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  • Garmin to Supply Aviator Watches for Air Force U-2 pilots - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Garmin to Supply Aviator Watches for Air Force U-2 pilots

    The U.S. Air Force has selected Garmin‘s international unit to supply aviator watches for pilots of the Lockheed Martin-built U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. Garmin said Wednesday its D2 Charlie aviator watch is designed to serve as a back-up navigation system in the cockpit through the delivery of global navigation support, moving maps and other features. The company expects the Air Force […] More

  • DARPA, Air Force Conduct Flight Test of BAE-Built Battle Mgmt Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Air Force Conduct Flight Test of BAE-Built Battle Mgmt Software

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force have tested a BAE Systems-made on-board software that works to deliver information to operators and pilots in environments where communications can be disrupted. BAE said Tuesday DARPA and the Air Force Research Laboratory conducted an 11-day flight test of the semi-autonomous Distributed Battle Management software. DBM is designed to […] More

  • Textron to Repair USAF Combat Aircraft System Tester - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Repair USAF Combat Aircraft System Tester

    A Textron subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $10.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to repair components of a technology platform used to test military combat aircraft systems. Textron Systems will perform repair work on AN/USM-670 Joint Service Combat System Tester parts under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. JSECST is designed to test and fault-isolate […] More

  • Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered its 400th C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Friday. The aircraft comes in the MC-130J Commando II Special Operations variant and is assigned to the Air Force’s Special Operations Command, the company said Monday. The 400th C-130J is also the 13th MC-130J to be modified into an AC-130J […] More

  • Boeing Secures $61M Contract for Japanese AWACS Upgrade Installation, Checkout - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Secures $61M Contract for Japanese AWACS Upgrade Installation, Checkout

    Boeing has secured a potential $60.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to support installation and checkout of a mission computing upgrade to Japan’s airborne warning and control systems aircraft. The company will install and inspect the upgrades for four Japanese E-767 aircraft and related ground systems, the Defense Department said Monday. USAF awarded Boeing a $403 […] More

  • Leonardo DRS' William Lynn, Italian Ambassador Visit Proposed T-100 Manufacturing Site in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS’ William Lynn, Italian Ambassador Visit Proposed T-100 Manufacturing Site in Alabama

    Armando Varricchio, Italy’s ambassador to the U.S., visited Alabama with Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn III in support of the company’s proposal to manufacture the U.S. Air Force’s new trainer aircraft in Tuskegee. Virginia-based Leonardo DRS, a subsidiary of Italian company Leonardo, said Feb. 6 the T-100 development will possibly generate 750 jobs in Tuskegee if the Air Force […] More

  • Air Force Preps Second RFP for Follow-On GPS III Devt Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Preps Second RFP for Follow-On GPS III Devt Competition

    The U.S. Air Force is due to release a solicitation notice this week for the second phase of an industry competition to produce the service branch’s 11th and succeeding GPS III  satellites, Inside Defense reported Thursday. Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin submitted separate proposals in 2016 for the production of up to 22 space vehicles under the GPS III program. […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop 'Flexible' Circuit System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop ‘Flexible’ Circuit System

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has collaborated with a public-private manufacturing consortium to create operational prototypes of a circuit board system in efforts to accelerate the development of smart technologies. AFRL said Thursday it worked with NextFlex: America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute to develop Arduino integrated circuit systems that are designed to be programmed through open-source software. […] More

  • USAF Taps Spartan Air Academy for Iraq Aviation Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Taps Spartan Air Academy for Iraq Aviation Training Services

    Addison, Texas-based Spartan Air Academy Iraq will establish an air academy training program for Iraq’s air force under a one-year, $45 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform contract work at Balad Air Base, Iraq through Feb. 8, 2019. USAF’s 338th Specialized Contracting Squadron will obligate $9,999,999 […] More

  • Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation

    The U.S. Air Force plans to put an end to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft recapitalization program in its budget request for fiscal 2019, Defense News reported Saturday. Sources told the publication the service will instead advance a “system-of-systems approach” that seeks to combine existing platforms to carry out command-and-control functions and […] More

  • Lockheed Taps BAE to Update UAE F-16 Head-Up Displays - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE to Update UAE F-16 Head-Up Displays

    BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to modernize head-up displays of the United Arab Emirates’ F-16 fighter aircraft fleet. The British defense contractor said Thursday it will replace the fleet’s analog HUDs with digital displays using its Digital Light Engine technology. Lockheed received a potential $1.6 billion order from UAE in November 2017 to upgrade the […] More

  • Northrop to Support Saudi Arabia Warfighter Threat Simulation Under $75M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Saudi Arabia Warfighter Threat Simulation Under $75M IDIQ

    Northrop Grumman has landed a potential $75 million  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help Saudi Arabia’s warfighters simulate threats with a company-built Joint Threat Emitter system. JTE is designed to generate a battlespace environment that facilitates training of military personnel to identify and address enemy missile and artillery threats, Northrop said Thursday. The company developed the system to be reprogrammable […] More