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  • Boeing Ships 150th P-8 Aircraft to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Ships 150th P-8 Aircraft to Navy

    Boeing has handed over to the U.S. Navy the 150th unit of a multimission aircraft built to perform maritime and reconnaissance operations in support of the U.S. and its international allies. The aircraft will be based at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Maryland, and will be used by the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) […] More

  • IAI to Produce Radars for Canada's Maritime Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAI to Produce Radars for Canada’s Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Airbus Group‘ defense and space business has awarded Israel Aerospace Industries a contract to supply multimode radar systems for integration into Canada’s future maritime surveillance aircraft. The Canadian government ordered 16 C295 MSA units from Airbus that will be equipped with ELM-2022A radars from IAI’s ELTA Systems subsidiary, IAI said Monday. ELM-2022 works to detect, track, classify and identify maritime […] More

  • General Atomics RPA Hits 48-Hour Continuous Flight Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics RPA Hits 48-Hour Continuous Flight Milestone

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has flown a “certifiable” variant of the company-built Predator B remotely piloted aircraft for 48.2 hours non-stop, breaking a company record for the longest endurance flight of any Predator-series platform. The MQ-9B SkyGuardian set off on May 16 from Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona with 6,065 pounds of internal fuel then flew between 25,000 and 35,000 feet […] More

  • Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norway to Buy 5 Boeing P-8A Aircraft Under FMS Deal With US

    Norway’s defense equipment authority has inked a deal to purchase five Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon from the U.S. for use in maritime surveillance operations of the Norwegian military, Naval Technology reported Friday. Naval Technology quoted Ine Eriksen Soreide, Norway’s defense minister, as saying the contract also covers the procurement of modern sensors, monitoring and support systems as well as anti-submarine weapons. The State […] More

  • General Atomics Subsidiary Creates Predator B Variant Designed for Non-Military Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Subsidiary Creates Predator B Variant Designed for Non-Military Operations

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has introduced a “type-certifiable” version of the Predator B remotely piloted aircraft designed to operate under airworthiness requirements of non-military airspace. General Atomics said Friday it showcased the SkyGuardian RPA to an audience of international dignitaries from nine nations. SkyGuardian is designed to also comply with NATO and U.K. airworthiness requirements. “The SkyGuardian name reflects […] More

  • Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft

    South Korea could acquire four Boeing-built P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft amid North Korea’s continued test firing of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, Korea JoongAng Daily reported Thursday. Jeong Yong-Soo and Kang Jin-Kyu write that the South Korean military considers a possible purchase of maritime patrol aircraft that work to detect North Korean submarines and avoid “surprise” attacks. The report said the current anti-submarine patrol aircraft of South […] More

  • Piedmont Propulsion Systems to Repair Propellers of USCG's HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Piedmont Propulsion Systems to Repair Propellers of USCG’s HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Piedmont Propulsion Systems has been selected to overhaul and repair the propeller systems installed on the U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet of HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft. The company will maintain the Hamilton Sundstrand-made 14RF propellers of HC-144A planes for the service branch under the five-year contract, PPS said Friday. “We’re very proud to be able to serve the USCG’s very important mission […] More

  • Michael Fallon: UK to Order 1st Boeing P-8 Poseidon in Summer 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Fallon: UK to Order 1st Boeing P-8 Poseidon in Summer 2016

    The U.K. government plans to order the first of nine Boeing-built P-8 Poseidon aircraft in the summer of 2016 through a contract worth approximately $2.9 billion in support of its maritime surveillance efforts, The Telegraph reported Tuesday. Alan Tovey writes Michael Fallon, U.K. defense secretary, made the announcement during a visit to a military installation in […] More

  • BAE to Build UAS Sensor for Navy Antisubmarine Warfare Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Build UAS Sensor for Navy Antisubmarine Warfare Program

    BAE Systems is developing a sensor payload for unmanned aircraft systems that will help the U.S. Navy‘s Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon jet detect enemy submarines by monitoring disturbances in the magnetic field, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft will use an air-launched UAS equipped with an antisubmarine warfare payload, including a magnetic anomaly detector, to pinpoint the location of submerged submarines, […] More

  • Dennis Swanson: Boeing Delivers 6th P-8I to India Ahead of Flight Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dennis Swanson: Boeing Delivers 6th P-8I to India Ahead of Flight Trials

    Boeing has delivered a new variant of its P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane to India under a contract signed in 2009 for eight P-8I aircraft to support the country’s maritime patrol activities. The company said Tuesday that the P-8I aircraft is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing specifically designed for the Indian navy and fitted with locally built subsystems. […] More