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  • Lockheed, Calspan, Air Force Conduct Manned-Unmanned Teaming Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Calspan, Air Force Conduct Manned-Unmanned Teaming Demo

    Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, Calspan, the U.S. Air Force‘s Test Pilot School and the Air Force Research Laboratory have conducted a manned-unmanned teaming exercise in a push to help increase warfighters’ combat efficiency and effectiveness. Lockheed said Monday the Have Raider II demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base involved an experimental F-16 aircraft which acted as a surrogate […] More

  • Report: Belgium Issues F-16 Fighter Aircraft Replacement RFPs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Belgium Issues F-16 Fighter Aircraft Replacement RFPs

    Belgium has kicked off a search for new multirole fighter aircraft that will replace the Belgian air force’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-16 planes, IHS Jane’s 360 reported Monday. Gareth Jennings writes Belgium requested proposals from multiple international defense organizations for the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed’s F-35A, Boeing‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Aviation‘s Rafale and Saab‘s Gripen E. Belgium aims to select a platform in […] More

  • Northrop to Supply F-16 Targeting Pods to Denmark - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Supply F-16 Targeting Pods to Denmark

    Northrop Grumman has received a contract to supply Denmark’s air force with  targeting pods that will work to help the service branch’s F-16 pilots detect, identify and track targets. The company said Tuesday that Denmark became its first international customer to receive the fourth-generation Litening targeting system. Litening pods are designed to provide airmen situational awareness and targeting capacity when they conduct strike, intelligence, surveillance […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils 'Paragon' Direct Attack Munition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils ‘Paragon’ Direct Attack Munition

    Lockheed Martin has introduced the Paragon brand name for the company’s dual-mode, laser-guided bombs. The Bethesda, Maryland-based defense contractor said Thursday Paragon is guided by an inertial navigation system and designed to engage fixed, relocatable and moving targets. Joe Serra, director of precision guided systems at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said the direct attack munition […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Navigation System for MALD-J Flight Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Navigation System for MALD-J Flight Vehicle

    The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon have conducted six flight tests that validated the performance of an updated navigation system for a programmable, expendable flight vehicle. Raytheon said Tuesday B-52 and F-16 aircraft were flown to test the GPS Aided Inertial Navigation System II of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer vehicle at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. GAINS II modifications also […] More

  • Megmar Logistics Taps Lockheed to Deliver Laser-Guided Training Rounds for Poland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Megmar Logistics Taps Lockheed to Deliver Laser-Guided Training Rounds for Poland

    Lockheed Martin has received a $1.9 million contract from Poland-based distribution services provider Megmar Logistics and Consulting for the production of laser-guided training rounds for that country’s military. Lockheed said Thursday the contract for Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds represents Poland’s first ELGTR procurement under the F-16 Block 52+ laser-guided bomb training program. “We have […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force will collaborate to develop a new signal processor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile as part of a refresh program that seeks to extend production of the system beyond 2020. The company said Tuesday the service branch launched the Form Fit Function Refresh effort as the government-industry team marks milestone for the 20,000th AMRAAM unit. AMRAAM is designed to […] More

  • Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. Begins F-16 Modernization Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. Begins F-16 Modernization Work

    Taiwan’s state-owned aerospace firm has begun to upgrade four Lockheed Martin-built F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for the country’s air force, Defense News reported Tuesday. Mike Yeo writes Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. said it expects to complete modernization work on 144 F-16s within six years at its Taichung facility. According to the 2011 foreign military sales request […] More

  • Harris to Supply Morocco F-16 Electronic Warfare Suite; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Supply Morocco F-16 Electronic Warfare Suite; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris will produce a set of electronic warfare systems for Morocco’s F-16 fighter jets as part of a potential $91 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract the U.S. Air Force awarded in November 2016. The company said Tuesday it will equip the Moroccan air force’s F-16s with the AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite in an effort to help defend the aircraft […] More

  • Report: India to Seek Bids from Foreign Firms for Single-Engine Fighter Jet Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: India to Seek Bids from Foreign Firms for Single-Engine Fighter Jet Production Contract

    India plans to invite international contractors to submit bids for a program to build a new single-engine fighter aircraft in the country, Defense News reported Tuesday. Manohar Parrikar, India’s defense minister, said at a news conference that the government will select a foreign partner to produce the fighter jet based on technology transfer terms and […] More

  • Lockheed Martin, Saab Chase Indian Fighter Jet Supply Biz Opps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin, Saab Chase Indian Fighter Jet Supply Biz Opps

    Both Lockheed Martin and Saab have offered to build the next generation of fighter jets for India’s military forces as the nation seeks to retire its legacy combat fleet, International Business Times reported Monday. Aditya Bhat writes Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Falcon Block 70 and Saab’s Gripen E fighter aircraft are now among the potential candidates […] More