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  • Harris to Produce Falcon III Manpack Radios for Army Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Produce Falcon III Manpack Radios for Army Evaluation

    Harris has secured a delivery order from the U.S. Army to supply an undisclosed number of multichannel radios for evaluation under the service branch’s Handheld, Manpack & Small Form-Fit program. The company said Thursday it will provide Falcon III radios along with installation kits, ancillaries, training and field service representative support. Brendan O’Connell, president of Harris’ tactical communications business, […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Gets Follow-On Army Manpack Radio, Equipment Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Gets Follow-On Army Manpack Radio, Equipment Order

    Rockwell Collins has received a follow-on order from the U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical to deliver 101 manpack radios and ancillaries. The company said Thursday it is scheduled to begin manufacturing the additional Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Factor radios this month. The service branch issued the new order after Rockwell Collins […] More

  • Navy Taps Ultra Electronics to Develop C2 Processor Interface for SSC Pacific - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Ultra Electronics to Develop C2 Processor Interface for SSC Pacific

    Ultra Electronics‘ advanced tactical systems business has received a four-year, $12.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and maintain a multi-link interface unit for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide an adjunct processor MLIU for integration into SSC Pacific’s Command and Control […] More

  • Inmarsat Demos Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard Gulfstream IV Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Demos Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard Gulfstream IV Aircraft

    Inmarsat has completed a flight test to demonstrate the capability of its Global Xpress satellite network to deliver high-speed communications coverage to users aboard a Gulfstream IV aircraft. Global Xpress worked to deliver data, voice, internet access, video teleconferencing, application streaming and file transfer support services to the aircraft through the Honeywell-built tail mount antenna […] More

  • CenturyLink Secures Spot on GSA's Potential $50B EIS Vehicle; Erich Sanchack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Secures Spot on GSA’s Potential $50B EIS Vehicle; Erich Sanchack Comments

    CenturyLink will be able to offer information technology and telecommunications infrastructure services to government customers through its position on the General Services Administration‘s potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multi-award vehicle serves to facilitate the delivery of CenturyLink services that include cybersecurity, cloud and managed hosting, the company said Wednesday. Erich Sanchack, senior […] More

  • Airbus Lands UK Military Comms Satellite Development Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Lands UK Military Comms Satellite Development Contract

    Airbus’ defense and space business has received a sole-source contract from the U.K. defense ministry to develop, test and launch a military communications satellite, Defense News reported Monday. The Skynet 6A geostationary spacecraft is expected to enter service by mid-2025 and is designed to replace U.K. military satellites in the Skynet 5 constellation that are near the […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $75M Army Contract Modification for Updated Apache Sensor Kits, Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $75M Army Contract Modification for Updated Apache Sensor Kits, Spares

    Lockheed Martin has secured a $75.4 million contract modification to provide updated sensor kits and spares for the U.S. Army‘s Apache attack helicopters. The Defense Department said Friday the company will supply Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor equipment under the modification. M-TADS/PNVS is a precision engagement and pilotage system equipped with an electro-optical sensor technology that works […] More

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    Iridium Sets Sept. 30 Launch Date for 3rd ‘NEXT’ Satellite Batch

    Iridium Communications plans to launch the third batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites on Sept. 30 aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The scheduled launch would bring the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites in space to 30 as part of a potential $3 billion program to replace an existing constellation with 75 new communications satellites […] More

  • ARCTEC to Extend Air Force Radar O&M Support in Alaska - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ARCTEC to Extend Air Force Radar O&M Support in Alaska

    ARCTEC Alaska, an ASRC Federal Primus–ATCO Structures and Logistics joint venture, will continue to help the U.S. Air Force manage a military radar system installed in Alaska under a $37.9 million contract modification. The modification exercises a 12-month option under the company’s Alaska Radar System operations and maintenance contract with the service branch, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Leidos Gets $61M Contract Funds to Help Army Sustain Aerial IED Neutralizer Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Gets $61M Contract Funds to Help Army Sustain Aerial IED Neutralizer Platform

    The U.S. Army has awarded Leidos a potential $61 million contract modification to help manage an aerial platform built to help U.S. and international security assistance forces neutralize improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. Leidos will support operations, sustainment and integration of Saturn Arch quick reaction capability systems through Sept. 16, 2018, under the modification, the Defense […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Extend Test Range Instrumentation Support for US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Extend Test Range Instrumentation Support for US Military

    Rockwell Collins has landed a three-year contract from the Eglin Air Force Base’s Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System program office to provide field, repair and security support services for the CRIIS program. The company said Tuesday it will also perform quarterly reviews and update CRIIS security controls in an effort to ensure the system complies with […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu Subsidiary to Build Additional ScanEagle Drones for Afghanistan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary to Build Additional ScanEagle Drones for Afghanistan

    Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Insitu subsidiary has received a $19.6 million order from the U.S. Navy to deliver an additional five ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems to the government of Afghanistan. The Defense Department said Tuesday Insitu will also deploy field service representatives, operators and site activation teams as well as provide spares, support equipment and program management services to […] More