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  • DARPA Launches Concept for Armed Drones on Fighter Jet Missile Rails - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Launches Concept for Armed Drones on Fighter Jet Missile Rails

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new concept that seeks to develop an armed unmanned aerial system designed to carry and launch air-to-air missiles and that can be produced through on-demand rapid manufacturing process, Popular Mechanics reported Thursday. Air Force Lt. Col. Jimmy Jones, a program manager at DARPA’s strategic technology office, said […] More

  • CAE Assists Australian Air Force in Networked Virtual Training Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Assists Australian Air Force in Networked Virtual Training Exercise

    CAE has deployed engineering and support staff to help the Australian air force conduct a virtual training exercise wherein the military branch networked multiple simulation assets. The company said Tuesday its engineers integrated and tested a C-130J full flight mission simulator onto Australia’s Defense Training and Experimentation Network as part of preparations for the Diamond Thunder Exercise. CAE staff members at the Australian defense simulation and training center implemented […] More

  • Boeing Adds KC-46A Aircraft to Tanker Test Program, Jeanette Croppi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Adds KC-46A Aircraft to Tanker Test Program, Jeanette Croppi Comments

    Boeing has added a sixth aircraft to its tanker test program to help expand the company’s capacity to conduct ground and flight-test activities. The company said Tuesday that it conducted test activities on the new KC-46A multi-role tanker to evaluate the aircraft’s capacity to operate through radar- and radio tower-produced electromagnetic fields. “Adding another tanker will help […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force will collaborate to develop a new signal processor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile as part of a refresh program that seeks to extend production of the system beyond 2020. The company said Tuesday the service branch launched the Form Fit Function Refresh effort as the government-industry team marks milestone for the 20,000th AMRAAM unit. AMRAAM is designed to […] 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

  • Cubic Awarded Navy, Marine Corps Aviation Training Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Awarded Navy, Marine Corps Aviation Training Support Task Order

    Cubic Corp. has received an estimated five-year, $80 million task order from the Naval Air Warfare Center to support aviation training functions across the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps a.e The company said Monday it will deliver F/A-18 and EA-18G aviation training device and simulator operations and maintenance support at Naval Air Station Oceana, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, NAS […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Completes 2 Flight Tests on Laser-Guided Munitions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Completes 2 Flight Tests on Laser-Guided Munitions

    Lockheed Martin has completed a demonstration of the new linear optics, guidance system and control actuation system of its Dual Mode Plus laser-guided bomb during two flight tests held at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in California. The tests featured two Mk-82 inert warheads that were released from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft to engage fixed targets, the company said Monday. Lockheed […] More

  • Air National Guard Tests Lockheed-Built Laser Guided Training Rounds With F-16 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air National Guard Tests Lockheed-Built Laser Guided Training Rounds With F-16 Aircraft

    A U.S. Air National Guard unit has discharged eight laser-guided bomb training units built by Lockheed Martin from a fighter aircraft during flight tests conducted at the Barry M. Goldwater Ranges near Gila Bend in Arizona. The ANG unit evaluated the Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds on the F-16C/D Block 40/42 aircraft and the ELGTR assessments indicated an accuracy of within 9.8 feet, Lockheed said […] More

  • Exelis Receives Aircraft Self-Protection Tech Support Contract From Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Receives Aircraft Self-Protection Tech Support Contract From Navy

    Harris subsidiary Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $12.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services and software support equipment for multiple airborne countermeasure systems. The Defense Department said Monday Exelis will support the Navy’s AN/ALQ-165 self-protection jammers, AN/ALQ-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasures as well as the service branch’s aircraft self-protection and software modernization projects. […] More

  • Reuters: Boeing Looks to Self-Fund F/A-18 Production Materials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Boeing Looks to Self-Fund F/A-18 Production Materials

    Boeing is considering investing money to extend production of its F/A-18 multirole fighter aircraft at a company facility in St. Louis, Missouri, as it awaits government decision on potential sales to Kuwait and the U.S. Navy, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes Dan Gillian, head of Boeing’s F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft programs, said he expects the company […] More

  • Air Force Taps AAMSI for B-2 Spirit Bomber IFF Transponder Repair Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps AAMSI for B-2 Spirit Bomber IFF Transponder Repair Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Associated Aircraft Manufacturing and Sales Inc. a five-year contract to provide repair and maintenance support services for the service branch’s B-2 Spirit bombers. AAMSI said Tuesday it will repair and service the AN/APX-110 Identification Friend or Foe Transponder systems onboard the bomber aircraft. Florida-based AAMSI is a small defense contractor that […] More