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  • Navy to Launch AeroVironment UAS for Anti-Access, Aerial Denial Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Launch AeroVironment UAS for Anti-Access, Aerial Denial Environments

    The U.S. Navy has selected an AeroVironment-built unmanned aircraft system for deployment from submarines to operate in anti-access and aerial denial environments. AeroVironment built Blackwing for a joint capability technology demonstration sponsored by the Navy and U.S. Special Operations Command known as Advanced Weapons Enhanced by Submarine UAS against Mobile targets, AeroVironment said Monday. Kirk Flittie, vice president and general manager for AeroVironment’s […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Deliver 2,000 GPS Receivers for Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Deliver 2,000 GPS Receivers for Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots

    Rockwell Collins will deliver approximately 2,000 MicroGRAM GPS receivers to Neya Systems and Northrop Grumman to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday the GPS receivers will be integrated into Neya’s Autonomous Behavior Capability Module that will support AEODRS Increment 1 — the first of three robots under the AEODRS program. MicroGRAM […] More

  • DOJ Requests Info on Body-Worn Cameras for Market Survey - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOJ Requests Info on Body-Worn Cameras for Market Survey

    The Justice Department has issued a request for information in support of the National Institute of Justice’s upcoming market survey that aims to identify commercial body-worn cameras designed for use in law enforcement operations. DOJ’s justice programs office said in a Federal Register notice posted Thursday the survey will work to help law enforcement agencies’ purchasing agents […] More

  • Rick Ambrose: Lockheed Seeks Commercial, Defense Systems Convergence for Govt Space Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Ambrose: Lockheed Seeks Commercial, Defense Systems Convergence for Govt Space Efforts

    Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space systems division, considers the convergence of commercial and defense systems as a necessary step in fulfilling the future needs of government for space systems, Space News reported Monday. Ambrose told Space News’ Mike Gruss that the company currently develops high-throughput satellites and payloads, which he says are “the same as some […] More

  • MTSI-PrecisionHawk Team Helps Test Cloud-Processed Air Traffic Mgmt Technologies With UAS, Manned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI-PrecisionHawk Team Helps Test Cloud-Processed Air Traffic Mgmt Technologies With UAS, Manned Aircraft

    Modern Technology Solutions has collaborated with PrecisionHawk and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi to test PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform on air traffic management with four unmanned aircraft and two manned aircraft. MTSI said Monday the demonstration was funded by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Borders and Maritime Security Division and took place at […] More

  • Dynetics Unveils New Reconfigurable Surveillance Radar; Greg Lester Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Unveils New Reconfigurable Surveillance Radar; Greg Lester Comments

    Dynetics has unveiled a new reconfigurable surveillance radar that works to help owners or operators of critical infrastructure monitor a larger area without the use of multiple short-range sensors. The new surveillance technology called GroundAware CS4 includes a radar sensitivity feature that could help detect threats beyond 2.2 miles across a 120-degree view, the company said Wednesday. Dynetics […] More

  • Recon Instruments-Mutualink Team to Deploy Wearable Device for First Responders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Recon Instruments-Mutualink Team to Deploy Wearable Device for First Responders

    Recon Instruments has teamed up with Mutualink to introduce a wearable device designed to allow users to communicate with other first responders and law enforcement personnel during emergencies. Recon Jet is an eyewear with a heads-up display that works to capture and transmit videos, GPS location and other data through a network, Intel‘s Christopher Croteau wrote in […] More

  • Raytheon to Support Navy's Move to GPS-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support Navy’s Move to GPS-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing System

    Raytheon has secured a $20.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support the global positioning system-based positioning, navigation and timing service. The company’s integrated defense systems arm will support the integration of M-code signal capable GPS into GPNTS through software development, testing and requirements documentation and analysis, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work for the modification will […] More

  • Northrop to Help DARPA Build Miniature Navigation Sensor Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help DARPA Build Miniature Navigation Sensor Tech

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential $11.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s microsystems technology office to develop a miniaturized inertial measurement unit for navigational use. The company said Monday it aims to build a microelectromechanical system-based sensor IMU technology for the detection of angular motion and acceleration under DARPA’s Precise Robust Inertial Guidance for Munitions Navigation-Grade Inertial Measurement Unit project. Alex Fax, program director […] More

  • Scout Warrior: Navy Expects Raytheon’s Air-Launched Weapon to Achieve IOC by March - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scout Warrior: Navy Expects Raytheon’s Air-Launched Weapon to Achieve IOC by March

    The U.S. Navy expects the Raytheon-built Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 to achieve initial operational capability by the end of March 2016 after the weapon system completed an initial operational test in February, Scout Warrior reported Wednesday. Kris Osborn writes JSOW C-1 is an air-to-ground weapon platform designed to be deployed from fighter jets such as F/A-18F […] More

  • Navy Puts Raytheon’s Gliding Weapon Through Initial Operational Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Puts Raytheon’s Gliding Weapon Through Initial Operational Test

    The U.S. Navy has completed an initial operational test of a Raytheon-built gliding weapon during a live-fire test at China Lake in California. Raytheon’s Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 platform detected and neutralized its ground target after it was launched from an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft at an altitude of approximately 29,000 feet, the company said Monday. JSOW C-1 […] More

  • Boeing Launches Final GPS IIF Satellite for Air Force Constellation; Dan Hart Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Launches Final GPS IIF Satellite for Air Force Constellation; Dan Hart Comments

    The U.S. Air Force has launched a 12th Global Positioning System IIF satellite built by Boeing, marking the completion of the current GPS military satellite constellation. The final GPS IIF satellite took off Friday from Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket, the Air Force said Friday. Boeing noted the satellite reached medium Earth orbit and […] More