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  • Romania Signs Purchase Agreement for Lockheed PAC-3 MSE Missiles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Romania Signs Purchase Agreement for Lockheed PAC-3 MSE Missiles

    The government of Romania has signed an agreement to buy Lockheed Martin-built Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors and related equipment from the U.S. government. Scott Arnold, vice president and deputy of integrated air and missile defense at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said in a statement published Thursday the company is honored […] More

  • Lockheed Taps ViaSat to Provide Navy LRASM Weapon Data Links - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps ViaSat to Provide Navy LRASM Weapon Data Links

    Lockheed Martin has awarded ViaSat a contract of an undisclosed value to provide L-band data link communications technology for the integration and testing phase of the U.S. Navy‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program. ViaSat said Wednesday it will deliver Weapon Data Link L-Band units and provide software enhancement and flight test support services under the follow-on contract. LRASM is a key element of the […] More

  • MBDA to Support France-UK Missile Tech Development Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA to Support France-UK Missile Tech Development Effort

    The governments of France and the U.K. have agreed to invest approximately $53.9 million each to collaborate on the development of future missile technologies and long-range weapons with MBDA. The British government said Tuesday the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon program will commence with a three-year concept phase that aims to replace, update or create weapons for […] More

  • Kratos to Provide Technical Support, Missile Components Under Army FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Provide Technical Support, Missile Components Under Army FMS Contract

    The U.S. Army‘s Aviation and Missile Command has awarded a business unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a three-year, $23.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide technical and engineering support services to a foreign military sales customer. Kratos said Thursday its defense and rocket support services division’s Madison Research Corporation business unit will also deliver Class V short-range missile […] More

  • Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Guided Missiles; Taylor Lawrence Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Guided Missiles; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    The U.S. Navy has fired two Raytheon-built guided missiles to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea during a recent test event. Standard Missile-6 Dual I launched from the USS John Paul Jones during the demonstration and destroyed the target in its final seconds of flight, Raytheon said Monday. “This test showcased the flexibility […] More

  • Lockheed Receives ICBM Re-Entry System Sustainment, Update Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Receives ICBM Re-Entry System Sustainment, Update Contracts

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential four-year, $50 million contract and a separate $10.6 million modification for work to sustain and modernize the military service’s intercontinental ballistic missile reentry systems. Lockheed said Thursday it will produce seven reentry field support components and four sets of additional support materials for the missile maintainers […] More

  • Lockheed Completes First Tactical Missile System Flight Test; Scott Greene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes First Tactical Missile System Flight Test; Scott Greene Comments

    Lockheed Martin has demonstrated its first updated Tactical Missile System missile as part of a flight test conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The company used a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher to fire the missile and hit a target area with a proximity sensor-equipped detonation, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. Lockheed […] 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

  • Army Seeks Concept Papers for $148M Long-Range Missile System Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Concept Papers for $148M Long-Range Missile System Devt Program

    The U.S. Army has asked industry to submit concept papers for a potential four-year, $148 million program that aims to identify, develop and demonstrate long-range missile systems. A broad agency announcement posted Monday on FedBizOpps says the Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center seeks new system- and component-level technology platforms designed to […] More

  • Report: Raytheon Plans to Market New Medium-Range Missile to International Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon Plans to Market New Medium-Range Missile to International Clients

    Raytheon has expressed plans to sell its new medium-range air-to-air missile to a number of international customers, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile – Extended Range integrates the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile‘s rocket motor in effort to increase range and altitude, Brendan McGarry writes. Raytheon developed AMRAAM-ER in collaboration with Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen, the report said. Michael […] More

  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Supply UK Air Force With Missile Decoy System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Supply UK Air Force With Missile Decoy System

    Leonardo-Finmeccanica has received a $3.3 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to produce a miniature decoy system that will work to help the British air force guard aircraft against missile threats. The Royal Air Force will adopt Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s BriteCloud system to disrupt radar-guided adversarial air-to-air and surface-to-air missile systems, MoD said Friday. RAF plans to conduct flight tests […] More