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  • 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

  • James Willis, Steve Fitz-Gerald to Join QinetiQ in Managing Director Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    James Willis, Steve Fitz-Gerald to Join QinetiQ in Managing Director Roles

    James Willis, currently head of defense and security at Vodafone UK, and Steve Fitz-Gerald, formerly CEO of Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, will join QinetiQ as managing directors for two different business areas. QinetiQ said Tuesday both appointees will also serve on the company’s executive committee and report directly to CEO Steve Wadey. “James and Steve have proven track records of growth in […] More

  • Report: Future Airborne Capability Environment Consortium Signs MoU with Joint DoD Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Future Airborne Capability Environment Consortium Signs MoU with Joint DoD Agency

    A joint Defense Department agency and a government-industry consortium inked a memorandum of understanding to help define open avionics standards for military aircraft. The Future Airborne Capability Environment Consortium (FACE,) a coalition of government and industry organizations which aims to determine open avionics standards for military aircraft, issued the memo with the DoD agency, Defense Systems reported Thursday. The memorandum will […] More

  • BAE Plans to Add 120 Jobs Through Aiken County, S.C. Facility Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Plans to Add 120 Jobs Through Aiken County, S.C. Facility Expansion

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary plans to invest $8.4 million to expand operations at a company facility in Aiken County, South Carolina, and expects to create more than 120 jobs through the expansion effort. The South Carolina Department of Commerce said Tuesday that BAE Systems Inc. will also add new equipment and machinery as well as renovate office space in its […] More

  • BAE, Boeing Complete F-15 Eagle EW Warning System Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Boeing Complete F-15 Eagle EW Warning System Design Review

    Boeing and BAE Systems have concluded a critical design review of an electronic warfare warning platform for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of F-15 fighter aircraft. The companies wrapped up the CDR phase on the Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System in February as part of the F-15 modernization program, BAE said Monday. EPAWSS is designed to […] More

  • BAE to Increase Manufacturing Capacity in Pennsylvania, Add 530 Full-Time Positions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Increase Manufacturing Capacity in Pennsylvania, Add 530 Full-Time Positions

    BAE Systems plans to establish a new office and implement machining and manufacturing systems at a company facility in York, Pennsylvania, as part of efforts to increase its production capacity. Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said Monday that BAE will invest more than $44.5 million to fund the project and expects to create as many as 530 jobs over a three-year period. “We’re […] More

  • Ray Service to Produce Cable Assemblies for BAE-Built Mortar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ray Service to Produce Cable Assemblies for BAE-Built Mortar Systems

    Ray Service has been chosen to develop and manufacture cabling assemblies for vehicle-mounted mortar systems that BAE Systems will build for the Swedish army. BAE said Tuesday it will provide 40 Mjolner mortars for installation on CV90 infantry fighting vehicles under as part of a $68 million contract awarded by Sweden’s defense material administration in late 2016. BAE and VOP CZ jointly offered the […] More

  • BAE Rolls Out 4th Astute-Class Attack Submarine for British Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Rolls Out 4th Astute-Class Attack Submarine for British Navy

    BAE Systems has unveiled the fourth Astute-class attack submarine that the company built for the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy. The nuclear-powered submarine named Audacious was lowered into the dock water at BAE’s Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria site to undergo the next phase of test and commissioning ahead of sea trials in 2018, the company said Friday. Astute-class submarines are equipped […] More

  • BAE Supports Eurofighter Typhoon Missile Dual Firing Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Supports Eurofighter Typhoon Missile Dual Firing Test

    BAE Systems has teamed up with Airbus, MBDA, Eurofighter and the U.K. defense ministry to complete a dual firing test of air-to-air missiles aboard a Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. BAE said Tuesday a Eurofighter Typhoon plane simultaneously fired two MBDA-built Meteor Beyond Visual Range missiles through the use of the Instrumented Production Aircraft 4 from Airbus’ defense […] More

  • BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool

    BAE Systems has introduced a new platform designed to help aircrews detect incoming threats to aircraft and launch countermeasure defense operations against such threats. The company said Monday the 3-Dimensional Advanced Warning System suite is a modular platform built to work with the U.S. Army’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and can be integrated with laser-warning tools […] More

  • EXPAL Systems to Help BAE Integrate Air Launched Weapons Onto Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EXPAL Systems to Help BAE Integrate Air Launched Weapons Onto Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft

    Maxam‘s EXPAL Systems subsidiary has received a contract from BAE Systems to help develop and integrate an air launched weapon system for the Eurofighter Typhoon multirole aircraft. EXPAL will provide engineering support services for the integration of air-launched weapons munitions and standard weapons with MK 80 series warheads for Typhoon jets. “With this contribution, EXPAL enlarges its trajectory of supporting weapon […] More

  • BAE, Leonardo Subsidiaries to Collaborate on Aircraft Threat Detection Tech Offering for US Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Leonardo Subsidiaries to Collaborate on Aircraft Threat Detection Tech Offering for US Army

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding with Leonardo‘s DRS business to jointly offer threat detection systems for the U.S. Army‘s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft platforms. The partnership aims to develop an infrared-based threat warning technology to help the Army’s current and evolving aircraft survivability requirements, BAE said Wednesday. “Together, we can better protect our warfighters with technology that maximizes […] More