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  • Raytheon Awarded Additional Gallium Nitride Production Process Development Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Awarded Additional Gallium Nitride Production Process Development Funds

    Raytheon has secured a $14.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Office of the Secretary of Defense to further develop the production process of gallium nitride-based semiconductors. The company said Wednesday it will work to update the performance, supply and the dependability of wideband, monolithic, microwave-integrated circuits and circulator equipment made from GaN. This […] More

  • Technica to Provide Cybersecurity Support for Air Force Weapons, Operating Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technica to Provide Cybersecurity Support for Air Force Weapons, Operating Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Technica a potential four-year, $22 million task order to help the military branch test the cyber readiness and security of its weapons and operating systems. Technica said Wednesday it will provide airborne networking, systems, processes and operations and network defense support services to the Air Force’s Combined Air Operations Center-Experimental in Virginia. The company will also […] More

  • MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts

    San Jose, California-based converged data platform developer MapR Technologies has established a federal advisory board that aims to help familiarize U.S. government customers with big data management technologies. MapR said Wednesday the advisory board comprises former government leaders who previously worked at the Defense Department, intelligence community and federal civilian agencies and have knowledge of various issues that affect the government’s information technology modernization efforts. “The board […] More

  • CAE Reports $76M in US, Intl Defense Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Reports $76M in US, Intl Defense Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE has reported $76.3 million in defense contracts from sector customers such as U.S. military agencies and other companies Insitu and Rotorsim. The company said Tuesday the U.S. Air Force and Navy have exercised contract options for continued KC-135 tanker and T-44C aircrew training services respectively. Work to support the Air Force’s KC-135 program will […] More

  • Air Force, Raytheon to Continue GPS Operational Control System Modernization Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, Raytheon to Continue GPS Operational Control System Modernization Work

    The U.S. Air Force can continue its program to develop a new ground-based command system for the military branch’s GPS satellite constellation after Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall certified the project to Congress, DoD News reported Friday. Karen Parrish writes Raytheon, the prime contractor on the $5.46 billion GPS Advanced Control Segment, works with DoD procurement officials to address challenges […] More

  • Breaking Defense: Air Force's F-35 Flight Operations to Resume by Year's End - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Breaking Defense: Air Force’s F-35 Flight Operations to Resume by Year’s End

    The U.S. Air Force plans to resume operations of its F-35 joint strike fighter jets by the end of this year after the completion of repairs to the aircraft’s fuel pipes, Breaking Defense reported Friday. The F-35 Joint Program Office has has said the non-compliant Polyalphaolefin coolant tubes of the Air Force’s 15 operational F-35 jets are undergoing modifications, Colin Clark writes. Repairs […] More

  • Tory Bruno: ULA Reassesses Cost Structure for Space Launch Services Amid Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tory Bruno: ULA Reassesses Cost Structure for Space Launch Services Amid Competition

    Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, has said the competition between ULA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX has made the former company re-evaluate its cost structure for space launch services, Forbes reported Friday. Bruno told Forbes contributor Loren Thompson in an interview that the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture has made a 35 percent reduction in […] More

  • RFID Journal to Host A&D Radio Frequency Tech Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RFID Journal to Host A&D Radio Frequency Tech Forum

    RFID Journal will host an event focused on radio-frequency identification technologies for the aerospace and defense sector on Oct. 20 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. The media company said Thursday the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman and Delta Air Lines will participate in the event to share how they apply RFID technology in operations. RFID Journal added the forum will feature discussions on customer […] More

  • Air Force Taps Lockheed for Gap-Filler Radar FMS Contract With Jordan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Lockheed for Gap-Filler Radar FMS Contract With Jordan

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $41.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to obtain, deliver and install a gap-filler radar system for Jordan as part of a foreign military sales deal. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will also supply two long-range radars and modernize an additional three radars as well as integrate the new and updated surveillance technology into a command, […] More

  • Thales to Build More Aircraft Landing Guidance Systems for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Build More Aircraft Landing Guidance Systems for Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Thales‘ defense and security business a $14.1 million contract modification to produce an additional three deployable instrument landing systems. The modification covers deployable glideslopes, localizers and containers for the electrical gear to support the military branch’s risk reduction efforts, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the Air Force uses D-ILS to help airmen […] More

  • Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards

    TEGAM has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide radio-frequency power measurement technology to update RF power sensor calibators that the service branch’s precision metrology and electronics laboratories currently use. TEGAM said Wednesday it will provide 48 Model 2505A RF power standards for the 6 kilohertz to 18 gigahertz frequency that will each replace two legacy RF power […] More

  • Raytheon Conducts Risk Reduction Functional Tests on Air Force's GPS Ground Control Segment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Conducts Risk Reduction Functional Tests on Air Force’s GPS Ground Control Segment

    Raytheon has completed a series of risk reduction functional checkouts on the ground control segment of the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System satellites. The company said Wednesday its team conducted tests on GPS Operational Control System Block 1 components with a focus on OCX software. The test involved the integration of OCX Block 1 master control station with […] More