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  • Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Architecture Technology Corp. a one-year contract to develop 10 ruggedized router prototypes for carrier-based aircraft through a Small Business Innovation Research program, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the military branch will ask ATCorp to build small size, weight and power consumption routers called small-form-factor automated networking systems under the third phase of […] More

  • ManTech to Continue Navy Ship Maintenance & Logistics Info Systems Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Continue Navy Ship Maintenance & Logistics Info Systems Support

    ManTech International has secured an $11.2 million contract option to continue support work on the U.S. Navy‘s Ship Maintenance and Logistics Information Systems program. The exercised option covers engineering support in areas such as information technology life cycle planning, operations, sustainment, documentation, program management, application technical refresh, testing and training, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur […] More

  • CAE Reports $134M in Simulation, Training Support Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Reports $134M in Simulation, Training Support Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE has reported defense contracts worth a combined value of approximately $134.1 million that cover new simulation products, simulator updates and training support services for global military customers. CAE said Tuesday the contracts include a deal with Babcock France to support pilot training of the French air force and orders from Airbus for a new C295 full-flight simulator to be […] More

  • Lockheed, Navy Open Renovated Cape Canaveral Facility to Support Fleet Ballistic Missile Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Navy Open Renovated Cape Canaveral Facility to Support Fleet Ballistic Missile Program

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy have opened a newly-renovated building at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to accommodate the company’s employees for the military branch’s Fleet Ballistic Missile program. The company said Thursday roughly 200 staff will move into the Engineering and Operations facility over the next few months. Eric Scherff, vice president for the […] More

  • Northrop-Built Aerial Mine Detection System Reaches Navy Initial Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Built Aerial Mine Detection System Reaches Navy Initial Operational Capability

    An aerial mine detection platform that Northrop Grumman built for the U.S. Navy has reached initial operational capability. The AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System works to detect and localize underwater mines through generation of 3-D images via the platform’s pulsed laser light, Mark Skinner, vice president of directed energy at Northrop, said Thursday. ALMDS […] More

  • Lockheed to Install Electronic Warfare Pods on Navy MH-60 Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Install Electronic Warfare Pods on Navy MH-60 Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to equip the U.S Navy‘s fleet of MH-60 helicopters with electronic warfare pods designed to help the military service detect and respond to anti-ship missile threats. The company said Thursday its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare Active Mission Payload AN/ALQ-248 system works to deter incoming ASM threats with the use of radio frequency countermeasure techniques. The […] More

  • Telephonics Lands Navy Contract for NAWCAD Engineering, Technical Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telephonics Lands Navy Contract for NAWCAD Engineering, Technical Support

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Telephonics a five-year, $9.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide engineering and technical services to the Naval Air Warfare Center‘s aircraft division. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will implement and manage a program that covers hardware systems development, maintenance, training and repair services for NAWCAD’s air traffic control and landing systems unit. […] More

  • Textron Starts USV On-Water Tests Under Navy Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Starts USV On-Water Tests Under Navy Program

    Textron Systems has kicked off on-water tests for the company-built Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, as part of the U.S. Navy‘s Unmanned Influence Sweep System program. Textron said Wednesday the on-water maneuverability test is part of the program’s system-level integration and test phase that will also involve demonstrations of the CUSV’s integrated generators, engines and […] More

  • Navy Eyes Delivery of Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Ford Carrier in April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Delivery of Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Ford Carrier in April

    A U.S. Navy official has said the service branch expects Huntington Ingalls Industries to deliver the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in April after “first-of-class issues” have been addressed in recent months, The Virginian-Pilot reported Thursday. Capt. Thurraya Kent, a spokeswoman for the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, said in an […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Put Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile Through 2 Flight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Put Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile Through 2 Flight Tests

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have wrapped up two flight tests of the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile at the Naval Air Systems Command’s sea test range off the coast of Southern California in order to demonstrate how service personnel can plan missions against time-sensitive enemy targets. The service branch launched a pair of Tomahawk missiles with warheads from […] More

  • DoD OKs Sale of Raytheon SM-6 Missile Tech to International Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD OKs Sale of Raytheon SM-6 Missile Tech to International Customers

    The Defense Department has authorized the sale of Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-6  offering to international customers that seek to adopt the platform to support their shipbuilding programs. Raytheon said Tuesday SM-6 is designed to protect naval ships against ballistic and cruise missiles, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. Mike Campisi, SM-6 senior program director at Raytheon, said international navies seek […] More

  • Raytheon Gets Navy Airborne Targeting System Order Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets Navy Airborne Targeting System Order Modification

    Raytheon will provide seven multi-spectral targeting systems in D configuration to the U.S. Navy under a $19.2 million modification to a previously awarded job order. The Defense Department said Tuesday the MTS airborne sensor works to provide long-range surveillance, high altitude target acquisition, tracking, and range-finding capability to military users. The technology is designed to adapt to future updates and incorporates multiple fields […] More