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  • FirstNet Board OKs Resolutions for Program's Final RFP; Sue Swenson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FirstNet Board OKs Resolutions for Program’s Final RFP; Sue Swenson Comments

    The First Responder Network Authority moved closer to the deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network after its board approved a national acquisition strategy and other elements of the program’s request for proposals. FirstNet said Friday the board’s approval of the “Final Acquisition Approach” and “Final Interpretations of the Act” resolutions works to support efforts to release […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary Provides Small UAS, Tools to Support Wildfire Response in Idaho - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary Provides Small UAS, Tools to Support Wildfire Response in Idaho

    Textron‘s unmanned systems subsidiary has delivered equipment and personnel to the U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department to support wildfire response operations in Idaho. The company said Thursday it deployed its Aerosonde drone, iCommand tool and Remote Video Terminal products to provide imagery and coordinate responders during the wildfire. “Unmanned systems can operate where it may be unsafe or impractical […] More

  • Tony Frazier: New DigitalGlobe Community to Utilize Crowdsourced GEOINT for Nat'l Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Frazier: New DigitalGlobe Community to Utilize Crowdsourced GEOINT for Nat’l Security

    Tony Frazier, senior vice president for government solutions at DigitalGlobe, has outlined his views on the impact of crowdsourcing on innovation and learning in the geospatial intelligence sector. Frazier wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that the company’s Tomnod community and USGIF GEOINT Hackathon competition are indicative of crowdsourcing’s disruptive role in the market. He noted that Tomnod […] More

  • Boeing-Lockheed JV Carries Out 100th Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Lockheed JV Carries Out 100th Launch

    A United Launch Alliance-built rocket launched early Friday morning to mark the 100th mission carried out by the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. An Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to carry the Morelos-3 communications satellite into space, William Graham writes. The Atlas V contains an RL10 engine-powered Centaur upper stage, […] More

  • Raytheon Wraps Up Weather Data System Deployment; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Wraps Up Weather Data System Deployment; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon has completed the deployment of a weather data tool at over 140 offices of the U.S. National Weather Service across the country and several territories. The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System II has visualization and data analysis tools that work to help forecasters predict the weather, Raytheon said Thursday. “The development and rollout of AWIPS […] More

  • Leidos-Boundless Team to Develop Open-Source Geospatial Software, Cyber Defense Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos-Boundless Team to Develop Open-Source Geospatial Software, Cyber Defense Apps

    Leidos and Boundless have forged a strategic alliance to further develop and market open-source geospatial software and cyber defense tools and services. The partnership will allow Leidos to use Boundless’ OpenGeo Suite geospatial platform to update its proprietary systems with open-source applications and support its integration initiatives that seek to address intelligence and national security efforts, Leidos […] More

  • NJ Agencies Deploy JerseyNet Mobile System for Papal Visit; Randy Fuerst Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NJ Agencies Deploy JerseyNet Mobile System for Papal Visit; Randy Fuerst Comments

    The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and the New Jersey State Police used the JerseyNet communications system made by Oceus Networks to manage the visit of Pope Francis to the U.S. Oceus said Tuesday the agencies utilized JerseyNet to support mobile communications and the live stream of security video during the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. “[JerseyNet] connected multiple agencies in Band […] More

  • Thales-Raytheon JV Lands Sentinel Radar Supply Contract in Latvia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Raytheon JV Lands Sentinel Radar Supply Contract in Latvia

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Raytheon has been awarded a contract to supply mobile radar systems to Latvia’s armed forces. ThalesRaytheonSystems said Wednesday it will deliver four Improved Sentinel AN/MPQ-64 F1 radars to Latvia. Sentinel is a mobile, three-dimensional radar system intended for missile system coordination, infrastructure protection and airborne surveillance operations. The phased-array […] More

  • Air Force Seeks New Systems for Signals Intell, Cyber Comms Collection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks New Systems for Signals Intell, Cyber Comms Collection

    The U.S. Air Force has unveiled a potential three-year, $24.9 million funding opportunity for industry to develop new methods and systems for the collection and processing of signals intelligence and cyber communications. White papers should contain information on processes and technological platforms that could enable SIGINT tools to detect and characterize electronic communication signals of interest in dense […] More

  • Northrop to Develop Long-Range Radar for Army Recon Plane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Develop Long-Range Radar for Army Recon Plane

    Northrop Grumman will build a synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator system for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced aircraft under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday the long-range radar combines Vehicle and Dismount and Exploitation Radar and Active Electronically Scanned Array technology to bolster the ARL-E DHC-8 reconnaissance plane’s capabilities. “The long-range radar is a natural fit into the […] More

  • Navy Test-Fires Orbital ATK AARG Missile from F/A-18F Super Hornet; Bill Kasting Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Test-Fires Orbital ATK AARG Missile from F/A-18F Super Hornet; Bill Kasting Comments

    The U.S. Navy has test-fired an Orbital ATK-built Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile against a moving ship at Point Mugu Sea Range in California. Orbital ATK said Wednesday the service branch launched the AGM-88E AARGM system from an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet during the first Block 1 upgrade test held on Aug. 18. The test sought […] More

  • NGA Renews EnhancedView Imagery Agreement With DigitalGlobe - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Renews EnhancedView Imagery Agreement With DigitalGlobe

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will extend its usage of DigitalGlobe’s satellite imagery service for at least another year. NGA renewed DigitalGlobe’s Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery platform on Sept. 1 under the EnhancedView contract, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. The Global EGD platform is designed to provide NGA and other government users with at least 6 billion square kilometers […] More