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  • Aerojet Rocketdyne-Built Propulsion Systems Help Launch NASA Space Comms Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne-Built Propulsion Systems Help Launch NASA Space Comms Satellite

    Aerojet Rocketdyne supplied the propulsion systems for United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket that launched a Boeing-built communications satellite Friday to join NASA‘s Space Network. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop Atlas V equipped with six helium pressurization tanks, an RL10C-1 upper-stage engine and 12 Centaur reaction control system […] More

  • Boeing-Bell JV to Repair Navy V-22 Aircraft Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Bell JV to Repair Navy V-22 Aircraft Parts

    A Boeing–Bell Helicopter joint venture has secured a $32 million delivery order to repair various components of the U.S. Navy‘s V-22 Osprey multimission aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday Bell Boeing Joint Program Office will perform work in Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, through December 2018. DoD added the full obligated amount at the time of award […] More

  • Boeing Subsidiary to Update Comms, Navigation & Connectivity Features on Navy P-8A Poseidon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Subsidiary to Update Comms, Navigation & Connectivity Features on Navy P-8A Poseidon

    A Boeing subsidiary has secured a $13.8 million contract to integrate navigation, communications and network connectivity updates to the U.S. Navy‘s future P-8A  multimission maritime aircraft, Defense Systems reported Thursday. The report said Jeppesen Sanderson-built MilPlanner, FliteDeck Pro and on-board performance software tools will be incorporated into the P-8A Poseidon. Jeppesen aims to complete aircraft software upgrades […] More

  • Navy Asks 4 Defense Contractors to Submit Concepts for MQ-25A Stingray Tanker Drone Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Asks 4 Defense Contractors to Submit Concepts for MQ-25A Stingray Tanker Drone Program

    The U.S. Navy has asked General Atomics, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to submit proposed concepts for a carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker through an updated draft request for proposals issued in July, USNI News reported Thursday. The service branch plans to release the final RFP for the MQ-25A Stingray program in the fall of 2017 […] More

  • AT&T Extends Air Force Association CyberPatriot Sponsorship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Extends Air Force Association CyberPatriot Sponsorship

    AT&T will continue to provide financial support, volunteer technical mentorships and in-kind network contributions to the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot program as a Cyber Diamond sponsor. The telecommunications company has supported the association’s national cyber education program for youth over the past seven years, AFA said Thursday. “We have a continuing demand for cyber experts and leaders,” […] More

  • Singapore Installs Elbit Systems-Made Defensive Suite on Apache, Chinook Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Singapore Installs Elbit Systems-Made Defensive Suite on Apache, Chinook Helicopters

    Singapore’s air force has installed Elbit Systems-made defense electronics suite on its fleet of Boeing-built AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook helicopters as part of an effort to boost aircraft survivability and mission capacity, Defense News reported. A spokesperson from the Singaporean defense ministry said the upgrade effort covers electronic warfare and satellite communications systems. Sources told Defense […] More

  • State Dept OKs Sale of Harpoon Block II Missiles to Thailand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs Sale of Harpoon Block II Missiles to Thailand

    The State Department has cleared Thailand’s request to buy RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface-launched missiles and related support services from the U.S. under a potential $24.9 million foreign military sales agreement. Thailand also asked to purchase training support, repair and spare parts, technical documentation, containers, logistics, program assistance and engineering support services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said […] More

  • Insitu FireWhat, Esri Form Aerial Reconnaissance for Firefighting Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu FireWhat, Esri Form Aerial Reconnaissance for Firefighting Alliance

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary, FireWhat and Esri have partnered with the goal to help firefighters put out wildfires through aerial reconnaissance support. The alliance seeks to integrate Insitu’s INEXA Solutions aerial remote sensing services with FireWhat’s geographic information system hosted on Esri’s ArcGIS mapping platform, Insitu said Thursday. The integrated system will work to deliver near-real time, web-based video feed of […] More

  • Former US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy Elected to Boeing Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy Elected to Boeing Board

    Caroline Kennedy, former U.S. ambassador to Japan, has joined the board of directors at Boeing and she will serve on the board’s audit and finance committees. Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, said in statement published Thursday that Kennedy will contribute her professional, diplomatic and global perspectives to the board’s company oversight efforts. Kennedy previously served on various nonprofit […] More

  • Boeing, General Dynamics to Demo Short-Range Air Defense System at Army Shoot-Off - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, General Dynamics to Demo Short-Range Air Defense System at Army Shoot-Off

    Boeing and a General Dynamics subsidiary have introduced a short-range air defense platform mounted on a reconfigured Stryker armored vehicle at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Alabama, Defense News reported Wednesday. General Dynamics Land Systems and Boeing also intend to demonstrate the Manuever SHORAD Launcher Stryker system at a U.S. Army-hosted shoot-off in […] More

  • Air Force Taps Rockwell Collins for JSTARS Aircrew Training Device Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Rockwell Collins for JSTARS Aircrew Training Device Logistics Support

    Rockwell Collins has received a $7.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide contractor logistics support services for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System‘s aircrew training device. The Defense Department said Friday the company will provide simulation and training services for the JSTARS aircrew training device under the sole-source contract. Northrop Grumman built […] More