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  • Air Force Block 10 SBIRS Ground System Enters Integrated Test and Evaluation Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Block 10 SBIRS Ground System Enters Integrated Test and Evaluation Phase

    A ground system for U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center and 460th Space Wing will enter the operational utility evaluation phase upon the completion of integrated test and evaluation work. The Air Force said Friday the Space-Based Infrared Systems Block 10 ground system will consolidate operational command and control of defense support program satellites, SBIRS Geosynchronous Earth […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Produce Military Test Range Instrumentation System Under DoD Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Produce Military Test Range Instrumentation System Under DoD Contract

    Rockwell Collins has received a $31 million contract from the Defense Department to build a test range instrumentation system for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army. The company said Monday it will build the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System to replace the Advanced Range Data System currently used at the three military  branches’ test ranges as the prime contractor and system integrator on […] More

  • Northrop-Built System Links Virtual F-22s With Live F-16s in Air Force Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Built System Links Virtual F-22s With Live F-16s in Air Force Training

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force have integrated two virtual fifth-generation F-22 Raptor aircraft with four fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcons during a live, virtual and constructive training exercise. The company said Monday its LVC Experimentation, Integration and Operations Suite system worked to provide networked simulators where virtual aircraft operated by aircrew members can participate in the same airspace as […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Proposals for Radiation Detector Repair Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Proposals for Radiation Detector Repair Services

    The U.S. Air Force looks to issue a sole-source contract for repair work on the military branch’s radiation detector equipment. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated the Air Force seeks a contractor to inspect and fix three Cryo-Pulse 5 detectors as well as provide one coaxial field effect transistor for detector. Responses to the solicitation are due Aug. 9. Canberra, the original equipment manufacturer of the Cryo-Pulse 5 technology, […] More

  • Lockheed Transports Missile Warning Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station; David Sheridan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Transports Missile Warning Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station; David Sheridan Comments

    Lockheed Martin shipped the U.S. Air Force‘s next missile warning satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 2. The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 3 satellite was shipped to Florida aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft at nearby Moffett Federal Air Field in preparation for its October launch, Lockheed said Friday. David […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Feature F-35 at Abbotsford Airshow in Canada - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Feature F-35 at Abbotsford Airshow in Canada

    Lockheed Martin will fly its F-35 Lightning II aircraft in Canada as a participant at the 2016 Abbotsford International Airshow from Aug. 12 to Aug. 14. The aircraft’s participation at the airshow will be its debut in Canada, Lockheed’s F-35 program office said Sunday. “We are always thrilled to connect people with airplanes, and certainly we are ecstatic to […] More

  • DCS Receives Air Force Delivery Order for KC-46A Tanker Software Devt & Integration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCS Receives Air Force Delivery Order for KC-46A Tanker Software Devt & Integration Support

    DCS Corp. has secured a $7.9 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide software development and integration services to help create a joint mission planning system for the service branch’s KC-46A tanker aircraft. The company said Thursday the delivery order was awarded through the Air Force’s Mission Planning Enterprise Contract II that covers aircraft mission planning systems for […] More

  • Northrop to Replace Air Force IR Countermeasure Tech Processor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Replace Air Force IR Countermeasure Tech Processor

    Northrop Grumman has received a $45.1 million contract modification to replace the processor of large aircraft infrared countermeasure systems for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification also includes a foreign military sale to Australia and work will take place at Northrop’s facility in Rolling Meadows, Illinois through April 30, 2018. The company will also […] More

  • L-3 Receives 1st Task Order Under AF Warfighter Readiness, Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Receives 1st Task Order Under AF Warfighter Readiness, Training Support Contract

    An L-3 Communications division has received an initial $23.5 million task order to provide training systems to the U.S. Air Force as part of a potential seven-year, $200 million contract awarded in April. L-3 said Wednesday its link simulation and training division will act as prime contractor on the Air Force’s Warfighter Readiness & Training program that seeks advanced tools for the military branch to train and […] More

  • Paul Stewart Joins ZMicro as Programs Director; Jason Wade Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Stewart Joins ZMicro as Programs Director; Jason Wade Comments

    Paul Stewart, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance industry veteran and former senior executive at ForceX, has joined computing systems firm ZMicro as director of programs. He will oversee the lifecycle management of ZMicro’s programs with the Defense Department, ZMicro said Thursday. “Paul brings a tremendous depth of expertise in ISR and DoD program management,” said Jason Wade, president of […] More

  • Telos to Provide Cybersecurity Upgrade for USAF Demilitarized Zone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos to Provide Cybersecurity Upgrade for USAF Demilitarized Zone

    Telos Corporation has received a $26.9 million contract to modify and replace the cybersecurity systems of a U.S. Air Force demilitarized zone through networking equipment updates and security management services. The company said Wednesday it will conduct contract work at Robins Air Force Base, Beale Air Force Base, Langley Air Force Base and Kansas in the U.S. as well as Ramstein Air […] More

  • Alan Williams: Canada Should Hold Open Competition to Replace CF-18 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alan Williams: Canada Should Hold Open Competition to Replace CF-18 Fleet

    Alan Williams, former assistant deputy minister of materiel at the Canadian defense department, has said he believes Canada’s CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft fleet should be replaced through an open competition among vendors, the Toronto Star reported Tuesday. “If you really think that there is some kind of urgency and there is a capability gap, the fastest […] More