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  • Saudi Crown Prince Tours Lockheed's Sunnyvale, Calif. Facility; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saudi Crown Prince Tours Lockheed’s Sunnyvale, Calif. Facility; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson hosted Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit Thursday at a company site in Sunnyvale, California. MBS toured the facility where Lockheed currently builds a pair of communications satellites for operator Arabsat and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, the company said Friday. “He also met the Saudi […] More

  • Report: SAMI Eyes Saudi Arabia Fleet Support MoU With Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SAMI Eyes Saudi Arabia Fleet Support MoU With Boeing

    State-owned defense company Saudi Arabian Military Industries plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with Boeing for fleet training and support services, Reuters reported Wednesday. The non-binding agreement will come as Saudi Arabia aims to localize half of the country’s military sector by 2030. SAMI Ahmed Al Khateeb told Reuters at the 2018 Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum the company hopes […] More

  • Northrop to Support Saudi Arabia Warfighter Threat Simulation Under $75M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Saudi Arabia Warfighter Threat Simulation Under $75M IDIQ

    Northrop Grumman has landed a potential $75 million  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help Saudi Arabia’s warfighters simulate threats with a company-built Joint Threat Emitter system. JTE is designed to generate a battlespace environment that facilitates training of military personnel to identify and address enemy missile and artillery threats, Northrop said Thursday. The company developed the system to be reprogrammable […] More

  • Raytheon to Deliver GPS Receiver Cards to USAF, Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Deliver GPS Receiver Cards to USAF, Saudi Arabia

    Raytheon has received a potential three-year, $36.7 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide received cards designed for global positioning system tracking and navigation. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will supply Advanced Technology Receiver Cards that work to simultaneously track patented direct measurement processing; ultra-tight global positioning system and inertial navigation system coupling; and fast satellite acquisition efforts. […] More

  • Air Force Taps Cubic for Logistics Support to Saudi Arabia's Combat Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Cubic for Logistics Support to Saudi Arabia’s Combat Training System

    Cubic has received a $14.8 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide logistics services for Saudi Arabia’s P5 combat training systems. The Defense Department said Friday Cubic’s defense applications unit will help sustain operational tempos at various military bases in Saudi Arabia through the foreign military sales contract. Work under the sole-source acquisition effort will occur through Feb 28, 2022. Cubic’s global […] More

  • Lockheed, University Form Tech R&D Partnership to Support 'Saudi Vision 2030'; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, University Form Tech R&D Partnership to Support ‘Saudi Vision 2030’; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Saudi Arabia-based King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to conduct research and development projects that will support the country’s Saudi Vision 2030 objectives, Saudi Gazette reported Wednesday. The master research agreement calls for the company and university to explore technology that will have potential applications across multiple industries. Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson […] More

  • Report: Raytheon's Patriot Defense Systems Intercepted Over 100 Missiles in Saudi Arabia Since 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon’s Patriot Defense Systems Intercepted Over 100 Missiles in Saudi Arabia Since 2015

    Raytheon-built Patriot missile defense systems based in Saudi Arabia have intercepted more than 100 tactical ballistic missiles since the conflict with Yemen’s Houthi group began in 2015, Defense News reported Tuesday. Raytheon executives said at the Dubai Air Show that more than 90 intercepts of Yemen-launched missiles were carried out using the company’s PAC-2 Guided Enhanced […] More

  • Report: Oshkosh Defense Eyes Armored Vehicle Partnerships in Middle East - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Oshkosh Defense Eyes Armored Vehicle Partnerships in Middle East

    George Mansfield, vice president and general manager of international programs at Oshkosh‘s defense business, has said the company looks to offer armored vehicles in the Middle East through partnerships with local manufacturers there, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said Oshkosh Defense is in talks with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Al-Tadrea Manufacturing Company about producing armored vehicles. Al […] More

  • CAE to Establish Aviation Training Center in Saudi Arabia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Establish Aviation Training Center in Saudi Arabia

    CAE has partnered with the Saudi National Company of Aviation to establish a flight training center at the King Fahad International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The SNCA-sponsored facility will offer commercial pilot license curriculum, courseware, staff and instructor training and control systems safety education, CAE said Sunday. Both companies made the announcement during the 2017 Dubai Air Show. “This center gives […] More

  • Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a three-year, $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide program planning, technical and instructional services to the government of Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Monday the foreign military sales contract covers support for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative that seeks to optimize social and economic conditions […] More

  • Report: Boeing Remains Optimistic on Proposed $21B F-15 Sale to Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing Remains Optimistic on Proposed $21B F-15 Sale to Qatar

    Boeing continues to expect that a potential $21.1 billion foreign military sales deal  between the U.S. and Qatar over F-15 aircraft and related support will push through amid President Donald Trump’s comments on the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries, Defense News reported Tuesday. “We have been working closely with the U.S. […] More

  • Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia's AWACS Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia’s AWACS Aircraft

    Boeing has completed an effort to optimize the radar systems of Saudi Arabia’s fleet of E-3A airborne warning and control system aircraft. The Radar System Improvement Program is intended to boost the original equipment’s radar sensitivity and widen the range for tracking targets, Boeing said Tuesday. Northrop Grumman provided the RSIP kit which is comprised of a new radar computer, […] More