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  • Lockheed Picks EMCORE’s Solar Cells for Satellite Program; Brad Clevenger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Picks EMCORE’s Solar Cells for Satellite Program; Brad Clevenger Comments

    Lockheed Martin has agreed to incorporate EMCORE’s multi-junction solar cell assemblies into a satellite program. EMCORE will supply its Coverglass interconnected cells that are based on the ZTJ triple-junction solar cells technology for the Lockheed-run program, EMCORE said Wednesday. “We are very pleased to enter into this next phase of our relationship and look forward […] More

  • Seven Teams Receive $3.3M in Total Funding for Electric Grid Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Seven Teams Receive $3.3M in Total Funding for Electric Grid Research Project

    Seven research teams have received $3.3 million in total funding to develop technologies for sustaining and operating the state of New York’s electric grid. The recipients submitted proposals demonstrating the performance and resiliency of the electric power delivery system in New York before they obtained the awards, the NYC Press Office said Wednesday. “These projects […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Unveils Mobile IP Router System for Ground Vehicles, Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright Unveils Mobile IP Router System for Ground Vehicles, Aircraft

    Curtiss-Wright has launched a rugged mobile Internet Protocol router subsystem for military ground vehicles and aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes Curtiss-Wright’s Ashburn, Virginia-based defense solutions division worked to incorporate a Cisco-developed gigabit Ethernet switch into the new variant of the Parvus DuraMAR 5915 component. The combination of the Cisco 5915 router […] More

  • Wes Bush: Northrop Grumman’s Unmanned Systems Meet Intl Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wes Bush: Northrop Grumman’s Unmanned Systems Meet Intl Requirements

    Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush is confident the company’s unmanned systems offerings fulfill various requirements of its customers worldwide, Flight Global reported Friday. Bush told an earnings call Wednesday that Northrop Grumman is seeing increasing demand from U.S. allies worldwide for its X-47B unmanned carrier air system-demonstrator program, Beth Stevenson reports. He said the company […] More

  • Report: Global Healthcare Analytics Market to Grow 25% by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Global Healthcare Analytics Market to Grow 25% by 2019

    Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the healthcare analytics market to achieve a 25 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019, HealthITAnalytics reported Thursday. Jennifer Bresnick writes regulatory mandates, ongoing health information technology adoption, predictive analytics and clinical support requirements of healthcare organizations will drive the market. The report also lists […] More

  • Amazon Web Services Names Agilex as Consulting Partner; Roger Baker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Web Services Names Agilex as Consulting Partner; Roger Baker Comments

    Amazon Web Services has certified Agilex Technologies as a consulting partner in recognition of Agilex’s AWS competencies the company developed with accredited professionals and four customer references. Roger Baker, Agilex chief strategy officer, said Thursday the company works to reconfigure existing systems so that they operate in the cloud platform. “Having led some of the government’s largest […] More

  • Lockheed Completes Air-to-Ground Missile Guidance System Test Flight; Frank St. John Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes Air-to-Ground Missile Guidance System Test Flight; Frank St. John Comments

    Lockheed Martin has completed the second flight test for its missile guidance system in a move that Frank St. John, the company’s tactical missiles chief, says aims to help the U.S. Army reduce technology development costs. The joint air-to-ground missile dual-mode guidance section worked to acquire its target using a precision strike laser and destroyed the […] More

  • CAE to Update Canadian Aircrew Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Update Canadian Aircrew Training Platform

    CAE Inc. has been awarded a $32.5 million contract to upgrade the aircrew training system of Canada’s armed forces, Airforce Technology reported Tuesday. The company will provide CC-130J Hercules training simulators and courseware for the Canadian Armed Forces’ tactical airlift fleet program at the Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario, according to the report. “The […] More

  • CACI Continues to Convert Navy’s Personnel, Pay Systems; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Continues to Convert Navy’s Personnel, Pay Systems; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has won a $22 million contract extension to convert the personnel and pay business processes of the U.S. Navy. The company booked the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the fourth quarter of CACI’s fiscal year 2014, CACI said Wednesday. “This is a key part of our broader effort to provide support and thought leadership in human […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Provide Human Spaceflight Services for Orion Crew Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Provide Human Spaceflight Services for Orion Crew Vehicle

    Lockheed Martin is working to supply ground-based human spaceflight services for the Orion crew vehicle under a $1.3 billion contract that SGT Inc. holds with NASA, Washington Technology reported Tuesday. Mark Hoover writes SGT will support the International Space Station’s mission and flight crew operations under the Integrated Mission Operations Contract II program. The company […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium to Begin High-Volume Production of NEXT Antennas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium to Begin High-Volume Production of NEXT Antennas

    Iridium Communications is set to produce antennas for the NEXT constellation in large volumes following completion of the first five flight main mission antennas. Thales Alenia Space built the antennas to handle the transmission of data between Iridium customer devices, Iridium Communications said Monday. “The main mission antennas are a critical component of each satellite, and […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Tests Fourth Coast Guard National Security Cutter; Jim French, Richard Schenk Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Tests Fourth Coast Guard National Security Cutter; Jim French, Richard Schenk Comment

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the sea tests for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s fourth national security cutter. The testing team assessed the propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor handling, small boat operations and combat systems of the Hamilton cutter for three days, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “It’s a team effort to bring one of these magnificent […] More