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  • Honeywell Wins Air Force Accelerometer R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Wins Air Force Accelerometer R&D Contract

    Honeywel International has won a potential $10.5 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force research and develop an acceleration measurement device. The Defense Department said Tuesday Honeywell support research and development of a low noise, high sensitivity vibrating beam accelerometer under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Work  will occur in Glendale, Arizona, through Feb. 20, 2025 and […] More

  • Leonardo on Track to Build T-100 Aircraft Manufacturing Facility in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo on Track to Build T-100 Aircraft Manufacturing Facility in Alabama

    Leonardo executives have told Alabama government officials that the aerospace company is on track to build a T-100 trainer aircraft manufacturing facility in the state. Leonardo toured a group of Alabama officials around its Venegono Superiore aircraft factory in Italy to demonstrate the production of T-100 trainers, the company’s U.S.-based Leonardo DRS subsidiary said Thursday Leonardo plans […] More

  • Eaton's Revathi Advaithi to Join BAE Board as Non-Executive Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eaton’s Revathi Advaithi to Join BAE Board as Non-Executive Director

    Revathi Advaithi, chief operating officer of Eaton‘s electronic sector, has been appointed to serve as a non-executive director of the board of directors at BAE Systems beginning Jan. 1, 2018. BAE said Wednesday she oversees Eaton’s global electrical business and corporate operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Advaithi joined the power management company in 1995 as a manufacturing supervisor […] More

  • Navigant Research: DoD’s Annual Spending on Microgrid Deployments to Reach $1.4B in 2026 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navigant Research: DoD’s Annual Spending on Microgrid Deployments to Reach $1.4B in 2026

    A new study from Navigant Research predicts the Defense Department’s annual spending on microgrid implementation efforts to hit $453.4 million this year and grow to $1.4 billion over the next nine years. Navigant Research said Tuesday DoD has begun to explore microgrids in an effort to build up its cyber energy security and reduce dependence […] More

  • U.S., Canada, EU Certify Honeywell Satcom Tech, Connectivity Service for Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    U.S., Canada, EU Certify Honeywell Satcom Tech, Connectivity Service for Helicopters

    U.S., Canadian and European aviation regulatory agencies have approved Honeywell‘s  satellite communication system and cabin connectivity service to facilitate Wi-Fi access onboard multiple helicopter models. Honeywell said Wednesday it received a Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate for the use of Aspire 200 satcom technolology on Airbus AS350 and Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency […] More

  • Air Force, Northrop Vet Marc Lindsley Appointed Leonardo DRS T-100 Program VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, Northrop Vet Marc Lindsley Appointed Leonardo DRS T-100 Program VP

    Marc Lindsley, a 15-year veteran of Northrop Grumman, has joined Leonardo DRS as vice president of T-100 programs. He will lead Leonardo DRS’ efforts to win the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X Advanced Pilot Training System contract with its T-100 Integrated Training System offering, the company said Monday. Leonardo DRS teamed up with Honeywell and CAE USA to develop and submit the T-100 platform as a potential […] More

  • Australian Air Force Uses Inmarsat's Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australian Air Force Uses Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard C-130J Aircraft

    Australia’s air force has begun to use Inmarsat‘s satellite communications service on a C-130J Hercules transport aircraft as part of an effort to create new ways for air platforms to support deployed forces. Inmarsat said Friday the air force is using the Global Xpress service through Honeywell‘s JetWaveTM Ka-band satcom platform for a six-month trial that […] More

  • Honeywell Gets $65M Modification on Navy Aircraft Power Tech Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Gets $65M Modification on Navy Aircraft Power Tech Support Contract

    Honeywell International has been awarded a $64.9 million contract modification to repair, replace and provide program support for auxiliary power units of the U.S. Navy’s  F/A-18 A/G, P-3 and C-2 auxiliary power units. The company will also support F/A-18 main fuel controls and electronic control technology and P-3 engine driven compressor, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD said the modification will increase […] More

  • Inmarsat Demos Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard Gulfstream IV Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Demos Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard Gulfstream IV Aircraft

    Inmarsat has completed a flight test to demonstrate the capability of its Global Xpress satellite network to deliver high-speed communications coverage to users aboard a Gulfstream IV aircraft. Global Xpress worked to deliver data, voice, internet access, video teleconferencing, application streaming and file transfer support services to the aircraft through the Honeywell-built tail mount antenna […] More

  • Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More

  • Honeywell, NASA Finish Sonic Boom Predictive Tech Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell, NASA Finish Sonic Boom Predictive Tech Test

    NASA and Honeywell have concluded a two-year test of a technology platform designed to help supersonic jet pilots reduce noise associated with sonic booms over populated areas. The test included the integration of the Interactive Sonic Boom Display Avionics software equipped with Honeywell’s Interactive Navigation tool into a business aircraft’s avionics system, the company said Wednesday. […] More

  • Honeywell to Establish APAC Cyber Innovation Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell to Establish APAC Cyber Innovation Hub

    Honeywell‘s process solutions business plans to open a facility in Singapore by the end of 2017 to provide managed cybersecurity services intended to help Asia-Pacific customers manage security posture and avoid breaches. The company said Thursday its cybersecurity center of excellence for the APAC region will feature a research-and-development laboratory, a security operations center and a training facility. The lab will […] More