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  • Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK's F-35B Carrier Flight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK’s F-35B Carrier Flight Tests

    Lockheed Martin has received an $11.6 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to support the first round of flight tests and issuance of military permit for an F-35B aircraft to launch from the U.K’.s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The Defense Department said Tuesday international partner funds worth $5.7 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not […] More

  • Airbus, Thales Extend Military Flight Simulator Supply Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus, Thales Extend Military Flight Simulator Supply Partnership

    Airbus has ordered an additional two flight training simulators from Thales for the AM400 military transport aircraft crewmen of the French and German air forces. Both simulators are designed to prepare A400M crews for missions such as in-flight refueling and low-level tactical operations, Thales said Tuesday. Thales has delivered A400M full flight simulators and a pair of flat panel flight training […] More

  • Raytheon Unveils National Apprenticeship Center in England - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Unveils National Apprenticeship Center in England

    Raytheon has inaugurated a national apprenticeship center in Doncaster, England, to primarily offer training programs for automotive technicians. The company said Friday its professional services subsidiary will use the center to provide learning services to employers and apprentices through classroom discussions, virtual training and site visits. “With a capacity of about 70 students, the new center will deliver […] More

  • UK Air Force Gets Third L3-Built SIGINT Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Air Force Gets Third L3-Built SIGINT Aircraft

    L3 Technologies has transferred the third and last RC-135V/W Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft to the U.K. air force. The RJ aircraft is designed to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for global security missions as part of the U.S.-U.K. Airseeker program, L3 said said Wednesday. U.K. procured three KC-135R tankers for conversion by L3 to RC-135V/W aircraft […] More

  • Lockheed, Elbit Systems Team Up to Pursue UK Navy EW Tech Modernization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Elbit Systems Team Up to Pursue UK Navy EW Tech Modernization Program

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Elbit Systems‘ U.K. arm to develop a technology offering for the British navy’s electronic warfare modernization program. Both companies signed a teaming agreement to pursue the Maritime Electronic Warfare Program that seeks to update EW systems on Royal Navy destroyers, frigates, amphibious assault ships and the service branch’s future submarines, said Wednesday. Paul Livingston, vice president of […] More

  • Lockheed, Discovery Education Launch Mars Habitation Module Design Challenge in UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Discovery Education Launch Mars Habitation Module Design Challenge in UK

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with digital education services provider Discovery Education to launch a video challenge for U.K. students to design a space habitation module that could help NASA bring humans to Mars. The challenge is part of Lockheed’s Generation Beyond program that aims to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers, […] More

  • James Willis, Steve Fitz-Gerald to Join QinetiQ in Managing Director Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    James Willis, Steve Fitz-Gerald to Join QinetiQ in Managing Director Roles

    James Willis, currently head of defense and security at Vodafone UK, and Steve Fitz-Gerald, formerly CEO of Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, will join QinetiQ as managing directors for two different business areas. QinetiQ said Tuesday both appointees will also serve on the company’s executive committee and report directly to CEO Steve Wadey. “James and Steve have proven track records of growth in […] More

  • Thales Links Simulators of 2 UK Air Force Bases Under Self-Funded Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Links Simulators of 2 UK Air Force Bases Under Self-Funded Project

    Thales has connected flight simulators for Tornado aircraft at the British air force’s bases in Lossiemouth and Marham under a self-funded initiative. The company said Friday it provided the building, engineers, instructors, administration staff, classroom facilities and desktop training systems as well as two flight simulators at RAF Lossiemouth and one at RAF Marham under a private financial initiative agreement. Amit Talati, Thales […] More

  • Serco-Content Guru Alliance to Offer Contact Center Platform in Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco-Content Guru Alliance to Offer Contact Center Platform in Public Sector

    Serco has partnered with Content Guru to provide a cloud-based multichannel contact center platform to government customers. The two companies will offer Content Guru’s storm communications integration platform to support contact between government agencies and citizens regardless of channel, Serco said Monday. Storm is designed to provide a single central system that integrates communications made through various channels such as web, SMS, […] More

  • ThreatMetrix: 130M Fraud Attacks Detected in Q1 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ThreatMetrix: 130M Fraud Attacks Detected in Q1 2017

    A new ThreatMetrix report says the security company has uncovered 130 million fraudulent attacks from January to March and found that the volume of digital wallet transactions increased 80 percent on a year-over-year basis. ThreatMetrix said Thursday it evaluated cyber crimes that the ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network detected during the first quarter of 2017 and found that the number […] More

  • BAE to Support Navy Submarine Weapon Systems; DeEtte Gray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Support Navy Submarine Weapon Systems; DeEtte Gray Comments

    BAE Systems Inc. will help the U.S. Navy engineer and integrate weapons systems on board the military branch’s submarines as part of a potential five-year, $368 million contract awarded in October. The company said Wednesday it will also provide test engineering, information technology support and specialized test equipment to the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs office under the contract. SSP manages the […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering to Manage EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C Nuclear Site Construction; Alan Seywright Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Engineering to Manage EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C Nuclear Site Construction; Alan Seywright Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has been selected to manage the construction works for EDF Energy’s nuclear power station project in Somerset, U.K. EDF will kick off the building, marine and civil works on the construction site after it had reached a deal with the U.K. government for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, Jacobs said Monday. […] More