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  • NASA Tests Mars Rover Navigation System Aboard Masten Space Systems-Built Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Tests Mars Rover Navigation System Aboard Masten Space Systems-Built Rocket

    NASA has tested the future Mars rover’s camera-based navigation system aboard a rocket-powered test platform built by Masten Space Systems. The agency said Tuesday Xombie carried a prototype of the Mars 2020 rover’s Lander Vision System 1,066 feet into the air to perform a precise landing at a predesignated target. LVS works to direct a spacecraft to land at a target site or divert […] More

  • Raytheon to Provide Interface Upgrade for Netherlands' Integrated Air & Missile Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Provide Interface Upgrade for Netherlands’ Integrated Air & Missile Defense System

    The Netherlands’ defense materiel organization has awarded Raytheon a direct commercial sales contract of undisclosed value to provide a new operator-machine interface upgrade for the country’s integrated air and missile defense system. Raytheon said Thursday it will update the Netherlands’ Patriot IAMD system through the company-built Modern Man Station user interface that works to identify and display airborne objects, […] More

  • Patriot Group International Subcontracts Tempus for Northcom Aerial ISR Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patriot Group International Subcontracts Tempus for Northcom Aerial ISR Support

    Patriot Group International has awarded Tempus Applied Solutions a $24.4 million subcontract to provide aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for U.S. Northern Command. Tempus said Wednesday the airborne ISR services will aid a counter narcotics and global threats contract that PGI secured in September. Tempus will install aerial surveillance hardware and software into a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft to conduct more than 1,500 flight […] More

  • L-3 Achieves Air Force Military GPS Security Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Achieves Air Force Military GPS Security Certification

    L-3 Communications has completed a U.S. Air Force security certification process for the company’s GPS system for military users. L-3 said Wednesday its Military Code GPS User Equipment is built and certified through the Air Force’s MGUE program administered by the GPS directorate of Los Angeles Air Force Base’s Space and Missile Systems Center. An independent government team ran the certification assessment of […] More

  • PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract

    PAE and Vectrus‘ Vectrus Systems Corporation subsidiary have formed a joint venture to bid for the U.S. Army‘s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program V contract vehicle. PAE said Tuesday Scott Welker, former deputy commander of the U.S. Army‘s Joint Munitions Command, will lead the PAE Vectrus JV as president. Welker said the PAE Vectrus team offers experience in international contingency mission support with operations on all continents. […] More

  • General Dynamics Unveils Public Safety Comms Tech Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unveils Public Safety Comms Tech Suite

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business in Canada has released a new suite of  digital communications systems for first responders to exchange information over fixed or mobile networks. The portfolio comprises the CitySHIELD, BorderSHIELD, InfrastructureSHIELD and EmergencySHIELD platforms that are designed to help increase users’ situational awareness as well as reduce emergency response times through the combination of 4G LTE […] More

  • Honeywell Chosen to Build Ballistic Composite Materials for ArmorSource, KDH Defense, Short Bark Industries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Chosen to Build Ballistic Composite Materials for ArmorSource, KDH Defense, Short Bark Industries

    Honeywell will provide ballistic composite materials to ArmorSource, Short Bark Industries and KDH Defense Systems‘ for efforts by the latter three companies to build military protection products. KDH Defense will use Honeywell’s Gold Shield and Spectra Shield products to create soft armor vest systems for the U.S. Army‘s next-generation Soldier Protection System, Honeywell said Tuesday. Honeywell added KDH Defense […] More

  • Architect-Engineering Firm Heery International Adopts Deltek Platform to Seek Govt Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Architect-Engineering Firm Heery International Adopts Deltek Platform to Seek Govt Business

    Heery International has chosen a Deltek-built platform for efforts to pursue business in the federal government, state, local and education contracting sectors. Heery will use Deltek’s GovWin IQ offering which works to provide information on approximately $2.1 trillion in government opportunities and contracts, Deltek said Tuesday. GovWin IQ bases its information on research from analysts in the area of government spending, Deltek noted […] More

  • Textron's Unmanned Systems Business Unveils Control & Collaboration Tech Product Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s Unmanned Systems Business Unveils Control & Collaboration Tech Product Line

    Textron Systems‘ unmanned systems business unit has unveiled a new portfolio of multidomain control and collaboration technologies that work to help customers gain  situational awareness and share information. Textron said Monday the Synturian suite includes the Synturian Control technology the company designed to integrate with different platforms or vehicles as well as the Synturian Remote system equipped with mobile and network-strengthened tools. Wayne Prender, vice […] More

  • Harris Launches EOD Robot at AUSA Convention - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Launches EOD Robot at AUSA Convention

    Harris has unveiled a robotic technology offering the company designed to help operators disarm improvised explosive devices, Defense News reported Monday. Jen Judson writes the T7 EOD robot, which Harris unveiled at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention Monday, employs an intuitive interface and can be equipped with a water disruptor that works to disengage a trigger. The […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests Army's WIN-T Increment 2 Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests Army’s WIN-T Increment 2 Components

    General Dynamics has begun to test two updated components of the U.S. Army‘s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 system. The company said Monday its business unit delivered four Tactical Communications Node-Lite and two Network Operations and Security Center-Lite units to the Army to start the test and evaluation process. General Dynamics also performs preliminary logistics and software evaluations on a TCN-L […] More

  • AM General Receives $151M in Domestic & International Humvee Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AM General Receives $151M in Domestic & International Humvee Contracts

    AM General has received contracts from U.S. and international military agencies worth more than $151 million in total to provide Humvees, associated parts and training. The company said Monday the contracts cover production vehicles, automotive kits, spare parts and training. The U.S. Army awarded AM General a $108.8 million contract modification to deliver 433 Humvees to Afghanistan through a foreign military sales deal, […] More