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  • Kongsberg to Provide U.S. Army with Additional Weapon Stations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg to Provide U.S. Army with Additional Weapon Stations

    Kongsberg signed a $39.8 million order to further furnish the U.S. Army with a battle tank remote weapon station system. The company said Friday that it will deliver additional PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station Low Profile Commonly Remotely Operated Weapon Station configuration for the U.S. Army’s M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank spare parts and engineering services […] More

  • NASA to Ship Webb Telescope to Northrop Facility for Spacecraft Tech Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Ship Webb Telescope to Northrop Facility for Spacecraft Tech Integration

    NASA engineers have removed the James Webb Space Telescope from the space agency’s thermal vacuum testing platform installed at the Johnson Space Center following completion of a 100-day cryogenic test. The agency said Saturday it tested JWST’s optical structure and scientific instruments at Chamber A to determine if the future space observatory could function in a simulated space environment. NASA […] More

  • Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data

    The U.S. Air Force has opened up its technical data package for a prototype multi-intelligence pod system to the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance industry as part of an effort to encourage developers to build compatible sensor platforms. AgilePod is designed with multiple modules that can be configured to support ISR and non-ISR missions, the Air Force said Thursday. The […] More

  • Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft to Leave ISS, Conduct Secondary Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft to Leave ISS, Conduct Secondary Missions

    An Orbital ATK-built spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday after a cargo delivery effort to perform secondary missions. NASA said Friday Cygnus will be detached from ISS’ Unity module with the Canadarm2 robotic arm, then the vehicle will be maneuvered over the Harmony module to collect data that will support future rendezvous and docking […] More

  • Tyonek Unit to Help Air Force Integrate UH-1N Performance Tracking System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tyonek Unit to Help Air Force Integrate UH-1N Performance Tracking System

    A business unit of Tyonek Native Corporation has received a potential $16 million contract to install a technology for the U.S. Air Force to monitor the performance of the military branch’s UH-1N Huey helicopter fleet. Tyonek Global Services will support the integration of a health and usage monitoring system into the utility helicopter platform under the firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract, the […] More

  • Arvizio Demos Enterprise Mixed Reality Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Arvizio Demos Enterprise Mixed Reality Training Platform

    Arvizio has demonstrated its enterprise mixed reality platform during the I/ITSEC 2017 conference that took place in Orlando, Florida, last week. The MR Studio platform works to help trainees view, interact with and understand products and machinery without the need for physical objects, manuals and paperwork, Arvizio said Friday. MR Studio is designed to deliver three-dimensional visualization with computer-aided design project […] More

  • Leidos Opens Tech Collaboration Facility in Canberra, Australia; Tim Reardon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Opens Tech Collaboration Facility in Canberra, Australia; Tim Reardon Comments

    Leidos has opened a new facility in Canberra, Australia, in a move to provide collaboration space for the company’s employees, clients and partners to explore new technology platforms, ARN reported Friday. The CONNECT hub will employ at least 20 professionals and support government customer programs in the information technology, communications, cyber, geospatial analytics and simulation […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes JPSS-2 Weather Satellite Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes JPSS-2 Weather Satellite Design Review

    Orbital ATK has wrapped up a critical design review of the second Joint Polar Satellite System. The company said Friday it partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA to carry out the review to assess whether the JPSS-2 spacecraft program meets schedule and system requirements. The CDR phase also sought to evaluate […] More

  • Raytheon to Supply IFF Transponders for US, Norwegian C-130 Planes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Supply IFF Transponders for US, Norwegian C-130 Planes

    Raytheon‘s space and airborne systems business has received a $30.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide new and updated APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe transponders for C-130H and C-130J military transport planes. The Defense Department said Friday the firm-fixed-price contract includes a $725,000 foreign military sale of the IFF transponders to Norway. Work will occur through Feb. 29, 2020, […] More

  • MBDA Delivers Initial Missiles and Firing Posts to French Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Delivers Initial Missiles and Firing Posts to French Military

    MBDA has delivered the initial set of 50 missiles and 20 firing posts needed for the French armed forces’ new man-portable weapon system. The company said Thursday it developed the MMP missile system to incrementally replace the Milan, HOT and ERYX anti-tank missiles that are currently in service with France’s military. The French defense procurement agency aims to procure a total of 400 […] More

  • Leidos to Help Manage Navy's Acoustic Signature Measurement Hub in Alaska - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Help Manage Navy’s Acoustic Signature Measurement Hub in Alaska

    Leidos has received a potential $41.9 million contract to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain a Ketchikan, Alaska-based military facility that conducts acoustic engineering measurements. The Defense Department said Friday the company will provide operations, maintenance, logistics and program management assistance services to support naval ship and undersea signature silencing programs at at the Southeast Alaska […] More

  • Naval Group, Fincantieri Team Up to Pursue Canadian Surface Combatant Ship Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Naval Group, Fincantieri Team Up to Pursue Canadian Surface Combatant Ship Program

    Naval Group and Fincantieri have partnered to submit a joint proposal to the Canadian government for the development of a surface combat ship. Both companies aim to offer Canada an “off-the-shelf” naval platform based on the FREMM multimission frigate designed for French and Italian navies, Fincantieri said Friday. Canada intends to procure up to 15 surface combatant ships for the […] More