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  • Boeing Secures Dutch Chinook Helicopter Upgrade Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Secures Dutch Chinook Helicopter Upgrade Deal

    The Netherlands’ defense ministry has awarded Boeing a contract to modernize and deliver six Chinook multimission helicopters for the Dutch air force beginning in 2021. Boeing said Thursday it will convert the helicopters into the F-model configuration to ensure systems commonality in the Dutch air force’s 20-unit Chinook fleet. “Ever since their introduction in the mid-1990s, the Chinooks have been continuously […] More

  • UK MoD Taps Leonardo for Radar Threat Simulation Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK MoD Taps Leonardo for Radar Threat Simulation Equipment

    Leonardo has inked a contract with the U.K. ministry of defense to deliver equipment that can help simulate radar threats to the U.K. air force’s A400M transport aircraft prior to launch. The company said Sunday the simulations will help commanders implement defensive aids suites that can help the A400M aircraft function properly during its flight […] More

  • UK Invests $119M in CAE-Operated Helicopter Training Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Invests $119M in CAE-Operated Helicopter Training Facility

    The U.K. defense ministry has invested $118.8 million in a helicopter simulation center to support the training of future U.K. navy and air force pilots. The British government said Tuesday the deal will maintain 70 jobs within the Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility at the RAF Benson air force station in South Oxfordshire, England. CAE […] More

  • IBM’s Robert Kleppinger on Cognitive Computing Platform’s Use in Army Maintenance, Logistics Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Robert Kleppinger on Cognitive Computing Platform’s Use in Army Maintenance, Logistics Operations

    Robert Kleppinger, a senior client partner at IBM responsible for federal government contracts, told Data Center Dynamics in an interview published Tuesday how the company plans to apply its Watson cognitive computing system to the U.S. Army’s maintenance and logistics activities under a $135 million recompete contract. “Ideally, the plan is to bring this further, probably next to […] 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

  • Telephonics to Supply Weapon System Comms Equipment for Army Chinooks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telephonics to Supply Weapon System Comms Equipment for Army Chinooks

    Griffon‘s Telephonics subsidiary has secured a three-year, $23.3 contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide weapon system communication equipment for U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The Defense Department said Thursday Telephonics is scheduled to complete work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by July 31, 2020. DLA’s aviation unit is the contracting activity and the Army will use its fiscal 2017 through […] More

  • KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order

    KBR‘s government services arm has secured a three-year task order for programmatic support services to the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for aviation. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will help PEO Aviation research, develop and analyze critical milestone documents and other deliverables for cargo helicopter and fixed-wing project management offices. The order falls under the […] More

  • Boeing Taps Germany-Based COTESA to Supply Chinook Helicopter Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Germany-Based COTESA to Supply Chinook Helicopter Parts

    Boeing has selected Germany-based composite component supplier COTESA for a five-year contract to produce various parts for the aerospace and defense company’s heavy-lift helicopter platform. COTESA, which now joins Boeing’s supply chain in Germany, will provide parts of the H-47 Chinook tunnel cover section for the worldwide fleet of Chinook aircraft, the latter said Thursday. Boeing has produced more than […] More

  • Singapore Taps Airbus, Boeing for Military Transport Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Singapore Taps Airbus, Boeing for Military Transport Helicopters

    Airbus and Boeing have received separate contracts from Singapore’s ministry of defense to provide helicopters to support transport activities of the country’s armed forces. The ministry said Monday it chose Airbus’ H225M medium lift helicopter and Boeing’s CH-47F heavy lift helicopter to replace the Singaporean air force’s Super Pumas and Chinook platforms following a rigorous evaluation process. The military branch will use H225M and […] More

  • Boeing Installs Training Simulator System in Bluedrop Fuselage; Roger Schallom Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Installs Training Simulator System in Bluedrop Fuselage; Roger Schallom Comments

    Boeing has completed a new milestone for the CH-47 Chinook helicopter trainer following integration of Boeing’s cockpit training simulator with Bluedrop‘s fuselage. Bluedrop and Boeing also tested the CH-47 Chinook helicopter Rear Crew Trainer to achieve a complete wireless virtual reality training system, Bluedrop said Wednesday. The fuselage is a component of a mock-up of […] More

  • Boeing Subcontracts Rockwell Collins for Indian Chinook Helicopter Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Subcontracts Rockwell Collins for Indian Chinook Helicopter Services

    Boeing has awarded Rockwell Collins a contract to provide a Common Avionics Architecture System for 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters flown by India’s military. The Rockwell Collins India Design Center will lead the implementation of tests and software changes as ordered by India’s army to meet requirements, Rockwell Collins said Monday. Troy Brunk, vice president and general manager of airborne […] More

  • Report: Boeing Seeks 150 Potential Int'l Chinook Orders Through 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing Seeks 150 Potential Int’l Chinook Orders Through 2022

    Stephen Parker, vice president for cargo helicopters and H-47 Chinook program manager at Boeing, said the company aims to secure 150 direct commercial and foreign military sales for the Chinook helicopter through 2022, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Parker told reporters at the Association of the United States Army event that the projected international […] More