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  • Pamela Drew: Exelis, FAA Wrap Up Aircraft Tracking System Update - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pamela Drew: Exelis, FAA Wrap Up Aircraft Tracking System Update

    Exelis has updated an aircraft tracking system used by the Federal Aviation Administration as the company and agency aim to help air traffic controllers transmit data to pilots. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast technology was developed in 2007 to track the locations of airplanes by using GPS systems, Exelis said Monday. “The completion of the ADS-B network […] More

  • EMCOR Group to Help Maintain Multiple Gov't Facilities; Michael Rodgers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EMCOR Group to Help Maintain Multiple Gov’t Facilities; Michael Rodgers Comments

    EMCOR Group Inc. has been selected to help the government maintain various facilities across several locations in the U.S. EMCOR’s government services division will perform customer service, maintenance and repair of U.S. Coast Guard training centers in Yorktown, Va., the company said Tuesday. Michael Rodgers, president of EMCOR Government Services, said the company intends to […] More

  • Walter Scott: DigitalGlobe Seeks Gov't Backing for High-Res Imagery Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Walter Scott: DigitalGlobe Seeks Gov’t Backing for High-Res Imagery Sales

    DigitalGlobe has received support from the intelligence community for the company’s bid to sell high-resolution satellite images in a move to stay competitive globally, Reuters reported Monday. Warren Strobel and Andrea Shalal write Colorado-based DigitalGlobe requested government approval nearly a year ago for its plan to develop 50-centimeter image resolutions. “We are hopeful that the […] More

  • Panama Civil Aviation Authority Launches Thales-Built Air Traffic Control System; Raphael Cervantes Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Panama Civil Aviation Authority Launches Thales-Built Air Traffic Control System; Raphael Cervantes Comments

    Panama’s civil aviation authority has unveiled a new Thales-developed radar air traffic control center intended to handle the entire country’s airspace. The TopSky-ATC traffic control center is built to accommodate 12 control working positions, Thales Group said Thursday. Raphael Cervantes, director of sales for Latin America of Thales’s air traffic management business, said the company has worked […] More

  • Siemens, Chinese Carmaker Form Automotive Drive Tech JV; Siegfried Russwurm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, Chinese Carmaker Form Automotive Drive Tech JV; Siegfried Russwurm Comments

    Siemens AG and China-based Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. Ltd. have formed a joint venture to develop electric powertrain systems for the Chinese green drive-technologies market. The Beijing Siemens Automotive E-Drive System JV will be established to produce electric drivetrain parts such as power-electronics and electric motors, Siemens said Sunday. The company aims to help […] More

  • Northrop Opens Aircraft Integration Center in Florida; Tom Vice Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Opens Aircraft Integration Center in Florida; Tom Vice Comments

    Northrop Grumman has opened a fresh aircraft integration center in St. Augustine, Fla., where the company has been operating for 34 years. The site is expected to create 400 new jobs over the next three years, Northrop Grumman said Thursday. Tom Vice, Northrop Grumman corporate vice president and president of aerospace systems, said the new facility […] More

  • Marc Eisenberg: ORBCOMM Relocates Network Control Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marc Eisenberg: ORBCOMM Relocates Network Control Hub

    ORBCOMM has moved its network control center to a new facility in Sterling, Va. from the hub’s former location in Dulles. Marc Eisenberg, CEO of ORBCOMM, said Wednesday the company intends to use the new innovation and network control center to help further its business expansion strategy. “This state-of-the-art facility allows us to bring together key […] More

  • OceanWorks International Hands Spare Ocean Nodes to Harris CapRock - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OceanWorks International Hands Spare Ocean Nodes to Harris CapRock

    OceanWorks International has delivered additional ocean floor nodes to Harris CapRock Communications for running and maintaining CSnet International‘s offshore communications system. Scientists work to gather real-time data from seafloor sensors by using the offshore communications backbone infrastructure, OceanWorks International said Friday. The OceanWorks-built communications system consists of five seafloor nodes that form the seafloor observatory. […] More

  • Sagetech Unveils Unmanned Aerial System Tracker Product; Kelvin Scribner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sagetech Unveils Unmanned Aerial System Tracker Product; Kelvin Scribner Comments

    Sagetech Corp. has introduced a fresh kit for monitoring unmanned aerial systems using tablet computers. The ADS-B Tracker Kit is built with a micro transponder, Clarity ADS-B receiver and a zero-interface iPad,  Sagetech said Tuesday. Kelvin Scribner, Sagetech president, said the company intends for the product to assist in public safety missions for UAVs. Air […] More

  • BAE Systems Completes Aircraft Survivability Tool Design Review; Bill Staib Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Completes Aircraft Survivability Tool Design Review; Bill Staib Comments

    BAE Systems has completed the design review for its aircraft survivability equipment intended to help detect missile threats. The tool has been updated to work with other survivability technologies by obtaining data from radar and laser warning receivers, BAE Systems said Wednesday. BAE Systems intends for the equipment to help minimize workloads for U.S. Army […] More

  • Google, SynapDx Form Autism Detection Research Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google, SynapDx Form Autism Detection Research Partnership

    Google’s investment arm has teamed up with laboratory services firm SynapDx to examine the genetic sources of autism disorder through data analytics, Praescient Analytics said Tuesday. Google Ventures will work with SynapDx to conduct disease genomics research in an effort to develop genetics-based treatment for autism, according to the report. SynapDx began performing blood-based tests in […] More

  • Jan De Witte: GE Buys Health Software CHCA for Workflow Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jan De Witte: GE Buys Health Software CHCA for Workflow Portfolio

    GE’s healthcare division has acquired CHCA Computer Systems, a provider of operating room management and analytics services in a move to grow GE’s software portfolio. Jan De Witte, president and CEO of GE Healthcare’s information technology business, said Tuesday that CHCA’s Opera software application will be integrated into GE’s OR and Perioperative software portfolio. De Witte added that the company intends […] More