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  • Reports: Northrop Designs Flying-Wing UAS Under DARPA 'Tern' Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Northrop Designs Flying-Wing UAS Under DARPA ‘Tern’ Program

    Northrop Grumman has unveiled a design of its proposed unmanned aircraft system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node initiative, Breaking Defense reported Sunday. Colin Clark writes Northrop’s Tern UAS offering is designed with a flying-wing structure and counter-rotating rotor blades. The company intends for its platform to takeoff and land on the U.S. Navy‘s DDG 51 […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Contract Modification to Update Aegis BMD on Navy Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Contract Modification to Update Aegis BMD on Navy Ships

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential one-year, $36.7 million contract modification to provide engineering support and upgrade the Aegis Ballistis Missile Defense system aboard the U.S. Navy’s DDG-51-class guided missile destroyers and CG57-class cruisers. The company will perform work in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia through September 2016 under the service branch’s Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability […] More

  • Comark to Provide LED Displays for Naval Destroyer Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comark to Provide LED Displays for Naval Destroyer Fleet

    Comark has been selected by Lockheed Martin to supply human machine interface equipment for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s DDG 51-class guided missile destroyers. The Comark HMI platform is designed with Intel‘s Core i5 processor and a touchscreen engine control system, Comark said Tuesday. Comark will also provide LED-LCD displays that are built to comply […] More

  • General Dynamics Awarded $643M for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Awarded $643M for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

    A General Dynamics segment has won a $642.5 million U.S. Navy contract to build an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer which adds to a multi-year deal that includes two other DDG 51 destroyers and three Zumwalt-class destroyers already in production. This new ship order brings the total General Dynamics Bath Iron Works contract value to an estimated $3.4 billion, the company said Monday. The all-steel DDG […] More