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  • Northrop Demos Advanced Networking Systems at Northern Edge Joint Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Demos Advanced Networking Systems at Northern Edge Joint Exercise

    Northrop Grumman has participated in the Northern Edge joint exercise and showcased its advanced networking technologies aimed at supporting the communication and information sharing of warfighters and military units. The company said Friday it has demonstrated its Freedom targeting pod and Freedom radios using three separate platforms. James Conroy, Northrop’s vice president for navigation, targeting […] More

  • VAAXA Launches Cybersecurity Compliance Preparedness Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VAAXA Launches Cybersecurity Compliance Preparedness Services

    VAAXA Cybersecurity, a division of minority-owned small business FirstWorld USA, has introduced service offerings to help clients manage compliance with government standards for securing systems and sensitive data. Brookline, Massachusetts-based VAAXA said Friday it offers a managed service platform to assist companies that are working to meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special […] More

  • BridgeComm Plans 100 Gbps Data Transfer Demo to Government Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BridgeComm Plans 100 Gbps Data Transfer Demo to Government Clients

    BridgeComm aims to show U.S. government customers how the company’s point-to-point technology can facilitate optical wireless communications for data transfer at a speed of 100 gigabits per second within a 2-kilometer distance. Denver-based BridgeComm said Thursday it intends to present the high-speed OWC approach using Nokia‘s networking hardware and services as part of a partnership […] More

  • Verizon, Robotic Research to Support Autonomous Shuttle Pilot Project at USMC Base; Jennifer Chronis Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon, Robotic Research to Support Autonomous Shuttle Pilot Project at USMC Base; Jennifer Chronis Quoted

    Verizon and Robotic Research have partnered to demonstrate the joint application of a 5G wireless network and a data collection system for an autonomous shuttle pilot program at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. The 90-day pilot, which is part of the 5G Living Lab initiative on the military installation, will use Verizon’s […] More

  • Army Taps Lockheed for Apache Helicopter Sensor Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Lockheed for Apache Helicopter Sensor Logistics Support

    Lockheed Martin has received a $49.5 million contract to support the U.S. Army’s logistics program for a new target engagement and pilotage system of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The company will provide logistics support for Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor systems under the performance-based contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. […] More

  • Former Intel Exec Douglas Davis to Join Oshkosh Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Intel Exec Douglas Davis to Join Oshkosh Board

    Douglas Davis, a 35-year veteran of Intel, will formally join the board of directors of Wisconsin-based specialty truck and access equipment manufacturing company Oshkosh on July 1. His appointment to Oshkosh’s board will bring the number of its directors to 11, the company said Wednesday. David most recently served as senior vice president of Intel’s […] More

  • General Atomics Tests Optical Communication System Ahead of SDA Space Experiment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Tests Optical Communication System Ahead of SDA Space Experiment

    General Atomics has demonstrated the Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System as part of final acceptance testing requirements for an in-orbit experiment the company will conduct with the Space Development Agency. The company said Tuesday it evaluated the autonomous functions of optical communication terminals on the LINCS spacecraft during the free space interconnect ground test. […] More

  • Viasat to Deliver In-Line Network Encryptor to Augment AFRL Satellite Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat to Deliver In-Line Network Encryptor to Augment AFRL Satellite Operations

    Viasat will deploy its military-grade In-line Network Encryptor on a low earth orbit satellite intended to boost communications security and cybersecurity services for data transmission. The global communications company said Tuesday the INE will be integrated into the first Link 16-capable LEO satellite that Viasat is working on for the Space Vehicles XVI program of […] More

  • COMSovereign Adds 5 Advisory Board Members; David Wiley Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    COMSovereign Adds 5 Advisory Board Members; David Wiley Quoted

    Telecommunication equipment vendor COMSovereign has named five new members to its advisory board in charge of helping the management team define technology initiatives and integrate intellectual property rights from business units. COMSovereign said Thursday the appointments align with the company’s strategies and goals to expand its portfolio of 5G communications products. The newly appointed advisers […] More

  • Fluor-Backed NuScale Power Secures $20M Investment From Japan-based IHI; David Constable Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor-Backed NuScale Power Secures $20M Investment From Japan-based IHI; David Constable Quoted

    IHI, a Japan-based heavy-industry manufacturer, has completed its $20 million investment in NuScale Power and will serve as global manufacturing partner of the Oregon-headquartered small modular reactor technology provider as part of the agreement. IHI’s investment will also allow the Japanese engineering company to deliver steel plate reinforced concrete wall structures and designs in support […] More

  • Broad Institute’s Terra Cloud-Based Platform Receives FedRAMP Authority to Operate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Broad Institute’s Terra Cloud-Based Platform Receives FedRAMP Authority to Operate

    The Federal Risk and Management Program has granted the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard an authority to operate the cloud-based platform it developed in collaboration with Microsoft and Verily. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research organization said Monday the Terra cloud-native tool is meant for use in biomedical research to access data and conduct analysis operations, […] More

  • Raytheon's X-Net Radio System Receives Type-1 Certification From NSA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s X-Net Radio System Receives Type-1 Certification From NSA

    The National Security Agency granted a certification to X-Net, a data communications system designed by a Raytheon Technologies business to support secure data link operations of airborne-launched munitions and other weapon systems. Raytheon Intelligence and Space’s X-Net system, through the Type 1 certification, is now recognized as a Crypto High Value Product that enables data […] More