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  • Boeing-Bell JV Plans MV-22B Osprey Midair Refueling Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Bell JV Plans MV-22B Osprey Midair Refueling Trials

    A joint venture between Boeing and Bell Helicopter aims to begin the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft’s midair refueling trials in early 2019 to achieve full service capability in 2020, AIN Online reported Wednesday. The effort to include a refueling function in the Osprey aims to eliminate the reliance of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Air Combat Elements […] More

  • Army Selects 5 Firms to Develop Automatic Rifle Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Selects 5 Firms to Develop Automatic Rifle Prototypes

    Five companies have won separate 12-month other transaction agreements to develop automatic rifle prototypes for the U.S. Army. The OTAs announced Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice will cover the development and production of a system demonstrator representative of level 6 technology and manufacturing readiness under the Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program. The Army seeks an NGSAR […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary to Install Sensors on Army's V-280 Valor Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary to Install Sensors on Army’s V-280 Valor Aircraft

    A Textron subsidiary is set to install a suite of sensors on a new tiltrotor aircraft being developed for the U.S. Army, Military.com reported Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Jeff Schloesser, executive vice president for strategic pursuits at Bell, told Military.com that the company will install Lockheed Martin‘s Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor system that is designed to provide 360-degree awareness for aircraft. […] More

  • Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Eyes RFP for New Light-Attack Aircraft by December - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Eyes RFP for New Light-Attack Aircraft by December

    Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, top acquisition official at the U.S. Air Force, has said the service will call off the remaining flights in its light-attack experiment following the death of a naval pilot in an aircraft crash on June 22, Defense News reported Tuesday. The accident involved the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the Sierra Nevada–Embraer team. […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary Opens New Advanced Vertical Lift Center in Washington D.C. - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary Opens New Advanced Vertical Lift Center in Washington D.C.

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has opened a new advanced vertical lift center intending to provide a site wherein customers may witness new aviation technologies. The facility features demonstrations and expertise on new aviation applications, and is located in the metro area of Washington D.C., Textron said Wednesday. The new center includes a flight simulator of the […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary to Finish Venom Helicopter Deliveries to USMC in 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary to Finish Venom Helicopter Deliveries to USMC in 2018

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary expects to complete UH-1Y Venom helicopter deliveries to the U.S. Marine Corps before the end of 2018. Bell said Thursday it will also continue delivering the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, the Venom’s sister model, to the service branch through 2022. Both helicopters are built on the UH-1 Iroquois and AH-1 Cobra models, which are part of […] More

  • Bell to supply Navy helicopter gearbox assemblies under DLA delivery order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell to supply Navy helicopter gearbox assemblies under DLA delivery order

    Textron‘s Bell subsidiary has received a three-year, five-month delivery order worth up to $37.4 million from the Defense Logistics Agency for the supply of a helicopter gearbox. The company will provide main rotor gearbox assemblies for the U.S. Navy under the delivery order against a five-year basic ordering agreement, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More

  • TeraThink Adds Deborah Lee James to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TeraThink Adds Deborah Lee James to Board of Directors

    TeraThink has appointed Deborah Lee James, a 35-year public and private sector veteran, to the federal technology and management consulting firm’s board of directors. The company said Monday James joins the board four months after the Reston, Virginia-based company merged with Dominion Consulting. James said she aims to help government clients improve their operations and business processes as part of a […] More

  • Textron's Bell Helicopter Subsidiary Renamed as 'Bell' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s Bell Helicopter Subsidiary Renamed as ‘Bell’

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has changed its name to “Bell” and adopted a new logo to reflect the company’s focus on innovation and customer experience. Bell said Thursday it collaborated with brand and design consultancy FutureBrand to complete the rebranding, which will be carried out over the next year. The two companies started the project in the […] More

  • Textron's AAI Subsidiary to Provide Unmanned ISR Support for USAF's Afghanistan Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s AAI Subsidiary to Provide Unmanned ISR Support for USAF’s Afghanistan Operations

    Textron‘s AAI Corp. subsidiary has received a potential $15.7 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan through the use of unmanned aircraft systems. AAI will also provide a non-developmental contractor-owned and contractor-operated UAS ISR platform as well as support the service branch’s force protection efforts under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Textron, Navy to Install Surface Warfare Weapons on Unmanned Surface Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron, Navy to Install Surface Warfare Weapons on Unmanned Surface Vehicle

    Textron and the U.S. Navy have entered an agreement to integrate anti-surface weapons into the service branch’s unmanned surface vehicle, USNI News reported Tuesday. The team would develop and install surface warfare payloads onto the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle as part of the cooperative research and development agreement. Payloads will include missiles, designators, sensors and remote weapon stations, the report […] More