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  • DynCorp Lands 3 AFCAP IV Task Orders for Transient Aircraft, Base Operation Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Lands 3 AFCAP IV Task Orders for Transient Aircraft, Base Operation Support

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded DynCorp International three task orders to provide transient aircraft support and base operation services under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV contract. DynCorp will provide personnel, supervisory support and other transient aircraft services to run the service branch’s fixed- and rotary-wing planes in Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait and other […] More

  • Lockheed to Provide UAE Space Agency Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Provide UAE Space Agency Training Program

    Lockheed Martin will provide the United Arab Emirates’ space agency a four-month dual-track training program designed to teach students and early career professionals space fundamentals. The company said Sunday that it will support students and professionals seeking to have a long-term career in the space industry. Lockheed will conduct the training within its center for innovation and […] More

  • CAE Discloses UAE Training Center Development, Simulator Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Discloses UAE Training Center Development, Simulator Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    The United Arab Emirates has awarded CAE a set of contracts with a combined $111 million base value deliver helicopter simulators and develop a naval training center for the country’s joint aviation command and navy. CAE will design and develop a naval training center with ship simulation-based training suites and maritime aircraft sensor stations designed to conduct individual, team, chip and collective mission training, […] More

  • Northrop to Support ATC Comms Expansion at UAE Airports; Danny Milligan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support ATC Comms Expansion at UAE Airports; Danny Milligan Comments

    A Northrop Grumman U.K.-based subsidiary will help expand the air traffic control communications systems at the Dubai International and Dubai World Central airports in the United Arab Emirates. Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will provide Park Air Sapphire products, such as the Park Air T6 Radio, to the Dubai Air Navigation Services agency as part of a contract won by Bayanat […] More

  • Raytheon-Al Marakeb JV to Focus on Unmanned Surface Vehicle Production; Chris Davis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Al Marakeb JV to Focus on Unmanned Surface Vehicle Production; Chris Davis Comments

    Raytheon and United Arab Emirates-based boat maker Al Marakeb have formed a new joint venture to manufacture unmanned surface vehicles for use in international security and marine defense missions. The joint venture will focus on the production of surveillance buoys, H-series boats and other types of USVs, the companies said Sunday. Chris Davis, president of UAE […] More

  • Parson's UAE Railway Project Receives Infrastructure Project of the Year Award; Gary Adams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parson’s UAE Railway Project Receives Infrastructure Project of the Year Award; Gary Adams Comments

    Construction Week magazine has picked Parsons‘ railway network project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as the recipient of the Infrastructure Project of the Year award. The Etihad Rail Stage 1 project is a 1,200-kilometer passenger and freight railway system that will work to serve as a link between the UAE and other Gulf Cooperation Council member […] More

  • Reuters: Northrop Eyes Hawkeye Sales With Other Foreign Countries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Northrop Eyes Hawkeye Sales With Other Foreign Countries

    Northrop Grumman is talking with countries in the Persian Gulf, North Africa and Asia on potential purchases of the country’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft despite the United Arab Emirates’ decision to not buy that plane, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes the UAE agreed earlier in the week to purchase $1.27 billion in Saab-built early warning planes. Northrop officials told Reuters Japan […] More

  • Raytheon-AEC Alliance to Develop Weapon Systems, Integrated Sensors; John Harris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-AEC Alliance to Develop Weapon Systems, Integrated Sensors; John Harris Comments

    Raytheon has partnered with Advanced Electronics Co. to expand their collaboration on new platforms for civil and defense markets. The companies will also build new weapons systems, cyber platforms, land warfare tools, civil aviation systems and integrated sensors under the agreement signed at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates, Raytheon said Monday. […] More

  • Lockheed, Exechon, Injaz Form UAE-Based Machining Tech Development JV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Exechon, Injaz Form UAE-Based Machining Tech Development JV

    Lockheed Martin and technology companies Injaz National and Exechon have created a joint venture to build and offer machining tools for the aerospace, defense and automotive industries. Abu Dhabi-based Exechon Enterprises will be led by Karl-Erik Neumann and aims to produce automated technology for the production of advanced components, Lockheed said Monday. The JV also plans to establish a center of […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Help UAE Start Space Technology Academic Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Help UAE Start Space Technology Academic Program

    Orbital ATK will collaborate with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, satellite communications firm Yahsat and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency to form a new academic program focused on space technology. Masdar Institute will start to accept graduate students in UAE for the master’s degree program by January 2016 under the memorandum of understanding, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. […] More

  • Raytheon to Extend Patriot Weapon Support for UAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Extend Patriot Weapon Support for UAE

    Raytheon has received a $7 million contract modification to perform technical assistance work on ground support equipment of the United Arab Emirates’ Patriot air and missile defense systems. The Defense Department said Monday that the company will add 138 man-months to support the Patriot missile ground infrastructure for UAE. The U.S. Army awarded the contract […] More

  • CH2M Hill Provides Design of Pilot Bioenergy Facility in UAE; Neil Reynolds Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M Hill Provides Design of Pilot Bioenergy Facility in UAE; Neil Reynolds Comments

    CH2M Hill has designed a pilot bioenergy facility in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, that will house research and development work by the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium. The company said Wednesday the Integrated Seawater Energy and Agriculture System uses a seawater-irrigated agricultural system to help researchers develop technology that produce an alternative fuel supply. Neil Reynolds, […] More