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  • Planet Labs to Use TCS Antennas for Earth-Imaging Satellites; Michael Bristol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Planet Labs to Use TCS Antennas for Earth-Imaging Satellites; Michael Bristol Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems will supply Planet Labs with the X/Y Tracking Antenna Systems to help track the Flock-1 Earth-imaging satellite constellation. TCS said Wednesday that features of the tracking antennas for the low-Earth orbit satellites include uplink satellite command and imaging data reception. “Capturing these high-resolution views of the earth at significant volume is a major milestone in the space industry,” […] More

  • Lockheed Awards General Dynamics $25M for GPS III Satellite Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Awards General Dynamics $25M for GPS III Satellite Components

    General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will build components for the network communications element on GPS III space vehicles seven and eight under a $25 million full-production contract awarded by Lockheed Martin. The NCE components are built to help the satellites carry out communications functions and include the ground-to-space command and control channel, space-to-space inter-satellites and other communication […] More

  • John Borghese: Rockwell Collins-Sandia Labs Team to Help DARPA Build Miniature Comms Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Borghese: Rockwell Collins-Sandia Labs Team to Help DARPA Build Miniature Comms Tech

    Rockwell Collins and Sandia National Laboratories’ alliance will work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to integrate nanoscale architectures into military communication systems. The company said Tuesday the goal of DARPA’s Mesodynamic Architectures program is to develop a mesoscale method for building smaller technology for communication, electronic warfare and networking applications. “Once this is […] More

  • Iridium to Offer Satellite-Based Wi-Fi Hotspot Platform; Bryan Hartin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium to Offer Satellite-Based Wi-Fi Hotspot Platform; Bryan Hartin Comments

    Iridium Communications has unveiled a global satellite-based Wi-Fi hotspot service to provide mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with voice and data connectivity beyond the coverage of terrestrial networks. The company said Monday the Iridium GO! offering includes free applications for voice calls and texting and access to email, Web, weather and social media. Bryan Hartin, executive vice president for […] More

  • CACI Hands xG Technology 2nd Subcontract for $497M Army Network Support Program; John Coleman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Hands xG Technology 2nd Subcontract for $497M Army Network Support Program; John Coleman Comments

    CACI International has awarded a second subcontract to xG Technology under a potential five-year, $497 million U.S. Army communications services contract that CACI holds a prime position on. xG said Monday that it will provide communications and network systems research, development and evaluation on antennas, satellite communications, systems engineering, cybersecurity and communication networks. John Coleman, xG CEO, said the company aims […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI Releases Portable RF Signal Detection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Releases Portable RF Signal Detection Tech

    CACI International has unveiled a spectrum analyzer product for law enforcement, security and intelligence personnel to detect radio frequency signals and gain situational awareness. The STC Portable Spectrum Analyzer is built with a software application that works to help users operate the device and to monitor the system remotely by using wireless or Ethernel control […] More

  • Philippine Govt Seeks to Purchase C-130 Aircraft, Equipment From Pentagon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philippine Govt Seeks to Purchase C-130 Aircraft, Equipment From Pentagon

    The government of the Philippines has requested to buy $61 million in C-130T transport planes and related equipment through a U.S. Defense Department-run foreign military sale program. The Philippines’ air force is interested in acquiring two Lockheed Martin-made C-130s from DoD’s existing stock, The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. According to DSCA, the Philippine […] More

  • Report: Small UAV Market to Reach $582M in Value by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Small UAV Market to Reach $582M in Value by 2019

    The small unmanned aerial vehicle market is projected to grow by the end of 2019 at a 22 percent compound annual growth rate to a total market value of $582.2 million, according to a recent MarketsandMarkets report. The six-year global forecast on the small and man-portable UAV market classifies the technology based on trends, propulsion, payload, application, region […] More

  • Kevin Peppe: Raytheon Moves to Next Phase of Navy AMDR Program After Design, Integrated Baseline Reviews - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Peppe: Raytheon Moves to Next Phase of Navy AMDR Program After Design, Integrated Baseline Reviews

    Raytheon has completed its preliminary design and integrated baseline reviews for the U.S. Navy‘s Air and Missile Defense Radar to establish design maturity, alignment of requirements and program execution plan validity. The company said Wednesday the Missile Defense Agency joined other program stakeholders and partners for the reviews, determining a low-risk design and on-schedule preparations for AMDR’s integration into […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Provide Human Spaceflight Services for Orion Crew Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Provide Human Spaceflight Services for Orion Crew Vehicle

    Lockheed Martin is working to supply ground-based human spaceflight services for the Orion crew vehicle under a $1.3 billion contract that SGT Inc. holds with NASA, Washington Technology reported Tuesday. Mark Hoover writes SGT will support the International Space Station’s mission and flight crew operations under the Integrated Mission Operations Contract II program. The company […] More

  • General Dynamics Provides Ohio County With NextGen-911 Emergency System; Charlie Plummer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Provides Ohio County With NextGen-911 Emergency System; Charlie Plummer Comments

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has provided Ohio’s Morgan County with an IP-based NextGen-911 emergency system to boost communications and information dissemination among first responders. The company said Tuesday NextGen-911, as a replacement to the legacy Enhanced 911 system, uses a geographic information system to locate emergency services callers and can route calls to the corresponding response units. According to Charlie […] More