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  • Navy Eyes General Atomics UAS Support for Task Force Southwest Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes General Atomics UAS Support for Task Force Southwest Missions

    The U.S. Navy intends to award General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business a contract to provide contractor-owned/contractor-operated unmanned air systems to support Task Force Southwest missions across the U.S. Central Command area of operations in fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2019. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the Naval Air Systems Command will ask GA-ASI to supply military […] More

  • Air Force Fit-Tests ISR Pod on Textron-Built Scorpion Light Attack Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Fit-Tests ISR Pod on Textron-Built Scorpion Light Attack Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has integrated an intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance pod to a Textron-built light attack ISR aircraft to demonstrate how fast the multi-intelligence pod can be integrated on a new platform. The Air Force said Tuesday Leidos helped install the AgilePod platform on the Scorpion aircraft as part of the fitting test […] More

  • Kratos Reports New Unmanned Aerial Drone Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Reports New Unmanned Aerial Drone Orders

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received multiple orders for unmanned aerial vehicles and related systems worth a combined $3.2 million. Kratos said Wednesday its modular systems division will produce drones and other system products at multiple production facilities for undisclosed customers. Thomas Mills, president of Kratos MSD, said that the business aims to support the security […] More

  • Northrop to Implement Army 'Hunter' UAV Engineering Change Proposal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Implement Army ‘Hunter’ UAV Engineering Change Proposal

    Northrop Grumman has secured a $12.7 million contract modification to incorporate an engineering change proposal into the payload technology of the U.S. Army‘s Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle. The Defense Department said Wednesday Northrop will perform work in Sierra Vista, Arizona through Oct. 20, 2018. The Army Contracting Command obligated $6.2 million at the time of award from the military branch’s fiscal year […] More

  • xG Technology Supplies Army with ISR Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    xG Technology Supplies Army with ISR Devices

    The integrated microwave technologies and wireless network businesses of xG Technology have fulfilled the initial order of the U.S. Army under a previously awarded $12.5 million contract for hand-held situational awareness systems. IMT and Vislink have delivered hand-held intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance receiver devices under the first order slated for completion by Feb. 15, 2018, xG […] More

  • Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data

    The U.S. Air Force has opened up its technical data package for a prototype multi-intelligence pod system to the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance industry as part of an effort to encourage developers to build compatible sensor platforms. AgilePod is designed with multiple modules that can be configured to support ISR and non-ISR missions, the Air Force said Thursday. The […] More

  • Harris-NASA Team Completes Thermal Vacuum Test on James Webb Space Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-NASA Team Completes Thermal Vacuum Test on James Webb Space Telescope

    NASA and Harris have conducted thermal vacuum tests on the future James Webb Space Telescope to evaluate the system’s capacity to operate within the space environment. Harris said Monday the telescope is designed to function as a space observatory over the next decade and conduct studies on star, planet and galaxy formations. The telescope will be shipped to […] More

  • Northrop Hands 1st MQ-4C Triton UAS to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Hands 1st MQ-4C Triton UAS to Navy

    Northrop Grumman has delivered the first operational MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Navy‘s facility in Point Mogu, California. The company said Friday MQ-4C is built to provide a 360-degree coverage area for Navy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Northrop aims to provide a second unit to the military branch before the end of the year. The […] More

  • ACT I Secures USAF Task Order for Cessna ISR Training Support in 2 African Countries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Secures USAF Task Order for Cessna ISR Training Support in 2 African Countries

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a task order to provide the U.S. Air Force training support for Cessna-208 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in Chad and Cameroon. ACT I said Wednesday that the task order awarded through the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business Pool 1 contract will facilitate support for the Air […] More

  • Report: Northrop to Deliver 2 Triton Drones to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop to Deliver 2 Triton Drones to Navy

    Northrop Grumman is set to hand over this year two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Navy as the service intends to replace its fleet of P-3C Orion and EP-3E Aries II aircraft that work to perform maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The Navy will test the two Triton […] More

  • General Atomics Invests in UAS Tech Upgrades; Chris Pehrson, Darren Moe Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Invests in UAS Tech Upgrades; Chris Pehrson, Darren Moe Comment

    General Atomics has embarked on a project to incorporate automation-based disruptive technology into the Reaper unmanned aircraft system as the company aims to increase the aircraft’s performance, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Darren Moe, senior director of automation and UX mission systems at General Atomics, told the publication the modernization effort covers flight, ground and intelligence components of […] More

  • CACI’s Michael Basla: Air Force Should Train Cyber Airmen Across C2, ISR Mission Areas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI’s Michael Basla: Air Force Should Train Cyber Airmen Across C2, ISR Mission Areas

    Michael Basla, a senior vice president at CACI International, has said the U.S. Air Force should operationalize and train cyber airmen across five mission areas, Signal Magazine reported Tuesday. Those missions include command and control; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; global strike; rapid global mobility; and air and space superiority. “In order for our cyber airmen […] More