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  • Raytheon Informs Army of Company's Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Informs Army of Company’s Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech

    Raytheon has presented the company’s ideas for a next-generation missile defense technology to the U.S. Army in an effort to help the military branch establish requirements for a lower tier air and missile defense sensor system. The company said Monday it envisions a future LTAMDS platform that is based on gallium nitride-powered active electronically scanned array technology and could work as a sensor on the service branch’s Integrated Air […] More

  • Army Looks for Wireless Network Support Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Looks for Wireless Network Support Provider

    The U.S. Army has begun to look for potential vendors that could help administer the military service’s wireless network system. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps stated the Army Contracting Command-New Jersey-Warfighter Support seeks an industry partner to provide personnel, equipment and knowledge for the continuous operation of the network. The Army plans to award a small business set-aside contract […] More

  • Former Oshkosh Defense Lead John Urias Joins TenCate Advanced Armor's Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Oshkosh Defense Lead John Urias Joins TenCate Advanced Armor’s Advisory Board

    John Urias, former president of Oshkosh Corp.’s defense segment, has joined TenCate Advanced Armor as a member of the protective fabrics manufacturer’s advisory board. TCAA said Monday Urias brings experience in U.S. and international contracting to the company plus background from his career in the U.S. Army. Group Director Steen Tanderup said the company looked to Urias’ military and […] More

  • SolarCity, Balfour Beatty Complete Solar Panel Installation at 2 Army Bases - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SolarCity, Balfour Beatty Complete Solar Panel Installation at 2 Army Bases

    Balfour Beatty Communities and SolarCity have installed more than 18,000 solar panels at U.S. Army multi-family housing, community and maintenance facilities at Fort Detrick in Maryland and Fort Carson in Colorado. Balfour Beatty said Friday the SolarCity-built power systems will work to generate more than 4.7 megawatts of solar energy to power approximately 1,200 housing units across […] More

  • BAE Awarded Logistics Support Contract for Army SIGINT Payload System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Awarded Logistics Support Contract for Army SIGINT Payload System

    BAE Systems has secured a potential seven-year, $38.2 million contract to provide logistics support for the U.S. Army‘s tactical signal intelligence payload system. The Defense Department said Thursday work will occur through Aug. 10, 2023 and performance location will be determined with each individual task order. The Army Contracting Command received one offer for the contract through an online solicitation, DoD […] More

  • BlackBerry Crisis Comms Software Receives Army Authority to Operate, Certificate of Networthiness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Crisis Comms Software Receives Army Authority to Operate, Certificate of Networthiness

    The U.S. Army has awarded BlackBerry‘s AtHoc networked crisis communications software a certificate of networthiness and authority to operate through April 2019 to support uninterrupted use of the software by the service branch. BlackBerry said Wednesday the software works to relay information to soldiers and other personnel and coordinate rapid responses during emergencies such as accidents, severe weather, natural […] More

  • Trust Automation to Build Motion Control Tech for Lockheed Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trust Automation to Build Motion Control Tech for Lockheed Radars

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Trust Automation a contract to manufacture a vehicle automation system for the former’s Q-53 counterfire target acquisition radars. Trust Automation said Tuesday it will supply motion control systems to support Lockheed’s production of Q-53s for the U.S. Army. Craig Von Ilten, vice president of business development at Trust Automation, said the award represents the company’s fifth […] More

  • SOSi Names Stephen Iwicki as Intelligence Solutions Group VP, Promotes Robert Billeaud to Operations SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOSi Names Stephen Iwicki as Intelligence Solutions Group VP, Promotes Robert Billeaud to Operations SVP

    SOS International has named Stephen Iwicki, a former vice president at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, as the new intelligence solutions group vice president following the appointment of Robert Billeaud as senior vice president for operations. SOSi said Tuesday Iwicki will be in charge of a company business unit that holds a potential $150 million contract to support U.S. Army operations in Afghanistan. “He brings […] More

  • Comtech Receives $7.6M Army Satellite Systems Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Receives $7.6M Army Satellite Systems Order

    Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has received $7.6 million in order from the U.S. Army for a set of very small aperture terminal satellite systems. The company booked the order in the fourth quarter of its 2016 fiscal year and funded orders to Comtech so far have totaled $49.5 million out of the $91.0 million contract ceiling under […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Produce Military Test Range Instrumentation System Under DoD Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Produce Military Test Range Instrumentation System Under DoD Contract

    Rockwell Collins has received a $31 million contract from the Defense Department to build a test range instrumentation system for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army. The company said Monday it will build the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System to replace the Advanced Range Data System currently used at the three military  branches’ test ranges as the prime contractor and system integrator on […] More

  • Raytheon to Modify Israel-Developed Interceptor for US Army Defense Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Modify Israel-Developed Interceptor for US Army Defense Program

    Raytheon will offer an Americanized version of an interceptor platform designed by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems that will be used to support a U.S. Army program that seeks to defend against a threat spectrum, Defense News reported Monday. Barbara Opall-Rome writes Raytheon looks to locally produce and transform the Iron Dome platform’s Tamir interceptors to meet U.S. standards […] More

  • Atkins North America Lands Army, Air National Guard Architect-Engineer Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Atkins North America Lands Army, Air National Guard Architect-Engineer Services Contract

    Atkins North America Inc. has been awarded a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide architectural and engineering services to the U.S. Army and Air National Guard. Atkins will work to design programs and perform construction support to the Army and ANG in the continental U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More