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  • Keoki Jackson: Lockheed Pushes Forward With Fiber-Optic Lasers After ATHENA Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keoki Jackson: Lockheed Pushes Forward With Fiber-Optic Lasers After ATHENA Demo

    Lockheed Martin has completed a field test of its prototype Advanced Test High Energy Asset laser weapon system in a push to demonstrate precision functions for lasers to counter ground-based targets. The company said Tuesday ATHENA features the 30-kilowatt, fiber-optic Accelerated Laser Demonstration Initiative technology and is based on the Area Defense Anti-Munitions system. “Fiber-optic lasers are revolutionizing directed energy systems,” said Keoki […] More

  • Raytheon, Partners Demo Microgrid System for Military Backup Power - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Partners Demo Microgrid System for Military Backup Power

    Raytheon has helped complete a demonstration of a backup-power microgrid system that it developed with partners Primus Power, Advanced Energy and the Energy Department‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The technology combines Raytheon’s Intelligent Power and Energy Management Microgrid Controller, Primus Power’s EnergyPod 706kVA powertrain and Advanced Energy’s 100kW solar inverters to support off-grid operation, Raytheon said Thursday. It stores high-penetration renewable […] More

  • 3D Printing Tech Firm Voxel8 Receives In-Q-Tel Investment; Megan Anderson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    3D Printing Tech Firm Voxel8 Receives In-Q-Tel Investment; Megan Anderson Comments

    In-Q-Tel has pumped cash into Voxel8‘s three-dimensional printing technology to assist the Somerville, Massachusetts-based company build on its product’s development. Voxel8 plans to commercialize the 3D technology comprised of various materials, printing hardware and intelligent software, In-Q-Tel said Thursday. “We are pleased to be partnering with Voxel8 to further develop its multimaterial 3D printing technology,” said […] More

  • DeEtte Gray: BAE Extends AF Life-Cycle Planning Support With Obsolescence Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DeEtte Gray: BAE Extends AF Life-Cycle Planning Support With Obsolescence Mgmt Tool

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems will continue to help the U.S. Air Force manage the service life cycle of aircraft, vehicles, machines and other systems and platforms under a three-year contract worth up to $37 million. BAE Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will provide its Web-enabled Advanced Component Obsolescence Management tool to predict the potential obsolescence of parts and identify where replacements […] More

  • Lockheed to Use Spirent GPS/INS Simulators for F-35 Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Use Spirent GPS/INS Simulators for F-35 Tests

    Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business has tapped Spirent Federal Systems to support hardware-in-the-loop tests of F-35 mission systems and sensors, where Spirent will provide GPS/INS simulation systems to the Joint Strike Fighter Mission Systems Integration Lab. Lockheed said Tuesday it will also use Spirent’s simulators for aiding procedures at the JSF Vehicle Systems Integration Facility. The simulators work to help supplement instrumented […] More

  • Sotera to Continue Support for Apache NiFi Open Source Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sotera to Continue Support for Apache NiFi Open Source Project

    Sotera Defense Solutions has helped the Apache Software Foundation in the development, maintenance and documentation of the Apache NiFi Open Source Project as part of the Apache Incubator program. Sotera said Wednesday it has also provided project management, systems engineering and training support since the project was still in the initial closed-source stage. The Apache NiFi system manages data flows with a Web-based user interface […] 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

  • General Dynamics Distress System Figures in USCG Search, Rescue Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Distress System Figures in USCG Search, Rescue Missions

    The U.S. Coast Guard has declared General Dynamics‘ Rescue 21 command, control and direction-finding communications system as a public safety network that enables its missions with ease. The company said Tuesday the platform has helped USCG process 75,000 search and rescue cases since 2009, providing 90 percent VHF coverage to over 215,000 square nautical miles at sea. […] More

  • Lockheed, H. N. Burns Engineering Partner on Flight Visibility Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, H. N. Burns Engineering Partner on Flight Visibility Tech Development

    Lockheed Martin is collaborating with H. N. Burns Engineering Corp. to develop technology that works to improve flight visibility in degraded visual environments and help prevent military helicopter pilot accidents. Lockheed said Monday that it will combine its pilotage and sensor systems with H. N. Burns’ imaging laser radar technology to boost situational awareness and spatial orientation even in low-visibility conditions such as bad […] More

  • Boeing Receives First Signals of All-Electric Propulsion Satellites from Space; Mark Spiwak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives First Signals of All-Electric Propulsion Satellites from Space; Mark Spiwak Comments

    Boeing has received initial signals from its first all-electric propulsion satellites that were launched into space over the weekend. The two 702SP satellites took off as a conjoined stack onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Boeing said Monday. Mark Spiwak, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International Inc., said the paired, lightweight satellite system model is intended to […] More

  • BAE Gets DoD Approval to Export IR Countermeasures System; Bill Staib Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Gets DoD Approval to Export IR Countermeasures System; Bill Staib Comments

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received the Defense Department‘s approval to export its Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures system to U.S. allies. The company said Monday the system, which was jointly developed by U.S.-based BAE Systems Inc. and the U.S. Army, works to protect rotary- and fixed-wing military aircraft. “In today’s environment with the proliferation of surface-to-air missiles, a proven aircraft survivability system to counter […] More

  • Exelis to Help Seattle Airport Monitor Noise, Flights; Ted Carniol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Help Seattle Airport Monitor Noise, Flights; Ted Carniol Comments

    Exelis will perform noise monitoring and flight tracking services for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington under a contract with the Port of Seattle. The company will deploy its aircraft surveillance software tool integrated with Larson Davis-built noise monitors based on Model 831, Exelis said Friday. Ted Carniol, general manager of commercial aviation services at […] More