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  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed MUOS-3 to Expand Navy Satellite Comms Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed MUOS-3 to Expand Navy Satellite Comms Coverage

    The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team has encased the latest Mobile User Objective System satellite within its payload fairing ahead of the scheduled Jan. 20 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Iris Bombelyn, vice president of narrowband communications at Lockheed, said Friday the MUOS-3 satellite will work to expand the coverage of the MUOS mobile satellite communications network. She […] More

  • Brendan O'Connell: Harris Radios, Intercom Systems to Support Philippine Tactical Comm Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brendan O’Connell: Harris Radios, Intercom Systems to Support Philippine Tactical Comm Modernization

    The Philippine army has placed an $18 million order for Harris‘ Falcon III vehicular radios and intercom systems as part of the country’s military communications modernization program. Harris said Friday the foreign military sale to the Philippine army’s light armored division includes Falcon RF-7800V Combat Net Radios and RF-7800I Intercom Systems. Brendan O’Connell, president of international business at Harris RF […] More

  • Dan Hart: Boeing Preps for Next GPS IIF Launch as 8th Satellite Joins Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Hart: Boeing Preps for Next GPS IIF Launch as 8th Satellite Joins Constellation

    Boeing‘s GPS Space Vehicle-69 satellite has joined the 31-satellite GPS System IIF constellation after almost two months of on-orbit checkout and validation as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s network modernization efforts. The company said Thursday this is the eighth of 12 planned GPS IIF satellites and the fourth launched this year to support a growing number of users and […] More

  • Rob Weiss: Lockheed to Continue Open Architecture Support for USAF Aircraft Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Weiss: Lockheed to Continue Open Architecture Support for USAF Aircraft Modernization

    Lockheed Martin has deployed its Skunk Works Enterprise Open Systems Architecture to integrate multiple sensors that are compliant with the U.S. Air Force‘s Open Mission Systems standard into the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. The company said Dec. 10 that the three-week flight test series utilized Lockheed’s mission management software, an IP-based data link and four OMS-compliant sensor payloads to perform mission operations. Rob Weiss, […] More

  • Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region

    MAXIMUS will deliver the U.K. department for work and pensions’ Work Program to North East Yorkshire and the Humber beginning Feb. 2, 2015, as part of a performance-based contract potentially worth $14 million. MAXIMUS CEO Richard Montoni said Thursday that the company works to support government welfare reform programs by providing personalized assistance to job seekers in the region. The Work Program […] More

  • Lockheed Selects L-3 Digital Data Link for Small UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects L-3 Digital Data Link for Small UAS

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a subcontract to L-3 Communications to equip the U.K. defense ministry’s Desert Hawk III DDL digital platform with the MICRO Secure Digital Data Link. The companies said Dec. 1 that L-3’s MICRO SDDL will support communications for the small unmanned aircraft system’s command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Kevin Westfall, director of LM MST’s unmanned solutions business, said that […] More

  • IBM Adds New Global Cloud Centers Under $1B Expansion Plan; Jim Comfort Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Adds New Global Cloud Centers Under $1B Expansion Plan; Jim Comfort Comments

    IBM has opened new cloud centers in 12 new sites across Asia, Europe and the Americas as part of the company’s $1.2 billion expansion plan to meet hybrid cloud computing demand from enterprise clients. The company said Wednesday the new facilities in Tokyo, Frankfurt, Mexico City and other areas bring IBM’s total cloud centers to 40. The new cloud centers […] More

  • Infosys, Unisys to Provide Shared Services to Australian State Gov't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Infosys, Unisys to Provide Shared Services to Australian State Gov’t

    Infosys and Unisys are set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the government of New South Wales in Australia for the implementation of shared services across state agencies. Dominic Perrottet, NSW minister for finance and services, said in an announcement posted Wednesday that the government has selected the two companies to deliver shared services in areas such as human […] More

  • Bob Ciesla: Boeing's Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Ciesla: Boeing’s Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage

    Construction has begun on Boeing‘s new facility in St. Louis that will house composite manufacturing operations for the 777x commercial aircraft and potentially generate 700 jobs for the community. The company said Tuesday the composites center will cover an area of 367,000 square feet and expand the existing tooling center at the location. Bob Ciesla, vice president of Boeing Military […] More

  • Dell Study: Global Healthcare IT Leaders Eye Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Study: Global Healthcare IT Leaders Eye Cloud

    A new survey from Dell on global technology adoption found that a majority of IT decision-makers at midsize healthcare organizations, as well as other industries, either have adopted or are planning to adopt cloud computing. The company said Tuesday its Dell Global Technology Adoption Index report indicates that this interest in cloud comes as healthcare organizations identify IT priorities in cost efficiency, infrastructure upgrades and data center […] More

  • Dynetics to Offer Virtualization Services as Citrix Silver Solution Adviser; Nichole O'Brien Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics to Offer Virtualization Services as Citrix Silver Solution Adviser; Nichole O’Brien Comments

    Dynetics is now a Citrix Silver Solution Adviser as part of the companies’ partnership to address the growing demand for mobile capabilities by offering virtual desktop, mobile workspace and cloud networking services. Nichole O’Brien, Dynetics’ information engineering branch manager, said Monday that the company aims to help an increasingly mobile workforce adopt new security, optimization and mobility tools. She added that virtualization supports […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Latest Tests on 3D-Printed CubeSat Propulsion System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Latest Tests on 3D-Printed CubeSat Propulsion System

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded a series of tests on a three-dimensional printed propulsion system to check engine throughput and propellant tank expulsions as the program moved forward to the qualification phase. The company said Monday it conducted a hot-fire test of the hydrazine integrated propulsion system on the MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System to demonstrate functions that meet Technology Readiness Level 6 and Manufacturing […] More