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  • DISA Eyes AT&T for Connectivity Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Eyes AT&T for Connectivity Services Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to award AT&T a contract to provide global network connectivity services to Pacific Air Forces. A FedBizOpps notice posted Sunday says the company would assess networks; establish a diverse communication virtual private network; perform integrations with FirstNet and NorthStar/LTEspeed networks; and provide tools for waveform capture and conversion through the proposed sole-source contract. FirstNet […] More

  • Bell, NASA Enter Into UAS Flight Demo Cooperative Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell, NASA Enter Into UAS Flight Demo Cooperative Agreement

    Textron’s Bell subsidiary has signed a cooperative agreement with NASA to design, build and integrate an unmanned aircraft system for the agency’s planned 2020 flight demonstration effort in national airspace. Bell will lead a team composed of Textron Systems, Xwing and the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere to demonstrate potential commercial missions […] More

  • Lockheed Aims to Facilitate GPS III Satellite Testing Through Ground Control System Updates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Aims to Facilitate GPS III Satellite Testing Through Ground Control System Updates

    Lockheed Martin has been working on two updates to the U.S. Air Force’s existing GPS ground control system designed to facilitate command and control of GPS III satellites for testing and operations. The company said Thursday those upgrades to the Architecture Evolution Plan Operational Control System are being carried out through the M-Code Early Use […] More

  • Cubic Books $55M in Army Satcom, Networking System Orders; Mike Twyman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Books $55M in Army Satcom, Networking System Orders; Mike Twyman Quoted

    Cubic has received orders worth more than $55M to supply the U.S. Army with inflatable satellite communication and networking systems for the service branch’s expeditionary operations. The company said Thursday it will provide GATR antennas, spare parts, training and sustainment support services. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic’s mission solutions business, said the company’s satcom and networking platforms work to […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium’s Satellite Network Supported Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium’s Satellite Network Supported Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch told NASASpaceflight.com in an interview published Tuesday how the company’s satellite network and devices worked to help first responders communicate and perform recovery operations in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico last year. “We could see this tremendous spike [in Puerto Rico and some of the surrounding islands] as […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Aims to Complete 'NEXT' Satellite Network for Aireon’s Aircraft Tracking Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Aims to Complete ‘NEXT’ Satellite Network for Aireon’s Aircraft Tracking Service

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch said the company expects to complete the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation this year to help Aireon meet its timeline for delivery of aircraft monitoring service through the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. “The reason why that’s important isn’t for any services that we have today, it’s for Aireon – which is a […] More

  • Cubic to Present C4ISR, Training Platforms at Int'l Expo; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Present C4ISR, Training Platforms at Int’l Expo; Dave Buss, Mike Twyman Quoted

    Cubic’s global defense and mission solutions businesses will display a range of military training, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology offerings at an industry exposition next week. The company said Thursday it will participate in the Land Forces event that is scheduled to take place from Sept. 4 to 6 in Adelaide, Australia. Dave Buss, […] More

  • Lockheed to Design Navy's Tactical Afloat Network Baseline Under $67M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Design Navy’s Tactical Afloat Network Baseline Under $67M IDIQ

    Lockheed Martin has won a potential five-year, $66.6M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to conduct a baseline “analysis of alternatives” under the U.S. Navy‘s tactical afloat network modernization and consolidation efforts. Work will include engineering services intended to address end-of-life and end-of-sale products, future baseline requirements and security issues for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program, the […] More

  • General Atomics, PAE ISR, Bell Selected as NASA UAS Dev't & Demo Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, PAE ISR, Bell Selected as NASA UAS Dev’t & Demo Partners

    NASA will collaborate with General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, PAE ISR and Textron‘s Bell subsidiary on a two-year project to demonstrate commercial unmanned aircraft systems through various flight missions. The space agency said Wednesday it selected the three UAS developers to conduct multiple flight demonstrations at an altitude of more than 500 feet by 2020 under cooperative agreements worth up to […] More

  • Over 2.5K Public Safety Agencies Adopt FirstNet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Over 2.5K Public Safety Agencies Adopt FirstNet

    At least 2.5K public safety-related agencies across the U.S. have subscribed to a national public safety broadband network established by AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority through a public-private partnership. AT&T said Wednesday the figure reflects a twofold increase in the number of agencies that have adopted FirstNet since July. The company said over 150K […] More

  • COMSAT Tests L-Band Satellite Connectivity Tech With Government Aerial, Maritime Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    COMSAT Tests L-Band Satellite Connectivity Tech With Government Aerial, Maritime Platforms

    COMSAT has tested and implemented its L-band satellite connectivity technology on multiple aerial and maritime platforms for the U.S. government, Satnews reported Tuesday The Wideband Steaming L-Band system is designed to increase the performance of terminals via a communications link from antenna-equipped ground vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft and ground vehicles. WiSL uses an Inmarsat-built space and ground network to help users […] More

  • Army Issues RFI on UAS Payload Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues RFI on UAS Payload Support Sources

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential companies that can help the service branch support and sustain tactical signals intelligence payload on MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the Army requires engineering and logistics services to support an Intelligence and Security Command forward operational assessment and TSP […] More