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Engility to Help Integrate, Secure Navy Fleet Network Systems; Lynn Dugle Comments

Engility has received a potential five-year, $39 million contract to provide integration, engineering and cybersecurity support for a U.S. NavyÂ network of ships and systems. The company said Tuesday it will support the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s program executive office for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence in efforts to build a consolidated technology […] More

by Scott Nicholas July 25, 2017, 12:43 pm
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Leidos Tests Air Force Multi-Sensor ISR Platform

Leidos has tested sensors on the U.S. Air Force‘s multi-sensor pod that is designed to feature intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions. The company said Tuesday it carried out risk reduction test on eight different sensors of theÂ AgilePod multi-sensor platform to demonstrate how open architectures and common mechanical and electrical systems can reconfigure sensors to address […] More

by Ramona Adams July 25, 2017, 10:05 am
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Cubic Subsidiary Launches Modules Product Line for Network Communications

AÂ CubicÂ subsidiary has introduced a line of network communications platforms for government, commercial and military clients. The M3XÂ product line from DTECH Labs is a family of modules designed to support classified and unclassified internet-based voice and data communications worldwide, Cubic said Monday. The M3X-CMP server module, M3X-S24 switch module, M3X-RTR router module and M3X-BPS power module […] More

by Jane Edwards July 25, 2017, 3:58 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt-Industry Collaboration Key for Integrated Satcom Tech Implementation

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat,Â has said she believes the commercial satellite communications industry will play a role in the establishment of an integrated and unified satcom architecture. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a byline forÂ MilsatMagazineâ€™s HPA Corner that the U.S. government should create a strategy to adopt diverse commercial satcom capabilities […] More

by Jane Edwards July 24, 2017, 7:18 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Wideband Satcom AoA Needs â€˜Commercial Firstâ€™ Mindset

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat,Â has said the Defense Department should collaborate with the commercial industry to accelerate the “analysis of alternatives” for the wideband satellite communications program. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an articleÂ published ThursdayÂ on the National Defense magazine website that a cultural shift is needed to expedite AoA and […] More

by Jane Edwards July 20, 2017, 11:13 am
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KeyW to Develop RF Exploitation Tech for Air Force

KeyW has won a potential $23.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop radio frequency exploitation technology. The Defense Department said Tuesday KeyW will explore algorithmic approaches to help the military branchÂ boost sensing and exploitation performance as well as detect, track, image and identify targets simultaneously in contested and challenging environments. […] More

by Ramona Adams July 19, 2017, 3:28 am
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Cambridge International Systems Awarded $343M C5ISR Support Services Task Order

Cambridge International Systems, Inc. (Cambridge) has recently been awarded a $343.3 million-dollar Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Support Services contract by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Program Support Center. Cambridge will provide Department of Defense (DoD), Federal, and coalition sponsors with planning, analysis, organization, integration, and […] More

by Barbara Boland July 18, 2017, 9:13 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: New Policies Aim to Advance Partnerships With Satcom Industry

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat,Â has highlighted new policies initiated by leaders of the Defense Department and other federal agencies to facilitate partnership with the commercial satellite communications sector and maintain the countryâ€™s superiority in space. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a Space News op-ed piece published Monday that one of those […] More

by Jane Edwards July 18, 2017, 4:47 am
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General Dynamics to Continue Army Mission Command Network Support

General Dynamics‘ information technology unit has received a one-year, $14.9 million contract modification to continue to help the U.S. Army manage a mission command network. GDIT will extend itsÂ network operations and maintenance services at an Army facility in South Korea throughÂ July 31, 2018, the Defense Department said Monday. The service branch will obligate $14.8 million […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 18, 2017, 1:49 am
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Calspan to Help Operate USAF’s In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft

Calspan has received a five-year, $20 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force operate, engineer and maintain the service branch’sÂ Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator and Test Aircraft. The company said WednesdayÂ it will also provide curriculum development services for the VISTA/F-16 program at aÂ test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base inÂ California. VISTA/F-16 functions as a […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 14, 2017, 1:11 am
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Iridium Eyes Global Maritime Distress Safety System Certification in 2018

Iridium Communications expects to complete in 2018 the certification process to become an authorizedÂ Global Maritime Distress Safety System mobile satellite services provider with plans to begin service delivery in 2020. Iridium said Tuesday the International Maritime Organization cleared amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea Treaty and updated the performance standards for GMDSS tools […] More

by Jane Edwards July 13, 2017, 5:16 am
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Northrop to Maintain E-11A Battlefield Airborne Comms Node for Air Force

Northrop Grumman has won a potential $41.3 million contractÂ to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node of the military branch’s Bombardier E-11AÂ aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop will also provide logistics support for four Bombardier E-11A planes as well as subsystems and support equipment for overseas contingency operations. E-11A […] More

by Ramona Adams July 13, 2017, 5:14 am