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  • Leonardo Gets Search & Rescue Helicopter Order From Australia's Queensland Gov't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Gets Search & Rescue Helicopter Order From Australia’s Queensland Gov’t

    Leonardo has received an order from the government of Queensland, Australia, for two intermediate twin-engine helicopters to support the state’s rescue operations. The order covers two AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters for land and sea emergency medical services and search-and-rescue missions, the company said Tuesday. Leonardo added the aircraft will replace two legacy helicopter models under a fleet modernization effort […] More

  • Thales Debuts At-Sea Mobile Multimedia Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Debuts At-Sea Mobile Multimedia Service

    Thales has launched a shipboard on-the-move multimedia system designed to support secure information distribution for deployed naval personnel with continuous mobility and connectivity services. The COMTICS communication device works to connect with all types of military radios, utilizes Thales’ cybersecurity technology and employs a redundant all-IP architecture to maintain service availability, the company said Wednesday. Christophe […] More

  • IBM to Help Build Scotland's Social Security IT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Help Build Scotland’s Social Security IT Platform

    IBM‘s U.K. subsidiary has received a two-year, $11 million contract to build the first phase of a social security information technology system for Scotland. The Scottish government said Wednesday IBM will also help a new social security agency implement the Best Start Grant and Funeral Expense Assistance benefits by the summer of 2019. The contract has […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils C-130 Aeronautics Product, Service Enhancements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils C-130 Aeronautics Product, Service Enhancements

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a suite of post-production upgrades to equipment and support services for the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. Aeronautics Capabilities Solutions are designed to increase the operational capacity and availability of C-130s, Lockheed said Wednesday. C-130 operators and Lockheed team members can install the updated products via authorized Hercules Service Centers. George Shultz, vice […] More

  • CDW to Supply Laptops for Marine Corps' Windows 10 Transition Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CDW to Supply Laptops for Marine Corps’ Windows 10 Transition Effort

    CDW‘s government division has won a $12.7 million delivery order for general purpose laptops to support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ migration to Windows 10 operating system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will supply 16,033 laptops to the service branch and is scheduled to complete deliveries by March 30, 2018. USMC will obligate the full […] More

  • VectorNav HQ Gets Int'l Aerospace Standard Accreditation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VectorNav HQ Gets Int’l Aerospace Standard Accreditation

    VectorNav Technologies‘ headquarters in Dallas, Texas, has received AS9100 Revision D international aerospace standard accreditation that recognize the inertial navigation system developer’s manufacturing, quality management and customer service processes. AS9100 is based on the International Organization for Standardization’s 9001 certification and established by industry in a push to comply with requirements from the Defense Department, NASA and […] More

  • Avaya's Govt Arm, collab9 Form Cloud Unified Comms Partnership; Jerry Dotson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya’s Govt Arm, collab9 Form Cloud Unified Comms Partnership; Jerry Dotson Comments

    Avaya‘s government solutions business and collab9 have signed a partnership agreement to offer unified communications services to federal agencies. Avaya said Wednesday its Aura Communication Manager product suite is part of collab9’s unified communications-as-a-service platform certified through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Jerry Dotson, vice president of Avaya Government Solutions, said the partnership aims to […] More

  • IAI Subsidiary Delivers 3D Air Defense Radar Tech to NATO Member Country - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAI Subsidiary Delivers 3D Air Defense Radar Tech to NATO Member Country

    An Israel Aerospace Industries subsidiary has developed a three-dimensional radar system designed to support air surveillance and defense operations in a European NATO member country. IAI said Tuesday its ELTA Systems business produced and integrated an undisclosed quantity of mobile 3D radars into the customer’s national and NATO air and missile defense system. The radar is built to aid […] More

  • Comtech Gets Army Troposcatter Equipment Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Gets Army Troposcatter Equipment Order

    A business group within Comtech Telecommunications‘ government solutions segment has received a $7.5 million order to provide troposcatter equipment for deployment to U.S. Army operations across the Korean Peninsula. Comtech said Tuesday its systems unit will produce major components of the troposcatter equipment that the command and control technologies group will deliver to the service branch. Fred Kornberg, Comtech […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Orbital ATK to Produce F-35 Composite Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Orbital ATK to Produce F-35 Composite Parts

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Orbital ATK a three-year, $24 million initial contract to manufacture composite components for the F-35 aircraft. Orbital ATK said Tuesday it will produce bullnose and blade seals in addition to upper and lower wing skins, engine nacelles and access covers the company is manufacturing under the Joint Strike Fighter program. Production of the composite […] More

  • Cobham Gets Contract for KF-X Conformal Antenna Suite Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham Gets Contract for KF-X Conformal Antenna Suite Production

    Korean Aerospace Industries has awarded Cobham‘s antenna systems business a contract to provide conformal antenna for South Korea’s future multirole fighter aircraft. The antenna suite is designed to provide communication, navigation and identification functionalities to the KF-X jet, Cobham said Oct. 17. David Bulley, vice president and general manager at Cobham Antenna Systems, noted the strategic […] More

  • IAI to Produce Radars for Canada's Maritime Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAI to Produce Radars for Canada’s Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Airbus Group‘ defense and space business has awarded Israel Aerospace Industries a contract to supply multimode radar systems for integration into Canada’s future maritime surveillance aircraft. The Canadian government ordered 16 C295 MSA units from Airbus that will be equipped with ELM-2022A radars from IAI’s ELTA Systems subsidiary, IAI said Monday. ELM-2022 works to detect, track, classify and identify maritime […] More