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  • Lisa Colloredo: Boeing, SpaceX Work to Address NASA ‘LOC’ Safety Requirement for Crew Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Colloredo: Boeing, SpaceX Work to Address NASA ‘LOC’ Safety Requirement for Crew Vehicles

    Lisa Colloredo, deputy program manager for NASA’s commercial crew program, has said Boeing and SpaceX should be able to meet the agency’s safety requirements as they prepare to enter the flight testing phase for their commercial crew spacecraft over the next year, Space News reported Monday. Colloredo said at the Wednesday meeting of the NASA Advisory […] More

  • L3 Chosen as ULA Vulcan Rocket Avionics Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Chosen as ULA Vulcan Rocket Avionics Provider

    L3 Technologies has agreed to be the exclusive avionics and services provider for United Launch Alliance‘s Vulcan Centaur rocket under a potential 10-year, $1 billion agreement. Both companies plan to combine design and manufacturing processes in an effort to customize technologies intended to help boost ULA’s launch service offerings, L3 said Monday. Vulcan Centaur is designed […] More

  • EnerSys, SEAKR Support NASA's Orion Spacecraft Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EnerSys, SEAKR Support NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Devt Program

    NASA has reported that EnerSys‘ advanced systems business and SEAKR Engineering respectively manufacture lithium-ion batteries and space-qualified electronics for the Orion spacecraft. EnerSys and SEAKR are two of the 250 businesses that operate in Colorado and support the agency’s deep-space exploration programs, NASA said Tuesday. Lockheed Martin is building the Orion crew vehicle as the program’s prime contractor. EnerSys’ Longmont facility […] More

  • CenturyLink to Provide Communications Services to Peterson Air Force Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Provide Communications Services to Peterson Air Force Base

    CenturyLink has received a potential five-year $1.5 million contract to provide communications services as well as circuits and supplementary equipment to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company said Monday it will also support the North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s annual Tracks Santa hotline through the contract. “CenturyLink is honored to provide Peterson AFB with […] More

  • Navy Awards T-45 Maintenance Contract Modification to L3 Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards T-45 Maintenance Contract Modification to L3 Subsidiary

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has received a $37.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide additional engineering, logistics and maintenance services for 200 T-45 Goshawk trainer aircraft, systems and support equipment. Vertex Aerospace will also provide equipment, tools and direct and indirect materials to support the Navy’s T-45 flight and test and evaluation efforts, the Defense […] More

  • Research and Markets: Border Security & Terrorism Concerns to Drive Global C5ISR Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Border Security & Terrorism Concerns to Drive Global C5ISR Market Growth

    Research and Markets has unveiled a new report that forecasts a 3 percent compound annual growth rate for the worldwide command, control, communications, computing, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems through 2023. The company said Monday the global C5ISR market is projected to reach $1.36 billion in 2023 from $1.10 billion last year.   Increased […] More

  • GSA Taps Capstone Corp to Deliver Professional Services Under Multi-Award Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Taps Capstone Corp to Deliver Professional Services Under Multi-Award Schedule

    The General Services Administration has awarded Capstone Corporation a spot under the agency’s Professional Services Schedule award contract. The company said Friday the PSS indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract was made to support and simplify the procurement of services in the areas of advertising, marketing, business, finance, environment, languages and logistics. “This new contract consolidates seven formerly separate […] More

  • NASA to Ship Webb Telescope to Northrop Facility for Spacecraft Tech Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Ship Webb Telescope to Northrop Facility for Spacecraft Tech Integration

    NASA engineers have removed the James Webb Space Telescope from the space agency’s thermal vacuum testing platform installed at the Johnson Space Center following completion of a 100-day cryogenic test. The agency said Saturday it tested JWST’s optical structure and scientific instruments at Chamber A to determine if the future space observatory could function in a simulated space environment. NASA […] More

  • Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data

    The U.S. Air Force has opened up its technical data package for a prototype multi-intelligence pod system to the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance industry as part of an effort to encourage developers to build compatible sensor platforms. AgilePod is designed with multiple modules that can be configured to support ISR and non-ISR missions, the Air Force said Thursday. The […] More

  • Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft to Leave ISS, Conduct Secondary Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Spacecraft to Leave ISS, Conduct Secondary Missions

    An Orbital ATK-built spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday after a cargo delivery effort to perform secondary missions. NASA said Friday Cygnus will be detached from ISS’ Unity module with the Canadarm2 robotic arm, then the vehicle will be maneuvered over the Harmony module to collect data that will support future rendezvous and docking […] More

  • Leidos Opens Tech Collaboration Facility in Canberra, Australia; Tim Reardon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Opens Tech Collaboration Facility in Canberra, Australia; Tim Reardon Comments

    Leidos has opened a new facility in Canberra, Australia, in a move to provide collaboration space for the company’s employees, clients and partners to explore new technology platforms, ARN reported Friday. The CONNECT hub will employ at least 20 professionals and support government customer programs in the information technology, communications, cyber, geospatial analytics and simulation […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes JPSS-2 Weather Satellite Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes JPSS-2 Weather Satellite Design Review

    Orbital ATK has wrapped up a critical design review of the second Joint Polar Satellite System. The company said Friday it partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA to carry out the review to assess whether the JPSS-2 spacecraft program meets schedule and system requirements. The CDR phase also sought to evaluate […] More