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  • Harpoon Ventures Helps Tech Startups Navigate Government Contracting Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harpoon Ventures Helps Tech Startups Navigate Government Contracting Process

    Harpoon Ventures, a San Diego-based venture capital firm, has raised a new $120 million fund as it continues to help early-stage technology startups win federal contracts, Fast Company reported Tuesday. Former servicemen William Allen and Larsen Jensen founded Harpoon in 2018 and have helped startups gain access to 52 federal contracts valued at $496 million […] More

  • MBDA to Support France-UK Missile Tech Development Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA to Support France-UK Missile Tech Development Effort

    The governments of France and the U.K. have agreed to invest approximately $53.9 million each to collaborate on the development of future missile technologies and long-range weapons with MBDA. The British government said Tuesday the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon program will commence with a three-year concept phase that aims to replace, update or create weapons for […] More

  • Report: Navy Eyes Boeing, Kongsberg OTH Missiles for Future LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy Eyes Boeing, Kongsberg OTH Missiles for Future LCS

    The U.S. Navy plans to install either Boeing‘s Harpoon or Kongsberg‘s Naval Strike Missile on future littoral combat ships in efforts to boost their lethality with an over-the-horizon surface-to-surface missile, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes that a Sept. 17 directive from Rear Adm. Pete Fanta, director of surface warfare, sought OTH missiles on both the USS Freedom and […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Wins a Boeing Avonics Supplier of the Year; Rob Freedman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Wins a Boeing Avonics Supplier of the Year; Rob Freedman Comments

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been selected as a recipient of an avionics supplier of the year award from Boeing, which evaluated 14,000 suppliers in 16 categories from 50 countries. Boeing chose Ball Aerospace for the award based on performance and contributions to antenna programs for the F/A-18 jet and the Harpoon, Ball Aerospace announced Friday. […] More