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  • Orbital ATK Uses 30mm, 40mm Ammo to Demo MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Uses 30mm, 40mm Ammo to Demo MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun

    Orbital ATK carried out a live-fire demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun at the firm’s Bushmaster User Conference held at Big Sandy Range in Arizona. The weapon system mounted on a General Dynamics-built light armored vehicle and Kongsberg-made protector turret fired 30mm and 40mm rounds against steel panel, adobe and concrete block targets during the […] More

  • Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Propose Missile Tech for Navy LCS, Frigate Warships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Kongsberg Team to Propose Missile Tech for Navy LCS, Frigate Warships

    A team composed of Raytheon and Kongsberg Grupen plans to offer the U.S. Navy a precision missile system in a bid to address the service branch’s over-the-horizon requirement for littoral combat ships and frigates. The alliance’s Naval Strike Missile offering for the Navy will feature seeker and target identification technologies designed to defend against land and sea targets as well as […] More

  • Boeing Stops Navy Sea-Launched Missile Contract Pursuit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Stops Navy Sea-Launched Missile Contract Pursuit

    Boeing has decided not to compete for a U.S. Navy program to provide an over-the-horizon cruise missile designed to be launched from frigates and littoral combat ships due to continuing changes in system requirements, Defense News reported Tuesday. Christopher P. Cavas writes Troy Rutherford, director of cruise missile systems at Boeing’s defense business, said the […] More

  • Kongsberg Lands Contract to Integrate BAE Australian Arm’s RF Sensor With F-35 Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg Lands Contract to Integrate BAE Australian Arm’s RF Sensor With F-35 Missile

    A Kongsberg subsidiary has received a potential $17.3 million contract from Australia’s federal government to integrate a BAE Systems-developed radio-frequency sensor platform with the former’s Joint Strike Missile that will fly aboard the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE’s Australian arm will deliver passive RF sensors to Kongsberg’s defense and aerospace business for use in qualification […] More

  • Kongsberg Subsidiary Built Geospatial Tool for New Zealand's Combat System Trainer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg Subsidiary Built Geospatial Tool for New Zealand’s Combat System Trainer

    A Kongsberg subsidiary produced the geospatial and display components of a combat management system that Lockheed Martin built and delivered to New Zealand’s navy. Lockheed’s Canadian arm deployed the CMS 330 Combat Management System to a maritime warfare training center in Devonport, New Zealand, as part of the country’s Anzac frigate system modernization effort, Kongsberg said Monday. Kongsberg noted the CMS 330 was originally developed to support Canada’s Halifax-class frigates and modified later […] More

  • Kongsberg-Milrem-QinetiQ NA Alliance Develops Robotic Fire Support & Force Protection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg-Milrem-QinetiQ NA Alliance Develops Robotic Fire Support & Force Protection System

    A team composed of Kongsberg, Milrem and QinetiQ North America will introduce a jointly developed remotely operated robotic fire support and force protection system at the 2017 Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference and Exhibition in Springfield, Virginia. The system comprises Milrem’s THeMIS modular unmanned ground vehicle equipped with a hybrid diesel-electric drive, Kongsberg’s PROTECTOR remote weapon station and QinetiQ NA’s UGV control system, Milrem […] More

  • Orbital ATK Hosts Gun System, Ammo Demo for Customers, Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Hosts Gun System, Ammo Demo for Customers, Partners

    Orbital ATK has conducted live-fire demonstrations of gun systems and ammunition during the company’s Bushmaster User Conference in Arizona. The three-day event featured Orbital ATK-built Bushmaster chain guns and ammunition that range from 7.62mm, 25mm, 30mm and 40mm, the company said Thursday. More than 150 customers and partners from 25 countries were in attendance as Orbital ATK exhibited the capacity of its […] More

  • Kongsberg Gets Remote Weapon Station Order From US Army; Espen Henriksen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg Gets Remote Weapon Station Order From US Army; Espen Henriksen Comments

    The U.S. Army has awarded Kongsberg a $14.4 million contract to supply remote weapon station systems for the military branch’s fleet of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks. Kongsberg said Friday it will provide a low-profile configuration of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station to the Army in an effort to help increase visibility for the tank commander on the M1A2 […] More

  • Poland Mulls Naval Strike Missile Procurement from Kongsberg - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Poland Mulls Naval Strike Missile Procurement from Kongsberg

    Poland’s defense ministry is considering a purchase of more naval strike missiles from Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems for a planned coastal squadron along the Polish Baltic Sea, Defense News reported Friday. Polish Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki told local daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna that the basis for considering Kongsberg’s offering is the country’s “insufficient” reconnaissance system, Jaroslaw […] More

  • Report: Global Market for Law Enforcement Robots to Reach $5.7B in 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Global Market for Law Enforcement Robots to Reach $5.7B in 2022

    A market report by WinterGreen Research predicts that the global market for law enforcement robots will reach a $5.7 billion value in 2022 due to an increased number of terrorist threats around the world, WhaTech said Saturday. Pramod Dige writes the “Law Enforcement Robots: Market Shares, Market Strategies, and Market Forecasts, 2016 to 2022” study attributes the growth of […] More

  • Raytheon to Manufacture Naval Strike Missile Launchers at Kentucky Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Manufacture Naval Strike Missile Launchers at Kentucky Facility

    Raytheon has been selected to manufacture the Naval Strike Missile at a company facility in Louisville, Kentucky under an initial contract with Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems. Waltham, Mass.-based Raytheon said Wednesday it will also conduct final assembly, integration and tests of the NSM at a site in Tucson, Arizona. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon missile systems president, said the contract will help create additional job opportunities while providing launchers […] More