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  • Raytheon, Thales Team Up for UK IFF Upgrade Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Thales Team Up for UK IFF Upgrade Project

    A Raytheon–Thales team has been awarded a contract to provide an upgrade solution to the British military’s Identification Friend or Foe systems. The project seeks to bring the Ministry of Defence IFF platform in line with new NATO standards that specify a Mode 5 requirement for all transponders, Raytheon said Friday. Raytheon U.K.’s solution includes […] More

  • Raytheon Readies $750M TOW Missiles Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Readies $750M TOW Missiles Order

    Raytheon expects to finalize a $750 million order of tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles from the government in the coming weeks. The multiyear deal will involve the delivery of close to 14,000 units of the weapons system to a U.S. ally under a foreign military sales agreement, Raytheon said Thursday. The missile system includes the […] More

  • Raytheon Subcontracts CPS to Produce Composite Radar Structures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Subcontracts CPS to Produce Composite Radar Structures

    CPS Technologies has won a $600,000 contract to manufacture cold plates for a defense radar system Raytheon is building for the U.S. Navy. CPS will deliver the metal-matrix composite materials to Raytheon under the Navy’s Air and Mission Defense Radar program, CPS said Wednesday. Raytheon won a potential $1.6 billion AMDR engineering and manufacturing development […] More

  • Todd Probert: Raytheon Builds Wearable Tech to Help Military Users Access Tactical Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Todd Probert: Raytheon Builds Wearable Tech to Help Military Users Access Tactical Data

    Raytheon has developed a wearable computing product for military commanders and deployed soldiers to view both intelligence and operational data in real-time. The Intel-Ops device is built to combine the firm’s Air Warrior data processing technology and the DCGS-A Lite architecture designed to exploit intelligence in areas where bandwidth is limited, Raytheon said Tuesday. Raytheon […] More

  • Mike Shaughnessy: Raytheon Grows Partnership With Poland's PIT-RADWAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Shaughnessy: Raytheon Grows Partnership With Poland’s PIT-RADWAR

    Raytheon has entered into a business cooperation agreement with Poland-based PIT-RADWAR to build on potential opportunities in the country’s air defense industry and export operations to international markets. Their technology partnership also covers radar equipment and subsystems; command-and-control equipment, software and subsystems; mission planning architecture, simulation and software; and system-level integration, verification and validation tests, Raytheon said Tuesday. Mike Shaughnessy, vice president […] More

  • Dave Gulla: Raytheon Tests Potential Integration of Army Surveillance Blimp, NORAD Warning Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Gulla: Raytheon Tests Potential Integration of Army Surveillance Blimp, NORAD Warning Tech

    Raytheon has finished testing an aerostat radar platform the company designed to help the U.S. Army track missile and aircraft threats as far as 340 miles away. The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor system consists of two helium-filled blimps that are built to fly at 10,000 feet to identify targets and […] More

  • Saab Tapped for Hardware Support Under Raytheon USAF Radar Program; Erik Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Tapped for Hardware Support Under Raytheon USAF Radar Program; Erik Smith Comments

    Saab‘s defense and security business will provide Raytheon with hardware and software development support for the latter firm’s Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar contract with the U.S. Air Force. Erik Smith, vice president and general manager of the Saab Defense and Security sensor systems segment, said Thursday that the company wants the technology supply contract to generate high-tech […] More

  • Executive Profile: David Rankin, CISO for Raytheon's IIS Business Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: David Rankin, CISO for Raytheon’s IIS Business Unit

    David Rankin serves as the chief information security officer for Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business unit. In this role, he is responsible for the overall direction of the global IT security strategies and operations for the IIS business. Previously, Rankin was the chief information security officer for Raytheon Technical Services Company. In 2011, he was […] More

  • Dynetics Lands Work on Raytheon USAF Radar Program; David King Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Lands Work on Raytheon USAF Radar Program; David King Comments

    Dynetics will provide hardware development support to Raytheon for the U.S. Air Force‘s Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program, which will replace the current AN/TPS-75 radar system. “We are proud to be one of Raytheon’s partners on this important project that will help protect our warfighters in the field,” Greg Lester – executive vice president for defense, space and intelligence programs at […] More

  • Research and Markets: Military Laser Systems Market Worth $3B By 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Military Laser Systems Market Worth $3B By 2020

    Research and Markets forecasts that the military laser systems market for the aerospace, defense and homeland security industries will reach a market value of $2.73 billion within the next six years. This 4.23 percent compound annual growth rate is due to increased research and development activity and a move toward self-sufficiency of some Asia-Pacific and European countries, the firm […] More

  • Raytheon Breaks Ground on Warehouse at Dine Facility; Taylor Lawrence Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Breaks Ground on Warehouse at Dine Facility; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    Raytheon seeks to address operational efficiency and product security at its New Mexico facilities with the construction of of a new $4.4-million warehouse on the Navajo Nation semi-autonomous territory near Farmington. The company broke ground on the 30,000-square-foot facility this week and construction is scheduled for six months to start in December 2014, Raytheon said Tuesday. “Raytheon values its longstanding relationship with […] More

  • Tony Marceddo to Lead Northrop's M5 Australian Business; Ian Irving Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Marceddo to Lead Northrop’s M5 Australian Business; Ian Irving Comments

    Tony Marceddo, a former program director at Raytheon‘s Australian arm, has joined Northrop Grumman as head of the M5 business in Australia and will oversee M5’s communications, cyber consultancy and cyber services portfolio. Northrop said Monday Marceddo will also head expansion efforts in export business opportunities for M5’s communications services to the international market. He will report to both Ian Irving, CEO of Northrop Grumman […] More