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  • Lockheed to Develop Training System for UK Chinook Crew; Jim Weitzel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Develop Training System for UK Chinook Crew; Jim Weitzel Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received a 12-year, $78.7 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to design and develop a synthetic training system for the Chinook Mk6 helicopter crew of the Royal Air Force. The company said Tuesday it will deploy simulators and virtual-reality technologies at a training facility at the RAF Odiham base to help Chinook pilots and crew experience […] More

  • Lockheed Selects Thales Airborne Surveillance System for UK Navy Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects Thales Airborne Surveillance System for UK Navy Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin has chosen Thales to provide airborne surveillance and control capability for the U.K. naval forces’ new Merlin airborne surveillance helicopters. Thales said Friday it received the Merlin ASaC subcontract for the company’s Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system, which will be installed on the helicopters. The technology will work to protect the U.K. navy’s aircraft […] More

  • Cubic to Serve as Systems Integrator for UK Transportation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Serve as Systems Integrator for UK Transportation Program

    A business unit of Cubic Corp. will implement the Optimized Public Transport Integration System in support of Transport for Greater Manchester’s “Smarter Travel” efforts in the U.K. The company said Thursday its transportation systems business will act as systems integrator to bring together software and services from local industry partners. Cubic will work to deliver OPTIS and support projects for travel […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary to Expand ATC Communications Coverage in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary to Expand ATC Communications Coverage in South Korea

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary in the U.K. will expand the air traffic communication system of the Incheon air traffic control center under a contract with the South Korean ministry of land, infrastructure and transport. The company said Friday that Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will provide six additional sites to the current Incheon area control center infrastructure to support ground-to-air communications. “We […] More

  • MBDA Vet Steve Wadey Appointed CEO at QinetiQ; Mark Elliott Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Vet Steve Wadey Appointed CEO at QinetiQ; Mark Elliott Comments

    Steve Wadey, managing director of MBDA‘s U.K. arm and co-chair of the Defense Growth Partnership, will join QinetiQ as CEO in the second quarter of this year. QinetiQ said Tuesday that Wadey will also be a member of its board of directors and the committees for risk and corporate social responsibility, nominations and security. “We were looking for an […] More

  • BAE Shipyard to Get $500M UK Gov't Investment; Tony Johns Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Shipyard to Get $500M UK Gov’t Investment; Tony Johns Comments

    BAE Systems plc has partnered with the U.K. government for an eight-year, $500 million project to upgrade a shipyard in northwest England that is home to construction of nuclear submarines, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Thomas Penny writes the project involves extending the Devonshire Dock Hall facility, construction two new buildings and refurbishing other buildings such as a […] More

  • BAE Systems' 3D Printed Parts Tested on RAF Jets; Mike Murray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems’ 3D Printed Parts Tested on RAF Jets; Mike Murray Comments

    A U.K. fighter jet equipped with metal components made with BAE Systems‘ 3D printing technology has taken its maiden flight. The Tornado aircraft flew from the UK Ministry of Defence’s airfield at Warton, Lancashire late last month, BAE announced Monday. 3D printing has the potential to yield approximately $2 million in maintenance and service savings for […] More