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  • DARPA Taps Northrop to Build Reconnaissance Drone Demonstrator; Dan Patt, Gil Graff Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Northrop to Build Reconnaissance Drone Demonstrator; Dan Patt, Gil Graff Comment

    As covered by GovCon Wire Monday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected a Northrop Grumman-led team to develop a demonstrator platform of an unmanned aerial system under phase three of the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node program. Tern is a joint initiative of DARPA and the Office of Naval Research to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance drone that will work to […] More

  • Elbit Gets $50M Order for Airborne ISR Platform; Bezhalel Machlis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Gets $50M Order for Airborne ISR Platform; Bezhalel Machlis Comments

    Elbit Systems will provide a full-scale airborne intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance platform to an Asia-Pacific customer under a three-year, $50 million contract. The company said Dec. 22 the airborne platform will build on the customer’s existing electro-optical cameras and sensors by Elbit with synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator technology by ELTA Systems. Elbit Systems […] More

  • Airbus Wins $600M Inmarsat Satellite Production Contract; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Wins $600M Inmarsat Satellite Production Contract; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Airbus’ defense and space business has won a potential $600 million contract from Inmarsat to construct the first two communications satellites for integration with the Inmarsat-6 satellite constellation. The two I-6 satellites will work to provide Ka- and L-band mobile communications services to Inmarsat clients, Inmarsat said Wednesday. Airbus is scheduled to hand over the […] More

  • ORBCOMM Launches 11 OG2 Satellites Onboard SpaceX Rocket; Marc Eisenberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ORBCOMM Launches 11 OG2 Satellites Onboard SpaceX Rocket; Marc Eisenberg Comments

    ORBCOMM deployed 11 OG2 satellites Monday aboard the SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket to provide machine-to-machine communications and Automatic Identification System-related services for commercial clients. The satellites’ launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks ORBCOMM’s second mission to complete the OG2 satellite constellation, the company said Monday. ORBCOMM said it expects to deliver full commercial […] More

  • Harris Lands $66M Falcon III Radio Orders From Mideast Client; Brendan O’Connell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Lands $66M Falcon III Radio Orders From Mideast Client; Brendan O’Connell Comments

    Harris Corp. has received orders worth $66 million to supply Falcon III wideband tactical radios and accessories to a Middle East nation as part of an effort to modernize the client’s communications program. The company will deliver various Falcon III radio configurations for long-range environments, mobile ad hoc networking and narrowband data capabilities to the […] More

  • CACI Gets Extension on Army EW Tech Support Contract; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Gets Extension on Army EW Tech Support Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has secured a multimillion task order to continue its support for the U.S. Army‘s efforts to develop tools against electronic warfare threats. The company said Monday it will also collaborate with the Army’s intelligence and information warfare directorate to engineer software and hardware that work to secure air- and ground-based military platforms from EW attacks. Ken Asbury, CACI president […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Rolls Out Aviation Communications Platform in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Rolls Out Aviation Communications Platform in South Korea

    Rockwell Collins has deployed a network for Korea Airports Corp. that works to facilitate air-to-ground data communications. The Very High Frequency Digital Link Mode 2-based network works to help aircraft receive messages related to pre-departure clearances, air traffic control and other airline operational control data through the use of the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, […] More

  • Northrop Launches Unmanned Ground Surveillance Aircraft for NATO; Rob Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Unmanned Ground Surveillance Aircraft for NATO; Rob Sheehan Comments

    Northrop Grumman on Saturday flew NATO’s first ground surveillance aircraft from a facility in Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base in California for the vehicle’s inaugural flight. The company based the aircraft from its Global Hawk wide-area surveillance drone and built the platform in an effort to help NATO monitor borders, protect soldiers and civilians and facilitate humanitarian assistance missions, Northrop said […] More

  • Army Fields General Dynamics-Built WIN-T Increment 1 Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Fields General Dynamics-Built WIN-T Increment 1 Upgrades

    The U.S. Army has started to implement an updated Warfighter Information Network-Tactical system built by General Dynamics in an effort to increase speed and security of voice, data and video communications among deployed troops. WIN-T Increment 1 modernization involved the consolidation of new and existing tactical communications hardware into virtualized servers to address size, weight and power […] More

  • Boeing Delivers Mobile Satellite to Mexican Government; Mark Spiwak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Delivers Mobile Satellite to Mexican Government; Mark Spiwak Comments

    Boeing has handed a mobile satellite to the Mexican government in support of efforts to bolster the nation’s national security, civil and humanitarian programs. Boeing and the Mexican government plan to conduct field testing for the Morelos-3 702 high-power satellite following the delivery, the company said Wednesday. “[Mexico] has delivered on its vision to provide […] More

  • France Orders 3rd General Atomics Reaper Drone From US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    France Orders 3rd General Atomics Reaper Drone From US

    France has placed an order for a third General Atomics-built Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. Air Force, the French defense ministry said Thursday. The French government made the order through the country’s directorate general of armaments and under a military program that aims to equip its air force […] More

  • Engility Lands $14M Navy C2 System Contract Extension; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Lands $14M Navy C2 System Contract Extension; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments

    Engility Holdings has received a $14 million contract extension to keep its upgrade and technical support for the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s command-and-control systems. The company will continue to explore potential technology upgrades and provide support for the Deployable Joint Command and Control system for an additional five years, Engility said Tuesday. “Engility’s customers at NSWC […] More