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  • Kratos Subsidiary Gets Engineering Contract Modifications for Army Ground Aerial Target Control System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Subsidiary Gets Engineering Contract Modifications for Army Ground Aerial Target Control System

    The U.S. Army has awarded $2 million in contract modifications to a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary for additional hardware production and engineering support services. Micro Systems will work to support the Army Ground Aerial Target Control System, target vehicle control tools and related ancillary equipment, Kratos said Monday. AGATCS is a program under the Army’s […] More

  • Boeing Launches Final GPS IIF Satellite for Air Force Constellation; Dan Hart Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Launches Final GPS IIF Satellite for Air Force Constellation; Dan Hart Comments

    The U.S. Air Force has launched a 12th Global Positioning System IIF satellite built by Boeing, marking the completion of the current GPS military satellite constellation. The final GPS IIF satellite took off Friday from Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket, the Air Force said Friday. Boeing noted the satellite reached medium Earth orbit and […] More

  • NATO Begins Deployment of Polycom's RealPresence Centro Collaboration Tool; Sean Berg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NATO Begins Deployment of Polycom’s RealPresence Centro Collaboration Tool; Sean Berg Comments

    NATO has approved and deployed Polycom‘s RealPresence Centro tool to support communications and collaboration through its restricted network. The company said Thursday the alliance is the first to deploy the technology, which will become commercially available late this month. “For the agency, this means saving time, resources, working securely from almost anywhere and an exceptional user experience,” said Catherine Galoppin, […] More

  • NAVAIR Plans 'Friend or Foe' ID Tech Contract Award to BAE - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVAIR Plans ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Tech Contract Award to BAE

    The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary a sole-source contract to build friend-or-foe identification systems for military aircraft such as the F/A-18 Hornet, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. The contract with BAE Systems Inc. will cover AN/APX-111 Mode 5 combined interrogator transponders, shop replaceable assemblies, kits for conversion of current AN/APX-111s […] More

  • Mark Stewart: Lockheed Tests GPS III Satellite Thermal Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Stewart: Lockheed Tests GPS III Satellite Thermal Design

    Lockheed Martin has put its first satellite for the U.S. Air Force GPS III program through a thermal vacuum test in order to determine if the satellite could withstand simulated harsh space conditions. The simulation took place Dec. 23 and exposed an assembled GPS III system to prolonged extreme temeprature cycles inside a depressurized chamber, Lockheed […] More

  • Steven Whitney: AF Eyes More GPS III Purchases to Bolster GPS Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Whitney: AF Eyes More GPS III Purchases to Bolster GPS Modernization Efforts

    U.S. Air Force Col. Steven Whitney believes the updated global positioning system satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the service will work to deliver increased accuracy and security in GPS services, C4ISR & Networks reported Tuesday. Rutrell Yasin writes that Whitney, director of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s GPS directorate, indicated the Air Force plans […] More

  • Airbus-OneWeb JV to Build 900-Satellite Constellation; Eric Beranger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus-OneWeb JV to Build 900-Satellite Constellation; Eric Beranger Comments

    Airbus’ defense and space business has teamed up with satellite Internet provider OneWeb to launch a new joint venture that will work to develop a constellation of 900 satellites designed to provide Internet communications services worldwide. Brian Holz, vice president of space systems at OneWeb, will serve as CEO of OneWeb Satellites joint venture, Airbus said […] More

  • Air Force Completes SBIRS Block 10 Ground System Readiness Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Completes SBIRS Block 10 Ground System Readiness Test

    The U.S. Air Force‘s Remote Sensing Systems Directorate has completed the 14-day Block 10 integrated test and evaluation readiness soak on the Space Based Infrared System‘s ground segment, the service branch reported Jan. 21. The directorate conducted the test at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado beginning Jan. 5 to check the system’s readiness and […] More

  • Navy Taps Textron Subsidiary to Update EW Systems Integration Testbed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Textron Subsidiary to Update EW Systems Integration Testbed

    A subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT) has received a potential five-year, $49.8 million contract to modernize a technology platform that the U.S. Navy uses to conduct electronic warfare systems integration tests. AAI Corp. will perform EW systems integration test environment upgrades for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s electronic combat simulation and evaluation laboratory, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Intelsat Launches Boeing-Built Comms Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat Launches Boeing-Built Comms Satellite

    A telecommunications satellite that Boeing built for Intelsat lifted off Wednesday from a French Guiana spaceport aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Intelsat 29e launched into space at 6:20 p.m. Eastern Time and began to transmit initial signals to a ground station nearly 40 minutes after liftoff, Intelsat said Wednesday. It is the first satellite in Intelsat’s EpicNG constellation […] More

  • DigitalGlobe to Start WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery Service in Early 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe to Start WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery Service in Early 2017

    DigitalGlobe plans to begin commercial operation of its WorldView-4 satellite next year to deliver high-resolution Earth imagery products and services to customers worldwide. The company said Wednesday it has received $335 million in commitments from international defense and intelligence agencies since last year’s third quarter for direct access capacity on WorldView-3 and WorldView-4. WorldView-4 is scheduled for a September […] More

  • Coast Guard Taps eGlobalTech for C4ISR Systems Engineering Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Taps eGlobalTech for C4ISR Systems Engineering Support Contract

    The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded eGlobalTech a three-year contract to provide systems engineering and acquisition support services to the service branch’s command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program. Contract work covers financial and project management, field engineering and software quality assurance services in support of USCG’s C4ISR initiative, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. The company […] More