to Build Flight Control System for DARPA/ONR UAS Program

    Moog has been awarded a subcontract by Northrop Grumman to manufacture a flight control actuation system for the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node program jointly run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research. Moog said Wednesday the contract requires initial delivery of flight control actuators, actuator-control electronics and accessories for the […] More

  • Technavio Predicts Global Radar Systems & Technology Market CAGR of 3% by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Predicts Global Radar Systems & Technology Market CAGR of 3% by 2020

    Technavio has predicted a compound annual growth rate of three percent for the global radar system and technology sector by 2020 in its latest report on the market. Factors including the recent shift toward next-generation military radar systems and the implementation of radar-absorbing materials are possible prospects to drive market growth through the end of […] More

  • Northrop Bids for Follow-On GPS III Spacecraft, Payload Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Bids for Follow-On GPS III Spacecraft, Payload Development

    Northrop Grumman has submitted a proposal to build a Global Positioning System III spacecraft and navigational payload for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space Vehicles 11+Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment program. The company said Wednesday it plans to offer the military branch a heritage spacecraft designed to operate in medium Earth orbit and a prototype of navigation technology that demonstrated military-code signal power […] More