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  • Capstone Lands CNO Contract to Implement Information Resource Mgmt Programs; Rich White Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capstone Lands CNO Contract to Implement Information Resource Mgmt Programs; Rich White Comments

    Capstone has received a five-year $25.8 million contract from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to implement and maintain information resource management programs for the CNO’s chief information officer. The company will offer services such as program management, field services, information assurance compliance support, applications and systems support and enterprise video teleconference support, Capstone said Monday. “We are […] More

  • Navy Taps BAE-Rockwell Collins JV for $52M MIDS JTRS Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps BAE-Rockwell Collins JV for $52M MIDS JTRS Supply Contract

    A joint venture of BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins will produce and provide U.S. and allied forces with lot 4 Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals under a potential $51.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy. Data Link Solutions will perform work in Iowa and New Jersey through August 2017 under the award from […] More

  • UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo

    The U.K. navy used a BAE Systems PLC-built command-and-control platform to test-fire a torpedo onboard Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine. BAE’s submarines business designed and integrated the Common Combat System in partnership with Dell, VMware and Aish Technologies, BAE said Monday. The submarine crew members used the system to process data from the vessel’s sensors, analyze sonar […] More

  • Air Force Unveils Northrop's B-21 LRS Bomber Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Unveils Northrop’s B-21 LRS Bomber Aircraft

    U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James showed a concept design for the military branch’s future B-21A Long Range Strike Bomber plane during an air warfare symposium held Friday in Orlando, Florida. “The B-21 has been designed from the beginning based on a set of requirements that allows the use of existing and mature technology,” James said […] More

  • Army Eyes Contract for C5ISR, Supercomputing R&D Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Eyes Contract for C5ISR, Supercomputing R&D Services

    The Army Research Laboratory has asked for information on commercial tools and services to facilitate research and development of command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. ARL’s Computational and Information Sciences Directorate is also interested in collaborating with industry to explore supercomputing architectures for the U.S. Army and the Defense Department, the military branch said Monday in […] More

  • Research and Markets: Command-and-Control Systems Market to Hit $16B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Command-and-Control Systems Market to Hit $16B by 2020

    A new report by Research and Markets predicts the global market for command-and-control systems to experience a compound annual growth rate of 3.68 percent over the next four years. Research and Markets said Monday the worldwide C2 market has nearly 14 percent share of the total market for C4ISR platforms and is projected to hit $16.5 billion by 2020 from […] More

  • Intel-AT&T Team to Test LTE Network-Linked UAV at Mobile Trade Congress - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel-AT&T Team to Test LTE Network-Linked UAV at Mobile Trade Congress

    Intel and AT&T have partnered to evaluate how an unmanned aircraft vehicle can stream video and transmit flight information and telematics through the Long-Term Evolution wireless communications network. Intel will test the transmission functions of a Yuneec Typhoon H UAV fitted with Intel RealSense technology over AT&T’s core LTE network as part of the Intel Drone Zone, […] More

  • Reuters: DigitalGlobe, Saudi Organizations Launch Small Satellite JV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: DigitalGlobe, Saudi Organizations Launch Small Satellite JV

    DigitalGlobe and two organizations in Saudi Arabia have formed a joint venture to build small satellites intended to regularly capture images of different areas around the world, Reuters reported Sunday. DigitalGlobe CEO Jeffrey Tarr said the company would integrate its satellites, ground infrastructure and processing technology into the project in order to facilitate the accuracy of collected […] More

  • Ed Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ed Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments

    Ed Sayadian, president of mission networks at Harris Corp., has said Congress should continue to advance long-term investments in the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen programs and other aviation modernization initiatives. “Without this investment, the significant and important modernization gains will be threatened, subjecting passengers to unnecessary delays and sustaining aviation operations that are less environmentally […] More

  • CACI, FAA, DHS Evaluate Drone Detection Technology at Commercial Airports - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI, FAA, DHS Evaluate Drone Detection Technology at Commercial Airports

    CACI International, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Homeland Security have conducted research on technologies that work to detect unmanned aircraft systems in commercial airports. FAA said Thursday the program seeks to address safety and security concerns regarding unauthorized UAS flown near airports and manned airplanes. The agency noted that it receives more than 100 reports a month […] More

  • Thales-Ultra Electronics ATS Team Lands GSA Contract to Update DoD Link-16 Pulse Deconfliction Server - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Ultra Electronics ATS Team Lands GSA Contract to Update DoD Link-16 Pulse Deconfliction Server

    Thales will work with Ultra Electronics Advanced Tactical Systems to provide a software platform and update the Defense Department’s Link-16 Pulse Deconfliction Server under a contract awarded by the General Services Administration. The Thales-built Web Reference Architecture software will work to help DoD schedule the operations of Link-16 terminal radios and related systems in compliance with spectrum certification requirements, Thales said […] More

  • General Atomics to Supply Reaper Drones to Spain; Linden Blue Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Supply Reaper Drones to Spain; Linden Blue Comments

    Spain’s defense ministry has placed an order for four General Atomics-built Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles through a $243 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. The contract also covers MTS-B electro-optical/infrared sensors, two Block 30 ground control stations, line-of-sight datalink platforms and Block 20A Lynx multi-mode radar for the Spanish armed forces, General […] More