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  • Coalition Forces Demo SM-3 Intercept in European Theater - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coalition Forces Demo SM-3 Intercept in European Theater

    Coalition forces have completed a new at-sea demonstration of integrated air and missile defense capability with the interception of a ballistic missile target using a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 fired from USS Ross. The U.S. Navy said Tuesday the Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum’s ASD-15 event featured a scenario in which an SM-3 Block IA guided interceptor engaged the missile target over the […] More

  • Executive Profile: Clifton Poole, Chief IT Security Architect for Intelligence Information & Services at Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Clifton Poole, Chief IT Security Architect for Intelligence Information & Services at Raytheon

    Clifton Poole is chief information technology security architect for intelligence information and services at Raytheon. In this capacity, he oversees all IT security governance operations for program networks and related IT system infrastructure. Poole has been with Raytheon for eight years and has held various IT leadership positions within the firm’s intelligence and information systems […] More

  • Study: Gov't Cyber Infrastructure Focus to Drive Cyber Weapon Market Through 2021 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Gov’t Cyber Infrastructure Focus to Drive Cyber Weapon Market Through 2021

    A Transparency Market Research report says worldwide cyber weapons could grow into a $521.9 billion market, largely because of government organizations’ efforts to secure critical infrastructure assets. The market intelligence firm said Tuesday defense and intelligence agencies use cyber weapons to deal with adversaries who conduct espionage, data theft and information technology sabotage activities. Defense cyber weapons generated nearly […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Missile Against EW Interference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Missile Against EW Interference

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have conducted flight tests on the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile inventory’s HARM Control Section Modification product on an F-16 aircraft. The company said Monday the HARM upgrade works to operate against electronic warfare systems such as enemy radars. Mike Jarrett, vice president of Raytheon’s air warfare systems unit, said the missile features updates that aim […] More

  • Kevin Ramundo: Raytheon Implements Measures to Address GPS OCX Program Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Ramundo: Raytheon Implements Measures to Address GPS OCX Program Challenges

    Kevin Ramundo, a Raytheon spokesperson, has said the company took “corrective actions” following an independent review of its development work on operational control systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS satellites, Bloomberg reported Friday. Raytheon was awarded a potential $886 million contract in 2010 to build the GPS ground segment, according to the report by […] More

  • Executive Profile: Eric Rickard, Booz Allen VP and SIG Group DoD-Intell Cyber Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Eric Rickard, Booz Allen VP and SIG Group DoD-Intell Cyber Lead

    Eric Rickard serves as vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton and head of Defense Department and intelligence cyber programs for the firm’s Strategic Innovation Group. Rickard helps oversee investments and the delivery of predictive intelligence and cyber defense services to clients. He previously served as a director of customer innovation at Raytheon and held a research and development […] More

  • Raytheon Uses RC Truck in Anti-Hacking Tech Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Uses RC Truck in Anti-Hacking Tech Demo

    Raytheon has used a 1:16th scale radio-controlled truck to demonstrate an anti-hacking technology during the 2015 Association of the U.S. Army meeting and exhibition. Engineers from Raytheon’s Cyber Operations and Development Evaluation hub wanted to show how hackers could tamper Internet-connected systems through the demonstration, the company said Oct. 7. “In today’s Internet of Things, […] More

  • Grant Begley Appointed to UAS Drone Corp. Board; Chris Nelson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Begley Appointed to UAS Drone Corp. Board; Chris Nelson Comments

    Grant Begley, a leader in the field of drone technology and formerly corporate senior vice president of Alion Science and Technology, has joined UAS Drone Corp. as a member of the board of directors. UAS Drone Corp. said Wednesday Begley, who has also served as senior adviser for unmanned aerial systems at the Defense Department, brings experience […] More

  • Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar

    Raytheon continues work to upgrade the radar component of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with a gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned array to provide a 360-degree radar coverage. The company said Tuesday the GaN-based AESA radar works to help the Patriot system protect U.S. and allied forces against attacks that come from multiple directions. “The Raytheon-developed GaN-based AESA […] More

  • Raytheon Updates Bradley Commander's Primary Sight; Duane Gooden Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Updates Bradley Commander’s Primary Sight; Duane Gooden Comments

    Raytheon has upgraded the company’s integrated electro/optic system offering with new features such as dual-band thermal imager and a high-definition color camera. The third-generation Commander’s Primary Sight also incorporates laser range finder, laser designator, visible and infrared laser pointers and line-of-sight director, Raytheon said Tuesday. Duane Gooden, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems product line, […] More

  • Raytheon Test Fires Pike Precision-Guided Munitions; JR Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Test Fires Pike Precision-Guided Munitions; JR Smith Comments

    Raytheon has completed the first fire tests for two Pike 40-millimeter precision-guided munitions at Mile High Resources in Texas. The munitions were launched from a standard tube grenade launcher and flew more than 2,300 yards before landing within the targeted area, Raytheon said Monday. “Pike uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage both fixed and […] More