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  • NASA’s Lunar Payload Delivery Support Contract Paves Way for Industry Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA’s Lunar Payload Delivery Support Contract Paves Way for Industry Partnerships

    Some industry executives have said that NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program has provided companies an opportunity to advance their technology platforms and form partnerships with additional firms, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “Going back to the moon with commercial technology opens the floodgates,” said Grant Anderson, president, CEO and co-founder of Paragon Space Development, which teams […] More

  • Raytheon Books $59M Air Force Contract for MQ-9 Reaper Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Books $59M Air Force Contract for MQ-9 Reaper Logistics Support

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a one-year, $59.2M contract to Raytheon to provide logistics support services for sensors used on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft. Work under the cost-plus fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract includes program management, supply and logistics support, service-representative support, inventory control point and warehousing, the Department of Defense said Friday. The McKinney, Texas-based company will also assist the Air […] More

  • General Atomics’ Wayne Solomon Receives Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ Wayne Solomon Receives Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award

    Wayne Solomon, deputy director of the DIII-D National Fusion Program at General Atomics, has received recognition from Fusion Power Associates for his leadership on the Department of Energy-backed program and research on fusion plasma diagnostics. The nonprofit honored Solomon with its Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated technical accomplishments and potential as influential […] More

  • General Atomics' SkyGuardian Aircraft Secures FAA Special Airworthiness Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ SkyGuardian Aircraft Secures FAA Special Airworthiness Certification

    The Federal Aviation Administration has certified General Atomics to operate in national airspace a remotely piloted aircraft designed for civil flight use. The company said Thursday it obtained Special Airworthiness Certification in experimental category for a second MQ-9B SkyGuardian unit. David Alexander, president of aircraft systems at General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, said the permit allows the company to further develop the […] More

  • General Atomics' RPA Ground Control Station Completes Initial Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ RPA Ground Control Station Completes Initial Test

    General Atomics has tested a ground control station in conjunction with an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft during a flight test that took place in Yuma, Ariz. The company said Wednesday its “certifiable” GCS houses flight, payload and weapons management systems for the SkyGuardian and uses a human machine interface designed to provide a single view of tactical mission scenarios. […] More

  • USSOCOM Taps General Atomics to Deliver Lithium-Ion Fault Tolerant Battery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USSOCOM Taps General Atomics to Deliver Lithium-Ion Fault Tolerant Battery

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a contract to develop and provide a battery system that would power propulsion units of the U.S. Special Operations Command’s underwater vehicles. The company said Monday it will work to develop Lithium-Ion Fault Tolerant prototype batteries for integration and testing with these vehicles that work to transport USSOCOM […] More

  • General Atomics Demonstrates MDA UAS Targeting System at RIMPAC Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Demonstrates MDA UAS Targeting System at RIMPAC Exercise

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business recently helped the Missile Defense Agency demonstrate a targeting platform designed for use with the MQ-9B unmanned aircraft system. The company said Friday it tested the MDA’s Airborne Tracking and Targeting System in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise or RIMPAC that took place around the Hawaiian Islands from late June […] More

  • PAE ISR to Demonstrate Resolute Eagle UAS Under NASA Agreement; Beth Beach Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE ISR to Demonstrate Resolute Eagle UAS Under NASA Agreement; Beth Beach Quoted

    PAE ISR and NASA have agreed to demonstrate the Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system within the National Airspace System in 2020 in support of an effort to fully integrate UAS into the country’s skies. The company said Tuesday it will demonstrate the Resolute Eagle in 2020 and work with other firms such as Fortem Technologies, […] More

  • Draper Forms Team to Pursue NASA's Next Lunar Exploration Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Forms Team to Pursue NASA’s Next Lunar Exploration Project

    Draper has teamed up with three other companies to bid for a project to build small exploration vehicles and scientific instruments to help NASA explore the moon’s surface. Cambridge, Mass.-based Draper said Tuesday it will lead an industry team composed of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group, ispace and Spaceflight Industries to pursue the space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract. NASA asked industry […] More

  • General Atomics, Army Complete Gray Eagle Extended Range UAV Follow-On Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Army Complete Gray Eagle Extended Range UAV Follow-On Testing

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business and the U.S. Army have concluded the follow-on operational test and evaluation of a new extended-range unmanned aerial vehicle. The conclusion of the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range‘s FOT&E phase culminated after 644 flight hours of testing that began June at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, Calif., the company said […] More

  • General Atomics Designs Small Nuclear Power Supply Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Designs Small Nuclear Power Supply Tech

    General Atomics has embarked on a project to develop a nuclear reactor system designed to fit in a military shipping container for both truck and air deliveries. The company said Thursday its microreactor program builds on General Atomics’ 60 years of nuclear energy research-and-development experience and uses materials built to protect the system from potential threats. According […] More

  • General Atomics Flies Second SkyGuardian RPA; David Alexander Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Flies Second SkyGuardian RPA; David Alexander Quoted

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has completed the initial flight of a second MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft at a military airport in Yuma, Ariz. The company said Tuesday its MQ-9B features new technologies that were not present in the first unit produced two years ago such as updated avionics, software package and de-icing and lightning protection […] More