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  • BAE Launches FalconWorks R&D Center to Advance Air Capability Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Launches FalconWorks R&D Center to Advance Air Capability Innovation

    BAE Systems has established a new research and development center aimed at delivering innovation to the air forces of the U.K. and its allies amid a constantly changing defense landscape. The FalconWorks division within BAE’s air sector will look into incorporating artificial intelligence, quantum sensing, robotics and other digital technologies into combat air capabilities, the […] More

  • Air Force Orders Rheinmetall Ammo for F-35 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Rheinmetall Ammo for F-35 Fleet

    Rheinmetall has received a $6.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce four lots of ammunition for the service branch’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. The company said Monday it will begin to deliver Frangible Armor Piercing rounds to the Air Force in December 2017. Rheinmetall will manufacture the ammunition at a company facility in Switzerland and […] More

  • Exelis to Maintain Military Family Housing in Germany; Ken Hunzeker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Maintain Military Family Housing in Germany; Ken Hunzeker Comments

    Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $32 million contract by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe to maintain government-owned family housing facilities in the Kaiserslautern Military Community based in Germany. The contract calls on Exelis to provide support to approximately 2,000 family housing units at Landstuhl, Ramstein Air Base and Vogelweh Military Housing Complex, the company said […] More