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  • Lockheed to Test C-130 Aircraft Wing Durability Under $61M Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Test C-130 Aircraft Wing Durability Under $61M Air Force Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential eight-year, $60.5 million contract to perform wing durability test on the company-built C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Lockheed will carry out test preparation, test operations, residual strength test, test teardown and inspection, outer wing test and technical data delivery under the sole-source contract, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Derco, Universal Synaptics Extend Avionics Fault Detector Distribution Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Derco, Universal Synaptics Extend Avionics Fault Detector Distribution Agreement

    Lockheed Martin‘s Derco subsidiary will continue to serve as the exclusive distributor of a Universal Synaptics technology designed to help operators detect intermittent errors in electronic equipment or wiring on multiple aircraft platforms. Derco will distribute the Intermittent Fault Detection and Isolation System as well as the portable Voyager Intermittent Fault Detector system to customers worldwide under a […] More

  • Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $59M Air Force KC-130J Trainer Contract Modification

    Lockheed Martin has received a $59 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of four customized KC-130J fuselage trainers. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit will modify C-130 airframe trainer systems to replicate the appearance, functions and performance of the KC-130J aircraft. DoD noted that modified trainers will support load […] More

  • CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes 'Fully Operational' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE-Built AF Aeromedical Evacuation Trainer Becomes ‘Fully Operational’

    A C-130 aeromedical evacuation trainer CAE built for the U.S. Air Force has been declared fully operational and ready for use at the service branch’s Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia. CAE said Monday the Aeromedical Evacuation Training System is equipped with a motion platform and designed to train aeromedical crews for pre-flight, emergency procedures and in-flight patient care on C-130 transport planes. […] More

  • QinetiQ NA to Develop Wind Measurement Radar for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ NA to Develop Wind Measurement Radar for Air Force

    QinetiQ North America has been awarded a $3 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force design and build an airborne wind profiling portable radar prototype. QNA said Wednesday the WiPPR unit will be designed to demonstrate wind measurement in near real-time. The Air Force will use the radar to help the service branch’s C-130 and C-17 aircrews drop supplies accurately to […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program

    Aurora Flight Sciences has tested a technology demonstration platform designed to retrieve unmanned aerial systems as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. DARPA said Monday the SideArm prototype worked to capture a Lockheed Martin-built Fury UAS flying at full speed. “SideArm aims to replicate carriers’ capability to quickly and safely accelerate and decelerate planes through a portable, […] More

  • IndraSoft Chosen for Air Force Software Group Cyber, Systems Engineering Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IndraSoft Chosen for Air Force Software Group Cyber, Systems Engineering Support Contract

    The U.S. Air Force‘s 402nd Software Maintenance Group has awarded IndraSoft a five-year, $38 million task order for software sustainment and development, laboratory, cybersecurity and systems engineering services. The company said Wednesday it will provide support services for SMXG’s operational flight programs, test program sets, mission support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business lines at Robins […] More

  • Former Lockheed Aeronautics EVP Ralph Heath to Join Textron's Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Lockheed Aeronautics EVP Ralph Heath to Join Textron’s Board of Directors

    Ralph Heath, former executive vice president of aeronautics at Lockheed Martin, has been appointed to Textron‘s board of directors effective January 1, 2017. Textron Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly said in a press release published Thursday that Heath will bring experience in the aerospace and defense industry, government defense programs and international business development. Heath held a […] More

  • Airbus Delivers Germany's First A400M Airlifter Designed for Tactical Missions; Kurt Rossner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Delivers Germany’s First A400M Airlifter Designed for Tactical Missions; Kurt Rossner Comments

    Airbus‘ defense and space business has delivered an A400M tactical mission-qualified military transport aircraft to Germany’s air force. The company said Monday the aircraft represents the first in Germany’s A400M fleet that was built to support transport operations in areas with military threats and designed with  self-defense systems as well as air-drop cargo load and paratrooping features. “In addition to having twice the […] More

  • Northrop to Update Netherlands' F-16 Electronic Countermeasure Pods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update Netherlands’ F-16 Electronic Countermeasure Pods

    Netherlands’ air force has selected Northrop Grumman to update electronic countermeasure pods used on the country’s fleet of F-16 aircraft in a push to help the aircraft adapt to the modern threat environment. Northrop said Monday that work will cover the development of threat detection and jamming capacity for the Netherlands air force’s AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasure pods. […] More

  • Harris to Sustain B-52, C-130 Electronic Warfare Tech Under $55M Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Sustain B-52, C-130 Electronic Warfare Tech Under $55M Air Force Contract

    Harris has secured a $55 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain an electronic warfare system that works to protect B-52 strategic bombers and C-130 military transport aircraft against radar-guided threats. The company said Monday its team will redesign a line-replaceable unit of the ALQ-172 self-protection system as well as provide software development and testing support under the four-year […] More