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  • Lockheed Starts CH-53K Flight Test Program Transition to Naval Air Station in Maryland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Starts CH-53K Flight Test Program Transition to Naval Air Station in Maryland

    Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the first cross-country flight of the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter from a Florida-based facility to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland as part of the flight test program. The CH-53K aircraft took off Friday from Sikorsky’s facility in Maryland and traveled approximately 810 miles for six hours to Patuxent River with […] More

  • Dan Schultz: Lockheed Sees Germany, Israel, Japan as Potential CH-53K Helicopter Buyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Schultz: Lockheed Sees Germany, Israel, Japan as Potential CH-53K Helicopter Buyers

    Lockheed Martin expects Germany and Israel to place orders for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, Reuters reported Wednesday. Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed’s Sikorsky helicopter unit, told reporters at the Paris Airshow that Japan could potentially follow suit since the country flies an earlier version of the helicopter. Schultz noted that Israel has requested pricing for 20 helicopters. Germany’s […] More

  • Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement

    Andrew Rodgers, program manager for light tactical vehicles at PEO Land Systems Marine Corps, said the U.S. Marine Corps plans to increase the number of joint light tactical vehicles it intends to buy from 5,500 to 9,092 units, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Rodgers told reporters Wednesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia that the […] More

  • Boeing to Integrate ViaSat Tactical Comms Terminals on Marines' AV-8B Attack Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Integrate ViaSat Tactical Comms Terminals on Marines’ AV-8B Attack Aircraft

    Boeing has awarded ViaSat a potential $20 million contract to manufacture small tactical terminals for integration onto AV-8B Harrier attack planes for the U.S. Marine Corps and international defense customers. ViaSat said Monday its KOR-24A STT units will work to help Harrier pilots communicate with other U.S. and allied airmen or ground forces via the Link 16 and Soldier Radio Waveform networks. “This order from Boeing […] More

  • Gentex Wins $51M Marines Combat Helmet, Data Report Delivery Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gentex Wins $51M Marines Combat Helmet, Data Report Delivery Contract

    Gentex has won a potential five-year, $51.4 million contract to provide 84,376 updated combat helmets and data reports to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Systems Command received three proposals for the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract and obligated nearly $10 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds.to cover the first delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests 4G Tactical Network at USMC Ship-to-Shore Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests 4G Tactical Network at USMC Ship-to-Shore Demo

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has tested a 4G tactical broadband communications network during the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Ship-to-Shore Maneuver, Exploration and Experimentation event in California. The company said Wednesday its engineering team streamed video at a 62-mile distance between a tactical antenna mounted on San Clemente island and an antenna deployed at Red Beach in Camp Pendleton. General Dynamics […] More

  • Northrop Hands Marine Corps 1st G/ATOR Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Hands Marine Corps 1st G/ATOR Radar System

    Northrop Grumman has turned over a mobile multimission radar system to the U.S. Marine Corps as part of an initial low-rate initial production contract awarded in October 2014. The company said Tuesday its AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar will replace five legacy radars being used by Marines and the system’s architecture works to interact with multiple command-and-control systems. G/ATOR is designed to detect, track and engage a range […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Approval to Deploy Updated F-35 'ALIS' Logistics System at Air Force, Navy Sites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Approval to Deploy Updated F-35 ‘ALIS’ Logistics System at Air Force, Navy Sites

    Lockheed Martin has received approval to install the latest version of a logistics software platform for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft at several U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force sites. The Autonomic Logistics Information System 2.0.2 version works to help military users perform mission planning, flight scheduling and preventive maintenance operations for the fighter jet, Lockheed […] More

  • Sensofusion to Develop Counter-UAS Mobile System for Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sensofusion to Develop Counter-UAS Mobile System for Marine Corps

    The U.S. Marine Corps and the Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental have awarded Sensofusion a contract to further develop a mobile platform designed to counter unmanned aircraft systems. Sensofusion said Thursday its Airfence mobile system will serve as the core of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s mobile counter-UAS system as well as support Marines’ efforts to […] More

  • Report: BAE, Iveco Wrap Up Shipboard Testing Phase for Amphibious Vehicle Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: BAE, Iveco Wrap Up Shipboard Testing Phase for Amphibious Vehicle Prototype

    BAE Systems and its partner Iveco Defense Vehicles have concluded the shipboard testing phase off the coast of Italy for a prototype amphibious combat vehicle the companies built for the U.S. Marine Corps, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson writes John Swift, ACV program manager at BAE, told the publication Wednesday at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space […] More

  • CACI Exec Chair Jack London Gets Naval Historical Foundation Award; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Exec Chair Jack London Gets Naval Historical Foundation Award; Ken Asbury Comments

    Jack London, executive chairman of CACI International and a retired U.S. Navy captain, has received recognition from the Naval Historical Foundation for his leadership in efforts to preserve naval history. The company said Wednesday NHF Chairman William Fallon presented the 2017 Distinguished Service Award to London during the National Maritime Awards Dinner held Tuesday. “I congratulate Dr. London on his recognition as a patriotic […] More