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  • Micro Craft CEO Kenneth Sullivan to Chair NDIA Manufacturing Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Micro Craft CEO Kenneth Sullivan to Chair NDIA Manufacturing Division

    The National Defense Industrial Association has named Kenneth Sullivan, president and CEO of Micro Craft, as chairman of NDIA’s manufacturing division. He previously served as vice chairman of the same division and chaired the association’s  supply chain network committee, NDIA said Monday. Bruce Roulstone, vice president of program development at NDIA, said Sullivan will work to help advance issues that […] More

  • UTC to Integrate Sensor Tech Into Air Force ISR System; Kevin Raftery Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Integrate Sensor Tech Into Air Force ISR System; Kevin Raftery Comments

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to United Technologies Corp. to integrate a sensor system with the U.S. Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection and processing infrastructure. UTC said Monday its aerospace systems unit will perform a study on the integration of the MS-177 sensor system into the Distributed Common Ground System to help provide image processing tools, command […] More

  • Pentagon: Lockheed Martin Completed 45 F-35 Deliveries in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon: Lockheed Martin Completed 45 F-35 Deliveries in 2015

    Lockheed Martin has delivered 45 F-35 aircraft to the U.S. government and allied nations in 2015 under the $391 billion fighter jet project, Reuters reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Lockheed met its delivery goals for the year and the company is set to receive majority of related performance fees, Andrea Shalal reports. “Meeting aircraft production […] More

  • Gregory Gernhardt Named Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gregory Gernhardt Named Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines President

    Gregory Gernhardt, who formerly led an engine program for the Airbus A320, has been promoted to lead the commercial engines area at Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies. In his new role, Gernhardt will will be responsible for all commercial Engines program management, sales and marketing activities, United Technologies said Thursday. “For the past five […] More

  • United Technologies to Modernize Air Force Imaging Sensors; Kevin Raftery Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    United Technologies to Modernize Air Force Imaging Sensors; Kevin Raftery Comments

    United Technologies Corp. has won a contract to modernize the airborne imaging sensors of the U.S. Air Force, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Michael Peck writes United Technologies’ UTC aerospace systems unit will work to upgrade the SYERS-2 sensor systems to the SYERS-2C version featuring multispectral technology. Kevin Raftery, UTC vice president, said the company […] More

  • Pratt & Whitney VP Tom Prete Joins Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pratt & Whitney VP Tom Prete Joins Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

    Tom Prete, vice president of engineering at United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney subsidiary, has been inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. The academy recognized Tom Prete for his work in the development of Pratt & Whitney‘s aircraft engines and for his contributions to gas turbine propulsion systems, Pratt & Whitney said Wednesday. […] More