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  • Northrop to Implement Army 'Hunter' UAV Engineering Change Proposal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Implement Army ‘Hunter’ UAV Engineering Change Proposal

    Northrop Grumman has secured a $12.7 million contract modification to incorporate an engineering change proposal into the payload technology of the U.S. Army‘s Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle. The Defense Department said Wednesday Northrop will perform work in Sierra Vista, Arizona through Oct. 20, 2018. The Army Contracting Command obligated $6.2 million at the time of award from the military branch’s fiscal year […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt, Industry Partner to Create Integrated Satcom Architecture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt, Industry Partner to Create Integrated Satcom Architecture

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said calendar year 2017 saw several efforts that government and industry leaders initiated to build an integrated satellite communications architecture that views commercial and military satcom as a “holistic capability.” Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a SpaceNews commentary published Dec. 18 those efforts include the launch of the […] More

  • Matt Desch: Aireon System on Iridium NEXT Satellites Could Transform Air Traffic Control - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Aireon System on Iridium NEXT Satellites Could Transform Air Traffic Control

    Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, told CNBC in an interview published Friday the Aireon system payload aboard NEXT satellites aims to help air traffic controllers track an aircraft’s position anywhere on Earth. “Aireon means airlines can fly more direct routes, which could reduce both the cost and time of air travel,” Desch said. The system aims […] More

  • SpaceX’s Pre-Flown Rocket Sends 4th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch Into Orbit; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Pre-Flown Rocket Sends 4th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch Into Orbit; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications’ fourth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites took off Friday at 5:27 p.m. Pacific time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket. The launch marks the first use of the rocket’s previously-flown first stage that SpaceX fielded in June to bring the second set of Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit and serves […] More

  • MDA to Help NATO Build Maritime C2 Visualization Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA to Help NATO Build Maritime C2 Visualization Tech

    Maxar Technologies‘s MDA business has received a potential $11.8 million contract to produce a technology platform for NATO to visualize the international alliance’s maritime command and control operations. MDA said Thursday it will base the platform on a modern software architecture and technology for integration into fixed and deployable systems as part of Project TRITON. TRITON is designed to help NATO and […] More

  • General Atomics to Build, Test Navy's Large Displacement UUV Motor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Build, Test Navy’s Large Displacement UUV Motor

    A business unit of General Atomics has secured a contract to design and build a permanent-magnet propulsion motor technology for large displacement unmanned undersea vehicles of the U.S. Navy. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will also test and deliver the motor under the contract from the Office of Naval Research, the company said Wednesday. Rolf Ziesing, vice […] More

  • SpaceX to Forgo Falcon 9 Booster Landing for 4th Iridium Satellite Launch; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX to Forgo Falcon 9 Booster Landing for 4th Iridium Satellite Launch; Matt Desch Comments

    A spokesperson for SpaceX has said the company intends not to land the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage as part of a mission to launch Iridium Communications’ fourth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into space, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Iridium’s satellites are scheduled Friday to take off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force […] More

  • Antech Lands Navy C4I Operations, Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Antech Lands Navy C4I Operations, Training Support Contract

    Antech Systems has secured a potential $48.6 million U.S. Navy contract to provide technical, engineering and training support to command, control, communications, computers and intelligence operations of the Naval Air Warfare Center’s aircraft division. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will help NAWCAD design and develop in-service products, estimate and schedule projects, implement policies and analyze data processes […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Warfighters Need Access to Integrated Satcom Architecture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Warfighters Need Access to Integrated Satcom Architecture

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said that it is crucial for U.S. service personnel to have access to an integrated satellite communications architecture to support military missions worldwide “across the full spectrum of engagement.” Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an article for MilsatMagazine that such an architecture requires the adoption of satcom-as-a-service model that […] More

  • Sagetech-Built Transponder Helps 'Resolute Eagle' UAS Operate in Civil Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sagetech-Built Transponder Helps ‘Resolute Eagle’ UAS Operate in Civil Airspace

    A PAE–American Operations Corp.–Battlespace Flight Services joint venture demonstrated an unmanned aircraft system equipped with Sagetech-built transponder during a civil airspace flight operation. Sagetech said Tuesday its XPC-TR-50 Mode C transponder was integrated into PAE ISR‘s Resolute Eagle vehicle for the flight that occurred at the Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range in Pendleton, Oregon. Resolute Eagle can operate through an Certificate of […] More

  • Raytheon Gets USAF 'Cobra Dane' Radar Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets USAF ‘Cobra Dane’ Radar Support Contract Modification

    Raytheon has received a $25 million contract modification to help the U.S. Air Force maintain operational capability of the ground-based Cobra Dane radar system. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business will perform contract work to address in-scope requirements for the radar. Work under the modification will occur in Colorado Springs, Colorado, through March […] More

  • Elbit Systems Gets Follow-On NATO IR Countermeasures Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Gets Follow-On NATO IR Countermeasures Contract

    Elbit Systems has received a four-year, $46 million contract to supply additional aircraft self-protection systems for NATO’s Airbus-built aerial refueling tanker aircraft. The company said Tuesday it will provide J-Music Direct Infrared Countermeasures  and Passive Airborne Warning Systems for integration into the international alliance’s A330 Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport fleet. Elad Aharonson, general manager for the intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance division […] More