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  • MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Canada's Space-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Canada’s Space-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been awarded an $11.4 million contract option by Canada’s department of national defense to develop space-based synthetic aperture radar technology for a maritime surveillance project. The radar will be built to support the Polar Epsilon 2 broad-area maritime surveillance system that will utilize Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission, MDA said Thursday. PE2 ground systems are designed to receive and process information from RCM SAR satellites […] More

  • Newtec to Supply Satellite Modem for Canada's Auror Aircraft Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Newtec to Supply Satellite Modem for Canada’s Auror Aircraft Modernization Efforts

    General Dynamics‘ Mission Systems-Canada subsidiary has awarded Newtec a contract to provide an ATR-sized airborne modem to Canada in support of the country’s efforts to modernize its CP-140 Aurora patrol aircraft fleet. Canada’s defense department will install Newtec’s MDM9000 Satellite Modem to the Aurora as part of the military’s Aurora Incremental Modernization Project Block IV program, Newtech said Thursday. Koen Willems, Newtec […] More

  • Reuters: Canada Evaluates Info From 5 Potential Fighter Aircraft Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Canada Evaluates Info From 5 Potential Fighter Aircraft Contractors

    Marc Allen, president of Boeing’s international business, has said Canada is evaluating data from five potential contractors that could help replace the country’s fleet of CF-18 aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. Leah Schnurr writes Canada requested information such as aircraft features and economic factors from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Saab, Dassault Aviation and the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium comprised of BAE Systems, Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Airbus Group. […] More

  • Space News: US, Canada to Collaborate on Space-Based Space Surveillance Mission Proposal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: US, Canada to Collaborate on Space-Based Space Surveillance Mission Proposal

    The U.S. Air Force will collaborate with its counterpart in Canada on a proposal for the upcoming Space Based Space Surveillance follow-on mission that will work to monitor the geosynchronous-orbit belt, Space News reported Wednesday. The proposal will be designed to help the program stay within the Defense Department‘s $400 million price threshold by allowing Canada to contribute additional satellites or sensors, […] More

  • Hybrid Enterprises, Straightline Aviation, PRL Logistics Form Partnership to Bring Lockheed's Hybrid Airships to Alaska, Canada - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hybrid Enterprises, Straightline Aviation, PRL Logistics Form Partnership to Bring Lockheed’s Hybrid Airships to Alaska, Canada

    Hybrid Enterprises has entered into a strategic partnership with PRL Logistics and Straightline Aviation to bring the Lockheed Martin-built LMH-1 heavy-lift hybrid airship to Alaska and northern Canada. LMH-1 works to transport up to 22 tons of freight and up to 18 passengers and combines “lighter than air” aircraft technology with traditional air platforms, Hybrid Enterprises said Tuesday. Rob Weiss, executive vice […] More

  • US Navy, Canada's Defense Dept Ink Blackjack UAS Sale Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Navy, Canada’s Defense Dept Ink Blackjack UAS Sale Agreement

    The U.S. Navy has signed an agreement with Canada’s defense department to establish the first-ever foreign military sales transaction for the RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned air system. The Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office plans to deliver one Blackjack UAS system to Canada’s army in 2017, the Navy said Monday. Marine Corps Col. Eldon Metzger, PMA-263 […] More

  • Canadian Gov't Taps Fortinet to Provide IT Infrastructure Security Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canadian Gov’t Taps Fortinet to Provide IT Infrastructure Security Tech

    Canada’s information technology services organization has selected Fortinet to provide a scalable IT infrastructure security service across the country’s government. Fortinet said Thursday Shared Services Canada will utilize the Fortinet Security Fabric that consists of FortiGate enterprise firewalls and the FortiManager security management software. The company added it will work with SSC to deploy the security service that will work to deliver full control […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Feature F-35 at Abbotsford Airshow in Canada - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Feature F-35 at Abbotsford Airshow in Canada

    Lockheed Martin will fly its F-35 Lightning II aircraft in Canada as a participant at the 2016 Abbotsford International Airshow from Aug. 12 to Aug. 14. The aircraft’s participation at the airshow will be its debut in Canada, Lockheed’s F-35 program office said Sunday. “We are always thrilled to connect people with airplanes, and certainly we are ecstatic to […] More

  • Alan Williams: Canada Should Hold Open Competition to Replace CF-18 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alan Williams: Canada Should Hold Open Competition to Replace CF-18 Fleet

    Alan Williams, former assistant deputy minister of materiel at the Canadian defense department, has said he believes Canada’s CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft fleet should be replaced through an open competition among vendors, the Toronto Star reported Tuesday. “If you really think that there is some kind of urgency and there is a capability gap, the fastest […] More

  • Report: 5 Firms Respond to Canada's CF-18 Replacement Program RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: 5 Firms Respond to Canada’s CF-18 Replacement Program RFI

    Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Dassault Aviation, Eurofighter and Saab Group have separately responded to Canada’s call for information on potential new fighter aircraft to replace the country’s aging CF-18 fleet, the Toronto Star reported Saturday. Bruce Campion-Smith writes Friday was the deadline for submission to a questionnaire about the costs and technologies of the respondents’ aircraft offerings. “Government officials are now […] More

  • Rheinmetall, General Dynamics to Jointly Supply Canada's Navy Decoy Ammo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rheinmetall, General Dynamics to Jointly Supply Canada’s Navy Decoy Ammo

    Canada’s government, Rheinmetall and General Dynamics have signed a license agreement to supply Omnitrap decoy ammunition to that country’s navy. Rheinmetall said Thursday the deal has an “eight-figure euro amount” and 30-year period, during which Rheinmetall will provide Omnitrap core components and technical assistance for the assembly line at General Dynamics’ facility in Repentigny, Quebec. The agreement builds on General Dynamics and Rheinmetall’s decoy ammunition supply partnership […] More

  • CAE, Draken Enter Global Air Training Services Partnership; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE, Draken Enter Global Air Training Services Partnership; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE and Draken International signed a memorandum of understanding Friday at the Royal International Air Tattoo to explore opportunities in the global market for adversary and aggressor air training services. CAE said Friday the companies aim to offer an integrated live-virtual-constructive training system to air combat support, embedded and threat simulation, contracted adversary and aggressor air training and joint terminal attack controller training programs. “Over […] More