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  • Boeing, Air Force, NAVAIR Put KC-46 Tanker Aircraft Through Electromagnetic Field Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Air Force, NAVAIR Put KC-46 Tanker Aircraft Through Electromagnetic Field Test

    Boeing, the U.S. Air Force and the Naval Air Systems Command have collaborated on electromagnetic testing of a company-built KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft. The team assessed the tanker’s capacity to operate through electromagnetic fields generated by radars, radio towers and other systems, Boeing said Thursday. “The KC-46 tanker is protected by various hardening and shielding technologies […] More

  • Quanterion to Help Manage DoD Cyber & Info Analysis Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Quanterion to Help Manage DoD Cyber & Info Analysis Center

    Quanterion Solutions has won a potential six-year, $47.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform basic operations support at the Defense Department‘s Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center. DoD said Thursday Quanterion will help the Defense Technical Information Center to manage DoD services, databases, systems or networks for the collection, storage, retrieval […] More

  • Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Disbrow, Mary Louise Krakauer Join Mercury Systems Board of Directors

    Lisa Disbrow, former undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, and Mary Louise Krakauer, former executive vice president and chief information officer at Dell, have been appointed to the board of directors at Mercury Systems. The latest appointments bring the number of Mercury Systems’ board members to nine, including eight independent directors, the company said Thursday. Mark […] More

  • Air Force Taps UDRI for Vehicle Nonmetallic Material R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps UDRI for Vehicle Nonmetallic Material R&D Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential seven-year, $43 million contract to the University of Dayton Research Institute for research and development of nonmetallic materials the military branch can use to build, repair and maintain multiple vehicle platforms. UDRI said Monday its research team will perform R&D work on composites, sealands, textiles, adhesives and elastomers […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Tech Advancements to Address VLF/LF Comms Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Tech Advancements to Address VLF/LF Comms Challenges

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has issued a broad agency announcement to solicit science and technology ideas to address “urgent” problems with very low frequency and low frequency communications platforms. A BAA document published Monday on FedBizOpps says the U.S. Air Force aims to identify and assess potential advancements in key focus areas that include […] More

  • Leidos Tests Air Force Multi-Sensor ISR Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Tests Air Force Multi-Sensor ISR Platform

    Leidos has tested sensors on the U.S. Air Force‘s multi-sensor pod that is designed to feature intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions. The company said Tuesday it carried out risk reduction test on eight different sensors of the AgilePod multi-sensor platform to demonstrate how open architectures and common mechanical and electrical systems can reconfigure sensors to address […] More

  • BAE to Continue Integration Support for Air Force's Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Continue Integration Support for Air Force’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Tech

    BAE Systems has landed a one-year, $45.2 million contract modification to continue integration work on a ground-based strategic deterrent system for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday work covers acquisition program documentation, business and financial management, data rights and management, logistics, quality assurance, risk management, strategic planning, schedule management and trade and technical studies. The modification […] More

  • Air Force Taps Lockheed to Design New Wing for JASSM-ER Cruise Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Lockheed to Design New Wing for JASSM-ER Cruise Missile

    Lockheed Martin has received a $37.7 million contract to continue design work on a wing that will help boost the range capacity of the U.S. Air Force‘s air-to-surface missile system. The company said Wednesday it aims to develop a new Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile–Extended Range wing for incorporation into JASSM-ER production lot 17. “We’ve developed a novel design that provides additional […] More

  • KeyW to Develop RF Exploitation Tech for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KeyW to Develop RF Exploitation Tech for Air Force

    KeyW has won a potential $23.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop radio frequency exploitation technology. The Defense Department said Tuesday KeyW will explore algorithmic approaches to help the military branch boost sensing and exploitation performance as well as detect, track, image and identify targets simultaneously in contested and challenging environments. […] More

  • Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More

  • VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities

    Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting has implemented a common database builder system at multiple facilities of the Special Operations Command and other government agencies. VATC said Wednesday the U.S. Air Force and Army will use the CDB Builder tool to conduct training and mission planning activities at various sites in Florida and Tennessee. Sara Moola, co-founder […] More