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  • BAE Equips US Platforms With Next-Generation Cyber Resilience System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Equips US Platforms With Next-Generation Cyber Resilience System

    BAE Systems seeks to continue addressing cybersecurity requirements of U.S. military platforms with its next-generation cyber detection and mitigation tool developed by the company’s FAST Labs research and development team. Fox Shield is a platform-agnostic cyber protection and resilience suite that has been deployed on more than 45 multi-domain platforms to detect, respond and mitigate […] More

  • Microsoft Azure Advances Development of Cloud-Based Chip Design Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Azure Advances Development of Cloud-Based Chip Design Capabilities

    BAE Systems and Raytheon Technologies have developed chip design capabilities on Microsoft‘s Azure cloud service as part of a Department of Defense program that aims to accelerate and secure the U.S. microelectronics industrial base. Three new chips were created using the secure design capabilities of the Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes using Advanced Commercial Capabilities project, […] More

  • BAE Modernizes HD Thermal Camera Core to Provide 360° Situational Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Modernizes HD Thermal Camera Core to Provide 360° Situational Awareness

    BAE Systems has enhanced one of its infrared imaging products to produce a small and lightweight version capable of capturing high-definition imagery even in poor visual conditions. The new version of Athena 1920 thermal camera core was also further developed to support missions that need 360-degree situational awareness, space-based surveillance as well as threat detection and […] More

  • Teams Led by Raytheon, Lockheed to Work on Evolved Strategic SATCOM Ground Segment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teams Led by Raytheon, Lockheed to Work on Evolved Strategic SATCOM Ground Segment

    Two teams led by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies have received prototype demonstration agreements from Space Systems Command to support the ground segment of the Evolved Strategic SATCOM program. The command said Tuesday it awarded the agreements through the Space Enterprise Consortium’s other transaction authority in support of the ESS Ground Resilient Integration & Framework […] More

  • State Department Clears Possible Sale of BAE-Made APKWS-II Laser-guided Rocket to UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Clears Possible Sale of BAE-Made APKWS-II Laser-guided Rocket to UK

    The State Department approved a possible $31.2 million sale of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II laser-guided munitions to the U.K. government. Execution of the contract will be led by BAE Systems, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which notified Congress of the deal on Friday. The U.K. government ordered 768 of single-variant, all-up […] More

  • BAE to Develop Advanced Autonomy for Generating Warfare Planning Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Develop Advanced Autonomy for Generating Warfare Planning Strategies

    BAE Systems will build an advanced autonomy system to accelerate warfare planning under phase one of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. The company said Wednesday its FAST Labs research and development organization will create a machine learning-powered analytic engine and execute tests to demonstrate and validate the approach as part of the Strategic […] More

  • BAE Systems Begins $200M Jacksonville Shipyard Expansion Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Begins $200M Jacksonville Shipyard Expansion Project

    BAE Systems has commenced the construction of a shiplift and land-level repair facility that will expand the capacity of its Jacksonville shipyard to drydock U.S. Navy vessels by 300 percent. The company said Wednesday it is investing $200 million in the upgraded complex that will start supporting the repair of naval and commercial ships homeported […] More

  • BAE Unit Receives Army Ammo Plant Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit Receives Army Ammo Plant Modernization Contract

    BAE Systems has secured a $46.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to modernize equipment, processes and infrastructure at a government-owned, contractor-operated factory of munition and explosive products for Department of Defense use. The company’s ordnance systems unit will conduct improvement efforts to maintain a safe workplace at Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia, the Department […] More

  • Lockheed Taps BAE to Supply Electronic Warfare Systems for Lot 17 F-35 Lightning II Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps BAE to Supply Electronic Warfare Systems for Lot 17 F-35 Lightning II Aircraft

    BAE Systems will develop more Block 4 AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare systems for Lockheed Martin‘s upcoming Lot 17 production of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Deliveries to Lockheed will be made under under contracts worth $491 million and will add to the 1,200 EW units already supplied to the defense contractor, BAE said Monday. Through the system, F-35s […] More

  • BAE to Increase Production of Army, Marine Corps Vehicles at York Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Increase Production of Army, Marine Corps Vehicles at York Site

    BAE Systems is expanding the capacity of its York, Pennsylvania manufacturing site to accommodate increased production of armored multi-purpose vehicles for the U.S. Army and amphibious combat vehicles for the Marine Corps. The defense contractor said Friday it will transfer other vehicle production work from the York site to its different facilities in the U.S. […] More

  • BAE, Army Fire Test Long-Range Projectile From Caliber Cannon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Army Fire Test Long-Range Projectile From Caliber Cannon

    BAE Systems and the U.S. Army have jointly tested a cannon-launched, long-range projectile designed to defeat fixed and moving targets beyond ranges of currently available precision guided munitions. The Sub-Caliber Artillery Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced Lethality was fired from a 155 mm XM907E2 58 caliber cannon using an Army-designed sabot package during a demonstration held […] More

  • BAE Demos APKWS Guidance Kits for Counter-Drone Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Demos APKWS Guidance Kits for Counter-Drone Missions

    BAE Systems has demonstrated the ability of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System laser guidance kits to target and neutralize unmanned aircraft systems during a counter-UAS exercise of the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office. During the demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the APKWS-configured rockets hit drone targets weighing 25 to 50 pounds […] More