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  • Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Build Weapon System for Navy 'Over-the-Horizon' Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Build Weapon System for Navy ‘Over-the-Horizon’ Mission

    Raytheon has partnered with Kongsberg Gruppen to produce a missile system intended for over-the-horizon defense missions onboard the U.S. Navy‘s littoral combat ships and frigates. The military service picked the companies’ joint Naval Strike Missile offering to support OTH missions under a potential $847.6 million contract, Raytheon said Friday. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon’s missile systems business, said the team […] More

  • Boeing to Showcase Electronic Attack Hornet Variant at Finnish Air Show - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Showcase Electronic Attack Hornet Variant at Finnish Air Show

    Boeing partnered with the U.S. Navy for the presentation of an electronic attack aircraft at the Finnish Air Force 100th anniversary air show that runs from June 16 through 17 at Tikkakoski Airport in Jyväskylä. The EA-18G exhibition will be the first introduction of the aircraft in Finland. The company said Thursday it will exhibit through static and flying […] More

  • Raytheon Gets $59M NASA Contract Modification for JPSS Ground System Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets $59M NASA Contract Modification for JPSS Ground System Upgrades

    Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business has received a $59.2 million modification from NASA to address additional requirements under a previously awarded contract for weather satellite ground system support. NASA said Friday the modification increases the potential value of Raytheon’s Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System contract to $1.9 billion and covers a new  technical baseline for […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Supply Flight Simulator Display for Canada's Search & Rescue Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Supply Flight Simulator Display for Canada’s Search & Rescue Training Program

    CAE has selected Rockwell Collins to provide a display system for a full-flight simulator the Canadian air force will implement to help aircrews operate a search and rescue aircraft platform. Rockwell Collins said Thursday it will help install the Panorama collimated display into CAE’s CC-295 FFS. The simulator for Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program will support flight training […] More

  • General Atomics, Pratt & Whitney Test Unmanned Tanker Engine; David Alexander Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Pratt & Whitney Test Unmanned Tanker Engine; David Alexander Comments

    Pratt & Whitney has provided an engine technology for an unmanned aerial refueling aircraft that an industry team led by General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business is offering to the U.S. Navy. Both companies tested the inlet and exhaust systems of General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc.‘s MQ-25A Stingray that features the PW815 engine technology, General Atomics said Thursday. P&W delivered its PW815 technology to a […] More

  • Bloomberg Government Introduces Product for Contract Value Prediction; Donald Thomas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg Government Introduces Product for Contract Value Prediction; Donald Thomas Comments

    Bloomberg‘s government services arm has debuted a platform that works to forecast the dollar value of upcoming federal contracts with the aim to guide companies in their potential bids. The predicted value feature is designed with a proprietary algorithm that applies machine learning to evaluate and update information on government contract opportunities, Bloomberg Government said Wednesday. […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Supply Weather Radar System to Canadian Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Supply Weather Radar System to Canadian Air Force

    A Canada-based company has tapped Rockwell Collins to support the enhancement of the weather threat detection of the Canadian air force’s platform for rescue operations. Rockwell Collins said Thursday it will supply its WXR-2100 MultiScan and MFD-255 and MFD-268 Multi-Function Displays for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s C-130H fleet through Cascade Aerospace. The multi-scan technology […] More

  • DHS' S&T Directorate Selects Four Firms for Device Firmware Security Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS’ S&T Directorate Selects Four Firms for Device Firmware Security Research

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate has awarded Small Business Innovation Research contracts to four companies for the exploration of automated vulnerability analysis in the firmware of Internet-of-Things and mobile devices. The companies will perform initial research through six months under the first phase of the Automated & Scalable Analysis of Mobile & IoT Device Firmware […] More

  • Kratos Conducts UAS Demo Flight Series; Eric DeMarco Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Conducts UAS Demo Flight Series; Eric DeMarco Comments

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions division has demonstrated a company-built jet unmanned aircraft system during a series of flights. Kratos said Wednesday the flight series aimed to validate multiple functions that previous UAS platforms of the same category were not able to exhibit. The jet UAS is currently under production and has been deployed to multiple clients worldwide. Eric […] More

  • Esri Opens St. Louis, Mo. Office to Support GIS Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Opens St. Louis, Mo. Office to Support GIS Users

    Esri has opened an office within an innovation hub and technology district in St. Louis, Mo., to support users of the company’s geographic information system product. The company said Wednesday its new facility located at the city’s Cortex Innovation Community is a five-minute drive away from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s Next NGA West campus. “We are looking forward to […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Produce Optical Instrument for NASA's Infrared Space Observatory - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Produce Optical Instrument for NASA’s Infrared Space Observatory

    NASA has selected Ball Aerospace to produce an optical technology for a new space observatory designed to help scientists conduct research into dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics. The company said Wednesday it will build the Optical Mechanical Assembly for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope and support WFI integration and test efforts. Jim Oschmann, vice president and general manager […] More