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  • Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada-Embraer Team to Join Air Force Light Attack Aircraft Demo

    The U.S. Air Force has invited a team composed of Sierra Nevada and Embraer‘s defense and security business to participate in the service branch’s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration in July at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Sierra Nevada said Friday the two companies will jointly showcase the A-29 Super Tucano light air support aircraft at the OA-X assessment. OA-X will inform the Air […] More

  • Lockheed Showcases Autonomous Tech for Military & Commercial Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Showcases Autonomous Tech for Military & Commercial Customers

    Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a range of autonomous and unmanned technologies for reporters at the company’s Grand Prairie, Texas-based Missiles and Fire Control facility. The technologies include the Indago quadrotor unmanned aerial system, LM XE small UAS; Hydra Fusion Tools three-dimensional reconstruction software, Squad Mission Support System autonomous vehicle and Site Shuttle transport system, Lockheed said Tuesday. Chris Van Buiten, […] More

  • Lockheed Demos Jettison Release of Anti-Ship Missile From Super Hornet Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Demos Jettison Release of Anti-Ship Missile From Super Hornet Aircraft

    A Lockheed Martin-built missile has been released from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft of the U.S. Navy during a flight test at the service branch’s air station in Patuxent River, Maryland. The jettison flight test aimed to validate the aerodynamic separation models of Lockheed’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile in a push to obtain flight clearance for captive carry integration […] More

  • SAP NS2's Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said he believes public sector agencies can mitigate ransomware attacks through innovation, education and collaboration with companies. Testoni wrote in a guest post published Tuesday on GCN that data from human sources and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems must be incorporated in real time to help prevent ransomware […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program

    Aurora Flight Sciences has tested a technology demonstration platform designed to retrieve unmanned aerial systems as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. DARPA said Monday the SideArm prototype worked to capture a Lockheed Martin-built Fury UAS flying at full speed. “SideArm aims to replicate carriers’ capability to quickly and safely accelerate and decelerate planes through a portable, […] More

  • BAE to Supply Head-Up Display for Textron AirLand Multimission Jet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Supply Head-Up Display for Textron AirLand Multimission Jet

    A joint venture of Textron and AirLand Enterprises has selected BAE Systems to provide head-up displays for an aircraft platform designed for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions. BAE said Monday the initial order of LiteHUD displays will support upcoming flight tests of the Textron AirLand-built Scorpion jet. LiteHUD is designed to facilitate situational awareness for pilots in day and […] More

  • Textron Starts USV On-Water Tests Under Navy Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Starts USV On-Water Tests Under Navy Program

    Textron Systems has kicked off on-water tests for the company-built Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, as part of the U.S. Navy‘s Unmanned Influence Sweep System program. Textron said Wednesday the on-water maneuverability test is part of the program’s system-level integration and test phase that will also involve demonstrations of the CUSV’s integrated generators, engines and […] More

  • Lockheed Invests in CarteNav for ISR Product Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Invests in CarteNav for ISR Product Development

    Lockheed Martin has invested $1.4 million in CarteNav Solutions through Canada’s Industrial and Regional Benefits Investment Framework program to support the latter company’s development work on its flagship intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance product. CarteNav said Wednesday the investment covers two years of development efforts on CarteNav’s AIMS-ISR mission system software that works to deploy hosted sensing, computing and communication technologies on aircraft, vehicle […] More

  • General Atomics to Showcase Ground Control System Simulator, Maritime ISR Aircraft in Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Showcase Ground Control System Simulator, Maritime ISR Aircraft in Japan

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems subsidiary will demonstrate its ground control system simulator and maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft at the Japan International Aerospace show through Oct. 15. The company said Wednesday GA-ASI’s booth will feature the Guardian ER aircraft and hands-on demonstrations of the Advanced Cockpit Block 50 Ground Control Station simulator. David Alexander, GA-ASI president of aircraft […] More

  • Patriot Group International Subcontracts Tempus for Northcom Aerial ISR Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patriot Group International Subcontracts Tempus for Northcom Aerial ISR Support

    Patriot Group International has awarded Tempus Applied Solutions a $24.4 million subcontract to provide aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for U.S. Northern Command. Tempus said Wednesday the airborne ISR services will aid a counter narcotics and global threats contract that PGI secured in September. Tempus will install aerial surveillance hardware and software into a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft to conduct more than 1,500 flight […] More

  • Patriot Group International to Assist Northcom With Aerial ISR Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patriot Group International to Assist Northcom With Aerial ISR Platforms

    Patriot Group International has secured potential five-year, $26.5 million contract to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aerial detection and monitoring operations of the U.S. Northern Command. The company said Tuesday it will provide manned ISR aircraft platforms to Northcom as well as perform flight operations, maintenance, contractor logistics support and intelligence analysis at various domestic and international locations. “Since 2009, PGI […] More

  • Bell Helicopter Unveils UAS Platform for Maritime Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell Helicopter Unveils UAS Platform for Maritime Environments

    Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron, has introduced a shipborne unmanned aerial system designed to combine helicopters’ vertical lift function with the speed and range of fixed-wing aircraft. Textron said Thursday it expects production of the Bell V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor UAS to  begin in 2023 to support operations in maritime environments and locations without runways. Bell developed the UAS platform to help military customers […] More