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  • Report: Raytheon Eyes Sale of Tomahawk Missiles to Foreign Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon Eyes Sale of Tomahawk Missiles to Foreign Customers

    Raytheon is considering the foreign military sale of its Tomahawk cruise missiles beyond the U.K., Seapower Magazine reported Wednesday. Christian Sprinkle, Raytheon’s senior program director for Tomahawk, said that the company wants to keep its missile production activities going to be well-positioned to compete for the U.S. Navy‘s Next-Generation Land-Attack Weapon program in 2030. Sprinkle added that Raytheon […] More

  • Air Force Eyes Software Task Order Award to Raytheon-Led Cyber Venture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Eyes Software Task Order Award to Raytheon-Led Cyber Venture

    The U.S. Air Force has announced its plan to award a task order to Forcepoint to provide a software platform for the service’s warrior preparation center. Raytheon operates Forcepoint as a cybersecurity joint venture with investment firm Vista Equity Partners. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the Air Force Europe’s WPC will use the Trusted Thin Client software offering to enable exercise […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program's 3rd Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program’s 3rd Phase

    Raytheon has been selected to develop software under the third phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to expand the capacities of current U.S. military unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said Tuesday the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program aims to increase the effectiveness, flexibility and survivability of current air platforms when the […] More

  • RapidSOS Adds Former FirstNet President TJ Kennedy to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RapidSOS Adds Former FirstNet President TJ Kennedy to Advisory Board

    TJ Kennedy, former president of the First Responder Network Authority, has joined the advisory board at emergency technology provider RapidSOS. RapidSOS said Monday Kennedy brings 14 years of public safety, technology and wireless communications experience to the company’s advisory board. He led FirstNet during from August 2015 through December 2017 and helped the agency establish a $40 billion public-private […] More

  • Raytheon, Department 13 Form Drone Defense Tech Partnership; Bob Busey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Department 13 Form Drone Defense Tech Partnership; Bob Busey Comments

    Raytheon and Department 13 International have signed a teaming agreement to jointly develop and market technology platforms for defense customers to counter drone threats. Both companies plan to initially explore business opportunities for D13’s MESMER counter-drone system designed to automatically stop, redirect or take control of drones that pose risks to infrastructure and personnel, D13 said […] More

  • Raytheon to Develop Radar Operational Flight Software for USSOCOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Develop Radar Operational Flight Software for USSOCOM

    Raytheon has received a $9.75 million sole-source contract to develop radar flight software for the U.S. Special Operations Command‘s fixed-wing aircraft. The company will develop the Silent Knight Radar Operational Flight program under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. USSOCOM will finance work through task or delivery orders and will obligate $3 million […] More

  • Research and Markets: Soldier Modernization Programs to Help Drive Man-Portable Electronics Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Soldier Modernization Programs to Help Drive Man-Portable Electronics Market Growth

    A new Research and Markets report predicts the global man-portable military electronics market will reach $6.4 billion by 2027 with a compound annual growth rate of 3.29 percent due to the increasing complexity of modern warfare techniques and soldier modernization efforts. The company said Friday it expects the communication segment to hold a market share of 56.7 percent over the […] More

  • Navy Exercises Raytheon Contract Options for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Exercises Raytheon Contract Options for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Support

    Raytheon has received a one-year, $37.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile design agent. The modification exercises options under a previously awarded ESSM program support contract and covers missile technical engineering and in-service support, the Defense Department said Wednesday. ESSM is an international cooperative effort that seeks to increase […] More

  • IARPA Awards 4 Language Processing Software R&D Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Awards 4 Language Processing Software R&D Contracts

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded separate contracts to Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies business, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute to develop language processing software platforms. All five awardees will aim to produce systems designed to identify and comprehend media documents written in foreign languages under the Machine Translation for English […] More

  • Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027

    Reportlinker has unveiled a new report that predicts the global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems will reach more than $177 billion in cumulative value by 2027 at a 2.4 percent compound annual growth rate. An increasing demand for battle-space awareness and network centric warfare modernization efforts will help drive C4ISR market growth […] More

  • Research and Markets Forecasts 5.7% CAGR for Air Defense System Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Forecasts 5.7% CAGR for Air Defense System Market

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts that the air defense system market will experience a 5.74 percent compound annual growth rate and reach nearly $45.2 billion by 2024. The company said Wednesday increased military spending on efforts to develop air and missile defense systems, evolution of warfare and geopolitical challenges worldwide are among the factors that will drive market […] More