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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
ExecutiveBiz provides the latest news regarding Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) from the industry’s top players. This section is dedicated to providing news about technologies that are crucial to warfighters.
Boeing has completed the final tests on its MexSat satellite communications platform that works to provide voice and data services across Mexico and has delivered the system to the country’s communications and transportation ministry. MexSat features 3G+ voice and data connectivity for land, air and sea mobile terminals in support of Mexico’s national security, civil and humanitarian programs, […] More
Progeny Systems has landed a potential five-year, $31.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform engineering and technical support work on the U.S. Navy‘s command, control, communications, computers, combat and intelligence systems. The Defense Department said Thursday Progeny will modify and develop engineering tools and software as well as integrate hardware for non-propulsion electronic subsystems and submarine C5I data collection systems. DoD noted the contract […] More
Drone Aviation has received a $125,000 subcontract from a Defense Department contractor for equipment and engineering services and work to integrate sensor suite for aerial applications on a DoD-operated fleet of tactical aerostats. Drone Aviation said Thursday it will integrate contractor-produced sensors onto the Winch Aerostat Small Platform tactical aerostats that support U.S. Army soldier training operations and various exercises. Jay Nussbaum, […] More
A team comprising subsidiaries of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Safran Electronics & Defense has been awarded a prime contract to provide unmanned aerial vehicle launcher systems to the U.S. Army. The Madison Research Corp.–Robonic team will deliver two KONTIO launchers to the Army’s Program Management Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Targets Management Office under the contract, Kratos said Wednesday. The service branch […] More
NASA has awarded grants to eight faculty researchers to perform research and development work on novel space technology platforms for up to three years. The space agency said Thursday the faculty members will receive up to $200,000 in annual funds as part of NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants program. NASA selected research proposals that seek […] More
Boeing has secured a $36 million contract to update the underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology on the New Zealand air force’s six P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. Gerry Brownlee, New Zealand’s defense minister, has said he believes that underwater ISR technology will help deter interference with sea lines of communication that the country and its allies use […] More
Iridium CEO Matt Desch has said prospective customers of the company’s next-generation satellites want to see quality of data that the new constellation could provide before making commitments through contracts, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Andy Pasztor writes Desch told the publication in an interview that customers such as the Federal Aviation Administration are running a cost-benefit […] More
Lockheed Martin has transported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary weather satellite aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy cargo transport plane to the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Florida. Lockheed said Tuesday the first of four Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series weather satellites are designed to help forecasters collect and analyze data on weather conditions across North America. “Our […] More
Rockwell Collins and the U.S. Air Force have conducted a live flight test to demonstrate the data transfer functionality of a wideband high-frequency communications system. The company said Tuesday its WBHF system worked to relay data from a C-17 aircraft to a land-based station over a distance of at least 1,500 miles for a period of […] More
The U.S. Air Force has published a request for information on data links that the military branch can integrate with airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms. A notice posted Aug. 17 on FedBizOpps website stated the Air Force seeks a data link system that is designed to comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulation and the State Department DSP-5 export licensing […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman for modernization work on a ground segment the service branch uses to control Global Hawk autonomous unmanned aircraft systems. Northrop said Monday the work will include a modular and scalable cockpit architecture, as well as an updated command and control capacity across all missions and sensors. “Global Hawk […] More
Speedcast International has agreed to offer Inmarsat’s Global Xpress mobile broadband service to public sector clients worldwide. SpeedCast will act as a value-added reseller to support the deployment of Inmarsat’s GX service to emerging government markets across the world, Inmarsat said Monday. The agreement comes two months after Speedcast agreed to field Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress […] More
