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  • Raytheon to Help Air Force Develop Target ID Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Air Force Develop Target ID Sensor

    Raytheon has won a potential $16.6M contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop combat identification technologies. The company will focus on radar-based ID sensors designed to help reconnaissance and tactical aircraft identify ground and aerial targets under the Precision Real-Time Engagement Combat Identification Sensor Exploitation program, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Tasks under the PRECISE program […] More

  • Peraton to Provide Technical Support for USAF Cross-Domain Tech Under $66M Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton to Provide Technical Support for USAF Cross-Domain Tech Under $66M Order

    Peraton has secured a potential five-year, $65.6M order from the U.S. Air Force to provide programmatic, engineering and technical support for a cross-domain information platform. Tasks include research, requirements analysis and definition, systems and software integration, interoperability testing, configuration management, lab-based security evaluation and other support services for Xdomain technology, the Department of Defense said Friday. The […] More

  • Lockheed Encapsulates Air Force's First GPS III Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Encapsulates Air Force’s First GPS III Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has finished encapsulation of the first GPS III satellite the company has built for the U.S. Air Force as part of pre-launch preparations at a facility in Titusville, Fla. GPS III Space Vehicle 01 is scheduled to lift off Dec. 18 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Lockheed said Tuesday. The satellite, […] More

  • AAR Awarded USAF Task Order for Cargo Pallets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR Awarded USAF Task Order for Cargo Pallets

    AAR‘s mobility systems business has landed a two-year, $27.5M task order to provide 463L cargo pallets for the U.S. Air Force under a previously awarded contract. The company said Thursday it will manufacture the pallets in Cadillac, Mich., through Dec. 30, 2020. The task order raises the original contract’s value to $170.6M. “Over the past […] More

  • Battelle to Develop Search Systems for Defense Technical Information Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Develop Search Systems for Defense Technical Information Center

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential five-year, $14.6M task order to Battelle for information technology services in support of the Defense Technical Information Center’s data search needs. The company said Friday it will work with Securboration and Information International Associates under the Cybersecurity Technical Area Task multiple-award contract to augment the center’s capacity […] More

  • Air Force Orders Rockwell Collins Receiver Tech for F-16s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Rockwell Collins Receiver Tech for F-16s

    The U.S. Air Force has chosen Rockwell Collins to equip the F-16 jets with an updated receiver technology designed to counter GPS threats. Rockwell Collins said Friday it will provide Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receivers for the Air Force Reserve’s and Air National Guard’s F-16 crews to navigate and operate in contested, electromagnetic environments. The company noted that DIGAR integration efforts does […] More

  • AFRL Seeks Info on High Energy Laser for Air Defense Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Seeks Info on High Energy Laser for Air Defense Applications

    An experimentation group within the Air Force Research Laboratory is requesting for industry input on high energy laser and high power microwave technologies. The AFRL’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Group intends to use these technologies for strike and defense applications against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, the U.S. Air Force said Oct. 25 in a […] More

  • Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed

    Harris has delivered the sixth of 10 navigation payloads for integration into a GPS III military communications satellite that Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Air Force. The payload includes a mission data unit designed to connect atomic clocks, radiation-hardened processors and transmitters for signal generation, Harris said Thursday. Lockheed has integrated Harris-built navigation systems on five GPS III satellites, […] More

  • Former USAF Cyber Specialist Brandon Bard Joins Applied Insight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former USAF Cyber Specialist Brandon Bard Joins Applied Insight

    Brandon Bard, a former cyber specialist at the U.S. Air Force, has joined Applied Insight as program manager of cyberspace defense analysis at the company’s center of excellence in San Antonio, Texas. He brings more than two decades of intelligence, cyberspace and enterprise information technology experience to his new position, Applied Insight said Thursday. “We are investing heavily […] More

  • Vector Partners With USAF for Launch System R&D Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vector Partners With USAF for Launch System R&D Efforts

    Vector and the U.S. Air Force Space Command and Missile Systems Center will jointly engage in research and development on launch services under a new partnership. The company said Tuesday it will work to address the Air Force’s launch technology and mission needs under a new cooperative research and development agreement with SMC’s Space Superiority […] More

  • Navy Plans Five-Year Trident II Missile Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Five-Year Trident II Missile Production Contract

    The U.S. Navy intends to negotiate a potential five-year contract with Lockheed Martin for TRIDENT II D5 missile production, support tools and system deployment services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the company’s space business will perform work through Sept. 30, 2024, if the contract is awarded. The Navy’s Office of Strategic Systems Programs seeks contractor support to build and […] More