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  • L3 Delivers Passenger Screening System to Istanbul Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Delivers Passenger Screening System to Istanbul Airport

    L3 Technologies has delivered its ProVision 2 passenger screening system to the Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey. The company said Wednesday the order brings the total number of deployed ProVision platforms to 2,000 systems worldwide. ProVision works to detect metallic and non-metallic objects such as weapons, explosives, liquids, gels, plastics, powders, metals, ceramics and other materials. […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Supply EO/IR Imaging Turrets to Naval Surface Warfare Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Supply EO/IR Imaging Turrets to Naval Surface Warfare Center

    A Canada-based subsidiary of L3 Technologies has received a potential $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply electro-optical and infrared imaging turrets to the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane Division. NSWC Crane will incorporate MX-10MS turrets from L3 Wescam into a larger system designed to address a situational awareness requirement under the Military Sealift Command Electro-Optical System program, the company said Wednesday. Wescam’s turrets […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Update Army, Marine Satellite Terminals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Update Army, Marine Satellite Terminals

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has received a $48.8 million contract to inspect, test and update U.S. Army and Marine Corps AN/TSC-156 tactical satellite communications terminals. The Defense Department said Friday that L3’s Communication Systems West business in Salt Lake City, Utah, will support AN/TSC-156B/D and AN/TSC-156C terminals under the contract. Work is scheduled to occur through through Aug. 10, 2022. The Army Contracting Command is […] More

  • Industry Teams Monitor Potential SOCOM Light Attack Aircraft Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Teams Monitor Potential SOCOM Light Attack Aircraft Buy

    Industry participants in the U.S. Air Force‘s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration are eyeing a separate opportunity to sell light attack planes to the U.S. Special Operations Command, Defense News reported. The Air Force released a presolicitation notice on FedBizOpps in July to gain industry feedback on “platform-agnostic” light attack aircraft technologies that can address the needs […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Help Manage Air Force KC-10 Repairs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Help Manage Air Force KC-10 Repairs

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract from L3 Technologies to oversee repair work on more than 500 parts for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of KC-10 aircraft. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will partner with the company’s Intertrade subsidiary to manage approximately 4,000 repairs each year and provide logistics support services via a distribution facility in Memphis, Tennessee. […] More

  • L3 Delivers Boeing-Built KC-10 Aircraft to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Delivers Boeing-Built KC-10 Aircraft to Air Force

    L3 Technologies has achieved on-time delivery of the first Boeing-built KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft under L3’s contractor logistics support contract with the U.S. Air Force. New York City-based L3 said Thursday its Vertex Aerospace division received the aircraft in January 2017 and performed heavy maintenance check on the KC-10 within six months, in partnership with subcontractor HAECO/TIMCO. Vertex Aerospace […] More

  • L3 Business Unit to Supply Army Hydromechanical Transmission Systems, Ancillary Hardware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Business Unit to Supply Army Hydromechanical Transmission Systems, Ancillary Hardware

    A business unit of L3 Technologies has been awarded a $33.1 million contract modification to supply 96 hydro-mechanically propelled transmission systems to the U.S. Army. L3’s combat propulsion systems business will also provide 800-horsepower transmissions, associated ancillary hardware and operational reliability support under the modification, the Defense Department said Thursday Work will occur in Muskegon, Michigan, through Oct. 18, 2018. The […] More

  • L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes

    The U.S. Army has awarded L3 Technologies a $32 million contract modification to supply M783 Point Detonating/Delay mortar fuzes to an international customer as part of a foreign military sales deal. L3 said Thursday its fuzing and ordnance systems unit will perform work under the modification through February 2018. Rich Hunter, L3 FOS president, said the company […] More

  • L3 Technologies Plans Aircraft Simulator Production, Training Hubs in London - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Technologies Plans Aircraft Simulator Production, Training Hubs in London

    L3 Technologies‘ commercial training solutions business will collaborate with the Surrey County Council in England to establish a London-based airline training center and a production facility for aircraft simulators. The company said Monday it plans to open the L3 London Training Center in the second quarter of 2018. L3 added the other facility will be built to produce 30 simulators annually and feature eight RealitySeven […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary Lands $90M in Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech Supply Contracts

    L3 Technologies‘ WESCAM subsidiary has received a set of contracts worth more than $90 million combined to provide electro-optical/infrared imaging systems to multiple U.S. and international defense customers. The contracts cover the supply of MX Series EO/IR systems to the U.S. Navy, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, Thailand’s navy and Australia’s air force, WESCAM said Tuesday. […] More