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  • Aerospace Corp.’s Randy Kendall: Space Tech Drives Renewed Military Interest in Startups - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerospace Corp.’s Randy Kendall: Space Tech Drives Renewed Military Interest in Startups

    Randy Kendall, vice president of launch program operations at Aerospace Corp., has said the U.S. military has showed renewed interest in partnering with commercial space startups driven by technological advances and space-based national security threats, SpaceNews reported Sunday. “Today feels like 1998, that was the last time we had the same level of enthusiasm with […] More

  • Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force and HRL Laboratories have entered an agreement to test materials produced through additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional printing, for potential future use in hypersonic aircraft. Scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory tested silicon oxycarbide materials that HRL manufactured using 3D printing technology and pre-ceramic resin chemistry, the Defense Logistics Agency said Wednesday. The Cooperative Research […] More

  • Orbital ATK Demos Rocket Motor Orion Spacecraft's 2019 Launch Abort System Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Demos Rocket Motor Orion Spacecraft’s 2019 Launch Abort System Test

    Orbital ATK has tested a rocket motor technology at its Promontory, Utah, facility in preparation for a scheduled April 2019 test of a spacecraft system designed to keep astronauts safe if a problem occurs during ascent. NASA and Lockheed Martin intend to use an SR 118 motor for the Ascent Abort 2 Flight Test that will evaluate the Orion capsule’s launch […] More

  • Air Force to Test SPOTLIGHT Labs' Aircrew Oxygen Monitoring Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Test SPOTLIGHT Labs’ Aircrew Oxygen Monitoring Device

    SPOTLIGHT Labs has receives a $195,000 contract to provide its blood oxygen monitoring technology in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s efforts to address physiological episodes on aircraft. SPOTLIGHT will supply 20 SPYDR units and offer technical support during tests with T-6  Texan II aircrew under the contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile […] More

  • Cubic Lands Spot on Potential $496M USAF Comms R&D Contract; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Lands Spot on Potential $496M USAF Comms R&D Contract; Mike Twyman Comments

    A Cubic Corp. business unit has secured a position under a potential 10-year, $496 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop communication technologies. Cubic Mission Solutions will perform research, development, test and evaluation activities to deliver new technologies for existing and future communication architectures, Cubic said Thursday. CMS President Mike Twyman said the company will […] More

  • Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter to Debut at Berlin Airshow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter to Debut at Berlin Airshow

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary will showcase a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter at the ILA Berlin Air Show next month. Sikorsky completed a strategic airlift capability test of the heavy-lift helicopter platform at its Development Flight Center in Florida before the vehicle was transported to a military air base in Holzdorf, Germany, Lockheed said Wednesday. The U.S. Air Force granted Air Transportability […] More

  • Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force plans to procure 22 lightly armed variants of the Cessna Caravan aircraft to deliver to allied governments for use in surveillance missions, FlightGlobal reported Monday. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps states that the Air Force wants potential vendors to supply AC-208 planes that are equipped with various weapons and sensors. Interested companies […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Gets Additional USAF GPS Receiver Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Gets Additional USAF GPS Receiver Order

    Rockwell Collins will provide additional global positioning system receivers to the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center under a follow-on order. The latest order is for 300 Military-Code GPS receivers and follows the company’s delivery of 700 receivers to USAF SMC as part of the GPS User Equipment program, Rockwell Collins said Thursday. Troy Brunk, vice president and […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Gets USAF Precision Strike Package Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Gets USAF Precision Strike Package Contract Option

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a one-year, $19.9 million contract modification to provide additional services for the U.S. Air Force’s aircraft precision strike package. The Air Force exercised an option under a previously awarded contract that covers PSP logistics support for the Lockheed Martin-built AC-130J and AC-130W platforms, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted the latest award brings the contract’s […] More

  • Raytheon Moves GPS OCX System to Final Software Devt Phase; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Moves GPS OCX System to Final Software Devt Phase; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon has begun the final phase of software development of a ground-based operational control system the company developed for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellites. The company said Tuesday the final software build phase for the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System aims to raise automation and building controls for the M-code military GPS signal […] More

  • CTC to Help Air Force Develop Expeditionary Black Water Treatment System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Help Air Force Develop Expeditionary Black Water Treatment System

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. will develop a black water processing system for military expeditionary sites under a $1.6 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s  Advanced Power Technology Office. The Expeditionary Black Water Processing System will be built to reduce the impacts of wastewater on the natural environment of host nations, the company said Tuesday. Thomas Piro, a CTC […] More

  • David Singer Joins TechFlow as Digital Services Business Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Singer Joins TechFlow as Digital Services Business Development VP

    David Singer, a more than 30-year military and government services veteran, has joined TechFlow as vice president of business development at the company’s digital services business unit. His professional background encompasses team management, new business capture, customer service and development of products for the federal sector, TechFlow said Tuesday. Singer most recently held a similar role at […] More