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  • Report: Raytheon Integrates Laser Weapon, Surveillance Tech to Polaris ATV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon Integrates Laser Weapon, Surveillance Tech to Polaris ATV

    Raytheon has combined merged a laser weapon and advanced surveillance equipment to a Polaris-built all-terrain vehicle to develop a new platform that can engage unmanned aerial vehicles using laser beams, Popular Mechanics reported Monday. The new High Energy Laser Weapon System-MRZR platform features a 30-square-foot electronics package, Polaris’ MRZR ATV and Raytheon’s Multi-spectral Targeting System […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Supply EO/IR Imaging Turrets to Naval Surface Warfare Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Supply EO/IR Imaging Turrets to Naval Surface Warfare Center

    A Canada-based subsidiary of L3 Technologies has received a potential $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply electro-optical and infrared imaging turrets to the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane Division. NSWC Crane will incorporate MX-10MS turrets from L3 Wescam into a larger system designed to address a situational awareness requirement under the Military Sealift Command Electro-Optical System program, the company said Wednesday. Wescam’s turrets […] More

  • Coast Guard Seeks Small UAS for Legend-Class Cutters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Seeks Small UAS for Legend-Class Cutters

    The U.S. Coast Guard plans to acquire small unmanned aircraft systems that can provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for the Legend-class national security cutters, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. USCG issued a draft request for proposals for small UAS in March and the service branch plans to release a full RFP later this year. A potential fiscal year […] More

  • FLIR Systems to Provide EO/IR Sensor Tech for Coast Guard Transport Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR Systems to Provide EO/IR Sensor Tech for Coast Guard Transport Aircraft

    A FLIR Systems subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $17.9 million from the U.S. Navy to supply up to 19 high-definition electro-optical/infrared sensors for the Coast Guard‘s fleet of HC-27J transport aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday that FLIR’s surveillance business will deliver Star SAFIRE 380-HD systems along with cabling, controller units, mounting hardware and software to […] More

  • AeroVironment Intros Nano Quadrotor UAS for Close-Range ISR Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Intros Nano Quadrotor UAS for Close-Range ISR Applications

    AeroVironment has debuted a rugged miniature unmanned aircraft system the company designed to aid close-range military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Snipe Nano Quad is equipped with electro-optical/infrared, low-light-capable and long-wave infrared sensors and an integrated tilt mechanism for the transmission of images and record real-time video in daytime and nighttime operations, AeroVironment said Tuesday. “No assembly is required for the five-ounce […] More

  • Lockheed Demos 'Fury' UAS in Long-Range Endurance Test Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Demos ‘Fury’ UAS in Long-Range Endurance Test Missions

    Lockheed Martin has conducted long-range endurance tests on a company-built tactical group 3 unmanned aerial system ahead of low-rate production of the drone. The company said Wednesday its Fury UAS has recorded a flight endurance time of 12 hours while the vehicle operated nearly 100 pounds of payload such as electro-optical/infrared surveillance and multiple signals intelligence systems, satellite communications links and voice […] More

  • BAE, Leonardo Subsidiaries to Collaborate on Aircraft Threat Detection Tech Offering for US Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Leonardo Subsidiaries to Collaborate on Aircraft Threat Detection Tech Offering for US Army

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding with Leonardo‘s DRS business to jointly offer threat detection systems for the U.S. Army‘s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft platforms. The partnership aims to develop an infrared-based threat warning technology to help the Army’s current and evolving aircraft survivability requirements, BAE said Wednesday. “Together, we can better protect our warfighters with technology that maximizes […] More

  • NTT Data to Help Update DOJ's Immigration Review IT Support System; Tim Conway Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Data to Help Update DOJ’s Immigration Review IT Support System; Tim Conway Comments

    NTT Data has secured a potential five-year, $34.5 million contract to help the Justice Department modernize an information technology support system at DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. Tim Conway, president of NTT Data’s public sector business and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, said in a statement published Thursday the company will apply its agile […] More

  • Boeing Delivers 50th Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Navy; Tony Rossi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Delivers 50th Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Navy; Tony Rossi Comments

    Boeing has built and delivered its 50th P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy‘s anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Navy said Thursday it accepted the new unit at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida, and expects to complete the branch’s fleet transition from P-3C to P-8A by fiscal year 2019. “This is the first time a […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts

    L3 Technologies‘ WESCAM subsidiary has received a set of contracts worth more than $90 million combined to provide electro-optical/infrared imaging systems to multiple U.S. and international defense customers. The contracts cover the supply of MX Series EO/IR systems to the U.S. Navy, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, Thailand’s navy and Australia’s air force, WESCAM said Tuesday. […] More

  • L-3 Releases Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech for Small Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Releases Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech for Small Aircraft

    L-3 Communications has introduced an electro-optical/infrared airborne imaging system designed to integrate with small tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, light manned ISR aircraft and tactical aerostats. The MX-8 system works to process images in real time and simultaneously support up to four sensors, the company said Monday. L-3’s WESCAM division developed the airborne imaging technology. The 15-pound system has a clearance level of […] More

  • UTC to Continue Support for Air Force's Raytheon-Operated ISR Data Collection Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Continue Support for Air Force’s Raytheon-Operated ISR Data Collection Platform

    A United Technologies Corp. business unit will continue to provide sustainment, on-site and field services in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Raytheon-operated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform for data collection, command and situational awareness functions. UTC Aerospace Systems‘ ISR and space systems division will provide electro-optical/infrared multi-spectral imaging exploitation and training support to Raytheon for the Distributed Common Ground System, UTC said Thursday. The company […] More