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  • Army to Adopt Raytheon-Built UAS Counter-Drone Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Adopt Raytheon-Built UAS Counter-Drone Missions

    The U.S. Army has chosen a Raytheon-made unmanned aircraft system and radar technology to help the service branch counter drone threats. Raytheon said Tuesday its Coyote UAS is designed to work with the company’s Ku-band radio frequency radar to detect and track adversarial unmanned aircraft. Coyote is a tube-launched vehicle that uses a seeker technology and a […] More

  • L3 to Demo Manned-Unmanned Teaming Approach at International Airshow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Demo Manned-Unmanned Teaming Approach at International Airshow

    L3 Technologies has announced it will demonstrate a new weapon systems synchronization approach on Tuesday at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow. The company said Friday it will perform Manned-Unmanned Teaming, the integration of different combat systems in aims to reduce sensor-to-shooter time and boost situational awareness. The approach works to facilitate the sharing of high-bandwidth […] More

  • Army Selects 5 Firms to Develop Automatic Rifle Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Selects 5 Firms to Develop Automatic Rifle Prototypes

    Five companies have won separate 12-month other transaction agreements to develop automatic rifle prototypes for the U.S. Army. The OTAs announced Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice will cover the development and production of a system demonstrator representative of level 6 technology and manufacturing readiness under the Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program. The Army seeks an NGSAR […] More

  • General Atomics to Update Cryofracture System for Army; Scott Forney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Update Cryofracture System for Army; Scott Forney Comments

    A General Atomics business unit has received a contract of an undisclosed value to update a portable cryofracture system prototype for future installation at Crane Army Ammunition Activity in Crane, Ind. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will also conduct design and procurement efforts to integrate the system with a rotary kiln incinerator under the contract from Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary to Install Sensors on Army's V-280 Valor Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary to Install Sensors on Army’s V-280 Valor Aircraft

    A Textron subsidiary is set to install a suite of sensors on a new tiltrotor aircraft being developed for the U.S. Army, Military.com reported Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Jeff Schloesser, executive vice president for strategic pursuits at Bell, told Military.com that the company will install Lockheed Martin‘s Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor system that is designed to provide 360-degree awareness for aircraft. […] More

  • CACI Opens Shared Services Hub Named After Jack London - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Opens Shared Services Hub Named After Jack London

    CACI International has established a facility named after Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board at the information technology services contractor. The Dr. J.P. London Shared Services Center is located in Oklahoma City, Okla., and built to accelerate the delivery of support services across the company, CACI said Tuesday. Tom Nesteruk, a CACI executive vice president, […] More

  • Honeywell, Army Install Situational Awareness Tech on Bradley Fighting Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell, Army Install Situational Awareness Tech on Bradley Fighting Vehicle

    The U.S. Army‘s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center has partnered with Honeywell‘s aerospace business to install a sensor-based vision system aboard the Bradley fighting vehicle. TARDEC said Monday its Mission Enabling Technologies-Demonstrator team integrated Honeywell-developed helmet vision technology with a system of 360-degree stereo sensors. The sensors gather situational awareness imagery that a pair of holographic optical devices […] More

  • Aerospace Industries Association Appoints Timothy McClees VP for Legislative Affairs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerospace Industries Association Appoints Timothy McClees VP for Legislative Affairs

    Timothy McClees, former program manager at Peraton, has joined the Aerospace Industries Association to serve as vice president. In his new role, McClees will lead AIA’s legislative policy and advocacy efforts with members of Congress, the association said Monday. He brings over 30 years of experience in defense and government service areas, having previously held staff roles at […] More

  • Root9B Awarded Army Cyber Training Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Root9B Awarded Army Cyber Training Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded Root9B a potential two-year contract to provide onsite cybersecurity training at Fort Gordon in Georgia. R9B said Monday it will help the service branch teach students to conduct defensive and offensive cyber operations via three 170A Warrant Officer Advanced Course classes. Each instruction period can last for up to seven weeks. The WOAC […] More

  • Army Network CFT to Host Industry Forum on Distributed Computing Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Network CFT to Host Industry Forum on Distributed Computing Technologies

    The U.S. Army Network-Cross Functional Team plans to host an industry event to discuss requirements for distributed computing technologies, such as the use of the cloud to support tactical formations. The Technical Industry Forum will be held August 1 at the Marriott Raleigh City Center in North Carolina, the Army said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday. The two-day […] More

  • Boeing Gets $81M MH-47G Special Operations Helicopter Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets $81M MH-47G Special Operations Helicopter Delivery Order

    Boeing has received an $80.7 million order to build and deliver four MH-47G Chinook  rotary-wing helicopters to the U.S. Special Operations Command. SOCOM issued the delivery order to address an “urgent” requirement to sustain special operations forces’ heavy-assault, rotary-wing platform and address impacts of an increased SOF operational demand, the Defense Department said Thursday. The command will obligate $33.7 million […] More