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  • Lockheed’s Iris Bombelyn: 3rd MUOS Satellite on Track for 2014 Delivery to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Iris Bombelyn: 3rd MUOS Satellite on Track for 2014 Delivery to Navy

    Lockheed Martin has scheduled the delivery the third Mobile User Objective System satellite to the U.S. Navy for 2014 following the completion of environmental testing. The MUOS satellite went through simulated hot and cold temperature testing in a vacuum at Lockheed’s Dual Entry Large Thermal Altitude chamber, Lockheed said Thursday. “We are committed to quality, and our […] More

  • General Dynamics Updates Soldier Network Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Updates Soldier Network Extension

    General Dynamics’ C4 Systems division has updated the soldier network extension of the company’s tactical network backbone for the U.S. military by considering feedback from soldiers. The 101st Airborne Division troops connected their laptop computers and radios to the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical Increment 2 Soldier Network Extension during Afghanistan’s elections in April, General Dynamics said […] More

  • Northrop's Global Hawk Evaluated in NATO ISR Trials; Jim Edge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Global Hawk Evaluated in NATO ISR Trials; Jim Edge Comments

    A Northrop Grumman Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system was evaluated in NATO’s recent 10-day Unified Vision 2014 trial of the alliance’s joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio. U.S. European Command flew the Global Hawk over three days from Orland Main Air Station in Norway alongside trials for satellites, naval vessels, ground sensors and other ISR […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Test Call Moves Launch Preparations Forward - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Test Call Moves Launch Preparations Forward

    Iridium Communications and Thales Alenia Space have completed a test call of the L-band hardware and associated software for the Iridium NEXT constellation, demonstrating end-to-end call flow through satellite, ground and public switched telephone networks. Iridium said Tuesday the milestone validates the Iridium NEXT system’s capabilities for satellite communications as the companies prepare for the first launch next year. “Placing […] More

  • David Johnston: Boeing-Led Team to Help Australia Refresh HF Comm System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Johnston: Boeing-Led Team to Help Australia Refresh HF Comm System

    A team of companies led by Boeing will help the Australian defense department update the military’s high-frequency communications system under a contract worth more than $26 million. Alcatel Lucent and Ebor Computing will work with Boeing and Australia’s defense materials organization to bring new communications tools to maturity, Australian Defense Minister David Johnston said Monday. “This contract… builds upon […] More

  • BAE Scientists Eye 2014 Deployment for Self-Healing Parts in Aircraft Tech Family - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Scientists Eye 2014 Deployment for Self-Healing Parts in Aircraft Tech Family

    Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have revealed a series of aircraft technologies the company aims to have deployed by 2040. The team is working on technologies ranging from 3D printers and self-healing vehicle parts, to long-range multi-stage aircraft and directed energy weapons that could search and destroy missiles at the speed of light. said that the company’s experts […] More

  • Cobham Unveils New Satcom Product Catalog - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham Unveils New Satcom Product Catalog

    Cobham today announced that it has made its Satcom product catalog available and that the portfolio includes a new set of systems, custom configurations and communication arrays. The catalog covers a wide range of options used in the standardized DIAMOND range of high-performance feed chains that are applied to more than 1,500 reflector antenna systems, available in carbon fiber […] More

  • Leidos Building Autonomous Unmanned Vessel to Track Submarines; John Fratamico Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Building Autonomous Unmanned Vessel to Track Submarines; John Fratamico Comments

    Leidos is building an Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel for long-term monitoring of submarines as part of an anti-submarine warfare program by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. ACTUV will be equipped with sensors, electro-optics and radars, as well as sensor control, navigation and status reporting features to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Leidos said Monday. “It would […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Satellite Dispenser Passed Qualification Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Satellite Dispenser Passed Qualification Tests

    Iridium Communications and SpaceX have completed qualification tests for the dispenser assembly of the Iridium NEXT satellite. The satellite dispenser underwent fit check, separation and shock testing, a modal survey and static loads tests, Iridium said Thursday. “The dispenser passed its system level qualification tests with flying colors, and we’re now moving forward with launch preparations,” […] More

  • Navy Receives Boeing-Built Poseidon Plane Number 14 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Boeing-Built Poseidon Plane Number 14

    Boeing has delivered a 14th P-A Poseidon airplane to U.S. Navy as the branch seeks to bolster its sea patrolling capabilities, the company said Wednesday. The first Poseidon squadron deployed in Kadena, Japan last winter to carry out operational missions and a second squadron is scheduled to deploy later this summer, Boeing says. Navy Commander Tony Rossi, […] More

  • Inmarsat Taps ORBIT to Make Aviation Terminals for Gov't Customers; Andy Start Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Taps ORBIT to Make Aviation Terminals for Gov’t Customers; Andy Start Comments

    Inmarsat has signed an agreement with ORBIT Communication Systems to help manufacture Global Xpress aviation terminals and identify other opportunities to leverage the technology to drive adoption of the GX satellite broadband service. The companies said Wednesday ORBIT will provide its airborne tracking and communication antenna terminals for GX as they serve the government market. Andy Start, president of Inmarsat’s […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: Argentine Desert-Based Researchers to Study Universe With General Dynamics Instruments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: Argentine Desert-Based Researchers to Study Universe With General Dynamics Instruments

    General Dynamics’ SATCOM Technologies division has been awarded a contract to develop and install a radio-telescope antenna for a new observatory in Argentina. The 100-ton, 40-foot, submillimeter-wavelength radio telescope antenna is intended for the Large Latin American Millimeter Array observatory located in the Atacama Desert, General Dynamics said Wednesday. “These grand-scale scientific instruments, built by […] More