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  • Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program

    Boeing and Ball Aerospace & Technologies have won contracts worth $4.5 million and $2.2 million, respectively, to develop L-band radio frequency power amplifiers for GPS satellites, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the technology is intended to make the satellites more compact and power efficient as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate program. Ball Aerospace […] More

  • Lockheed Updates the Marine Corps Air Operation System; Rob Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Updates the Marine Corps Air Operation System; Rob Smith Comments

    Lockheed Martin has finished modernization work on the Marine Corps system used to coordinate all flying operations, Lockheed said Wednesday. The Theater Battle Management Core System, originally developed by Lockheed Martin, links the command and control systems for all of the U.S. service branches to create a synchronized air battle management system. “Replacing 18 years […] More

  • FAA Orders Boeing to Modify 737 Technology to Fend off Hackers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Orders Boeing to Modify 737 Technology to Fend off Hackers

    The Federal Aviation Association (FAA) publicly announced last Friday in Federal Register–the publication for all details concerning government ordinance and public notices–that the Boeing Company is now required to make modifications to their 737 jetliner technology to protect against attacks by computer hackers.”This may allow the exploitation of network security vulnerabilities resulting in intentional or […] More

  • Boeing Eyes Late 2014 Finish Line for First Electric Commercial Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Eyes Late 2014 Finish Line for First Electric Commercial Satellite

    Boeing has developed an electric satellite in an effort to help customers reduce launch costs, Daily Breeze reported Saturday. Jordan England-Nelson writes that Boeing is set to complete two electric 702SP satellites in late 2014 for Asia Broadcast Satellite. Boeing will then transport the commercial satellites to Cape Canaveral, Fla., where SpaceX will launch the spacecraft […] More

  • Dan Verwiel: Northrop Helps MDA Facilitate Missile Defense Wargame - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Verwiel: Northrop Helps MDA Facilitate Missile Defense Wargame

    Northrop Grumman and the Missile Defense Agency have collaborated to facilitate multiple wargame sessions designed to help warfighters counter ballistic missile theats. The wargame took place during the annual Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Forum held recently at Fort Belvoir, Va. and simulated a future battlefield scenario using a BMD architecture, Northrop said Monday. “Wargames look […] More

  • Iridium Team to Demo Satellite-Connected Tracking Tool for the U.S. Army; Ken Flowers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Team to Demo Satellite-Connected Tracking Tool for the U.S. Army; Ken Flowers Comments

    Iridium Communications will demonstrate a NAL Research-built tracking device that provides position and location information as part of the U.S. Army‘s Network Integration Evaluation process for commercial communications technology. The company said Monday the Enhanced Mobile Satellite System Beacon is designed to support geo-fencing and integration with the Nett Warrior system to track military personnel and assets in […] More

  • Northrop, Raytheon to Explore Production Techniques for Military RF Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Raytheon to Explore Production Techniques for Military RF Sensor

    Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have been awarded two-year contracts worth $11 million combined to help the Air Force explore new methods of manufacturing  active phased array radars for military aircraft, Military & Aerospace  Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes that Northrop won $3.8 million and Raytheon won $7.1 million to support phase one of the […] More

  • Dell COTS Tech Used in Northrop Carrier-Based UAS; Pablo Gonzalez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell COTS Tech Used in Northrop Carrier-Based UAS; Pablo Gonzalez Comments

    Dell has provided a commercial off-the-shelf product to support Northrop Grumman‘s X-47B unmanned aircraft for the U.S. Navy‘s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program. The Dell COTS technology was used to develop the ground control system for the X-47B, which flew last year to demonstrate carrier-based UAS launch and recovery functions, Dell said Wednesday. “Developing the X-47B system […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Design, Demo Navy Drone Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Design, Demo Navy Drone Tools

    Charles River Analytics has been picked to design and demonstrate advanced mission display and planning tools for the U.S. Navy’s drone management program. The $500,000 contract is for 18 months of work and involves development of new visual techniques for operators of automated systems in a variety of mission scenarios, Charles River said Tuesday. “Under […] More

  • Doug Pachunka: Northrop to Automate 'Courses of Action Tools' for Air Force Collaboration Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug Pachunka: Northrop to Automate ‘Courses of Action Tools’ for Air Force Collaboration Platform

    Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will update and maintain a web-based platform for the Air Force and build the system to help military units collaborate on mission and crisis planning activities. The company will add new tools to the Global Adaptive Planning Collaborative Information Environment system for commanders to manage campaign assignments and form contingency plans, Northrop said Monday. Northrop […] More

  • Virgin Galactic's FAA Clearance Could Pave Way for December Space Flights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virgin Galactic’s FAA Clearance Could Pave Way for December Space Flights

    The Federal Aviation Administration has given Virgin Galactic the go-ahead to offer space travel through the company’s facilities in New Mexico and commercial chartered flights could be available as early as December, The Wire reported Friday. Polly Mosendz writes the approval from the aviation authority includes rules on how Virgin Galactic’s space flights will operate […] More

  • Iridium Extends Satellite Services Deal With SkyBitz; David Wigglesworth Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Extends Satellite Services Deal With SkyBitz; David Wigglesworth Comments

    Iridium Communications will continue providing satellite connectivity to SkyBitz in order to help the latter company’s customers track global assets and use asset information to make business decisions. SkyBitz developed its SkyBitz as a Service offering to help clients eliminate requirements for owning and maintaining hardware, Iridium said Thursday. “[SBS] can have a significant and positive impact on the bottom line of […] More