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  • DoD Seeks Aerostat Sources in Support of FMS Deal With Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Aerostat Sources in Support of FMS Deal With Saudi Arabia

    The Defense Department has begun to seek vendors that can develop, deliver and operate 10 tethered aerostat platforms for Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. DoD said in an April 16 announcement that aerostats should have a set of sensors such as acoustic sensors, a ground indicator for moving targets and two electro-optical/infrared sensors in […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Navy Develop Maritime Surveillance, Targeting Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Navy Develop Maritime Surveillance, Targeting Platform

    Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business has won a potential $29.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a maritime technology that can support command, control and communication across multiple domains. The company will perform work through Oct. 31, 2020, in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Cross Domain Maritime Surveillance and Targeting program, the […] More

  • Raytheon, Virsec Form Cyber Defense Partnership; John DeSimone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Virsec Form Cyber Defense Partnership; John DeSimone Comments

    Raytheon and Virsec have partnered to offer commercial cybersecurity platforms to clients in government and critical infrastructure sectors. Raytheon said Monday it will combine its experience in cyber defense with Virsec’s Trusted Execution platform that works to detect irregularities in software applications associated with cyber breaches. “Critical infrastructure – from the electrical grid to transportation […] More

  • Raytheon Develops Satellite Data Processing System Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Develops Satellite Data Processing System Prototype

    Raytheon has developed a prototype ground-based system designed to collect and process space surveillance data for disaster and threat response applications. The company said Friday it designed the prototype system in an effort to help first responders and military troops obtain data from the Space Based Infrared System as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Mission Data […] More

  • Raytheon Completes SDB II Developmental Test; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Completes SDB II Developmental Test; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon has finished the development testing phase for its Small Diameter Bomb II technology and started integrating the weapon on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet planes. The company said Thursday fighter pilots dropped and assessed 44 SDB II units to destroy maneuvering targets during the test. “SDB II can eliminate a wider range of targets with fewer […] More

  • Raytheon-Built Small Satellites to Support DHS’ Search-and-Rescue Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built Small Satellites to Support DHS’ Search-and-Rescue Missions

    Raytheon has produced two small satellites for the Department of Homeland Security in support of search-and-rescue operations. The Polar Scout satellites have radio frequency receivers that work to help search-and-rescue personnel track emergency signals in the Arctic and other remote areas, Raytheon said Wednesday. The company partnered with Millennium Engineering and Integration, Rincon Research and […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Complete Final Developmental Test of F-35C Joint Standoff Weapon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Complete Final Developmental Test of F-35C Joint Standoff Weapon

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have finished developmental testing of the Joint Standoff Weapon C warhead for use on the F-35 aircraft’s C variant. The company said Tuesday the 1,000-pound JSOW makes use of a global positioning system-based inertial navigation platform equipped with an infrared seeker made to autonomously detect targets. The air-to-ground weapon system was designed to […] More

  • New Army Northeast Research Hub to Collaborate With Industry on Science, Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Army Northeast Research Hub to Collaborate With Industry on Science, Tech Projects

    The Army Research Laboratory has established a regional hub on the Northeastern University campus in Burlington, Massachusetts to conduct science and technology projects. ARL Northeast is located at NU’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security and will collaborate with multiple companies and academic researchers in efforts to build homeland security and defense technologies […] More

  • Ball Aerospace turns over NOAA-20 weather satellite to NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace turns over NOAA-20 weather satellite to NASA

    Ball Aerospace has handed over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s first Joint Polar Satellite System to NASA after the completion of a satellite acceptance review. The company said Thursday the acceptance review showed that the JPSS-1 weather satellite, which now operates as NOAA-20, satisfied on-orbit requirements. Ball Aerospace-built NOAA-20 launched in November 2017 aboard United […] More

  • Raytheon to demo mobile intell software under Army contract; Todd Probert comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to demo mobile intell software under Army contract; Todd Probert comments

    Raytheon has received a contract from the U.S. Army to demonstrate its software offering that works to help deployed warfighters gather and access data on the battlefield. FoXTEN is a mobile intelligence platform that can be loaded onto a commercial laptop and can run at low-transmission speeds, the company said Wednesday. “Our soldiers need real-time […] More

  • Raytheon integrates air-to-ground missile tech into Navy F-35C - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon integrates air-to-ground missile tech into Navy F-35C

    Mark Borup, senior manager of business development for the air warfare systems product line at Raytheon‘s missile systems business, has said the company helped the U.S. Navy integrate a variant of the Joint Standoff Weapon system into the F-35C aircraft, Military.com reported Tuesday. Borup told Military.com in an interview the JSOW-C installation was part of the fighter developmental test phase […] More

  • Report: Raytheon Demos Counter-Drone Microwave, Laser Weapons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon Demos Counter-Drone Microwave, Laser Weapons

    Raytheon demonstrated microwave and laser weapons systems for countering drone swarms at a U.S. Army experiment held at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in December, the Albuquerque Journal reported Wednesday. Susan Kelly, Raytheon’s New Mexico site director, told the publication the demonstrations showcased the capacity of a ground-based weapon to simultaneously disable groups of two to three unmanned aerial vehicles […] More