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  • Northrop to Enter Army IBCS Program's Full-Rate Production Stage; Rebecca Torzone Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Enter Army IBCS Program’s Full-Rate Production Stage; Rebecca Torzone Quoted

    Northrop Grumman has received Department of Defense approval to begin manufacturing at full-rate capacity a command and control system designed to support the U.S. Army’s air and missile defense operations across the globe. DOD decided to move the Integrated Battle Command System into full-rate production, marking a key step for the service branch to schedule […] More

  • Marine Corps Employs Bevy of Tactics to Ready for Information Warfare Era - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Employs Bevy of Tactics to Ready for Information Warfare Era

    The U.S. Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 lays out a vision for the future of the service branch to prepare for the threats of tomorrow. Its target areas include achieving a joint warfighting structure (in line with the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control initiative), optimizing reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance operations and advancing base […] More

  • BAE, Lockheed Unit Demonstrate Reconnaissance Capabilities for Amphibious Combat Vehicle Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Lockheed Unit Demonstrate Reconnaissance Capabilities for Amphibious Combat Vehicle Variant

    BAE Systems has tested small unmanned aerial systems from Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works division on a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle designed to support U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance missions.  The Stalker and Indago platforms were part of verification tests aimed to demonstrate the ACV’s potential to carry out command, control, communication and computers/UAS missions, […] More

  • General Atomics, Divergent Expand Partnership to Implement UAS Digital Manufacturing Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Divergent Expand Partnership to Implement UAS Digital Manufacturing Process

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has expanded a partnership with Divergent Technologies to incorporate a fully digital approach into the former’s unmanned aircraft system production process. GA-ASI will have access to the Divergent Adaptive Production System, a data-driven platform designed to support vehicle structure design, fabrication and assembly, General Atomics said Wednesday. The DAPS approach […] More

  • CACI Showcases Drone ISR, Electronic Warfare Tech at Army Demo Event; John Mengucci Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Showcases Drone ISR, Electronic Warfare Tech at Army Demo Event; John Mengucci Quoted

    CACI International completed a demonstration of its Spectral Sieve and Pit Viper payloads for unmanned aircraft systems at a U.S. Army-led event. The technologies were presented at the Army’s Project Convergence Technology Gateway 2022 and were shown as effective in delivering surveillance data on a congested battlefield in a contested environment, the company announced Thursday. […] More

  • USAF Hosts 2023 Innovation Industry Days in Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Hosts 2023 Innovation Industry Days in Texas

    The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and AFWERX, the service’s startup incubator development program, co-hosted an event to showcase innovation projects beneficial to the USAF and Space Force. Innovation Industry Days was held from Jan. 24 to 26 in San Antonio, Texas, congregating more than 2,000 representatives from the industry, government and […] More

  • Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais: Winning the Cyber Fight Requires Mastery of Sensing, C2, Data Processing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais: Winning the Cyber Fight Requires Mastery of Sensing, C2, Data Processing

    Electronic warfare — strategic, targeted attacks typified by cyber aggression and hacking of adversaries’ technology systems — was first seen on the global battlefield at a large scale with Russia’s instigating conflicts in Ukraine circa 2014. Destruction from EW was widespread at the time, with interceptions to communications networks causing fatalities and scrambling military organization […] More

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    USMC Eyes New Family of Reconnaissance Vehicles

    The Army Contracting Command has begun a market survey on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps to seek information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirement for an advanced reconnaissance vehicle and solicit feedback on the draft performance specification for the ARV. USMC is eyeing the development of a next-generation combat vehicle system […] More

  • SAIC Enters Loitering Munition Production Assistance Pact With Mistral, UVision - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Enters Loitering Munition Production Assistance Pact With Mistral, UVision

    Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to assist loitering missile builder UVision and its business development partner, Mistral, in establishing a supply chain for a munition product to support government customers. All three companies will collaborate on domestic manufacturing efforts related to the Hero 120 offering for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Mounted requirement […] More

  • Boeing Hands Over Ground-based Missile Interceptors to MDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Hands Over Ground-based Missile Interceptors to MDA

    The Missile Defense Agency has officially accepted two new Ground-based Interceptors from Boeing at its facility in Fort Greely, Alaska. The interceptors are part of the Service Life Extension Program for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense anti-ballistic missile system, the company said Monday. “The Ground-Based Interceptors remain the only operationally deployed missile component of GMD. These […] More

  • Navy Demo Shows HII-Designed Large UUV Launch Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Demo Shows HII-Designed Large UUV Launch Platform

    The U.S. Navy and HII showcased a new concept to deploy a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle from an amphibious ship using the company-made Pharos system. Naval Sea Systems Command said Monday the branch’s Snakehead LDUUV prototype was demonstrated in conjunction with HII’s launch and recovery platform in October at a test facility run by the […] More

  • Austal Begins C2 Module Production for Navy Submarines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal Begins C2 Module Production for Navy Submarines

    Austal USA began production on electronic deck and command and control systems modules for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia- and Columbia-class attack submarines. The project is part of a partnership with General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary, which won a potential $813.7 million contract to support the branch’s nuclear submarine modernization efforts, Austal said Tuesday. “This partnership […] More