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  • Boeing Awards Raytheon Hyperspectral Satellite Sensors Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Awards Raytheon Hyperspectral Satellite Sensors Contract

    Raytheon has won a contract to manufacture hyperspectral imaging technology for two Earth-observation spacecraft under development by Boeing. Boeing is building the satellites for HySpecIQ and chose Raytheon to provide sensing instruments intended to capture data across the electromagnetic spectrum, Raytheon said Monday. According to Raytheon, the satellite sensors will work to provide analysts with […] More

  • Thales-Raytheon JV Tests NATO Air C2 System Interoperability; Philippe Duhamel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Raytheon JV Tests NATO Air C2 System Interoperability; Philippe Duhamel Comments

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Raytheon moved closer to deploying a command and control system they have developed for NATO after completing a four-nation demonstration that evaluated the program’s network operations. The tests looked at the NATO Air Command and Control System’s ability to connect to national pilot sites in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy, and integrate […] More

  • Raytheon, Student Veterans of America Award $10k Scholarships to 3 Vets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Student Veterans of America Award $10k Scholarships to 3 Vets

    Raytheon and Student Veterans of America will award $10,000 in scholarships to three student veterans who will take cybersecurity and engineering university courses. Damien Calderon of the U.S. Army, Megan Freeman of the U.S. Navy and Edward Thiemann of the U.S. Air Force have received study grants under the annual joint scholarship program, Raytheon said Tuesday. “These scholarships will help them […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: EO/IR Systems for Military Market Set for 8% Growth Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: EO/IR Systems for Military Market Set for 8% Growth Through 2020

    The market for electro-optical and infrared systems in the military will be worth $16.35 billion by 2020, according to a new MarketsandMarkets report. The analysis firm said Monday the figure represents a 7.71 percent year-over-year increase and is prompted by growing demand for EO/IR systems in surveillance platforms. Electro-optics are becoming popular in naval close-in weapons systems for threat detection […] More

  • Executive Profile: Alex Heidt, Alion Science SVP and GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Alex Heidt, Alion Science SVP and GM

    Alex Heidt serves as a senior vice president and general manager at Alion Science and Technology, which he joined in March 2013 after service as SVP and GM at Harris Corp.’s information technology services business. Heidt has also served as a VP of Air Force programs at Harris and was responsible for profit-and-loss management, program execution, and business […] More

  • MDA Conducts Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Intercept Trial - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Conducts Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Intercept Trial

    The Missile Defense Agency recently conducted a demonstration of the Lockheed Martin-built naval component of its ballistic missile defense system, in collaboration with the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy. In the Oct. 16 flight test, a medium-range Raytheon ballistic missile target launched from the Kauai-based Pacific Missile Range Facility was identified, located, engaged and […] More

  • Raytheon Test Flies DARPA's Close Air Support System; Tom Bussing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Test Flies DARPA’s Close Air Support System; Tom Bussing Comments

    Raytheon has been awarded an 18-month, $25.5 million contract to demonstrate Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s close-air support system in flight. The company has kicked off flight testing for DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support program on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft and connectivity tests with Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, Raytheon said Wednesday. “PCAS will help reduce close air support response times from as […] More

  • Jay Stephens Wins First Cabot Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jay Stephens Wins First Cabot Award

    Jay Stephens, Raytheon senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, has won the first annual John G.L. Cabot Award for his advocacy of free enterprise principles. Stephens served as chair of New England Legal Foundation’s board of directors between 2007 and 2010, Raytheon said Friday. “No one epitomizes better than Jay Stephens the qualities that the John G.L. Cabot Award […] More

  • Raytheon VP Mark Russell Named an IEEE Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon VP Mark Russell Named an IEEE Fellow

    Mark Russell, vice president of engineering, technology and mission assurance at Raytheon, has been selected to join the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellowship program. The IEEE Fellow committee recognized Russell’s work on projects to develop radio frequency and microwave technologies for national security and defense applications, Raytheon said Thursday. IEEE awards the fellow […] More

  • Executive Profile: Eric Wieman, STG Civil Sector SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Eric Wieman, STG Civil Sector SVP

    Eric Wieman serves as senior vice president of STG‘s civil sector, which comprises the software and systems development group, financial services group and the consulting and technical services group. Wieman joined the company in May as general manager of the systems design and development segment and now leads a business organization that offers software and systems design, development […] More

  • Rick Nelson: Raytheon, L-3 Combine Tech in Laser-Guided Remote Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Nelson: Raytheon, L-3 Combine Tech in Laser-Guided Remote Weapon System

    Raytheon and L-3 Communications have completed a new test on the TALON Rocket Remote Weapon System to demonstrate the target positioning and engagement functions of this laser-guided defense system for small ships. Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon’s naval and area mission defense products, said Wednesday TALON RRWS combines the uses of the TALON laser-guided rocket and L-3’s Advanced Remote Weapon […] More