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  • State Department Clears Possible Sale of BAE-Made APKWS-II Laser-guided Rocket to UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Clears Possible Sale of BAE-Made APKWS-II Laser-guided Rocket to UK

    The State Department approved a possible $31.2 million sale of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II laser-guided munitions to the U.K. government. Execution of the contract will be led by BAE Systems, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which notified Congress of the deal on Friday. The U.K. government ordered 768 of single-variant, all-up […] More

  • BAE to Develop Advanced Autonomy for Generating Warfare Planning Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Develop Advanced Autonomy for Generating Warfare Planning Strategies

    BAE Systems will build an advanced autonomy system to accelerate warfare planning under phase one of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. The company said Wednesday its FAST Labs research and development organization will create a machine learning-powered analytic engine and execute tests to demonstrate and validate the approach as part of the Strategic […] More

  • BAE Systems Begins $200M Jacksonville Shipyard Expansion Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Begins $200M Jacksonville Shipyard Expansion Project

    BAE Systems has commenced the construction of a shiplift and land-level repair facility that will expand the capacity of its Jacksonville shipyard to drydock U.S. Navy vessels by 300 percent. The company said Wednesday it is investing $200 million in the upgraded complex that will start supporting the repair of naval and commercial ships homeported […] More

  • BAE Unit Receives Army Ammo Plant Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit Receives Army Ammo Plant Modernization Contract

    BAE Systems has secured a $46.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to modernize equipment, processes and infrastructure at a government-owned, contractor-operated factory of munition and explosive products for Department of Defense use. The company’s ordnance systems unit will conduct improvement efforts to maintain a safe workplace at Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia, the Department […] More

  • Lockheed Taps BAE to Supply Electronic Warfare Systems for Lot 17 F-35 Lightning II Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE to Supply Electronic Warfare Systems for Lot 17 F-35 Lightning II Aircraft

    BAE Systems will develop more Block 4 AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare systems for Lockheed Martin‘s upcoming Lot 17 production of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Deliveries to Lockheed will be made under under contracts worth $491 million and will add to the 1,200 EW units already supplied to the defense contractor, BAE said Monday. Through the system, F-35s […] More

  • BAE to Increase Production of Army, Marine Corps Vehicles at York Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Increase Production of Army, Marine Corps Vehicles at York Site

    BAE Systems is expanding the capacity of its York, Pennsylvania manufacturing site to accommodate increased production of armored multi-purpose vehicles for the U.S. Army and amphibious combat vehicles for the Marine Corps. The defense contractor said Friday it will transfer other vehicle production work from the York site to its different facilities in the U.S. […] More

  • BAE, Army Fire Test Long-Range Projectile From Caliber Cannon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Army Fire Test Long-Range Projectile From Caliber Cannon

    BAE Systems and the U.S. Army have jointly tested a cannon-launched, long-range projectile designed to defeat fixed and moving targets beyond ranges of currently available precision guided munitions. The Sub-Caliber Artillery Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced Lethality was fired from a 155 mm XM907E2 58 caliber cannon using an Army-designed sabot package during a demonstration held […] More

  • BAE Demos APKWS Guidance Kits for Counter-Drone Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Demos APKWS Guidance Kits for Counter-Drone Missions

    BAE Systems has demonstrated the ability of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System laser guidance kits to target and neutralize unmanned aircraft systems during a counter-UAS exercise of the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office. During the demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the APKWS-configured rockets hit drone targets weighing 25 to 50 pounds […] More

  • BAE, Lockheed Unit Demonstrate Reconnaissance Capabilities for Amphibious Combat Vehicle Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Lockheed Unit Demonstrate Reconnaissance Capabilities for Amphibious Combat Vehicle Variant

    BAE Systems has tested small unmanned aerial systems from Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works division on a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle designed to support U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance missions.  The Stalker and Indago platforms were part of verification tests aimed to demonstrate the ACV’s potential to carry out command, control, communication and computers/UAS missions, […] More

  • Northrop, Partners Demo Airborne Gateway Aboard MQ-4C Triton Test Bed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Partners Demo Airborne Gateway Aboard MQ-4C Triton Test Bed

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with the U.S. Navy and BAE Systems to test its airborne gateway technology aboard an unmanned aerial system to provide interoperability among disconnected maritime assets. During the flight test, the gateway was installed into the MQ-4C Triton flying test bed to distribute fifth-generation sensor data to ground-based simulators representing various platforms […] More

  • BAE’s R&D Organization Makes Headway in DARPA's E-File Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s R&D Organization Makes Headway in DARPA’s E-File Cybersecurity Program

    BAE Systems‘ research and development arm has advanced to the third leg of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s initiative focused on ensuring cybersecurity of electronic files. At phase 3 of DARPA SafeDocs program, FAST Labs is now able to work with defense and industry partners on refining its cybersecurity tool suite, BAE Systems said.  […] More

  • BAE Receives Air Force Contract to Mature Maritime Target Seeker Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Receives Air Force Contract to Mature Maritime Target Seeker Tech

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded BAE Systems a $12 million contract to integrate and test an open architecture targeting system designed to help military users identify and engage maritime surface vessels from air-launched platforms. Work on the multimode seeker technology will continue under phase two of the Maritime Weapon Innovation Program Joint Capability […] More