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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
ExecutiveBiz provides the latest news regarding Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) from the industry’s top players. This section is dedicated to providing news about technologies that are crucial to warfighters.
A satellite that Lockheed Martin designed and built for the U.S. government launched into space Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The CLIO satellite took off aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V launch vehicle, Lockheed said Tuesday. CLIO incorporates Lockheed’s A2100 satellite bus with solar arrays, propulsion system and core electronics. More
Lockheed Martin is collaborating with Advanced Electronics Co. to establish a facility in Saudi Arabia that would offer aircraft targeting pod repair services to that nation’s air force. The companies will build the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod repair center through the Saudi Arabian government’s economic offset program, Lockheed said Monday. “AEC is a strategic partner […] More
Surrey Satellite Technology US will conduct a study on sustainable land imaging reduced instrument envelope as an alternative to the current Landsat imaging sensors under a new contract from NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center. The Colorado-based subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. said Friday the six-month study will look into developing a smaller form factor for the sensors installed on […] More
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has been awarded a prime contract to provide design analysis services for Laser Light Communications‘s all-optical satellite system that will support space-based laser communications. Under the first-phase contract, Ball Aerospace will help complete eight out of 12 satellites in Laser Light’s constellation on medium Earth orbit, Ball Aerospace said Wednesday. “Ball’s selection for the contract […] More
Esri and the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command have entered into a cooperative agreement to research and develop geospatial tools for analyzing battlespace environmental conditions at sea. The partnership aims to create new applications that could enhance Esri’s geographic information systems platform as well as improve geospatial intelligence collection during naval warfare, the […] More
Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded an $11.9 million contract to build and demonstrate a wideband digital antenna technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s radio frequency sensors. The company will work with Semtech and Systems & Technology Research to design a reusable digital common module under the first phase of the Arrays on Commercial Timescales program, Northrop said Wednesday. DARPA wants the common […] More
An ASDReports.com report estimates the market value for military electro-optical and infrared systems stands at about $8.38 billion and would continue to grow for the next 10 years. The business intelligence firm said Monday the sector could enjoy steady growth through 2024 due to the growing military applications of EO/IR technology. Adoption of smaller and […] More
Battelle has secured a five-year deal with the city of Dublin in Ohio to utilize its fiber optic network in testing the data transfer functions of ID Quantique‘s Quantum Key Distribution hardware. Battelle said Wednesday its quantum communication researchers have been given permission to use the city’s dubLINK fiber optic ring and other available cables for free to conduct the test beginning in early […] More
CellAntenna, a systems integrator for L-3 Communications‘ Linkabit division, has unveiled a new cell phone threat control system that is designed to monitor and control cellular signals in stealth mode for law enforcement tactical operations. CellAntenna said Wednesday that CPC-Vulcan supports the company’s Guardian Service system, which prisons use to control the use of cell phones at the facilities. Howard Melamed, […] More
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy has completed a capabilities test of the company’s Standard Missile-3 Block IA to evaluate the weapon’s work with a satellite sensor system to pinpoint and destroy a medium-range ballistic missile target. Mitch Stevison, Raytheon program director for SM-3, said Thursday that this test is the first time the Navy used cues from a space sensor system […] More
A group of students and researchers at a Polish university has built an autonomous control system for unmanned aerial vehicles through a Lockheed Martin-backed project. Lockheed said Friday that Warsaw University of Technology’s research team demonstrated the autonomous drone software under a partnership agreement between the company and the university. The alliance’s goal is to […] More
Sarah Kenny, managing director for QinetiQ’s maritime arm, said the company has won a contract to provide British scientists with fresh insight into defense strategies against small boat threats. The work will involve testing the threat response capabilities of the U.K. Defense Science and Technology Laboratory’s sensor system at sea, QinetiQ said Thursday. “This is the […] More
