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  • Raytheon, NAVSEA Officials Tour LCR Embedded Systems’ Pennsylvania HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, NAVSEA Officials Tour LCR Embedded Systems’ Pennsylvania HQ

    Raytheon and Naval Sea Systems Command executives visited LCR Embedded Systems’ Norristown, Pennsylvania-based headquarters on Aug. 11 to check on LCR’s engineering, electronics design and manufacturing operations. LCR said Monday it collaborated with Raytheon to develop the hardware component of the AN/SPY-1 radar for the Navy’s Aegis Combat System installed on surface ships. Nissen Isakov, president […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Builds 100th SM-3 Propulsion Control System for Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Builds 100th SM-3 Propulsion Control System for Raytheon

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has built and delivered its 100th throttling divert and attitude control system for the Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptor. Aerojet said Wednesday that TDACS is currently the only MIL-STD 1901A standards-compliant solid rocket propulsion system being used by the U.S. Navy. The company also manufactures first- and second-stage SM-3 Block IB booster […] More

  • Raytheon, Naval Undersea Warfare Center to Study Minehunting Sonar’s Imaging Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Naval Undersea Warfare Center to Study Minehunting Sonar’s Imaging Functions

    Raytheon and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center have agreed to extend their partnership to determine methods for the the AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar system to detect undersea threats. Raytheon said Thursday it will conduct sea-based and laboratory tests with NUWC Division Newport in Rhode Island to leverage the AN/AQS-20A’s synthetic aperture sonar to capture images of underwater […] More

  • Army Test Fires Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Missile from Ground; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Test Fires Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Missile from Ground; Mike Jarrett Comments

    The U.S. Army has test-fired a Raytheon-built missile from the service branch’s land-based Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-I Block 1 Multi-Mission Launcher. The test sought to evaluate the capability of AIM-9X Block II missile to intercept and destroy unmanned aircraft systems and other aerial targets when launched from the ground, Raytheon said Wednesday. Mike Jarrett, […] More

  • Army Launches 2nd Raytheon-Built Surveillance Aerostat for Missile Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Launches 2nd Raytheon-Built Surveillance Aerostat for Missile Defense

    The U.S. Army has launched a second Raytheon-built aerostat to provide radar coverage for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Amber Corrin writes the service launched the airship at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland to support North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s over-the-horizon surveillance operations. The 250-foot, helium-filled […] More

  • Raytheon’s David Wajsgras: Cyber Skills Gap Affects Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s David Wajsgras: Cyber Skills Gap Affects Contractors

    David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, has said many government contractors are suffering a similar shortage in cyber talent that agencies have, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Wajsgras told the Post neither government nor industry are “collectively” attracting enough talent in the cyber field, Joe Davidson reports. The Post cited a Government Accountability Office report that urged […] More

  • Raytheon, SMU Form Cyber Research Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, SMU Form Cyber Research Partnership

    Raytheon and Southern Methodist University have formed a partnership to collaborate on research, offer internship opportunities and support other education initiatives in the field of cybersecurity, the Dallas Business Journal reported Friday. Danielle Abril writes the partnership builds on Raytheon’s work with SMU’s Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security at the Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering. Fred […] More

  • Raytheon Purchases VT MAK Simulation, Logging Products - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Purchases VT MAK Simulation, Logging Products

    Raytheon has purchased VT MAK’s simulation and logging products for use in the former company’s air and missile defense operations center. Raytheon will conduct operator training and mission rehearsal with VT MAK’s VR-Forces and record simulation data through the MAK data logger, VT Systems said Monday. The company will also integrate the VR-Forces remote control application programming […] More

  • Research and Markets: Global Threat Analysis, Protection Market to Hit 36% CAGR in 2014-2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Global Threat Analysis, Protection Market to Hit 36% CAGR in 2014-2019

    Research and Markets has projected the global specialized threat analysis and protection market to reach a compound annual growth rate of 35.93 percent from 2014 through 2019. The market research firm said Friday that its new report gives insights into the global specialized threat analysis and protection market, covering the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the […] More

  • BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment

    BlackBerry has joined the National Cyber Security Alliance, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with the Department of Homeland Security, corporate sponsors and nonprofit representatives to promote digital privacy and raise awareness on cybersecurity. Edward Hearst, vice president of U.S. government business development at BlackBerry, will represent the company on the NCSA board, the alliance said Wednesday. “Through […] More

  • Executive Profile: Sherry Dold, Chief HR Officer at MTSI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Sherry Dold, Chief HR Officer at MTSI

    Sherry Dold serves as the chief human resources officer at Modern Technology Solutions Inc., an employee-owned technology company based in Alexandria, Virginia. She is in charge of strategic planning, compensation and benefits, training and development, recruitment and retention, organizational performance and other related programs and functions. She also oversees policy and process updates at MTSI to […] More

  • Raytheon Extends Navy Landing Systems Analysis Work; Brian Hickey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Extends Navy Landing Systems Analysis Work; Brian Hickey Comments

    Raytheon has been awarded a $52 million contract to extend the company’s testing and analysis work for the U.S. Navy’s joint precision approach landing systems program. The goal is to approve the integration of JPALS with the F-35 joint strike fighter, Raytheon said Wednesday. JPALS is designed to guide fixed and rotary-wing aircraft in coordination with […] More