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  • Raytheon's Patriot Upgrade Completes Initial Army Flight Tests; Ralph Acaba Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Patriot Upgrade Completes Initial Army Flight Tests; Ralph Acaba Comments

    Raytheon‘s updated Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system has undergone initial flight tests by the U.S. Army to check the added functions and modifications of the system. The company said Thursday the system’s Post-Deployment Build 8 configuration worked to detect, track and engage a ballistic missile target with PAC-3 and GEM-T missiles during each of the tests. “PDB-8 can be retrofitted […] More

  • Raytheon, Kongsberg Wrap Up F-35A Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Kongsberg Wrap Up F-35A Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon and Norwegian defense contractor Kongsberg Gruppen have completed a series of flight tests of a missile system designed for integration with Lockheed Martin‘s F-35A fighter jets. An F-16 aircraft was used to launch the Joint Strike Missile at an altitude of 22,000 feet over the training and test range in Utah, Kongsberg said Tuesday. Mike […] More

  • Raytheon Wraps Up Flight Tests of DARPA’s Close Air Support Tool; Tom Bussing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Wraps Up Flight Tests of DARPA’s Close Air Support Tool; Tom Bussing Comments

    Raytheon has concluded a series of flight tests of a close air support platform with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company demonstrated DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support system on both A-10C Thunderbolt II and MV-22 Osprey aircraft, Raytheon said Sunday. Flight tests took place over three phases as part of an 18-month, $25.5 million contract the company received from DARPA […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Missile Against EW Interference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Missile Against EW Interference

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have conducted flight tests on the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile inventory’s HARM Control Section Modification product on an F-16 aircraft. The company said Monday the HARM upgrade works to operate against electronic warfare systems such as enemy radars. Mike Jarrett, vice president of Raytheon’s air warfare systems unit, said the missile features updates that aim […] More

  • Lockheed F-35C Jets Complete 2nd At-Sea Test Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed F-35C Jets Complete 2nd At-Sea Test Round

    Lockheed Martin has completed a second round of F-35C at-sea tests aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to check the maneuver, launch and nighttime operations of the F-35‘s carrier-based variant, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes those tests included night flights in which pilots used helmets that Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems redesigned for the U.S. Navy. The Navy […] More

  • NASA Test Flies Drone Equipped with Collision Avoidance Sensors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Test Flies Drone Equipped with Collision Avoidance Sensors

    NASA and three aeronautical technology firms have collaborated to demonstrate the collision avoidance functions of an Ikhana unmanned aerial system at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. Ikhana worked to alert a remote pilot or maneuvered itself to avoid approaching aircraft while it flew over California’s high desert region, NASA said Thursday. […] More

  • BAE Systems Tests Striker II HMD Night-Vision Function - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Tests Striker II HMD Night-Vision Function

    BAE Systems has started to evaluate the digital night-vision function of its Striker II helmet-mounted display through a series of nighttime flights being held in the U.K. The company said Tuesday the night trials work to support its efforts to develop a replacement for analog night-vision goggles that combat pilots currently use. “[The goggles] … increase g-force pressures on […] More

  • Northrop, Navy Subject Fire Scout to Endurance Flight Test; Jeff Dodge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Navy Subject Fire Scout to Endurance Flight Test; Jeff Dodge Comments

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have carried out an endurance flight test with an unmanned helicopter at Naval Base Venture County in Point Mugu, California. The company said Tuesday the MQ-8C Fire Scout system flew for 11 hours with more than an hour in fuel reserve. “Endurance flights provide a full evaluation of the MQ-8C Fire Scout […] More

  • MDA Tests Missile Intercept Functions of SM-3, Aegis BMD System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Tests Missile Intercept Functions of SM-3, Aegis BMD System

    The Missile Defense Agency has worked with U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy to conduct four tests on the interception functions of the Lockheed Martin-developed Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and Raytheon missiles. MDA said Monday the Multi-Mission Warfare flight test events featured the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 weapon system configuration and the Standard Missile-6 Dual I and Standard Missile-2 Block […] More

  • Parsons Contributes Software to Northrop Missile Defense System; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Contributes Software to Northrop Missile Defense System; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons developed software components and algorithms for a Northrop Grumman-built integrated air and missile defense battle command system designed to destroy ballistic missiles. Parsons said Monday the U.S. Army conducted an initial flight test of IBCS on May 28 at New Mexico-based White Sands Missile Range. “Parsons is proud to be part of the team […] More

  • Lockheed Tests Legion Pod Sensor System on F-16; Paul Lemmo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests Legion Pod Sensor System on F-16; Paul Lemmo Comments

    Lockheed Martin has conducted the first flight test for its Legion Pod system integrated into an F-16 fighter aircraft to check the system’s capability for detecting and tracking several airborne targets. The company said Tuesday Legion Pod features an IRST21 infrared sensor, networking and data processing functions and an open systems architecture. “Legion Pod is a production-ready, multisensor system,” […] More

  • NASA, Govt & Industry Partners Test Collision Avoidance Functions on UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Govt & Industry Partners Test Collision Avoidance Functions on UAS

    NASA and its partners General Atomics, Honeywell International and the Federal Aviation Administration are conducting a series of tests under the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System program. The space agency said Tuesday the team will perform tests on several UAS at the Armstrong Flight Research Center through July. Previous tests under the first phase have […] More