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  • Lockheed Subsidiary to Update Chilean Frigate Combat Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subsidiary to Update Chilean Frigate Combat Mgmt System

    Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm has secured a contract to update the combat management system and subsystems on three Type 23 frigates of the Chilean navy. The company said Tuesday its CMS 330 system was chosen to replace the current system used on Chile’s Type 23 frigates after a worldwide competitive tender process. Rosemary Chapdelaine, vice president of rotary and mission systems at Lockheed […] More

  • Report: Lockheed Drops Plans to Join Navy Over-the-Horizon Missile Devt Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed Drops Plans to Join Navy Over-the-Horizon Missile Devt Competition

    Lockheed Martin has decided not to bid on a U.S. Navy contract to develop an over-the-horizon missile for the service branch’s frigates and littoral combat ships, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lockheed’s decision came after Boeing decided to withdraw from the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System competition earlier this month. “As the current OTH-WS request for proposal process refined […] More

  • Report: France Awards $4B Frigate Devt Contract to DCNS, Thales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: France Awards $4B Frigate Devt Contract to DCNS, Thales

    France’s defense procurement agency has named DCNS and Thales as prime contractors on a potential $4.1 billion contract to build five intermediate frigates for the French navy, Defense News reported Monday. Pierre Tran writes DCNS and Thales will respectively serve as shipbuilder and electronics provider of Belharra-class frigates under the contract. The first delivery will occur in 2023, Tran reported. French defense minister Jean-Yves […] More

  • Lockheed Hands Frigate Combat System Trainer to New Zealand's Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hands Frigate Combat System Trainer to New Zealand’s Navy

    Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm has shipped and opened a combat system trainer for New Zealand’s navy as part of a program to update the systems of its ANZAC-class frigates. The company said Tuesday it delivered the ANZAC combat systems trainer to the Maritime Warfare Training Center located at a naval base in Devonport, New Zealand. Rear Adm. John Martin, chief of the […] More

  • Airbus' Defense & Space Business to Provide Radars for Navy LCS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus’ Defense & Space Business to Provide Radars for Navy LCS Program

    Airbus‘ defense and space business has entered into a contract with its electronics and border security affiliate to deliver naval radars for the U.S. Navy‘s Littoral Combat Ship program. Airbus said Wednesday it will provide TRS-4D radars through Freedom-class prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Mike Cosentino, president of Airbus’ defense and space segment, said TRS-4D is based on active electronically […] More

  • Navy Selects Lockheed-Developed Open Architecture Combat Mgmt System for Frigate Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects Lockheed-Developed Open Architecture Combat Mgmt System for Frigate Ships

    The U.S. Navy has selected a Lockheed Martin-developed open architecture combat management system for the service branch’s frigate ship program under a six-year, $79.5 million contract. Lockheed said Tuesday the Component-Based Total-Ship System-21st Century combat management platform is based on the Aegis Common Source Library and is currently operational on Freedom-variant littoral combat ships. “We look forward to providing […] More

  • Australia Eyes BAE Systems, Fincantieri, Navantia for $27B Frigates Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia Eyes BAE Systems, Fincantieri, Navantia for $27B Frigates Program

    The Australian defense ministry eyes either BAE Systems, Fincantieri or Navantia as the potential manufacturer of new frigates for the Australian navy under a $27 billion program, Defense News reported Monday. Nigel Pittaway writes that Australia shortlisted BAE Systems’ Global Combat Ship, Fincantieri’s multi-mission anti-submarine warfare ship and a modified Navantia Alvaro de Bazan-class vessel for the program. The selected […] More

  • Raytheon-Al Marakeb JV to Focus on Unmanned Surface Vehicle Production; Chris Davis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Al Marakeb JV to Focus on Unmanned Surface Vehicle Production; Chris Davis Comments

    Raytheon and United Arab Emirates-based boat maker Al Marakeb have formed a new joint venture to manufacture unmanned surface vehicles for use in international security and marine defense missions. The joint venture will focus on the production of surveillance buoys, H-series boats and other types of USVs, the companies said Sunday. Chris Davis, president of UAE […] More

  • DRS Delivers 1st Hybrid Electric Drive System to Korean Navy; Roger Sexauer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Delivers 1st Hybrid Electric Drive System to Korean Navy; Roger Sexauer Comments

    DRS Technologies has transported the first Hybrid Electric Drive system to the South Korean navy for installation in the military branch’s future frigate. The navy will incorporate the HED system into the FFX Batch II frigate to reduce noise in the propulsion plant operation, DRS said Tuesday. Roger Sexauer, president of the DRS maritime and combat support […] More

  • Report: Navy Eyes Boeing, Kongsberg OTH Missiles for Future LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy Eyes Boeing, Kongsberg OTH Missiles for Future LCS

    The U.S. Navy plans to install either Boeing‘s Harpoon or Kongsberg‘s Naval Strike Missile on future littoral combat ships in efforts to boost their lethality with an over-the-horizon surface-to-surface missile, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes that a Sept. 17 directive from Rear Adm. Pete Fanta, director of surface warfare, sought OTH missiles on both the USS Freedom and […] More

  • Boeing Offers Extended Range With Upgraded Harpoon Missile for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Offers Extended Range With Upgraded Harpoon Missile for Navy

    Boeing is offering its Harpoon Next-Generation missile in response to the U.S. Navy‘s interest in requiring more lethality and range for missiles launched from Littoral Combat Ships and frigates, DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Kris Osborn writes that the Harpoon Next-Gen uses GPS and inertial navigation guidance systems and can launch from submarines, surface ships, aircraft or a moving land-based platform. “Fundamentally it is […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Asian Shipyards Move Into Military Naval Vessels Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost & Sullivan: Asian Shipyards Move Into Military Naval Vessels Market

    Japan, South Korea and China are emerging as new manufacturing hubs for military naval vessels, a new report from Frost & Sullivan revealed. The analyst said Thursday that shipbuilding would remain a domain of Western Europe, the United States and Russia but that Asia-Pacific countries are tightening their hold on the market as they slowly start […] More