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  • Report: UK Defense Ministry Eyes Extension of MBDA's 'SPEAR' Missile Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: UK Defense Ministry Eyes Extension of MBDA’s ‘SPEAR’ Missile Tech Contract

    A committee of the U.K. Ministry Defense is considering extending the agency’s contract with MBDA for continued work on a new air-launched missile technology for the British military, Defense News reported Thursday. Andrew Chuter writes MoD seeks permission from the agency’s investment approvals committee to move to the next phase of the agency’s Selective Precision Effects at Range Capability 3 program. The program is currently focused on missile technology assessment, Chuter […] More

  • Visiongain: Global Military Smart Weapons Market Worth $22B in 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: Global Military Smart Weapons Market Worth $22B in 2016

    Visiongain predicts in a new report that the global military smart weapons market will hit $22.32 billion in 2016. The report examines the market’s competitive landscape and identifies potential business opportunities, Visiongain said Monday. Visiongain also analyzes potential developments in the following five submarkets within the military smart weapons sector over the next 10 years: Radar-guided military […] More

  • MBDA Begins Air-to-Air Missile Delivery for UK's F-35 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Begins Air-to-Air Missile Delivery for UK’s F-35 Fleet

    MBDA has begun deliveries of its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the U.K. military for integration with the country’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II aircraft. The U.K. defense ministry will use ASRAAMs in air-launched fire tests and flight trials necessary to achieve initial operating capability for the fighter jets of the country’s air […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Nears Completion of Standalone Launcher Production; Jennifer Houston-Manchester Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Nears Completion of Standalone Launcher Production; Jennifer Houston-Manchester Comments

    Lockheed Martin is set to complete the production of its standalone launcher in October that is built to launch MBDA‘s common anti-air modular missile. The three-cell ExLS launcher is scheduled for qualification testing in late 2016, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. Jennifer Houston-Manchester, Lockheed Martin ExLS engineering program manager, said the ExLS works to “reuse already […] More

  • MBDA to Lead European Marketing Efforts for BAE's APKWS Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA to Lead European Marketing Efforts for BAE’s APKWS Rocket

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has partnered with MBDA for its support in marketing BAE’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System laser-guided missile in Europe. The companies said Wednesday MBDA will take the lead role in the joint marketing campaign. David Harrold, director of precision guidance solutions at BAE Systems Inc., noted that the partnership will work to create a channel that manages […] More

  • NIST, NOAA Aim to Support Minority Businesses Through Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST, NOAA Aim to Support Minority Businesses Through Partnership

    Two Commerce Department agencies have teamed up with the Minority Business Development Agency and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer to launch a consortium to help minority-owned enterprises develop and commercialize their technology platforms and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will collaborate with MBDA […] More

  • MBDA Inks Georgia Air Defense System Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Inks Georgia Air Defense System Production Contract

    MBDA and the Georgian defense agency have closed on a contract for the company to provide air defense weapon systems to the Georgia’s military, Civil.Ge reported Friday. CEO Antoine Bouvier and Georgian Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli signed the contract Friday in Paris. MBDA is a consortium of BAE Systems, Airbus Group and Finmeccanica. Georgia also […] More

  • Report: Rising Usage of Small UAVs Boosts Market for Counter-UAV Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Rising Usage of Small UAVs Boosts Market for Counter-UAV Systems

    The increasing usage of small unmanned aerial vehicles is driving industry to respond with new technologies that work to protect infrastructure and people from potential UAV threats, Defense News reported Saturday. Andrew Chuter writes that MBDA, Thales‘ subsidiary in the Netherlands and other companies have introduced new counter-UAV equipment at the recent Paris Air Show, […] More

  • Steve Wadey Assumes CEO Role at QinetiQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Wadey Assumes CEO Role at QinetiQ

    Steve Wadey, formerly managing director of MBDA’s U.K. business, has taken on his new role as CEO at QinetiQ. Wadey, whose appointment was announced in January 2015, is tasked to steer QinetiQ’s organic-plus growth strategy and lead more than 5,000 employees in the U.K., U.S., Belgium and Australia, QinetiQ said Monday. “I am relishing my new […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Global Smart Weapons Market Worth $67B in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transparency Market Research: Global Smart Weapons Market Worth $67B in 2019

    A new Transparency Market Research report states that air-to-ground and surface-to-air missiles dominated the global smart weapons market in 2012, with further growth projected to give the market a value of $66.91 billion by 2019. The company said Thursday the market will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent from $34 billion in 2012 to reach the projected […] More

  • MBDA Vet Steve Wadey Appointed CEO at QinetiQ; Mark Elliott Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Vet Steve Wadey Appointed CEO at QinetiQ; Mark Elliott Comments

    Steve Wadey, managing director of MBDA‘s U.K. arm and co-chair of the Defense Growth Partnership, will join QinetiQ as CEO in the second quarter of this year. QinetiQ said Tuesday that Wadey will also be a member of its board of directors and the committees for risk and corporate social responsibility, nominations and security. “We were looking for an […] More