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  • Lockheed Secures FAA Contract for Air Traffic Radar System Technical Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures FAA Contract for Air Traffic Radar System Technical Support

    The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a five-year, $28.3 million contract to Lockheed Martin to provide technical support for air traffic control radar systems. Lockheed said Tuesday it will perform analysis, design, development and test services for the Microprocessor-En Route Automated Radar Tracking System as part of the contract. Micro-EARTS works to receive and integrate air traffic data from multiple surveillance systems and display the […] More

  • FLIR Launches New Ground Surveillance Offerings; Kevin Tucker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR Launches New Ground Surveillance Offerings; Kevin Tucker Comments

    FLIR Systems has introduced two ground surveillance platforms the company designed to help military organizations secure borders and protect troops, United Press International reported Wednesday. Richard Tomkins writes the company unveiled its LTV-X light tactical vehicle and the Ranger R6SS portable radar at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference held in Florida. “Both products are designed to maximize detection, responsiveness and […] More

  • Lockheed, Indra Demo First-Phase Integration of Radar System for Spain's F-110 Frigate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Indra Demo First-Phase Integration of Radar System for Spain’s F-110 Frigate

    Lockheed Martin and Indra have tested a new solid-state, S-band radar system at a facility in New Jersey as part of the first phase of integration ahead of the platform’s installation on Spain’s future F-110 frigate. The team combined Indra’s Digital Transmit-Receive modules with Lockheed’s solid-state phased array antenna to check their mechanical, electrical and thermal compatibility, Lockheed said Tuesday. The […] More

  • CACI Lands Army Software, Hardware Engineering Contract; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Lands Army Software, Hardware Engineering Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has been selected to provide electronic warfare software and hardware engineering support to the U.S. Army intelligence and information warfare directorate. The task order extends the company’s development, engineering and protection services for the Army’s effort to develop cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, radar and intelligence technologies, CACI said Monday. The software and hardware engineering support is […] More

  • Finmeccanica Unveils New E-Scan Airborne Surveillance Radar for UAVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Finmeccanica Unveils New E-Scan Airborne Surveillance Radar for UAVs

    Finmeccanica has added the Osprey airborne surveillance radar to its portfolio of electronically scanning radars in effort to offer a 360-degree field of view for different types of aircraft such as unmanned aerial vehicles. The company said Thursday Osprey radars are built with a flat-panel design to support installation into small platforms as well as the e-scan technology that works to deliver simultaneous coverage in […] More

  • Raytheon Secures Socom Contract to Produce 'Silent Knight' Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Secures Socom Contract to Produce ‘Silent Knight’ Radar System

    Raytheon has landed a potential $49.5 million contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command to continue low-rate initial production of the Silent Knight radar system. The company’s space and airborne systems business will perform work in McKinney, Texas, and Forest, Mississippi, through October 2018 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Silent Knight radar works to serve as a terrain following […] More

  • Textron Systems Receives Air Force Radar, Electronic Warfare Test Systems Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Systems Receives Air Force Radar, Electronic Warfare Test Systems Order

    Textron Systems has received an $11 million order for radar and electronic warfare test station systems from the U.S. Air Force as part of an effort to fulfill the service’s avionics testing requirements. The 12 Advanced Radar/EW Test Station Automatic Test Equipment systems are meant to replace the old ATE systems in support of the Air […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Completes AF Space Fence Radar Ground Structure Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Completes AF Space Fence Radar Ground Structure Construction

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed its work to construct a 7,000 square-foot ground structure for a radar system that Lockheed Martin is currently building on a Pacific Ocean island for the U.S. Air Force. General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies said Thursday it will ship the 700,000-pound steel radar receive array to Kwajalein Atoll in Marshall Islands to be reassembled and integrated into […] More

  • Technavio Predicts Global Radar Systems & Technology Market CAGR of 3% by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Predicts Global Radar Systems & Technology Market CAGR of 3% by 2020

    Technavio has predicted a compound annual growth rate of three percent for the global radar system and technology sector by 2020 in its latest report on the market. Factors including the recent shift toward next-generation military radar systems and the implementation of radar-absorbing materials are possible prospects to drive market growth through the end of […] More

  • Dynetics Unveils New Reconfigurable Surveillance Radar; Greg Lester Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Unveils New Reconfigurable Surveillance Radar; Greg Lester Comments

    Dynetics has unveiled a new reconfigurable surveillance radar that works to help owners or operators of critical infrastructure monitor a larger area without the use of multiple short-range sensors. The new surveillance technology called GroundAware CS4 includes a radar sensitivity feature that could help detect threats beyond 2.2 miles across a 120-degree view, the company said Wednesday. Dynetics […] More

  • Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop's F-35 Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop’s F-35 Radars

    Northrop Grumman has ordered about $60.4 million in intermediate-frequency receivers from Kitron for the radar systems of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Kitron said Thursday it will also provide technical know-know, create IF radar receiver prototypes and manufacture sub-assembly testing equipment under a manufacturing license agreement  with Northrop. Northrop builds radar technology for integration into F-35s. Norway-based Kitron provides electronic circuit boards manufacturing, prototyping, […] More

  • Glynn Phillips: BAE Systems to Upgrade Australian Operational Radar Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Glynn Phillips: BAE Systems to Upgrade Australian Operational Radar Network

    BAE Systems plans to upgrade parts of Australia’s Jindalee operational radar network (JORN) after the government approved the technology’s phase 6 upgrade in December 2015. BAE Systems will submit its tender as a prime contractor for Project Air 2025 which will begin the upgrade in 2018, the company said Friday. “We are currently working closely […] More