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  • Harris-Hosted Summit Tackles Aerospace & Defense Workforce Needs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-Hosted Summit Tackles Aerospace & Defense Workforce Needs

    Harris collaborated with the Aerospace Industries Association to facilitate a two-day summit that brought together industry, government and academic stakeholders to discuss the future of aerospace and defense workforce. The event took place at a Harris facility in Palm Bay, Florida, and sought to promote science, technology, engineering and math education strategies meant to help grow workforce across the […] More

  • TrellisWare-Led Team to Develop 'Full Duplex' Radio System for National Spectrum Consortium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TrellisWare-Led Team to Develop ‘Full Duplex’ Radio System for National Spectrum Consortium

    TrellisWare Technologies has secured a potential $15.7 million contract to develop a system for the National Spectrum Consortium to help address radio frequency planning challenges related to military and civilian communications. TrellisWare said Tuesday it will lead a multivendor team that includes Rockwell Collins and Kumu Networks in efforts to facilitate a same-frequency simultaneous transmit and receive process […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Install Avionics Tech in Calidus-Built Multirole Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Install Avionics Tech in Calidus-Built Multirole Aircraft

    A United Arab Emirates-based aircraft manufacturer has selected Rockwell Collins to produce and integrate an integrated avionics system into a new aircraft platform designed for combat and asymmetric warfare missions. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide its Pro Line Fusion system for installation on Calidus‘ B-250 light attack aircraft that debuted at the Dubai Airshow. Talel Kamel, managing director of Rockwell Collins’ business […] More

  • BAE, Northrop Mark B-21 Bomber Project Collaboration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Northrop Mark B-21 Bomber Project Collaboration

    BAE Systems hosted an event at a company facility in Nashua, New Hampshire, last week to mark a partnership between BAE and Northrop Grumman to help build the U.S. Air Force‘s B-21 Raider bomber aircraft, Union Leader reported Wednesday. The event was attended by Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and executives from the two defense contractors. […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Recognized for Work With Veteran-Owned Suppliers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Recognized for Work With Veteran-Owned Suppliers

    Rockwell Collins is one of 25 U.S.-based companies that have received recognition under the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s 2017 Military Friendly Supplier Diversity Program. The association included Rockwell Collins in the list of companies published in the Vetrepreneur magazine for including veteran-owned businesses into supplier diversity programs, the company said Wednesday. Vetrepreneur ranked the companies based on […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Integrates ADS-B Out Software on Navy Aircraft Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Integrates ADS-B Out Software on Navy Aircraft Platforms

    Rockwell Collins has finished integration of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Out software on three aircraft platforms for the Naval Air Systems Command. The company said Monday it integrated the software on NAVAIR’s C-2A, E2-C and P-3C platforms in an effort to help the command meet the federal government’s ADS-B Out requirements set to take effect by the […] More

  • Lockheed Selects Rockwell Collins' Avionics Tech for Greek P-3 Flight Deck Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects Rockwell Collins’ Avionics Tech for Greek P-3 Flight Deck Modernization

    Lockheed Martin has chosen Rockwell Collins to supply avionics technology for integration into the Greek navy’s P-3 maritime patrol aircraft in an effort to help the service branch comply with global airspace operation requirements. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide the company-made Flight2 integrated avionics system to transform the flight deck of Greek P-3s into a glass cockpit […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Produce Digital Terminal Control System Simulators for Australian Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Produce Digital Terminal Control System Simulators for Australian Military

    Rockwell Collins‘ Australian subsidiary has received a potential $31 million contract to produce eight simulators for a computer-based technology platform designed to help Australian military personnel respond to adversarial targets. Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry, said in a statement published Wednesday the company will also help operate and maintain the Digital Terminal Control System simulators under […] More

  • USSOCOM Taps Rockwell Collins for Avionics Tech Repair, Field Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USSOCOM Taps Rockwell Collins for Avionics Tech Repair, Field Support Services

    Rockwell Collins has received a potential five-year, $30.7 million contract to repair a common avionics architecture system for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The company said Monday it will also provide CAAS logistics, field support and spares management support under the contract. CAAS is based on the Flight2 open systems architecture and consists of multiple navigation, communications and mission […] More

  • Iridium Certus Broadband Service Enters On-Orbit Test; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Certus Broadband Service Enters On-Orbit Test; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications has initiated on-orbit tests of the company’s broadband service platform built to deliver global L-band connectivity through the NEXT satellite constellation. The company said Thursday it uploaded software to the NEXT satellites that are already in orbit to activate the Iridium Certus communications service. Certus entered live testing Sept. 25 and is slated for commercial […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, Spirent Partner to Develop Military Code Support Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, Spirent Partner to Develop Military Code Support Tech

    Spirent Federal Systems and Rockwell Collins have partnered to develop software that will work to support military code for the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS constellation modernization effort. The partnership comes nearly three months after Spirent obtained approval from the service branch’s GPS directorate to develop M-Code support technology with the use of Modernized Navstar Security Algorithm, Spirent said Wednesday. Spirent […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Demos Comms Network for Satellite-Denied Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Demos Comms Network for Satellite-Denied Environments

    Rockwell Collins has tested a high frequency network that the company currently develops for the U.S. Air Force to support communications in satellite-denied areas. The wideband HF communications system worked to transmit files of up to one megabyte over a 5,000-mile distance during the 30-day demonstration, Rockwell Collins said Monday. The technology is designed to support […] More