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  • Cubic to Demo Combat Training, C4ISR Products at AUSA Event; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Demo Combat Training, C4ISR Products at AUSA Event; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Comment

    Cubic will exhibit a range of simulation, training and command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms at an upcoming three-day Association of the United States Army event. The company said Friday its global defense and mission solutions divisions will present C4ISR and performance-based training technology offerings during the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition that will take place […] More

  • BAE Systems to Showcase Military Vehicles, Munitions at AUSA Expo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Showcase Military Vehicles, Munitions at AUSA Expo

    BAE Systems will conduct media briefings and feature its products at the 2017 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition from Oct. 9 to 11 in Washington, D.C., BAE said Friday. Combat vehicles and precision-guided munitions technologies will be the focus of the briefings on Oct. 9 and 10 at the Walter […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Feature Defense Tech Platforms at AUSA Expo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Feature Defense Tech Platforms at AUSA Expo

    Orbital ATK will showcase a range of defense technology platforms for land, air and sea applications at the annual Association the U.S. Army meeting and exposition, scheduled to take place in Washington from Oct. 9 to 11. The company said Thursday it will display electronic and kinetic attack systems designed to counter drones and 120mm cartridge for Abrams main battle […] More

  • Harris CEO William Brown Nominated to AUSA Council of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris CEO William Brown Nominated to AUSA Council of Trustees

    A national nominating committee has endorsed Harris Chairman, President and CEO William Brown for a seat on the Association of the U.S. Army’s council of trustees. AUSA said Monday its bylaws allow members to nominate individuals to the council and comment on a nomination. Brown has led the Melbourne, Florida-based communications and information technology provider as president and CEO since November 2011 […] More

  • Report: Boeing Updates Short-Range Air Defense Tech Offering for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing Updates Short-Range Air Defense Tech Offering for Army

    Boeing has updated its short-range air defense system in an effort to help the U.S. Army fire missiles such as Longbow Hellfire and AI-3 weapons as well as lasers from vehicles including Stryker and M2 Bradley platforms, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Sydney Freedberg writes Boeing and the U.S. Army integrated the Avenger turret onto a Stryker armored vehicle as the service branch aims to address a requirement for […] More

  • Mercury Systems Introduces New Rackmount Server for Defense Sector; Shaun McQuaid Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Introduces New Rackmount Server for Defense Sector; Shaun McQuaid Comments

    Mercury Systems has unveiled a rackmount server for the defense sector designed to perform mission processing, sensor processing and cybersecurity applications at the annual Association of the U.S. Army meeting in Washington. The company said Oct. 3 the ATX-class servers will work to address market demand for systems to protect mission-required functions and support command-and-control, battle management […] More

  • Saab Intros Land-Based Compact Radar Tech Offering; Erik Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Intros Land-Based Compact Radar Tech Offering; Erik Smith Comments

    Saab has released a ground-based compact radar system in the U.S. market in efforts to help military customers address multiple types of threat when they conduct missions. Sweden-based Saab said Monday it will transfer rights to the Giraffe 1X radar that mounts on vehicles, vessels and fixed installations to its subsidiary Saab Defense and Security USA in a push to help address emerging requirements […] More

  • BAE Introduces New Fighting Vehicle and Wearable Tech Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Introduces New Fighting Vehicle and Wearable Tech Offerings

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems has debuted a new concept fighting vehicle and a wearable technology at the ongoing Association of the U.S. Army meeting in Washington. BAE Systems Inc. said Monday its Next Generation Bradley Fighting Vehicle demonstrator includes a new chassis designed for underbelly protection, fuel and ordnance compartmentation and force protection. “We’re focused on integrating current, emerging, and future technologies to […] More

  • Harris Launches EOD Robot at AUSA Convention - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Launches EOD Robot at AUSA Convention

    Harris has unveiled a robotic technology offering the company designed to help operators disarm improvised explosive devices, Defense News reported Monday. Jen Judson writes the T7 EOD robot, which Harris unveiled at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention Monday, employs an intuitive interface and can be equipped with a water disruptor that works to disengage a trigger. The […] More

  • Logos Technologies Launches Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor for Aerostats; John Marion Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Logos Technologies Launches Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor for Aerostats; John Marion Comments

    Logos Technologies has introduced a sensor designed for installation on aerostats to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions. John Marion, president of Logos Technologies, said in a statement released Tuesday Kestrel KS-200 is an 80-pound wide-area motion imagery sensor that works to provide “a 360-degree view of an entire city-sized area, simultaneously tracking multiple objects of […] More

  • Raytheon Informs Army of Company's Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Informs Army of Company’s Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech

    Raytheon has presented the company’s ideas for a next-generation missile defense technology to the U.S. Army in an effort to help the military branch establish requirements for a lower tier air and missile defense sensor system. The company said Monday it envisions a future LTAMDS platform that is based on gallium nitride-powered active electronically scanned array technology and could work as a sensor on the service branch’s Integrated Air […] More

  • Mathew Hannah: Army Works on Acquisition Strategy for Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mathew Hannah: Army Works on Acquisition Strategy for Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System Program

    The U.S. Army is in the process of crafting an acquisition strategy for a program that seeks to develop platforms for helicopter pilots to see and operate in degraded visual environments, Breaking Defense reported Monday. The service branch’s Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System program aims to mitigate deaths and aircraft losses caused by DVE, such as brownout and […] More