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  • PacStar to Begin Full-Rate Communications Module Production for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PacStar to Begin Full-Rate Communications Module Production for Army

    Pacific Star Communications has received authorization from the U.S. Army to begin full-rate production of deployable and tactical communications modules in support of the service’s Transportable Tactical Command Communications program. PacStar’s 400-Series small form factor communication modules are designed to provide baseband networking support for the T2C2 program’s Heavy and Lite satellite terminals that work to provide […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Begin Full-Rate Void Sensing Fuze Production for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Begin Full-Rate Void Sensing Fuze Production for Air Force

    Orbital ATK has received a $23 million initial contract from the U.S. Air Force to commence full-rate production of hard target void sensing fuze assemblies. FMU-167/B HTVSF is a cockpit programmable fuze designed to help the service branch destroy hard and deeply-buried targets, the company said Wednesday. The award follows a low-rate initial production contract that the […] More

  • Dan Schultz: Lockheed Sees Germany, Israel, Japan as Potential CH-53K Helicopter Buyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Schultz: Lockheed Sees Germany, Israel, Japan as Potential CH-53K Helicopter Buyers

    Lockheed Martin expects Germany and Israel to place orders for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, Reuters reported Wednesday. Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed’s Sikorsky helicopter unit, told reporters at the Paris Airshow that Japan could potentially follow suit since the country flies an earlier version of the helicopter. Schultz noted that Israel has requested pricing for 20 helicopters. Germany’s […] More

  • Air Force Adds Full-Rate Production Options to 3D Long-Range Radar Solicitation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Adds Full-Rate Production Options to 3D Long-Range Radar Solicitation

    The U.S. Air Force has amended its solicitation for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program to include options for full-rate production following a series of protests and legal action. The service branch said Monday the 3DELRR contract is now comprised of engineering and manufacturing development, low-rate initial production, interim contractor support and full rate production phases. Lockheed Martin, Northrop […] More

  • Orbital ATK Unveils $105M in US, Int'l Ammo Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Unveils $105M in US, Int’l Ammo Orders

    Orbital ATK has received orders from domestic and international customers for $105 million in medium- and large-caliber ammunition as part of an award through the U.S. Army‘s project manager for maneuver ammunition systems. The company said Monday the contracts include 20-millimeter, 25-millimeter and 30-milimeter tactical and target practice ammunition such as the PGU-27 and PGU-28 incendiary, MK244 and M940 cartridges, M792 incendiary with tracer and […] More

  • Navy Green Lights Raytheon for Full-Rate Air-to-Air Missile Production; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Green Lights Raytheon for Full-Rate Air-to-Air Missile Production; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon has received approval from the U.S. Navy to start the full-rate production of the company’s infrared air-to-air missile. The company will build and deliver the AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missile to the Navy, Air Force and some of the U.S.’ international partners, Raytheon said Thursday. “An updated electronics package gives the missile features significant enhancements, like the […] More

  • GATR Technologies Moves to Full-Rate Production of Inflatable SATCOM Antenna for Marines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GATR Technologies Moves to Full-Rate Production of Inflatable SATCOM Antenna for Marines

    GATR Technologies will move forward to full-rate production of its Inflatable Satellite Communications Antenna for the U.S. Marine Corps as part of the High Bandwidth Special Intelligence-Palletized Terminal program of record. The company said Monday it will initially produce 36 terminals with X- and Ku-band capability for the Marines’ radio and intelligence battalions under a $440 million contract awarded earlier this […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets Army OK for Full WIN-T System Production; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Gets Army OK for Full WIN-T System Production; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has received approval from the U.S. Army to commence full-rate production of the company’s wireless battlefield communication systems for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 program. The company built the WIN-T platform to help Army commanders and soldiers communicate with each other and projects that all military units will have access to the […] More

  • Air Force Orders Additional Orbital ATK Proximity Sensors; Cary Ralston Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Additional Orbital ATK Proximity Sensors; Cary Ralston Comments

    Orbital ATK has received a $27 million production order for additional DSU-33D/B proximity sensors under a follow-on contract to a 2013 full-rate production award from the U.S. Air Force. The company said Wednesday the sensor works to support precision detonation and maximize the weapon’s blast and fragmentation effects through a fire pulse to the FMU-139 and FMU-152 bomb fuzes and […] More

  • Raytheon Enters Full-Rate Production for SM-6 Missiles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Enters Full-Rate Production for SM-6 Missiles

    Raytheon has entered full-rate production of its Standard Missile-6 rocket for the U.S. Navy at the company’s Redstone Arsenal production facility in Alabama. “Full-rate production allows us to significantly ramp up production and deliver to the U.S. Navy the quantities it needs to further increase operational effectiveness,” Mike Campisi, SM-6 senior program director at Raytheon, said Wednesday. The SM-6 […] More