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  • Report: Northrop Plans Global Hawk Upgrade to Address MDA HALE UAV Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop Plans Global Hawk Upgrade to Address MDA HALE UAV Requirements

    Northrop Grumman plans to update its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle in an effort to meet the Missile Defense Agency’s requirements for the high-altitude, long-endurance drone program, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. Northrop responded to a request for information MDA published on FedBizOpps in June. MDA is interested in a HALE UAV designed to carry a high-energy […] More

  • UTC to Update MS-177 Imaging Sensor Tech; Kevin Raftery Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Update MS-177 Imaging Sensor Tech; Kevin Raftery Comments

    A business unit of  United Technologies Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to update the company’s MS-177 imaging sensor system in efforts to increase the technology’s resolution and coverage. UTC Aerospace Systems will design, build, manufacture and deliver updated MS-177A sensors for potential deployment by the Air Force in 2019, UTC said Monday. The service branch will determine eventual sensor […] More

  • Lockheed Embarks on New Surveillance Aircraft R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Embarks on New Surveillance Aircraft R&D Program

    Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works unit is developing a high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft that would look as an upgraded version of the company’s U-2 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance platform, Flightglobal reported Monday. James Drew writes Skunk Works envisions the future RQ-X/UQ-2 having an unmanned and a manned operational mode, an F118 engine and multiple sensors. “Think of […] More