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  • SSL-Built Satellite for Indonesian Telecom Begins Post-Launch Maneuvers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL-Built Satellite for Indonesian Telecom Begins Post-Launch Maneuvers

    A communications satellite SSL built for telecommunications firm PT Telkom Indonesia has started conducting post-launch maneuvers a day after its liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Merah Putih released the satellite’s solar arrays and would fire its primary thruster to reach final orbit, SSL parent company Maxar Technologies said Tuesday. The system is designed to provide internet and telephone […] More

  • NASA to Launch Northrop-Built Spacecraft for Ice Topography Measurement Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Launch Northrop-Built Spacecraft for Ice Topography Measurement Mission

    NASA and United Launch Alliance are preparing to launch a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft in mid-September on a mission to record the changing measurements of Earth’s glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice. The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 is scheduled to lift off Sept. 15 at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the final launch of ULA’s Delta […] More

  • Motorola Solutions Adds Venue Maps to Public Safety Comms Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions Adds Venue Maps to Public Safety Comms Platform

    Motorola Solutions has integrated its public safety communications software with venue details from HERE Technologies as part of a joint effort to increase field responders’ situational awareness. The CommandCentral Aware platform will include location maps that are intended to guide fire and emergency medical services personnel through buildings in the event of a critical situation, HERE said Monday. The […] More

  • 19 Small Businesses to Participate in NASA Research Program's Second Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    19 Small Businesses to Participate in NASA Research Program’s Second Phase

    Twenty research and technology proposals from 19 U.S. businesses are set to advance to the second phase of NASA‘s Small Business Technology Transfer program. The space agency said Wednesday the selected companies will collaborate with research organizations to help develop technologies for aeronautics, science, human exploration and operations and space. The proposals, worth a combined $15 million, […] More

  • Terran Orbital Raises Series B Funds to Establish New Production Facility, Expand Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Terran Orbital Raises Series B Funds to Establish New Production Facility, Expand Workforce

    Terran Orbital Corp. has raised $36 million in its Series B funding round, which will be used to hire new employees and procure additional manufacturing equipment for the company’s new nanosatellite production facility. The Irvine, Calif.-based firm said Monday it received the funds from investors such as Lockheed Martin, Beach Point Capital Management and Goldman […] More

  • NASA Authorizes Thermal Management Technologies to Use Patented Tech to Develop Smallsat Release Mechanism - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Authorizes Thermal Management Technologies to Use Patented Tech to Develop Smallsat Release Mechanism

    NASA has licensed a patented technology to Thermal Management Technologies to develop the North Logan, Utah-based company’s small satellite release mechanism. The space agency said Monday TMT can use the Diminutive Assembly for Nanosatellite deploYables as basis for the Gecko Release Mechanism, which is designed to incorporate a gecko’s size and gripping capabilities.  DANY stores deployable […] More

  • Booz Allen to Help Air Force Develop Cyber Tech Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Help Air Force Develop Cyber Tech Platforms

    Booz Allen Hamilton has won a potential five-year, $47.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop technology platforms to support the military service’s operational cyber resiliency initiatives. The Defense Department said Monday the company will help USAF build a system to address cyber assurance requirements and associated mission programs of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s […] More

  • Northrop to Deploy Modern Emergency Dispatch Tech to California; Nathan Daniels Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Deploy Modern Emergency Dispatch Tech to California; Nathan Daniels Comments

    Northrop Grumman has made an agreement with Verdugo Fire Communications to modernize dispatch systems in California to boost the operational capability of emergency response personnel and services in the state. The Falls Church, Va.-based firm said Friday it will initially deploy its CommandPoint computer-aided dispatch technology and CommandPoint Mobility products to the Glendale Fire Department […] More

  • SPA Analyst Receives '35 Under 35 in the Space Industry' Award; William Vantine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPA Analyst Receives ’35 Under 35 in the Space Industry’ Award; William Vantine Comments

    The International Institute of Space Commerce has named Mary Hill, operations manager for Systems Planning and Analysis’ Australian business, as one of the recipients of the 2018 35 Under 35 in the Space Industry award. William Vantine, CEO and president of SPA, said in a statement published Friday that Hill has the potential to become […] More

  • Air Force Taps CACI for Medical Logistical Support Personnel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps CACI for Medical Logistical Support Personnel

    CACI International’s integrated security solutions business has received a $34.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide medical logistical support personnel at over 184 military sites. The Defense Department said Wednesday CACI-ISS will support efforts in assemblage packaging of war reserve materiel, inspections and audits, as well as in contingency, humanitarian and base exercises. The information technology […] More

  • Report: Air Force to Award Next Set of Commercial Launch Service Agreements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Award Next Set of Commercial Launch Service Agreements

    The U.S. Air Force could award a new set of Launch Service Agreements sometime during August, one month later than scheduled, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. The military service aims to select two domestic commercial launch service providers that can cover national security missions and send heavy and complex payloads to space. Northrop Grumman‘s innovation systems sector — then called Orbital […] More

  • General Atomics Assesses Aerodynamic Capabilities of MQ-25 Drone; David Alexander Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Assesses Aerodynamic Capabilities of MQ-25 Drone; David Alexander Comments

    A General Atomics business unit has completed the fourth low-speed wind tunnel test of a carrier-based refueling tanker drone being developed for the U.S. Navy. The San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautics Systems Inc. said Tuesday its aeronautical systems division assessed and verified the MQ-25 Stingray tanker’s high-lift system and spoiler-based direct lift control, which aligned with […] More