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  • Lockheed to Start On-Orbit Test of 5th MUOS Satellite; Mark Woempner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Start On-Orbit Test of 5th MUOS Satellite; Mark Woempner Comments

    Lockheed Martin is ready to begin pre-operational testing of the Mobile User Objective System constellation’s fifth satellite after the spacecraft reached geosynchronous orbit and deployed its solar arrays and antennas last week. Lockheed said Friday it will conduct on-orbit MOUS-5 tests before the company hands over operations to the U.S. Navy for additional evaluation and commissioning into service. The […] More

  • ULA Rocket to Send NASA-NOAA Weather Satellite Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Rocket to Send NASA-NOAA Weather Satellite Into Orbit

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, is scheduled to launch a weather monitoring satellite Nov. 19 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R will lift atop ULA’s  Atlas V 541 configuration rocket from the Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, ULA said Sunday. […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Marks 40K ARC-210 Radio Deliveries to US Military; Candace Chesser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Marks 40K ARC-210 Radio Deliveries to US Military; Candace Chesser Comments

    Rockwell Collins has delivered its 40,000th software-based ARC-210 radio to the U.S. military and celebrated this milestone during a ceremony at the company’s Cedar Rapids, Iowa headquarters. The ARC-210 is designed to support joint precision approach and landing system data link, satellite communications integrated waveform and combat net radio systems, Rockwell Collins said Friday. “The delivery of the 40,000th radio continues […] More

  • Esri Releases Baseline Map to Support Ocean Ecosystem Research Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Releases Baseline Map to Support Ocean Ecosystem Research Efforts

    Esri has released a baseline set of three-dimensional mapped Ecological Marine Units for researchers to examine the ocean’s resources and detect ecological marine changes. The company said the Group on Earth Observations, a consortium of more than 100 nations with an Earth observation-related protocol, also commissioned a global map of EMUs with the goal to help preserve ocean resources and keep […] More

  • Poland Mulls Naval Strike Missile Procurement from Kongsberg - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Poland Mulls Naval Strike Missile Procurement from Kongsberg

    Poland’s defense ministry is considering a purchase of more naval strike missiles from Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems for a planned coastal squadron along the Polish Baltic Sea, Defense News reported Friday. Polish Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki told local daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna that the basis for considering Kongsberg’s offering is the country’s “insufficient” reconnaissance system, Jaroslaw […] More

  • SSA Seeks Industry Info on Cyber, Risk Mgmt Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSA Seeks Industry Info on Cyber, Risk Mgmt Services

    The Social Security Administration has launched a market research initiative to gather ideas on cybersecurity and risk management services from industry in an effort to protect the agency’s programs and systems. SSA issued an amended sources sought notice on Friday in search of information on current industry cybersecurity and risk management practices and regarding the availability of […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, Nippon Form Border Security Partnership in Japan; Christopher Mackey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, Nippon Form Border Security Partnership in Japan; Christopher Mackey Comments

    Rockwell Collins and Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System have inked a strategic agreement to offer border security services to Japan. The companies seek to integrate NACCS Center’s electronic processing of inbound and outbound cargo and passenger data and Rockwell Collins’ ARINC border management system in an effort to help Japanese government officials review passenger information, Rockwell Collins […] More

  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica Receives Radar Systems Order from China - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Finmeccanica Receives Radar Systems Order from China

    Leonardo-Finmeccanica will supply four new radar systems for air traffic control to China under a contract with the country’s National Instruments Import and Export Corp. Instrimpex will use the four ATCR-33S NG primary radars during flight departure and landing phases and extended terminal area surveillance, Leonardo said Wednesday. The radar system is developed based on […] More

  • General Dynamics Orders Comtech Universal Satellite Modem for Canada WGS Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Orders Comtech Universal Satellite Modem for Canada WGS Access

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business in Canada has placed a $1.2 million order for a Comtech Telecommunications-built universal satellite modem to support Canada’s armed forces. Comtech said Thursday its Comtech EF Data Corp. subsidiary will manufacture DMD2050E WGS-certified universal satellite modems for Canada’s Mercury Global project to connect soldiers with wideband military satellite communications. Three anchor sites located in Eastern, Central and Western Canada […] More

  • Harris to Update Air Force's Ground-Based Counter Comms System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Update Air Force’s Ground-Based Counter Comms System

    Harris has been awarded a potential $53.1 million contract to update a ground-based counter communication system for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday that Harris’ space and intelligence systems business will convert Block 10.1 systems to the Block 10.2 configuration, deliver the upgraded systems along with depot spares and conduct engineering studies. The company will perform work in Palm […] More

  • VMware Mobility Mgmt Software Obtains FedRAMP ATO From Census Bureau; Bill Rowan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware Mobility Mgmt Software Obtains FedRAMP ATO From Census Bureau; Bill Rowan Comments

    The U.S. Census Bureau has granted VMware authority-to-operate approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer the company’s cloud-based enterprise mobility management platform in the public sector. The FedRAMP ATO designation is for the VMware AirWatch platform that works to help users manage, secure and remotely deliver mobile applications from cloud environments, the company said Thursday. Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales […] More

  • Navy Wants Info on Parachute Insertion Training, Sustainment Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Wants Info on Parachute Insertion Training, Sustainment Sources

    The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center has kicked off a search for potential sources of training and sustainment services for the U.S. Navy’s autonomous static line and military free fall parachute insertion systems. The branch seeks written information on the required services through a sources sought notice published Monday and intends to issue a full solicitation for […] More