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  • L3 showcases undersea military drone at Navy League expo; Christopher Kubasik comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 showcases undersea military drone at Navy League expo; Christopher Kubasik comments

    L3 Technologies has unveiled an autonomous undersea vehicle at the Navy League’s three-day Sea-Air-Space Exposition that commenced Monday at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Iver Precision Workhorse is an undersea drone developed by L3’s OceanServer business in Fall River, Massachusetts, and works to support clients’ anti-submarine warfare, multidomain intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, mine and seabed warfare missions, […] More

  • L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Receives $51M Modification on Army Mortar Fuze FMS Contract

    L3 Technologies‘ fuzing and ordnance systems unit has received a $50.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to supply M734A1 and M783 fuze units to Afghanistan and Bahrain. The modification is part of a foreign military sales deal and work will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio through Jan. 31, 2022, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Army used fiscal 2016 […] More

  • L3, Microsoft Enter Azure Cloud Computing Agreement; Christopher Kubasik Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3, Microsoft Enter Azure Cloud Computing Agreement; Christopher Kubasik Comments

    L3 Technologies and Microsoft have signed a five-year strategic collaboration agreement that lets L3 use the Azure Government cloud platform to optimize its information technology processes worldwide. L3 said Tuesday it will implement the technology in an effort to address the defense company’s computing, storage power, compliance and security requirements. Microsoft designed its cloud system for U.S. government customers […] More

  • Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force plans to procure 22 lightly armed variants of the Cessna Caravan aircraft to deliver to allied governments for use in surveillance missions, FlightGlobal reported Monday. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps states that the Air Force wants potential vendors to supply AC-208 planes that are equipped with various weapons and sensors. Interested companies […] More

  • Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers

    A report by Bloomberg‘s government arm says the Defense Department‘s maintenance requirements could increase amid delays facing various military aircraft programs. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog post published Friday that the U.S. Air Force plans move the deployment of the Boeing-built KC-46 tanker aircraft from October 2018 to spring 2019. The […] More

  • L3 to Manufacture Common Datalink System for Navy MH-60R Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Manufacture Common Datalink System for Navy MH-60R Fleet

    L3 Technologies has received a potential $25.6 million contract to produce a radio communications system for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60R multimission helicopters. The company will manufacture, test, deliver, manage and support Common Data Link Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 systems under the contract, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur in various U.S. states and Toronto, Canada, […] More

  • Raytheon, L3 Vet Mike Gallagher Named Strategy Director for Northrop's Australian Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, L3 Vet Mike Gallagher Named Strategy Director for Northrop’s Australian Arm

    Mike Gallagher, a 22-year veteran of the Australian navy and former managing director at L3 Technologies‘ Oceania business, has been named strategy director at Northrop Grumman‘s Australian arm. He will work closely with Ian Irving, chief executive of Northrop Grumman Australia, and will manage the subsidiary’s expansion strategy in his new position, the company said Friday. Gallagher […] More

  • L3 Wescam Adds New Imaging, Processing Tools to MX Sensor Product Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Wescam Adds New Imaging, Processing Tools to MX Sensor Product Line

    L3 Technologies‘ Wescam subsidiary has incorporated imaging and processing technologies into the MX Series product line of electro-optical and infrared sensor systems. Wescam said Tuesday it updated MX imaging technologies to feature high-sensitivity cameras, an embedded video engine and a new graphics processing unit. The new cameras are designed to help operators view objects across a wide range of illumination conditions, including in low-visibility or […] More

  • L3 to Develop Platform Mgmt System for BAE's Australian Frigate Contract Pursuit Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Develop Platform Mgmt System for BAE’s Australian Frigate Contract Pursuit Team

    BAE Systems has selected L3 Technologies to develop an integrated platform management system as a member of BAE’s industry team pursuing the potential $27.4 billion SEA5000 Future Frigate construction program in Australia. L3 said Sunday it will provide IPMS along with controls and instrumentation tools for the nine Type 26 Global Combat Ships that BAE proposed to build for the […] More

  • USAF Advances Textron, Sierra Nevada/Embraer Offerings to 2nd Light Attack Experimentation Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Advances Textron, Sierra Nevada/Embraer Offerings to 2nd Light Attack Experimentation Phase

    The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to further test non-developmental aircraft offerings from Textron Aviation and the Sierra Nevada–Embraer team through the second phase of the Light Attack Experiment program. The service branch said Friday it will continue to experiment with Textron’s AT-6 Wolverine as well as Sierra Nevada and Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona from May to […] More

  • L3 Wescam Books $250M in EO/IR Tech, Support Contracts for 2017's Second Half - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Wescam Books $250M in EO/IR Tech, Support Contracts for 2017’s Second Half

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary won more than $250 million in contracts during the second half of 2017 to provide electro-optical/infrared products, in-service support equipment and services to military and law enforcement customers. The company said Thursday L3 Wescam will supply a range of MX Series imaging and targeting systems designed for airborne, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Wescam has sold ISR technology platforms to customers […] More

  • L3 Delivers Coast Guard's First HC-130J Aircraft Equipped With New Mission System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Delivers Coast Guard’s First HC-130J Aircraft Equipped With New Mission System

    L3 Technologies has completed delivery of an HC-130J aircraft equipped with a Minotaur mission system suite to the U.S. Coast Guard as part of a potential five-year contract. The company said Wednesday its aerospace systems business installed and tested the government-furnished MSS+ on the aircraft in an effort to increase the service branch’s long-range surveillance capacity. An aircraft completion ceremony took […] More