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  • L-3 to Supply Electro-Optical, Infrared Tech for UK Police Surveillance Planes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 to Supply Electro-Optical, Infrared Tech for UK Police Surveillance Planes

    An L-3 Communications subsidiary has been awarded a contract from Airborne Technologies to produce electro-optical and infrared imaging systems for integration onto the surveillance planes of a British law enforcement agency. Airborne Technologies ordered four MX-10 EO/IR sensors from L-3 unit Wescam and will install the technology on P68 fixed-wing aircraft for the British National Police Air Service, L-3 […] More

  • DISA Seeks Ideas for Joint Military C2 System Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Seeks Ideas for Joint Military C2 System Development Program

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has asked industry to recommend open standard-based approaches for the development of a command-and-control system that can support the U.S. military’s joint or multinational combat missions. DISA said in a request for information dated Nov. 25 it seeks private-sector expertise to build geospatial data processing and visualization tools, as well […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Flat-Based LIDAR Systems Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Flat-Based LIDAR Systems Development Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Dec. 17 to brief interested contractors on the Modular Optical Aperture Building Blocks program. DARPA’s MOABB program is a potential five-year, $58 million initiative that seeks to develop miniature, planar light detection and ranging systems that work to transmit, receive and amplify free-space optical radiation […] More

  • Lockheed Wraps Up On-Orbit Test of 4th MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Wraps Up On-Orbit Test of 4th MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    The U.S. Navy has moved forward in the process to take control of the Mobile User Objective System constellation’s fourth satellite after MUOS contractor Lockheed Martin completed a series of on-orbit tests Monday. MUOS-4 is scheduled for transition to its on-orbit operational slot in the spring of 2016 prior to the satellite’s scheduled operational acceptance, Lockheed said […] More

  • DISA Seeks IT Research, Consulting Support for Transcom C4S Directorate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Seeks IT Research, Consulting Support for Transcom C4S Directorate

    The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to award a potential five-year contract to provide information technology research and consulting support services for the U.S. Transportation Command’s command, control, communications and cyber systems directorate. DISA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Monday potential contractors will work to provide such services in order to help Transcom’s directorate acquire, […] More

  • Deborah Lee James: Air Force Seeks Full 100-Plane Buy for LRS Bomber Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deborah Lee James: Air Force Seeks Full 100-Plane Buy for LRS Bomber Program

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the service branch desires to purchase 100 Long Range Strike Bomber planes under that multi-year program, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lara Seligman writes the figure James cited at a National Press Club event Wednesday corresponds to the ceiling the Air Force put on the number of bombers it would purchase under a […] More

  • Lockheed Demos 2 Drones, UAS Traffic Mgmt Tool in Firefighting Operation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Demos 2 Drones, UAS Traffic Mgmt Tool in Firefighting Operation

    Lockheed Martin has conducted a demonstration to assess the capability of two unmanned aerial systems and a prototype UAS traffic management platform in a firefighting mission. The company used the UTM system to monitor the operations of Stalker XE UAS and Kaman Aerospace-built K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter and communicate with the air traffic controllers during the […] More

  • Navy, Boeing Demo Growler EW Aircraft's Targeting Features; Dan Gillian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Boeing Demo Growler EW Aircraft’s Targeting Features; Dan Gillian Comments

    Boeing and the U.S. Navy have integrated new data-sharing and target detection systems into a company-built electronic attack aircraft during the military branch’s recent fleet experimentation activity. The EA-18G Growler used in the demonstration employs an open architecture, a targeting processor, high-bandwidth data link and a Windows tablet for aircrew, Boeing said Tuesday. The updated platform will work to help military users detect […] More

  • Navy, Northrop Complete Fire Scout Operational Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Northrop Complete Fire Scout Operational Tests

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy concluded a series of operational assessments on a company-built MQ-8C Fire Scout autonomous helicopter last month. The company said Tuesday its MQ-8C recorded 83.4 flight hours and collected about 72 data points in real time during OA flight test performed by the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX-1) over a three-week period. Navy and Northrop […] More

  • Lockheed, EOS Build Space Debris Tracking Facility in Australia; Ben Greene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, EOS Build Space Debris Tracking Facility in Australia; Ben Greene Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems have begun construction on a new facility in Australia that seeks to help government and industry satellite operators track and monitor orbital space debris objects. The tracking facility will work to help prevent collisions of satellite payloads with debris objects in space, Lockheed said Tuesday. The new site will house […] More

  • Alion to Support Army's Spectrum Compliance Mgmt Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion to Support Army’s Spectrum Compliance Mgmt Efforts

    Alion Science and Technology will provide engineering assessments and other services to the Army Spectrum Management Office to help the U.S. Army comply with federal regulations on spectrum usage under a $25 million task order. The company said Monday the task order falls under the potential five-year, $3 billion Defense Systems Technical Area Tasks contract awarded in June 2014. […] More

  • DARPA Abandons F-15 Satellite Launch Plan After Propellant Explosions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Abandons F-15 Satellite Launch Plan After Propellant Explosions

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has ended its plans to use a modified version of F-15 fighter jet to launch satellite payloads into space after two unmanned tests of a pre-mixed propellant resulted in explosions, Space News reported Monday. Tests on the NA-7 propellant were part of DARPA’s Airborne Launch Assist Space Access program that seeks […] More