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ExecutiveBiz provides the latest news regarding Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) from the industry’s top players. This section is dedicated to providing news about technologies that are crucial to warfighters.

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  • ULA’s Delta IV Sends NRO National Defense Payload to Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Delta IV Sends NRO National Defense Payload to Space

    A National Reconnaissance Office payload lifted off Friday at 2:11 p.m. Pacific time aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket as part of the NROL-47 national defense mission. Will Crawford, NRO program manager at ULA, said in a statement published Friday the payload’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California marks the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s 27th NRO mission in partnership with the […] More

  • Lockheed Configures Solid State Radar With Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Configures Solid State Radar With Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System

    Lockheed Martin has integrated its solid state radar platform with the Aegis Ashore system in an effort to demonstrate the capability of the combined systems to detect and counter ballistic missile threats. Tony DeSimone, vice president and chief engineer at Lockheed’s integrated warfare systems and sensors, said in a statement published Thursday the combination of […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu Subsidiary Demos UAS Situational Awareness System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary Demos UAS Situational Awareness System

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has demonstrated a ground-based airspace situational awareness system designed to help unmanned aerial systems detect nearby aircraft. Insitu said Tuesday it developed the system with beyond visual line-of-sight capacities for UAS ground control operators to avoid “non-cooperative” traffic during flight operations. The system employs technologies that deliver airborne dependent surveillance broadcasts and transponder returns intended […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program's 3rd Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program’s 3rd Phase

    Raytheon has been selected to develop software under the third phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to expand the capacities of current U.S. military unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said Tuesday the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program aims to increase the effectiveness, flexibility and survivability of current air platforms when the […] More

  • Kratos Secures Unmanned Aerial Drone System Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Secures Unmanned Aerial Drone System Production Contract

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $23 million initial contract to manufacture a jet-powered unmanned aerial drone system for an undisclosed customer. The company said Monday it aims to complete majority of work under the new contract over a 12-month period and expects to produce additional systems for the client thereafter. Eric DeMarco, president and CEO of Kratos, said the […] More

  • Boeing's Aurora Subsidiary to Continue Orion UAS Development for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Aurora Subsidiary to Continue Orion UAS Development for Air Force

    Aurora Flight Sciences has received a potential $48 million contract to continue developing twin-engine unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Air Force. The Boeing subsidiary said Wednesday it will build an Orion UAS variant designed to perform in any location worldwide. Aurora will produce the system at its facilities in Mississippi and Virginia. Orion is designed to operate for 100 consecutive […] More

  • Lockheed to Supply Egypt Helicopter Target Acquisition Sensor Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Supply Egypt Helicopter Target Acquisition Sensor Kits

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $25.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to deliver target acquisition and night vision sensor kits and spares for integration onto Egypt’s Apache attack helicopters. The company will supply Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor System equipment kits and spare parts to Egypt under the foreign […] More

  • AT&T, FirstNet Get 53 Opt-Ins for Public Safety Broadband Network Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T, FirstNet Get 53 Opt-Ins for Public Safety Broadband Network Project

    Fifty U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and two territories have agreed to take part in the First Responder Network Authority’s project with AT&T to build a national emergency broadband network. “Securing 53 opt-ins is significant for the public safety personnel that this network will serve,” Chris Sambar, senior vice president for AT&T-FirstNet, said in a statement published Friday. AT&T will […] More

  • Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027

    Reportlinker has unveiled a new report that predicts the global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems will reach more than $177 billion in cumulative value by 2027 at a 2.4 percent compound annual growth rate. An increasing demand for battle-space awareness and network centric warfare modernization efforts will help drive C4ISR market growth […] More

  • Saab, South Korean Agency Partner to Develop Fighter Aircraft Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab, South Korean Agency Partner to Develop Fighter Aircraft Radar Tech

    Saab has received a $15.1 million order to help South Korea’s agency for defense development build an active electronically scanned array radar that can integrate with fighter aircraft. The company said Friday it aims to develop and evaluate an algorithm for AESA fighter radar technology through the order. Saab will collaborate with ADD and the agency’s […] More

  • 4th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch Begins Testing, Validation Phase; Scott Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch Begins Testing, Validation Phase; Scott Smith Comments

    Iridium Communications has started the testing and validation phase for the fourth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites that launched Friday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Scott Smith, chief operating officer at Iridium, said in a statement published Wednesday the company’s team at the satellite network operations center started to conduct initial diagnostics minutes after the […] More