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  • Inmarsat, Spectra Group Offer Radio Comm System With UHF-VHF Adapter; Andy Start Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, Spectra Group Offer Radio Comm System With UHF-VHF Adapter; Andy Start Comments

    Inmarsat and Spectra Group UK have unveiled their joint L-TAC VHF offering that uses Inmarsat’s L-TAC service for satellite-connected UHF tactical radio communications and the Spectra Slingshot converter and antenna kit for access to the L-TAC network. The new service is intended to aid during emergencies as well as combat communications by providing interoperability between radio systems used by civilian, police and military forces, Inmarsat […] More

  • Northrop-Built Comm Payload on AEHF Satellite Passes On-Orbit Test; Stuart Linsky Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Built Comm Payload on AEHF Satellite Passes On-Orbit Test; Stuart Linsky Comments

    Northrop Grumman‘s communications payload for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite has passed on-orbit testing conducted by the U.S. Air Force and deemed able to configure communications networks with ground terminals. The company said Tuesday the payload on the AEHF-3 began signal transmission in January as the satellite reached geostationary orbit alongside other satellites in a constellation named the “ring of […] More

  • Raytheon Completes Blimp-Borne Radar for Army; Dave Gulla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Completes Blimp-Borne Radar for Army; Dave Gulla Comments

    Raytheon has completed a blimp-borne radar system for the U.S. Army to use as a line of defense against incoming threats. The JLENS airborne radar system floats at altitudes of up to 10,000 feet and is built to defend assets and infrastructures against manned- and unmanned- aircraft and missiles,the company said Tuesday. The Army has acquired two of its […] More

  • Boeing Taps Universal Space Network for Comm Gateway; John Williams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Universal Space Network for Comm Gateway; John Williams Comments

    Boeing has awarded SSC Group subsidiary Universal Space Network a five-year, $12 million contract to support Boeing’s commercial satellite services unit’s work on the Global Xpress program. USN said Thursday it will design and construct a Mil-Ka gateway and operate and maintain the system for the satellite program. “Our commercial approach allowed flexibility to meet changing requirements while maintaining a focus […] More

  • Thales, Other Contractors to Bid on Potential French UAV Tender - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales, Other Contractors to Bid on Potential French UAV Tender

    The Airbus Group‘s defense and space division and Textron have teamed to bid for a future tender offer by the French government for unmanned aerial vehicle technology, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Pierre Tran writes the tender is expected in the second half of 2014 for awarding in 2015, with the Airbus Textron team facing competition from Safran‘s Sagem […] More

  • Exelis to Provide San Francisco Airport with Surveillance Offerings; Ted Carinol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Provide San Francisco Airport with Surveillance Offerings; Ted Carinol Comments

    Exelis has been selected by San Francisco International airport to provide ground vehicle and aircraft surveillance offerings to improve airport safety. Exelis is set to provide SFO with its Symphony vehicle movement area transponder (VMAT) and Symphony MobileVue FAA-approved solutions, what is the sixth airport to use Exelis systems. Ted Carniol, general manager for commercial aviation solutions at Exelis, said that […] More

  • Cubic Receives $65M Task Order to Support U.S. Navy Training Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Receives $65M Task Order to Support U.S. Navy Training Systems

    Cubic Worldwide Technical Services today announced they have been awarded a task order under the U.S. Navy‘s Fielded Training Systems Support contract. The five-year program has a value of $65 million to provide operations and maintenance support of training devices for aircraft like the MH-60S helicopter. Al Sargeant, senior vice president and general manager of […] More

  • Harris Installs Ground Segment Components of NOAA's Weather Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Installs Ground Segment Components of NOAA’s Weather Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments

    Harris Corp. has completed the installation and integration of 89 out of 155 ground segment components of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite — R Series weather monitoring tool of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company said Tuesday the tested network infrastructure hardware and software is located at NOAA’s satellite operations facilities in Suitland, Maryland; Wallops Island, Virginia; and […] More

  • Northrop, Navy Demonstrate MQ-8B Fire Scout's Modernized Radar Tech; George Vardoulakis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Navy Demonstrate MQ-8B Fire Scout’s Modernized Radar Tech; George Vardoulakis Comments

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated a new maritime surveillance radar that the company modified from a manned aircraft system built by Telephonics Corp. The company and Navy flew the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for the demonstration as part of the efforts to help Navy commanders increase their long-range imaging and search capabilities, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More

  • MCR Federal to Help Army Review Apache Plans, Testing Data; Neil Albert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MCR Federal to Help Army Review Apache Plans, Testing Data; Neil Albert Comments

    MCR Federal will help the U.S. Army manage data and review testing work for the Apache Helicopter program through engineering and support services under a potential six-year, $14.1 million contract. The program management services contractor will work with the branch’s Aviation and Missile, Development and Engineering Center in Huntsville, Ala. on reviewing airworthiness documentation, qualification test plans […] More

  • Boeing Taps Rockwell Collins Micro-GPS Tech for DoD Radio System; Mike Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Rockwell Collins Micro-GPS Tech for DoD Radio System; Mike Jones Comments

    Rockwell Collins will supply its Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module GPS receivers to Boeing for the Defense Department‘s Combat Survivor Evader Locator radio system for joint search-and-rescue missions. The SAASM micro-GPS technology, which enables GPS coordinates to be decoded, is expected to support the CSEL system in providing geoposition and navigation information, Rockwell Collins said Monday. Mike Jones, vice president […] More

  • Canada to Install Lockheed Sensors on Land Vehicles; Dana Rocca Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canada to Install Lockheed Sensors on Land Vehicles; Dana Rocca Comments

    The Canadian defense department has purchased eight Lockheed Martin-built Gyrocam sensor systems under a foreign military sales contract with the U.S. Marine Corps, planning to equip vehicles with the technology. Lockheed has received three orders from international customers for the sensors, including one to support Canadian Armed Forces route opening capability teams and another from Selex ES for […] More