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  • Kratos Gets Satcom Equipment Order From US Govt Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Gets Satcom Equipment Order From US Govt Agency

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has been awarded a $9.5 million contract to provide satellite communications signal processing, monitoring and communications equipment to an unspecified government agency. Kratos said Tuesday it will manufacture equipment and systems under the contract at a protected company facility. The company also produces command and control, signal processing, monitoring, communications, radio frequency, […] More

  • PAR Technology Subsidiary to Operate, Maintain Air Force Global Communication Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAR Technology Subsidiary to Operate, Maintain Air Force Global Communication Station

    A PAR Technology subsidiary has received a $5.2 million subcontract from Delta Solutions & Strategies to support a U.S. Air Force-run global communication station in Puerto Rico. Rome Research Corp. will operate and maintain USAF’s Air Combat Command High Frequency Global Communication System-Puerto Rico Station, the company said Thursday. HFGCS-PRS is one of the thirteen high-frequency stations designed to […] More

  • John Karas: Lockheed Submits Bid, Reveals Subcontractors for Air Force ICBM Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Karas: Lockheed Submits Bid, Reveals Subcontractors for Air Force ICBM Replacement Program

    Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile replacement program and named the companies that will work as subcontractors on the program, the National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Vivienne Machi writes John Karas, a vice president and ground-based strategic deterrent program manager at Lockheed, said in a media call that […] More

  • Navy Explores Industry Sources to Facilitate New Defense Systems R&D Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Explores Industry Sources to Facilitate New Defense Systems R&D Project

    The U.S. Navy has begun a market survey in search of potential vendors that can help the service branch to research and develop new technology that will work to advance defense systems-related scientific and technical data. A sources source notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Panama City division looks to conduct weapons systems R&D as part of the Navy’s Rapid […] More

  • Engility to Provide Training, Advisory Support to USMC; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Provide Training, Advisory Support to USMC; Lynn Dugle Comments

    The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic has awarded Engility a potential two-year, $16 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide training and advisory services to the U.S. Marine Corps. Engility said Friday it will work to support Marine training on new equipment and software for the service branch’s command-and-control systems. CEO Lynn Dugle said the company will deliver a mix of live, virtual and simulation environments […] More

  • Marine Corps Tests General Dynamics-Made Aviation C2 System; Larry Grove Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Tests General Dynamics-Made Aviation C2 System; Larry Grove Comments

    The U.S. Marine Corps has completed an operational test on the General Dynamics-built Common Aviation Command and Control System at a Marine Corps weapons and tactics instructor course in Arizona. General Dynamics said Wednesday the service branch’s Marine Air-Ground Task Force uses the CAC2S platform that visually integrates C2 data collected from aerial and ground-based radar systems […] More

  • Nick Bucci: General Atomics Hands Navy 1st Railgun Pulsed Power Container System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nick Bucci: General Atomics Hands Navy 1st Railgun Pulsed Power Container System

    A General Atomics subsidiary has turned over the first of multiple pulsed power containers to the U.S. Navy as part of the military branch’s railgun development and testing program. The container comprises pulsed power modules and a control system designed to integrate with the Navy’s command-and-control network, General Atomics said Tuesday. Nick Bucci, vice president of missile defense and space systems at General Atomics’ […] More

  • Navy Tests AeroVironment Blackwing UAV's Cross-Domain Data Relay Function - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests AeroVironment Blackwing UAV’s Cross-Domain Data Relay Function

    The U.S. Navy has demonstrated the communication, control and command functions of a small AeroVironment-built unmanned aircraft vehicle at the service branch’s Annual Naval Technology Exercise. AeroVironment said Wednesday its Blackwing UAV worked to connect with a swarm of unmanned undersea vehicles and communicated with a manned submarine’s combat control system during the ANTX event. The drone used a government-owned digital data link to transfer […] More

  • Air Force Seeks White Papers for Nuclear C3 Tech Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks White Papers for Nuclear C3 Tech Devt Program

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a potential four-year, $8.06 million program that seeks to develop, integrate and evaluate platforms and methods designed to update the service branch’s nuclear command, control and communication systems. The service branch said in a broad agency announcement posted Thursday on FedBizOpps the NC3 program […] More

  • Navy Tests & Deploys AeroVironment UAS With Recovery System Aboard Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests & Deploys AeroVironment UAS With Recovery System Aboard Guided Missile Destroyer

    The U.S. Navy has tested and deployed an AeroVironment-developed small unmanned aircraft with a precision recovery system the service branch envisions for use on a wide variety of vessels for rapid response reconnaissance operations. AeroVironment said Thursday the RQ-20B Puma AE system was tested aboard a Flight I guided missile destroyer along with its precision recovery system that can be managed and […] More

  • ViaSat to Develop In-Flight Broadband, Comms Services for Air Force One; Ken Peterman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat to Develop In-Flight Broadband, Comms Services for Air Force One; Ken Peterman Comments

    ViaSat will develop global in-flight broadband and communications services for Air Force One and other aircraft for U.S. government senior officials under a $73.2 million contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded in June. Work under the contract will support the VC-25s, C-17s, C-32s, C-37s, C-40s and special air mission aircraft through ViaSat’s in-flight […] More

  • General Dynamics Integrates Link 16 Datalink System on Leonardo-Finmeccanica Export Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Integrates Link 16 Datalink System on Leonardo-Finmeccanica Export Helicopter

    A U.K.-based General Dynamics subsidiary and the former AgustaWestland business unit of Leonardo-Finmeccanica have teamed up to develop and integrate a Link 16 datalink system into the first AW159 Wildcat helicopter export variant. General Dynamics said Thursday its missions systems business in the U.K. worked with Leonardo Helicopters to install the datalink and provide a full command-and-control surveillance system on the […] More