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  • DRS Lands $65M Army Production Order for Night-Vision Goggles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Lands $65M Army Production Order for Night-Vision Goggles

    DRS Technologies has secured a potential $65 million task order to manufacture and supply night-vision goggle systems to the U.S. Army. The service branch awarded the initial production order under a potential $367 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that DRS received in September 2015 in support of the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and Family of Weapon Sights – […] More

  • DRS Wins Data Terminal Set Development Contract From Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Wins Data Terminal Set Development Contract From Navy

    A DRS Technologies subsidiary has won a potential $22 million contract to develop and produce Link 11 and Link 22 data terminal sets for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday DRS Advanced ISR will also help the military service integrate, test and sustain Link 11 data terminal and Link 22 signal processing controller system for the branch’s command-and-control processor […] More

  • General Dynamics-Led Team Eyes Training Facility in Pursuit of Canada SAR Aircraft Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics-Led Team Eyes Training Facility in Pursuit of Canada SAR Aircraft Contract

    A team comprising General Dynamics, DRS Technologies and Leonardo-Finmeccanica will build a training facility in Comox, British Columbia if the team wins a $3 billion contract to build search-and-rescue aircraft for Canada. Former Canadian Air Force chief Steve Lucas told a press conference that Team Spartan offers to construct a 73,000-square-foot building to serve as the location for the group’s […] More

  • DRS Technologies, Autonomous Solutions to Automate Army Route-Clearance Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Technologies, Autonomous Solutions to Automate Army Route-Clearance Vehicles

    DRS Technologies and robotic vehicle technologies provider Autonomous Solutions Inc. have forged an agreement to build automated systems for U.S. Army route-clearance vehicles. The team will automate the High Mobility Engineering Excavator platform as part of the Army’s Route Clearance Interrogation System Type I program, DRS said Friday. Joseph Matteoni, vice president and general manager […] More

  • Esterline to Support General Dynamics-Led Team on Canadian Search-and-Rescue Aircraft Program Pursuit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esterline to Support General Dynamics-Led Team on Canadian Search-and-Rescue Aircraft Program Pursuit

    An Esterline subsdiairy has been chosen to supply a suite of avionics systems for the C-27J Spartan platform a General Dynamics-led team aims to offer to Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program. Team Spartan comprises General Dynamics’ mission systems business, DRS Technologies and Leonardo-Finmeccanica‘s aircraft division, Esterline said Wednesday. The consortium seeks to integrate Esterline CMC Electronics‘ CMA-9000 Flight Management System, TacView Portable […] More

  • DRS-Roboteam Alliance Eyes Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotics Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS-Roboteam Alliance Eyes Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotics Program

    DRS Technologies and Roboteam have inked a strategic agreement to develop a new system that the team plans to offer for the U.S. Army‘s Common Robotic System – Individual program. The alliance will utilize Roboteam’s military robotics technology and DRS’ market presence, platform systems engineering services and production capacity to support their CRS-I program efforts, DRS said […] More

  • DARPA Taps DRS Technologies to Update Focal Plane Arrays on Infrared Sensors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps DRS Technologies to Update Focal Plane Arrays on Infrared Sensors

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to DRS Technologies to update the company’s ultra-small pixel infrared focal plane arrays under DARPA’s Lambda Scale program. The FPAs work to support the functions of cooled infrared sensors to address pilot situational awareness and visibility concerns, DRS said Monday. The company uses thin-film deposition technology and a high-density capacitance […] More

  • Scout Warrior: Army Tests Multiple Vehicle-Mounted Active Protections Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scout Warrior: Army Tests Multiple Vehicle-Mounted Active Protections Systems

    The U.S. Army is testing a range of vehicle-mounted systems that feature radar, computer processing, fire control technology and interceptors to detect and destroy enemy fire, Scout Warrior reported Tuesday. Kris Osborn writes the Army is looking at both domestically produced and allied international technologies to take part in the Modular Active Protection Systems program. The service branch wants […] More

  • Finmeccanica Shareholders Approve Name Change to 'Leonardo' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Finmeccanica Shareholders Approve Name Change to ‘Leonardo’

    A near-unanimous majority of shareholders at Italy-based defense and industrial conglomerate Finmeccanica have approved the company’s proposal to officially change its name to Leonardo from Jan. 1, 2017 after the famous scientist Leonardo Da Vinci. Finmeccanica said Thursday it will operate under the name Leonardo-Finmeccanica through Dec. 31, 2016 in an effort to facilitate continuity of relationships with other […] More

  • DRS Receives $51M Subcontract from General Dynamics for Tactical C4I System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Receives $51M Subcontract from General Dynamics for Tactical C4I System Support

    Finmeccanica subsidiary DRS Technologies has landed a $51 million subcontract from General Dynamics to provide support services for the U.K. armed forces’ tactical command, control, communications, computers and intelligence system. DRS said Monday it will provide rugged tactical displays, rugged computing technology upgrades, and associated services for the General Dynamics-supported Bowman tactical communications system that works to support secure radio, telephone, […] More

  • Army Completes Qualification Tests on DRS-Built Target Detection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Completes Qualification Tests on DRS-Built Target Detection Tool

    The U.S. Army has concluded a series of qualification tests on a DRS Technologies-built target acquisition system. The service branch performed the tests on DRS’ Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem Block 2 platform at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama in January, DRS said Wednesday. DRS’ infrared sensors and systems business unit developed the IBAS Block 2 system. IBAS […] More

  • DRS Launches Digital Tuner for HF Radio Signal Detection; Steve Robillard Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Launches Digital Tuner for HF Radio Signal Detection; Steve Robillard Comments

    DRS Technologies has unveiled a 10-pound digital tuner that works to detect weak high-frequency radio signals. The Harrier Multichannel Wideband High-Frequency Digital Tuner is designed to capture signals of interest through its 28 digital down converters distributed across its four wideband channels, DRS said Wednesday. The DRS-built tuner has a dynamic range of up to 120 […] More