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  • Reportlinker: Global Drone Market to Grow to $ 16.7B by 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reportlinker: Global Drone Market to Grow to $ 16.7B by 2022

    Reportlinker has released a forecast study that the global drone market will grow to reach $16.7 billion in 2022. The predicted growth stems from the increase of drone demand for military and commercial use, and the continuing regulatory efforts on drones, the research firm said Thursday. Drone-producing firms are continuously making technological advancement efforts that may […] More

  • NASA to Host Industry Day for Satellite Servicing Tech Transfer Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Host Industry Day for Satellite Servicing Tech Transfer Projects

    NASA will host an industry day for satellite servicing technology transfer at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland which will showcase ongoing efforts to develop in-orbit servicing technologies for future satellites. The space agency said Friday the industry day will display a technology catalog that covers more than 200 items, provide presentations on […] More

  • AeroVironment-SoftBank JV to Focus on High-Altitude, Long-Endurance UAS Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment-SoftBank JV to Focus on High-Altitude, Long-Endurance UAS Development

    Unmanned aircraft systems maker AeroVironment and Japan-based telecommunications company SoftBank have formed a joint venture to build a high-altitude, long-endurance UAS for commercial operations. HAPSMobile is 95 percent owned by SoftBank and 5 percent owned by AeroVironment, the latter company said Wednesday. AeroVironment will contribute $5 million in capital to secure 5 percent ownership of the joint venture, with the option to […] More

  • Phil Carrai: Kratos to Continue US Military Satellite Operations Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Phil Carrai: Kratos to Continue US Military Satellite Operations Support

    Phil Carrai, president of the technology and training division at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has said that the company will provide customizable products and services to help secure U.S. military satellite operations under a $13.9 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force. The order awarded in late 2017 covers the provision of satellite and communication […] More

  • Air Force Fit-Tests ISR Pod on Textron-Built Scorpion Light Attack Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Fit-Tests ISR Pod on Textron-Built Scorpion Light Attack Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has integrated an intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance pod to a Textron-built light attack ISR aircraft to demonstrate how fast the multi-intelligence pod can be integrated on a new platform. The Air Force said Tuesday Leidos helped install the AgilePod platform on the Scorpion aircraft as part of the fitting test […] More

  • Defense Intelligence Agency Selects 5 Mentor-Protege Pairs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Intelligence Agency Selects 5 Mentor-Protege Pairs

    The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded three-year contracts to five pairs of companies through the Defense Department‘s mentor-protege program. DIA said Wednesday that awardees will collaborate on work areas such as continuous diagnostics and mitigation; data collection and analysis; cyber range; program protection; insider threat; preventing strategic surprises; analysis technologies and methods; intelligence collections; improving mission support capabilities; enhancing counterintelligence […] More

  • Stryke-Scorpion Team to Integrate AI Engine With Army UAS, Ground Control Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stryke-Scorpion Team to Integrate AI Engine With Army UAS, Ground Control Station

    Stryke Industries has received a contract to integrate an artificial intelligence engine with U.S. Army unmanned aerial systems and a universal ground control station. Stryke will conduct the ScenGen engine integration effort in partnership with subcontractor Scorpion Computer Services as part of the Defense Research and Development Rapid Innovation Fund program, Scorpion said Thursday. The Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama will license the […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Build 2nd Satellite Servicing Vehicle for Intelsat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Build 2nd Satellite Servicing Vehicle for Intelsat

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract from Intelsat to produce, test and launch a second commercial in-space servicing vehicle designed to extend the life of in-orbit satellites. Orbital ATK said Thursday it will start providing satellite servicing support through the Mission Extension Vehicle 2 by mid-2020 under the contract. The Dulles, Virginia-based aerospace and defense […] More

  • OSC Edge to Help Manage National Defense University's Enterprise Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OSC Edge to Help Manage National Defense University’s Enterprise Network

    OSC Edge has won a potential six-year, $44.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide information technology services to the National Defense University. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will help manage an enterprise network that supports university IT users and students through the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center received 12 offers for […] More

  • Raytheon to Develop Radar Operational Flight Software for USSOCOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Develop Radar Operational Flight Software for USSOCOM

    Raytheon has received a $9.75 million sole-source contract to develop radar flight software for the U.S. Special Operations Command‘s fixed-wing aircraft. The company will develop the Silent Knight Radar Operational Flight program under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. USSOCOM will finance work through task or delivery orders and will obligate $3 million […] More

  • Orbital ATK-Air Force Agreement Sets Data Exchange Plan for Next Generation Launch System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK-Air Force Agreement Sets Data Exchange Plan for Next Generation Launch System

    Orbital ATK and the U.S. Air Force have signed a cooperative research and development agreement that seeks to facilitate certification of a rocket system for USAF’s Space and Missile Systems Center. The CRADA establishes a data exchange plan and framework required to certify Orbital ATK’s Next Generation Launch system for use in national security space missions, the company said […] More

  • Research and Markets: Soldier Modernization Programs to Help Drive Man-Portable Electronics Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Soldier Modernization Programs to Help Drive Man-Portable Electronics Market Growth

    A new Research and Markets report predicts the global man-portable military electronics market will reach $6.4 billion by 2027 with a compound annual growth rate of 3.29 percent due to the increasing complexity of modern warfare techniques and soldier modernization efforts. The company said Friday it expects the communication segment to hold a market share of 56.7 percent over the […] More