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  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Booster Engine Component for AFRL Tech Demonstrator Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Booster Engine Component for AFRL Tech Demonstrator Program

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a fuel boost kick pump engine component as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory program that aims to demonstrate an oxygen-rich staged combustion technology for rockets. The company said Friday it developed and tested the kick pump at full power under AFRL’s Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator program. “What we’ve learned through this program will be instrumental as […] More

  • General Dynamics to Support Air Force Emergency Action Message C2 Terminal Under $53M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Support Air Force Emergency Action Message C2 Terminal Under $53M IDIQ

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has received a five-year, $53 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force manage a communications terminal used to deliver emergency action messages to nuclear forces. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers on-site management, software updates, production, contractor logistics support, information awareness, travel, over and above services, field support and engineering services […] More

  • Carbon Black, Air Force Life Cycle Mgmt Center Sign CRADA to Boost Cyber Capacity at Hanscom AFB - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carbon Black, Air Force Life Cycle Mgmt Center Sign CRADA to Boost Cyber Capacity at Hanscom AFB

    Carbon Black and the electronics systems development division of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have entered a cooperative research and development agreement to strengthen cybersecurity at the Hanscom Air Force Base Collaboration and Innovation Center. The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday that the agreement provides an opportunity for Carbon Black to deploy its endpoint security […] More

  • BAE Unit to Extend O&M, Logistics Support for Air Force's Space Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Extend O&M, Logistics Support for Air Force’s Space Radar System

    BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business has secured a $48.5 million contract option for management, operations, maintenance and logistical support services to the U.S. Air Force‘s radar system for missile warning and space surveillance operations. The Defense Department said Wednesday that support work on the Solid State Phased Array Radar Systems will occur in Alaska, California, Massachusetts, Greenland […] More

  • Boeing, Air Force Test Aircraft-Terminal Communications via Airborne Networking Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Air Force Test Aircraft-Terminal Communications via Airborne Networking Tech

    Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the capacity of an airborne networking system to facilitate and secure communications between multiple aircraft and ground stations. The company said Monday its Talon HATE networking system helped F-15C pilots share information via the military’s Link 16, Common Data Link and Wideband Global Satellite Communications System during a flight test held at Nellis Air […] More

  • Air Force Taps BAE Unit to Develop Space Testbed Architecture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps BAE Unit to Develop Space Testbed Architecture

    A business unit of BAE Systems has won a potential $12.8 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop a knowledge-based space testbed architecture. The Defense Department said Monday that BAE’s information and electronic systems integration business will create a testbed for the military branch to evaluate space enterprise command-and-control tools and technologies. DoD noted that the Air Force Research […] More

  • L3 Delivers Boeing-Built KC-10 Aircraft to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Delivers Boeing-Built KC-10 Aircraft to Air Force

    L3 Technologies has achieved on-time delivery of the first Boeing-built KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft under L3’s contractor logistics support contract with the U.S. Air Force. New York City-based L3 said Thursday its Vertex Aerospace division received the aircraft in January 2017 and performed heavy maintenance check on the KC-10 within six months, in partnership with subcontractor HAECO/TIMCO. Vertex Aerospace […] More

  • Northrop to Modify, Install Air Force EQ-4B Battlefield Airborne Comms Node - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Modify, Install Air Force EQ-4B Battlefield Airborne Comms Node

    Northrop Grumman has received a one-year, $39.9 million letter contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Battlefield Airborne Communications Node units for the service branch’s remotely piloted aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop will modify, integrate and install BACN payloads onto EQ-4B Global Hawk drones. BACNs help pilots exchange data via the payload’s airborne executive processor when […] More

  • Raytheon to Assist Air Force in High-Power Electromagnetics System Transition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Assist Air Force in High-Power Electromagnetics System Transition

    Raytheon has won a $15 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support high power electromagnetics transition efforts of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Tuesday that the company will help the service branch analyze and integrate HPEM systems on multiple airborne platforms. Raytheon will use simulation tools to evaluate the performance of a proposed integrated platform in mission operations. The Air […] More

  • Harris to Help Sustain Space Systems Under Air Force Contract Modifications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Help Sustain Space Systems Under Air Force Contract Modifications

    Harris has received two contract modifications valued at $44 million in total from the U.S. Air Force to provide sustainment services for space systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday Harris will carry out space control depot support and increase sustainment services for Space Superiority Systems under a $35.5 million modification. Work will occur in Palm Bay, Florida through Jan. 31, 2018. […] More

  • PAE to Extend Support for Air Force's 96th Test Wing; John Heller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE to Extend Support for Air Force’s 96th Test Wing; John Heller Comments

    PAE will continue to provide support services for the 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida under a potential three-year, $44 million contract. The company said Monday work covers shop maintenance services for government aircraft including modifications, task support and other functions at the air base. “I am proud of the PAE team that has provided excellent […] More

  • Sensofusion to Develop Counter-UAS Mobile System for Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sensofusion to Develop Counter-UAS Mobile System for Marine Corps

    The U.S. Marine Corps and the Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental have awarded Sensofusion a contract to further develop a mobile platform designed to counter unmanned aircraft systems. Sensofusion said Thursday its Airfence mobile system will serve as the core of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s mobile counter-UAS system as well as support Marines’ efforts to […] More