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  • Praxis Aerospace, Griffiss Airport Partner to Support NASA's UAV Integration Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Praxis Aerospace, Griffiss Airport Partner to Support NASA’s UAV Integration Research Program

    Praxis Aerospace Concepts International has partnered with Griffiss International Airport in Oneida County, New York in an effort to help NASA explore methods for the safe integration of unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace system. PACI said Monday it will support a UAV test site at Griffiss International Airport under a potential five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that Oneida […] More

  • General Dynamics to Continue Digital Naval Radio Production for SPAWAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Continue Digital Naval Radio Production for SPAWAR

    General Dynamics has received a two-year, $12.9 million contract modification to produce software-based radio systems for installation aboard U.S. Navy submarines and surface vessels. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will continue to build AN/USC-61(C) digital modular radios and provide sparing components, supplies and support services to the military service. The modification brings the total value of […] More

  • Thales to Supply Airborne Surveillance Radar to Qatar Armed Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Supply Airborne Surveillance Radar to Qatar Armed Forces

    Thales and Qatar have signed a a memorandum of understanding for the supply of Thales’ aerial surveillance radar to Qatar’s armed forces. The company said Thursday it will equip Qatar’s Optionally Piloted Vehicles-Aircraft with the Searchmaster radar designed for naval and ground-based surveillance missions. Gen. Khalid Ahmad Al-Kuwari of Qatar’s armed forces said the partnership with […] More

  • DARPA Awards Gremlins Program Phase 1 Contracts to 4 Companies; Dan Patt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Awards Gremlins Program Phase 1 Contracts to 4 Companies; Dan Patt Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a series of phase one contracts to four companies for proposals to develop unmanned air systems that can be recovered while in flight and are reusable. DARPA said Thursday it selected General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit, Lockheed Martin, Dynetics and Composite Engineering to develop launch and recovery techniques, airframe designs, digital […] More

  • Army Officials: Nano UAS Tech to Have Day-Night Cameras, Industry Day Scheduled - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Officials: Nano UAS Tech to Have Day-Night Cameras, Industry Day Scheduled

    U.S. Army Col. Phil Cheatham has said he believes the development of a nano-unmanned aerial system could be a “game changer” for military reconnaissance missions at the squad level, the Army News Service reported Thursday. David Vergun writes Cheatham told a media roundtable held March 22 the military branch seeks miniaturized UAS technology with a day-and-night camera system and that can demonstrate up to 90 […] More

  • Harris Secures Tactical Radio Supply Contract From Mideast Nation; Chris Young Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Secures Tactical Radio Supply Contract From Mideast Nation; Chris Young Comments

    Harris Corp. has landed a $17 million order from a Middle East nation for the supply of multiband networking radios. The company will provide RF-7850M Falcon III radios to the customer as part of the country’s tactical communications modernization program, Harris said Thursday. Chris Young, president of Harris’ communications systems business, said that the radio supply aims to […] More

  • Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop's F-35 Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop’s F-35 Radars

    Northrop Grumman has ordered about $60.4 million in intermediate-frequency receivers from Kitron for the radar systems of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Kitron said Thursday it will also provide technical know-know, create IF radar receiver prototypes and manufacture sub-assembly testing equipment under a manufacturing license agreement  with Northrop. Northrop builds radar technology for integration into F-35s. Norway-based Kitron provides electronic circuit boards manufacturing, prototyping, […] More

  • Booz Allen Lands IT Support Contract for Army Tactical Comms; Brian McKeon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Lands IT Support Contract for Army Tactical Comms; Brian McKeon Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a three-year, $20.2 million contract to procure and deploy tactical radio network communications systems for the U.S. Army. The company will also perform program support, technical and sustainment IT services as part of the contract with the Army Project Manager Tactical Radios and related product management offices, Booz Allen said […] More

  • India Orders 245 Raytheon Stinger Air-to-Air Missiles From US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    India Orders 245 Raytheon Stinger Air-to-Air Missiles From US

    India has placed an order for 245 Raytheon-built Stinger air-to-air missiles, launchers and related engineering support services through the Defense Department‘s foreign military sales program. Raytheon said Wednesday the Indian military expects to receive the Stingers as part of a potential $3.1 billion FMS agreement forged between the governments of India and the U.S. The deal […] More

  • Raytheon to Support Navy's Move to GPS-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support Navy’s Move to GPS-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing System

    Raytheon has secured a $20.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support the global positioning system-based positioning, navigation and timing service. The company’s integrated defense systems arm will support the integration of M-code signal capable GPS into GPNTS through software development, testing and requirements documentation and analysis, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work for the modification will […] More

  • Tim King: MTSI to Help Maintain Army SoS Simulation Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim King: MTSI to Help Maintain Army SoS Simulation Facilities

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has been awarded a $63.8 million contract to support the U.S. Army‘s distributed digital simulation and system-of-systems development efforts. Tim King, vice president of MTSI’s army and missile defense division, said Tuesday the company seeks to help the Army “explore future capabilities, develop complex interfaces and maintain digital simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and prototyping facilities.” The Army […] More

  • Safran Subsidiary Receives Order for Tactical Long-Range IR Binoculars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Safran Subsidiary Receives Order for Tactical Long-Range IR Binoculars

    A Safran Group company has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to provide tactical infrared binocular systems to the armed forces of a NATO member country. Sagem said Thursday it will build more than 200 JIM-LR long-range multifunction  binoculars and associated remote-control terminals for the military customer. JIM-LRs are designed with an open architecture and electro-optical […] More