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  • UTC to Update MS-177 Imaging Sensor Tech; Kevin Raftery Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Update MS-177 Imaging Sensor Tech; Kevin Raftery Comments

    A business unit of  United Technologies Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to update the company’s MS-177 imaging sensor system in efforts to increase the technology’s resolution and coverage. UTC Aerospace Systems will design, build, manufacture and deliver updated MS-177A sensors for potential deployment by the Air Force in 2019, UTC said Monday. The service branch will determine eventual sensor […] More

  • DHS, Property Drone Consortium to Study UAS Applications for Public Safety Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, Property Drone Consortium to Study UAS Applications for Public Safety Missions

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Property Drone Consortium in an effort to advance understanding on unmanned aerial system applications for public safety missions. PDC said Tuesday the agreement will utilize the knowledge and resources of PDC, the DHS S&T First Responders Group and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. […] More

  • BAE Awarded Logistics Support Contract for Army SIGINT Payload System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Awarded Logistics Support Contract for Army SIGINT Payload System

    BAE Systems has secured a potential seven-year, $38.2 million contract to provide logistics support for the U.S. Army‘s tactical signal intelligence payload system. The Defense Department said Thursday work will occur through Aug. 10, 2023 and performance location will be determined with each individual task order. The Army Contracting Command received one offer for the contract through an online solicitation, DoD […] More

  • Lockheed, Air Force Complete First F-35 Air-to-Air Kill on Drone; Maj. Raven LeClair Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Air Force Complete First F-35 Air-to-Air Kill on Drone; Maj. Raven LeClair Comments

    Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 fighter jet has completed its first live air-to-air kill test on a drone over a military test range off of California’s coastline Thursday. Lockheed said Monday Maj. Raven LeClair, U.S. Air Force test pilot, fired an AIM-9X missile towards an aerial drone target through the use of the plane’s mission systems sensors identification and targeting capacity to track information […] More

  • Germany Picks Airbus to Operate Heron 1 UAS in Mali; Thomas Reinartz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Germany Picks Airbus to Operate Heron 1 UAS in Mali; Thomas Reinartz Comments

    Airbus Group has received a contract from Germany’s defense procurement agency to operate Israel Aerospace Industries-built Heron 1 unmanned aerial systems in support of German forces’ missions in Mali. Airbus’ defense and space business will begin UAS operations in Mali in November through February 2018, Airbus said Thursday. Thomas Reinartz, head of sales for unmanned […] More

  • AirMap Integrates Wildfire Alert Service Into DJI Drone Geofencing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AirMap Integrates Wildfire Alert Service Into DJI Drone Geofencing System

    AirMap and DJI have partnered to add real-time wildfire alerts to the latter company’s geofencing system for unmanned aerial vehicles in an effort to help operators avoid flying UAVs near wildfire-fighting locations, HSToday reported Wednesday. Amanda Vicinanzo writes AirMap works to gather wildfire information from the U.S. Interior Department and transmits the data to DJI’s Geospatial Environment Online platform via the GO flight […] More

  • Army Rapid Equipping Force Orders CyPhy Works' 'PARC' Tethered Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Rapid Equipping Force Orders CyPhy Works’ ‘PARC’ Tethered Drone

    The U.S. Army‘s Rapid Equipping Force has placed an order to CyPhy Works for a Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications tethered unmanned aerial system designed to perform long-endurance flights. CyPhy Works said Monday the PARC’s Kevlar-strengthened microfilament tether acts as its power supply to support the drone in flights over hundreds of hours and facilitate communication and video services. PARC works to give […] More

  • NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie

    NASA‘s Glenn Research Center and Sinclair College’s national training and certification center for unmanned aircraft systems will conduct a study on the algae blooms on Lake Erie as part of their new Space Act Agreement. Sinclair said Wednesday it will work with NASA to perform UAS sensor integration tests and flight operations to study the effects of […] More

  • Honeywell, IAI to Jointly Develop UAS Sense & Avoid System; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell, IAI to Jointly Develop UAS Sense & Avoid System; Carey Smith Comments

    Honeywell and Israel Aerospace Industries have forged a partnership to develop a sensor system for IAI’s Heron unmanned aircraft systems product line with funds from the Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation. The sense-and-avoid technology will utilize Honeywell’s software, algorithms, hardware and inputs from various sensors contained in a line-replaceable unit to help track nearby aircraft and avoid collision […] More

  • Boeing’s Insitu Lands ScanEagle Drone Support Task Order With Coast Guard; Ryan Hartman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Lands ScanEagle Drone Support Task Order With Coast Guard; Ryan Hartman Comments

    Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has received a potential four-year, $12.3 million task order to provide support services for the ScanEagle unmanned aerial system to use onboard the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter ship. The Coast Guard awarded the task order under a Naval Air Systems Command multiple-award contract, Insitu said Monday. The contract has a base period of one year worth $4.5 […] More

  • FLIR Launches New Ground Surveillance Offerings; Kevin Tucker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR Launches New Ground Surveillance Offerings; Kevin Tucker Comments

    FLIR Systems has introduced two ground surveillance platforms the company designed to help military organizations secure borders and protect troops, United Press International reported Wednesday. Richard Tomkins writes the company unveiled its LTV-X light tactical vehicle and the Ranger R6SS portable radar at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference held in Florida. “Both products are designed to maximize detection, responsiveness and […] More

  • Michael Flynn Joins Drone Aviation as Board of Directors Vice Chairman; Jay Nussbaum Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Flynn Joins Drone Aviation as Board of Directors Vice Chairman; Jay Nussbaum Comments

    Michael Flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has been named vice chairman of the board of directors at Drone Aviation. Flynn will work to help Drone Aviation in its push to leverage the communications, surveillance and data collection functions of the company’s aerial systems and tactical aerostat platforms through collaborations with […] More