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  • Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force plans to procure 22 lightly armed variants of the Cessna Caravan aircraft to deliver to allied governments for use in surveillance missions, FlightGlobal reported Monday. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps states that the Air Force wants potential vendors to supply AC-208 planes that are equipped with various weapons and sensors. Interested companies […] More

  • BAE Taps Sparton Unit to Supply Ruggedized Displays - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Taps Sparton Unit to Supply Ruggedized Displays

    A Sparton business unit has received a $13 million contract to supply ruggedized flat panel displays for a BAE Systems program that supports the U.S. Navy. Sparton said Monday its Aydin Displays team will deliver more than 600 panels to BAE over a 30-month period. “Our suppliers help us meet the commitments we make to our customers, and it is essential those relationships […] More

  • CNAS Forms Task Force to Help Address AI-Related National Security Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNAS Forms Task Force to Help Address AI-Related National Security Challenges

    The Center for a New American Security has formed a task force to study how the U.S. government can address national security risks from artificial intelligence. CNAS said Thursday Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, will co-chair the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security alongside Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School […] More

  • BAE to Unveil Type 31e Frigate Design at Maritime Defense Exhibition in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Unveil Type 31e Frigate Design at Maritime Defense Exhibition in Qatar

    BAE Systems is scheduled to introduce its proposed design for the U.K. government’s Type 31e frigate program at the three-day Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition & Conference that will kick off Monday, March 12, in Qatar. Angus Holt, Type 31e program director at BAE, said in a statement published Friday the company is proud to display […] More

  • BAE to Update Australian Military's Over-The-Horizon Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Update Australian Military’s Over-The-Horizon Radar System

    A BAE Systems subsidiary has landed a contract worth potentially $775 million to modernize the Australian military’s over-the-horizon radar platform, Defence Connect reported Monday. The report said BAE’s Australian subsidiary will aim to extend the operational life of the Jindalee Operational Radar Network beyond 2042 as part of the 10-year Project Air 2025 Phase 6 mission. JORN was built in the […] More

  • RCR Secures Australian Radar Network Facility Mgmt Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RCR Secures Australian Radar Network Facility Mgmt Services Contract

    RCR Tomlinson has received a potential 10-year, $71.9 million contract from BAE Systems to provide facility management services for the Australian military’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network. RCR said Monday it will maintain power, fire, electrical, bulk fuel storage, ground and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems across over-the-horizon radar sites as part of the JORN Phase 6 project. The company will […] More

  • BAE's US Subsidiary Responds to Army Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Subsidiary Responds to Army Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle RFP

    BAE Systems has proposed a combat vehicle for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower program. The MPF program seeks to provide the service’s infantry brigade combat teams with a precision firepower capability and help IBCTs maneuver through various terrain conditions, BAE said Thursday. Jim Miller, director of business development at BAE’s combat vehicles business, said the […] More

  • Barry Pike: Army Eyes Stryker as Base Platform for Temporary Short-Range Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barry Pike: Army Eyes Stryker as Base Platform for Temporary Short-Range Air Defense System

    Barry Pike, program executive officer for missiles and space at the U.S. Army, has said the service considers using the Stryker combat vehicle as the basis for its provisional Manuever-Short-Range Air Defense system in response to a SHORAD capability gap identified in Europe in 2016, Defense News reported Thursday. “At this point it’s going to be […] More

  • BAE Taps Lockheed to Provide Launching System for U.K. Navy Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Taps Lockheed to Provide Launching System for U.K. Navy Ship

    Lockheed Martin has received a contract from BAE Systems to equip a vertical launching system on the U.K. navy’s upcoming Type 26 Global Combat Ship. The MK 41 VLS is designed to launch a variety of missile types covering anti-air, anti-submarine and strike-length functionalities, Lockheed said Thursday. For the contract’s initial order, three of the combat ships will […] More

  • BAE Awarded $50M for US Forces-Afghanistan Intell Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Awarded $50M for US Forces-Afghanistan Intell Services

    A BAE Systems business unit will provide intelligence-related services to U.S. forces in Afghanistan under a $50.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. BAE’s information solutions team will perform work in Afghanistan through Oct. 27, 2018, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command will obligate $15 million at the time of award from the […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Provide Antenna Systems for BAE Systems' Navy Network Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Provide Antenna Systems for BAE Systems’ Navy Network Effort

    BAE Systems has selected Ball Aerospace to provide multi-beam phased array antenna systems in support of the former’s contractual effort to build a Network Tactical Common Data Link System for the U.S. Navy. A Ball-made Ku-band phased array antenna suite will be used as components for the NTCDL system that is being designed to support high-bandwidth communications connections throughout the Navy, Ball […] More