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  • Boeing Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for KC-46 Tanker - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for KC-46 Tanker

    Boeing has completed the Federal Aviation Administration’s airworthiness accreditation for the KC-46 tanker program after the company received a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft. The company said Tuesday its team kicked off in 2015 a series of ground, lab and flight tests to evaluate the performance of the aircraft’s boom and drogue systems for aerial refueling […] More

  • Boeing Completes KC-46 Tanker Flight Test for FAA Supplemental Type Certificate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes KC-46 Tanker Flight Test for FAA Supplemental Type Certificate

    Boeing has completed the flight tests of its KC-46 aircraft for a Federal Aviation Administration certificate after a refueling and communications exercise with a C-17 Globemaster III. The company said Thursday it will submit the flight test data and results for the FAA’s review for the award of the Supplemental Type Certificate. The STC tests for […] More

  • Boeing Completes Fuel On-Load Tests for KC-46 Tanker Supplemental Type Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes Fuel On-Load Tests for KC-46 Tanker Supplemental Type Certification

    Boeing has completed fuel on-load tests needed for Federal Aviation Administration certification of the company’s refueling tanker aircraft. KC-46 received 540,600 pounds of fuel and performed 68 contacts with other tankers as part of the pre-Supplemental Type Certificate test series, Boeing said Wednesday. The recent flight test lasted for three hours and forty eight minutes, during which a KC-46 transferred […] More

  • Gen. Carlton Everhart: Boeing-Built KC-46 Tanker On Track for Military Equipment Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gen. Carlton Everhart: Boeing-Built KC-46 Tanker On Track for Military Equipment Certification

    Gen. Carlton Everhart, head of the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Mobility Command, has said that the Boeing-built KC-46 tanker aircraft is slated to obtain approval for its military equipment, Military Times reported Thursday. Everhart told Air Force Times during a visit to Boeing’s Washington state facility that the company and the Federal Aviation Administration could finish the required […] More

  • Saab Establishes Tech Devt Center, Electronic Warfare Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Establishes Tech Devt Center, Electronic Warfare Unit

    Saab has opened a technology development center in Tampere, Finland, that includes a unit focused on electronic warfare systems. The center will support Saab’s efforts to produce EW technology for Gripen E/F fighter jets, airborne early warning and control aircraft and land-based electronic support measures/electronic intelligence systems, the company said Wednesday. Hakan Buskhe, president and CEO […] More

  • FAA Approves Boeing KC-46 Tanker Configuration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Approves Boeing KC-46 Tanker Configuration

    Boeing has obtained an amended type certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration for the 767-2C airframe configuration of company-built KC-46 military tanker aircraft. The company said Thursday it conducted a series of analyses and laboratory, ground and flight tests to verify the performance of KC-46 components that include avionics, fuel system and auto-flight and environmental control systems. 767-2C is a modified version […] More

  • L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for 'Longsword' Digital Avionics, Cockpit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for ‘Longsword’ Digital Avionics, Cockpit

    The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a supplemental type certificate to L3 Technologies‘ modified digital avionics and cockpit for the AT-802L Longsword aircraft. The certification allows L3 to equip the missionized aircraft with a cockpit that consists of a Garmin G600 glass panel system, air data computer, attitude/heading reference system, digital intercommunication system, dual-screen displays and the Electronic Standby Instrument System, said Thursday. […] More

  • NASA Awards Ames Aeronautics, Exploration Modeling & Simulation Contract to STC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Awards Ames Aeronautics, Exploration Modeling & Simulation Contract to STC

    Hampton, Virginia-based small business Science and Technology Corp. has secured a potential five-year, $39.3 million contract from NASA for services under the Aeronautics and Exploration Mission Modeling and Simulation contract. The company will provide services to aid the space agency’s Ames Research Center along with research and development support to two advanced supercomputing division branches, the systems […] More

  • Cobham Teams Up With 4 Firms to Seek Shenzhen Airlines Boeing 737-800 Certifications for Broadband Terminal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham Teams Up With 4 Firms to Seek Shenzhen Airlines Boeing 737-800 Certifications for Broadband Terminal

    Cobham’s satellite communications business has teamed up with four companies to draft the Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate to facilitate the use of the Aviator 300 SwiftBroadband system onboard Shenzhen Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 fleet The Cobham-built Aviator 300 terminal has an intermediate gain antenna and works to support broadband connectivity with data transmission of up to 332 […] More

  • STC Lands NASA Mission Support Contract for Langley Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    STC Lands NASA Mission Support Contract for Langley Research

    Science and Technology Corporation has been awarded a potential $25 million contract from NASA to provide support services for the space agency’s aeronautics laboratory in Virginia. The five-year contract includes the fabrication of flight test components for various mission requirements at Langley Research Center, including assemblies for aircraft, spaceflight, research facilities and ground support equipment, […] More

  • Sherif Hamoudah: SAP Seeks MENA Mobility Market Growth Presence Through Telecom Deals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sherif Hamoudah: SAP Seeks MENA Mobility Market Growth Presence Through Telecom Deals

    SAP has moved to grow its mobile services market presence in the Middle East and North Africa region by signing agreements with telecommunications companies STC and Etisalat for enterprise mobility and network life-cycle management tools, Gulf Business reported Monday. Aarti Nagraj writes SAP announced the deals with Saudi Arabia-based STC and United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat at […] More