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  • Rockwell Collins to Provide Navy E-2D Hawkeye Tactics Trainer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Provide Navy E-2D Hawkeye Tactics Trainer

    Rockwell Collins‘ simulation and training solutions business has secured a $34.2 million contract to deliver a training system for the U.S. Navy‘s E2-D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform aircraft-to-simulator concurrency updates; implement aircraft change directives/engineering change proposals; and integrate and test software applications under the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems' US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems’ US Subsidiary for F-35 Cockpit Display Replacement

    Elbit Systems‘ U.S. arm has received a contract to build a cockpit display replacement unit for Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. Elbit Systems of America will develop a panoramic cockpit display as part of the fighter program’s Technology Refresh 3, the company said Tuesday. Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, said the company is  committed to supporting customers […] More

  • Navy Plans Radio Supply, Upgrade IDIQ Award to Rockwell Collins - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Radio Supply, Upgrade IDIQ Award to Rockwell Collins

    The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Corona division plans to award a sole-source contract to Rockwell Collins to update the U.S. Navy‘s 721S radios and supply 721SR units. A FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday says the service branch intends to use a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for the radio procurement and upgrade efforts. NSWC Corona wants Rockwell Collins to supply commercial 721S radios to replace […] More

  • QinetiQ, Rockwell Collins Enter Satellite Navigation Tech, Service Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ, Rockwell Collins Enter Satellite Navigation Tech, Service Partnership

    QinetiQ and Rockwell Collins have partnered to develop a multi-constellation open service offering as both companies aim to help address mission requirements of government and military customers as well as infrastructure operators. The partnership will also produce and offer a suite of Global Navigation Satellite System  receivers to support clients’ operational and geographical needs, Rockwell Collins said Thursday. Colin Mahoney, senior vice president of […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Resell Inmarsat's Global Xpress Broadband Service to Govt Aviation Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Resell Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Broadband Service to Govt Aviation Customers

    Rockwell Collins has begun to offer Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress broadband service to the government aviation market through an expanded value added reseller arrangement. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins said Monday it currently delivers Inmarsat’s GX service and Jet ConneX in-flight connectivity offering to commercial and business aviation customers under previous VAR agreements. David Poltorak, Rockwell Collins vice president of business […] More

  • Report: Future Airborne Capability Environment Consortium Signs MoU with Joint DoD Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Future Airborne Capability Environment Consortium Signs MoU with Joint DoD Agency

    A joint Defense Department agency and a government-industry consortium inked a memorandum of understanding to help define open avionics standards for military aircraft. The Future Airborne Capability Environment Consortium (FACE,) a coalition of government and industry organizations which aims to determine open avionics standards for military aircraft, issued the memo with the DoD agency, Defense Systems reported Thursday. The memorandum will […] More

  • DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract to apply mathematics-based development methods in efforts to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency defend various military platforms against cyber threats and address system vulnerabilities. The company said Monday it will initially incorporate technologies developed under DARPA’s High Assurance Cyber Military Systems into U.S. Navy programs under the contract. The HACMS project aims to build cyber-physical systems that works to […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, Embraer Subsidiaries Agree to Integrate Tech for Defense Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, Embraer Subsidiaries Agree to Integrate Tech for Defense Applications

    Rockwell Collins and affiliated firms to Embraer’s defense and security business have agreed to partner to evaluate and explore business opportunities in defense technology platforms. Rockwell Collins signed the cooperation agreement Tuesday with Embraer’s Savis and Bradar subsidiaries at LAAD Defense & Security expo in Brazil, Embraer said Tuesday. Bradar and Savis will work to integrate a […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Continue Test Range Instrumentation Tech Production for US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Continue Test Range Instrumentation Tech Production for US Military

    Rockwell Collins will continue to support the production of a military test range instrumentation system under a two-year, $21.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide a second production lot of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System for deployment at Air Force, Army and Navy test ranges. DoD awarded a $31 million contract […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, NASA Conduct Sonic Boom Display Usability Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, NASA Conduct Sonic Boom Display Usability Demo

    NASA and Rockwell Collins have conducted a usability test and a pilot working group meeting that showcased a sonic boom display at the space agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday the two-year Sonic Boom Display project resulted in the creation of an impact visualization system designed to help pilots reduce or mitigate the risk of sonic boom impacts during […] More

  • Devra Kelly Joins GTS as Public Safety, Govt Markets Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Devra Kelly Joins GTS as Public Safety, Govt Markets Director

    Devra Kelly, former manager of business development for Harris‘ SwitchPlusIP product line, has joined Global Technology Systems as director of public safety and government markets at the Framingham, Massachusetts-based power management technology manufacturer. GTS Chairman Larry Murray said in a statement released Friday that Kelly will work with first responder clients to help them adopt company-made products […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal

    Rockwell Collins has landed a Digitally Aided Close Air Support contract from the Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental to facilitate cross-platform data link functions for mobile devices. Rockwell Collins said Tuesday it will offer an open source aggregation framework designed to support cross-platform data link communications on Android and Windows mobile devices in efforts to boost the […] More