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  • Lockheed Hosts South Carolina Legislators at Facility for T-50A, F-16 Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hosts South Carolina Legislators at Facility for T-50A, F-16 Programs

    Lockheed Martin offered some South Carolina legislators a tour of the company’s facility in Greenville and provided them an update on two aircraft programs during their visit Monday. The company said Wednesday state officials and congressional staff toured the T-50A Final Assembly and Checkout facility and Ground Based Training Systems center. T-50A is Lockheed and Korea Aerospace Industries‘ joint […] More

  • Bill Phelps, Adam Sohn Take Lockheed Comms VP Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Phelps, Adam Sohn Take Lockheed Comms VP Roles

    Bill Phelps, former director of worldwide media relations at Lockheed Martin, has been appointed vice president for external communications of the company. Lockheed said Wednesday it also named Adam Sohn, former director of strategic communications at Amazon‘s devices and services business, as VP of space communications. Phelps will succeed Nettie Johnson, who will retire from by the end of […] More

  • Reports: Boeing to Mull Participation in Canada’s Fighter Jet Replacement Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Boeing to Mull Participation in Canada’s Fighter Jet Replacement Competition

    Boeing has not yet decided whether to propose its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for a potential $14.5 billion contract to replace Canada’s fleet of CF-18 fighter planes, Flightglobal reported Tuesday. The Chicago-based aerospace company said in a statement it will assess its participation in Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project once the Canadian government provides the […] More

  • INSA Names 26 Members of Newly Formed Advisory Committee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names 26 Members of Newly Formed Advisory Committee

    The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has created an advisory committee to offer recommendations and guidance on events, policies and other matters related to INSA and its charitable organization. INSA said Tuesday the panel consists of 26 members who have held senior-level roles within the government or industry and previously served on former INSA advisory […] More

  • Upskill-Built Augmented Reality Tech Now Compatible with Google Glass - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Upskill-Built Augmented Reality Tech Now Compatible with Google Glass

     An Upskill-developed industrial augmented reality system designed to support fieldwork, heavy manufacturing and warehouse production for aerospace, defense, logistics and field service clients can now be used with the Google Glass Enterprise, i-HLS reported Monday. The company’s Skylight technology, which is also compatible with enterprise AR devices, combines worker experiences with gesture- and voice-driven applications as well […] More

  • Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose Nominated for 2017 Satellite Executive of the Year Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose Nominated for 2017 Satellite Executive of the Year Award

    Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s space systems business, has been named one of the nominees for the Via Satellite magazine’s 2017 Satellite Executive of the Year award. Via Satellite said the nomination seeks to acknowledge Ambrose’s ability to advance innovation in the company’s operations, bring new business opportunities and expand the firm’s industry […] More

  • Rocket Lab Conducts 2nd Orbital Launch Vehicle Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocket Lab Conducts 2nd Orbital Launch Vehicle Flight Test

    Rocket Lab has launched its second Electron orbital launch vehicle from the company’s launch complex on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, into space. The rocket, nicknamed Still Testing, reached orbit 8.5 minutes after liftoff and deployed  Planet‘s Dove Pioneer satellite along with a pair of Spire‘s Lemur-2 satellites during the test flight, Rocket Lab said Sunday. Rocket Lab engineers will analyze launch data […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of Lockheed-Built Air Force Missile Warning Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of Lockheed-Built Air Force Missile Warning Satellite

    Aerojet Rocketdyne provided a range of propulsion products to support the launch of the U.S. Air Force‘s fourth Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket on Friday. An Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ-60A solid rocket strap-on motor powered the Atlas V’s Centaur upper stage to transport the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit […] More

  • Report: Bahrain to Acquire Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighter Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Bahrain to Acquire Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighter Aircraft

    Bahrain has inked agreement to acquire Lockheed Martin-built F-16 units which will continue the fighter aircraft’s production line, Defense News reported Saturday. The report noted the agreement will maintain the production line of the Falcon aircraft and make Bahrain the first nation in the Gulf region to operate the F-16 Block 70 aircraft. F-16 Block 70 […] More

  • 4th Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO Satellite Responds to Post-Launch Air Force Commands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4th Lockheed-Built SBIRS GEO Satellite Responds to Post-Launch Air Force Commands

    The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that a fourth Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite responded to initial commands shortly after the spacecraft’s launch on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Lockheed said Friday the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 satellite received initial signals from the Air Force’s 460th Space Wing approximately […] More

  • DARPA, Consortium Pick 6 University Research Centers for $200M Microelectronics Tech Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Consortium Pick 6 University Research Centers for $200M Microelectronics Tech Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and an industry consortium have selected six university research centers to conduct research efforts that seek to address challenges related to microelectronic technologies under a potential five-year, $200 million cost-sharing program. Linton Salmon, manager of DARPA’s Joint University Microelectronics Program, said in a statement published Wednesday JUMP and the […] More