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  • Exelis' Craig Oswald: DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Satellite to Have 16 Spectral Bands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis’ Craig Oswald: DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Satellite to Have 16 Spectral Bands

    Craig Oswald, commercial imaging manager of geospatial systems at Exelis, has detailed his company’s work to develop a telescope, sensor and shortwave infrared system for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite . Oswald wrote in a blog post published Thursday that WorldView-3 “will have double the number of spectral bands” and provide a 31-centimeter image resolution. Exelis also developed the […] More

  • Jeremy Ward: Qinetiq Puts Signals Intelligence on Airborne Surveillance System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeremy Ward: Qinetiq Puts Signals Intelligence on Airborne Surveillance System

    Qinetiq has unveiled a new line of surveillance systems for mounted onboard aircraft that Jeremy Ward, managing director for the company’s C4ISR business, says are designed to help security teams with coverage, HSToday reported Wednesday. Kylie Bull writes the ASX family, launched at the Farnborough Airshow, works to use signal processing technology for command and control functions to pinpoint suspected suspicious activity. […] More

  • Northrop Finishes Work to Manufacture NATO Ground Surveillance UAV's Fuselage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Finishes Work to Manufacture NATO Ground Surveillance UAV’s Fuselage

    Northrop Grumman has completed its work to manufacture the fuselage for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle and is sending the fuselage to a plant in Palmdale, California for the final stages of production. In a notice posted July 28, NATO said the overall AGS Core system will have both ground and air segments. For the air segment, Northrop will provide […] More

  • Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch

    A commercial launch services team of Ball Aerospace & Technologies, DigitalGlobe, Exelis and Lockheed Martin has completed payload fairing assembly work on the WorldView-3 remote sensing satellite ahead of its scheduled launch next week. Ball said Tuesday the DigitalGlobe Earth observation satellite will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base via the Atlas V launch vehicle to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial data for […] More

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  • Serco to Help SPAWAR Maintain Mine-Resistant Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco to Help SPAWAR Maintain Mine-Resistant Vehicles

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Serco -Inc. a one-year, $9 million contract to provide integration and maintenance services for the military’s fleet of mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles. Serco will work with the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Command to maintain command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems on the armored fighting vehicles, Serco said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Moves Forward on 4th MUOS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Moves Forward on 4th MUOS Satellite

    Lockheed Martin will perform the final testing phase on its fourth Mobile User Objective System satellite following the completion of the acoustic tests. That MUOS satellite will undergo thermal vacuum testing, as well as environmental and final system trials over the next few months before its scheduled launch in the summer of 2015, Lockheed Martin said […] More

  • Booz Allen Subsidiary Launches Deployable LTE Emergency Communications System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Subsidiary Launches Deployable LTE Emergency Communications System

    A subsidiary of Booz Allen Hamilton plans to unveil a deployable broadband communications system to support the information-sharing functions of first responders and public safety workers in the aftermath of an emergency. The firm said Monday that Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services will exhibit the system at this week’s APCO 2014 Conference in New Orleans. The deployable communications system is intended to operate […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium to Test Compatibility of 1st Satellite Model With NEXT Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium to Test Compatibility of 1st Satellite Model With NEXT Network

    Iridium Communications will conduct compatibility tests on the first satellite engineering model for the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation following its delivery to the company’s technical support center. The company said Monday the model will be integrated into the Iridium Satellite Control System to demonstrate its features and check its compatibility with the constellation. “We are very excited about […] More

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  • Boeing’s 7th GPS IIF Satellite Transmits Signal from Space; Craig Cooning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s 7th GPS IIF Satellite Transmits Signal from Space; Craig Cooning Comments

    A Boeing-built GPS satellite has transmitted the first signals from space following the spacecraft’s launch on Friday. GPS IIF-7 took off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida to join a constellation of other satellites used for timing and navigation missions, Boeing said Saturday. “We are providing our Air Force partner and […] More

  • Thales, Selex ES Partner for Anglo-French Combat Drone Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales, Selex ES Partner for Anglo-French Combat Drone Program

    Thales and Finmeccanica‘s Selex ES subsidiary will collaborate on the sensor and communications requirements of the Future Combat Air System program that the French and British defense ministries have recently signed an agreement for. Selex ES said July 15 that the partner companies will design and develop the sensing and communications systems for a future unmanned combat air […] More

  • François Auque: Airbus Defence and Space to Produce Electric Satellite for Eutelsat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    François Auque: Airbus Defence and Space to Produce Electric Satellite for Eutelsat

    Airbus Group‘s defense and space division will design and produce an electric telecommunications satellite for satellite operator Eutelsat as they prepare for its launch in early 2017. EUTELSAT 172B would be the first European satellite to use electric propulsion in performing orbit-raising and on-orbit maneuvers, Airbus said Thursday. According to François Auque, head of space systems at Airbus Defence and […] More