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  • Air Force, Lockheed Partner to Build Integrated Battle Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, Lockheed Partner to Build Integrated Battle Mgmt System

    Lockheed Martin has won a $16.2 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force build an integrated system for the military branch to manage air-to-ground and air-to-air combat missions in a peer threat contested environment. Lockheed’s aeronautics business will provide software, hardware and reports for the development of an integrated Distributed Battle Management infrastructure, the Defense Department said Monday. The Air Force Research Laboratory received two offers […] More

  • Army Selects 3 Companies for Medical Equipment Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Selects 3 Companies for Medical Equipment Supply Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded positions on a multi-year, $49.4 million contract to TQM Inc., Lighthouse for the Blind and MSGI Corp. to deliver a wide range of medical and laboratory equipment to Army medical units. The Defense Department said Monday the indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract also includes surgical, dental, pharmaceutical and veterinary equipment as well as materiel sets for nonmedical and medical support programs of […] More

  • DOJ Requests Info on Body-Worn Cameras for Market Survey - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOJ Requests Info on Body-Worn Cameras for Market Survey

    The Justice Department has issued a request for information in support of the National Institute of Justice’s upcoming market survey that aims to identify commercial body-worn cameras designed for use in law enforcement operations. DOJ’s justice programs office said in a Federal Register notice posted Thursday the survey will work to help law enforcement agencies’ purchasing agents […] More

  • AeroVironment Showcases Mantis i45 EO/IR Payload for UAS at Unmanned Tech Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Showcases Mantis i45 EO/IR Payload for UAS at Unmanned Tech Conference

    AeroVironment will display its new electro-optical/infrared gimbal payload for small unmanned aircraft systems at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans. Mantis i45 is used on the Puma all-environment unmanned aerial vehicle for commercial and military applications and features a suite of sensors such as EO and IR imagers, dual-color cameras, an illuminator and an […] More

  • Raytheon BBN-Led Team Seeks to Extend Mobile Apps’ Viability Under Air Force Contract; Partha Pal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN-Led Team Seeks to Extend Mobile Apps’ Viability Under Air Force Contract; Partha Pal Comments

    A team led by a Raytheon subsidiary will work to develop techniques that seek to extend the functionality of mobile applications for up to a century under a four-year, $7.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. Raytheon BBN Technologies will collaborate with Securboration, Syracuse University, Vanderbilt University and Oregon State University on the project as part of the Defense Advanced […] More

  • Finmeccanica Shareholders Approve Name Change to 'Leonardo' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Finmeccanica Shareholders Approve Name Change to ‘Leonardo’

    A near-unanimous majority of shareholders at Italy-based defense and industrial conglomerate Finmeccanica have approved the company’s proposal to officially change its name to Leonardo from Jan. 1, 2017 after the famous scientist Leonardo Da Vinci. Finmeccanica said Thursday it will operate under the name Leonardo-Finmeccanica through Dec. 31, 2016 in an effort to facilitate continuity of relationships with other […] More

  • Navy Awards Contract Modification to Lockheed Unit for Anti-Submarine System Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards Contract Modification to Lockheed Unit for Anti-Submarine System Components

    A Lockheed Martin business unit has received a $45 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy in support of the AN/SQQ-89 anti-submarine warfare system. The award exercises an option on a previously awarded contract for the production of TB-37 Multi-Function Towed Array units, tow cables, electro-optical slip rings, drogues and shipping products, the Defense Department said Friday. TB-37 MFTA, […] More

  • Space News: Iridium NEXT Constellation on Pace for July Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Iridium NEXT Constellation on Pace for July Launch

    Iridium Communications remains on schedule to launch the first 10 satellites of the Iridium NEXT constellation in July aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes the initial launch date may change by a few weeks based on SpaceX’s availability and will be followed by six sets of 10 satellites that are expected to […] More

  • Oshkosh Subsidiary to Display Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tech at XPONENTIAL Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Subsidiary to Display Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tech at XPONENTIAL Conference

    An Oshkosh Corp. business unit will demonstrate its unmanned ground vehicle technology at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans. Oshkosh Defense will exhibit an MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle equipped with a TerraMax UGV that works to facilitate force protection and force multiplier features in the battlefields, the company said Monday. John Beck, Oshkosh chief unmanned […] More

  • Northrop, USC Viterbi Inaugurate Nanophotonic, Optical Materials Research Org - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, USC Viterbi Inaugurate Nanophotonic, Optical Materials Research Org

    Northrop Grumman and the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering have formed a new research organization focused on optical materials and nanophotonic devices. The Northrop Grumman Institute of Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials will facilitate collaboration between university and industry researchers in an effort to explore properties of atomic-level structures and materials, the company said Thursday. “The creation […] More

  • Space Systems Loral Division to Construct Camera Focus Mechanisms for NASA Mars 2020 Rover - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Loral Division to Construct Camera Focus Mechanisms for NASA Mars 2020 Rover

    A division of Space Systems Loral will design and build camera focus mechanisms for NASA and a program teammate to use on one of the space agency’s Mars exploration instruments. MDA US Systems developed the focus mechanism for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory partner Malin Space Systems to be integrated on the Mars 2020 Rover instrument, SSL said Friday. Malin is a space camera systems company […] More

  • Genband, Polycom Receive DISA JITC Certification for Unified Comms Tech; Sean Berg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Genband, Polycom Receive DISA JITC Certification for Unified Comms Tech; Sean Berg Comments

    Genband‘s Application Server and Polycom‘s VVX voice and video portfolio have both achieved a Joint Interoperability Test Command certification from the Defense Information Systems Agency to offer unified communications for U.S. military networks. The application server works to help agencies and departments create secure private clouds and deliver video and voice communications through Polycom-built media phones under the joint system, […] More