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  • Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar

    Raytheon continues work to upgrade the radar component of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with a gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned array to provide a 360-degree radar coverage. The company said Tuesday the GaN-based AESA radar works to help the Patriot system protect U.S. and allied forces against attacks that come from multiple directions. “The Raytheon-developed GaN-based AESA […] More

  • Raytheon Updates Bradley Commander's Primary Sight; Duane Gooden Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Updates Bradley Commander’s Primary Sight; Duane Gooden Comments

    Raytheon has upgraded the company’s integrated electro/optic system offering with new features such as dual-band thermal imager and a high-definition color camera. The third-generation Commander’s Primary Sight also incorporates laser range finder, laser designator, visible and infrared laser pointers and line-of-sight director, Raytheon said Tuesday. Duane Gooden, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems product line, […] More

  • Raytheon Test Fires Pike Precision-Guided Munitions; JR Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Test Fires Pike Precision-Guided Munitions; JR Smith Comments

    Raytheon has completed the first fire tests for two Pike 40-millimeter precision-guided munitions at Mile High Resources in Texas. The munitions were launched from a standard tube grenade launcher and flew more than 2,300 yards before landing within the targeted area, Raytheon said Monday. “Pike uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage both fixed and […] More

  • Raytheon, US Navy Test Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, US Navy Test Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated how a Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile captures reconnaissance photos and performs midflight retargeting of objects. The missile sent the captured battle damage indication imagery to fleet headquarters via its UHF satellite communication datalink following the missile’s launch from USS Gridley, Raytheon said Oct. 5. Raytheon and the Navy […] More

  • Shifting Gears Program Certifies 101 Soldiers as Automotive Technicians; Todd Fox Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shifting Gears Program Certifies 101 Soldiers as Automotive Technicians; Todd Fox Comments

    A training program sponsored by Raytheon, the U.S. Army and General Motors has graduated 101 soldiers as certified automotive technicians. The Shifting Gears Automotive Technician Training Program covers 12 weeks of classroom, online and hands-on technical training, Raytheon said Monday. “Fort Hood soldiers are highly-technical, mechanically-inclined, self-disciplined and dedicated candidates for General Motors,” said Col. […] More

  • DARPA Awards Phase 1 Contracts for Automated Language Tech Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Awards Phase 1 Contracts for Automated Language Tech Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Phase 1 contracts to 13 organizations from industry and academia to help develop automated translation technology for DARPA’s Low Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents program. DARPA said Thursday LORELEI aims to utilize public information sources in local languages to support quick-response operations such as disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping and infectious disease response […] More

  • Visiongain: 2015 Border Security Market Revenue to Hit $16B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: 2015 Border Security Market Revenue to Hit $16B

    A Visiongain study, released by ReportLinker, forecasts global revenue from border security platforms and services will be approximately $16.4 billion this year. The 364-page market research report examines key factors that Visiongain believes can affect worldwide, regional and national spending on products designed to help authorities monitor cross-border activities, ReportLinker said Wednesday. Visiongain categorized the […] More

  • Raytheon to Install Border Security Systems in Jordan; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Install Border Security Systems in Jordan; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon  has received an $18.6 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to implement monitoring systems along the Jordan-Syria border. The company will install sensors, cameras and barrier fences in the area for DTRA’s Jordan border security project, Raytheon said Thursday. The project aims to help Jordanian armed forces deter, detect and interdict threats. Dave […] More

  • Raytheon, Army Run 5M Training Events Through Warfighter FOCUS Program; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Army Run 5M Training Events Through Warfighter FOCUS Program; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon and the U.S. Army have conducted five million training activities with soldiers deployed at combat training facilities, digital training ranges and other military bases worldwide under the Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support contract. Raytheon said Wednesday the company and branch have recorded $400 million in cost savings since 2008 on the Warfighter FOCUS program through redundancy elimination […] More

  • Steven Griffin Joins Vencore as SVP, NASA Engineering Contract Lead; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Griffin Joins Vencore as SVP, NASA Engineering Contract Lead; Mac Curtis Comments

    Steven Griffin, formerly senior director of operations and business development within Chicago Bridge and Iron’s federal services division, has joined Vencore as a senior vice president and program manager. Vencore said Tuesday Griffin will lead the company’s work to help NASA develop technologies and systems the agency will use to process space launch vehicles, spacecraft and payloads on the […] More

  • Sparton Receives Top Raytheon Supplier Award; Jamie Shaddix Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sparton Receives Top Raytheon Supplier Award; Jamie Shaddix Comments

    Sparton Corp. has earned a top award from Raytheon in recognition of the company’s role as a supplier of subassemblies and efforts toward affordability. Sparton said its Plaistow, New Hampshire-based facility is among the 12 recipients of the five-star recognition from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. “Receiving this prestigious honor three years in a row is a remarkable […] More