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  • Lockheed Completes Preliminary Long-Range Radar Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes Preliminary Long-Range Radar Design Review

    Lockheed Martin has completed the preliminary design review of a radar system designed to safeguard the U.S. from ballistic missile threats. The company developed the Long Range Discrimination Radar under a potential $784 million contract the Missile Defense Agency awarded in October 2015, Lockheed said Thursday. The LRDR platform is an S-band radar component of MDA’s […] More

  • Liteye, Tribalco Partner to Deliver Counter-Drone Systems to US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Liteye, Tribalco Partner to Deliver Counter-Drone Systems to US Military

    Liteye and Tribalco have collaborated to deliver the former’s anti-unmanned aerial vehicle defense systems to U.S. military customers. Centennial, Colorado-based Liteye said Thursday its AUDS system is designed with a radar, precision thermal and daylight cameras, video tracking and multiple non-kinetic defeat functions. U.S. military and government organizations have tested the platform that works to detect, track, […] More

  • Companies Pitch Off-the-Shelf Tech Platforms to DoD SCO Chief Will Roper - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Companies Pitch Off-the-Shelf Tech Platforms to DoD SCO Chief Will Roper

    The National Defense Industrial Association hosted a meeting on Nov. 14 to allow representatives from companies to present their commercial off-the-shelf technology platforms to Will Roper, director of the Defense Department’s strategic capabilities office, the National Defense magazine reported Monday. Sandra I. Erwin writes executives from Allegheny Technologies, Battelle, Creative Micro Systems, Endeavor Robotics, General Atomics, […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Industry Info on Electromagnetic Battle Mgmt Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Industry Info on Electromagnetic Battle Mgmt Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to provide information on new electromagnetic battle management platforms that will work to provide command-and-control and situational awareness functions for warfighters. The U.S. Strategic Command’s joint electronic warfare center seeks EMBM systems that are expected to achieve technology readiness levels 7 and 8 over the next five years, the […] More

  • AF Requests Info on Sense-and-Avoid Tech Sources for Remotely Piloted Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AF Requests Info on Sense-and-Avoid Tech Sources for Remotely Piloted Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force has sought information on potential industry sources that can equip remotely piloted aircraft with platforms that work to “sense and avoid” other aerial vehicles in order to prevent collisions in airspace. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday it will assess potential SAA technology systems based on nine technology […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Corp. Completes Risk Reduction, Tech Readiness Level Tests on 'Dream Chaser' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Corp. Completes Risk Reduction, Tech Readiness Level Tests on ‘Dream Chaser’

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed two NASA milestone tests on the Dream Chaser spacecraft’s flight hardware systems, moving the program closer to the critical design review phase and first flight, Phys.org reported Thursday. Ken Kremer reports that the Milestone 9 and Milestone 9a tests cover design risk reduction and technology readiness level assessments. “These crucial validations are vital […] More

  • Rick Yuse: Raytheon's 'Next-Gen' Jammer to Undergo Initial Flight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Yuse: Raytheon’s ‘Next-Gen’ Jammer to Undergo Initial Flight Tests

    Raytheon‘s Next-Generation Jammer has completed a system readiness review, with most of the component technologies at Technology Readiness Level 6 or above, and is preparing for initial flight testing in September, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Rick Yuse, program manager for the electronic warfare system at Raytheon, has confirmed the program’s status as the company aims […] More