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Matt Desch: Iridium to Enter 10-Year â€˜Capex Holidayâ€™ After Final NEXT Satellite Launch

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said he expects the company to start a â€œcapex holidayâ€ over a 10-year period once it completes the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation, SpaceNews reported Monday. â€œI know the history of other satellite operators regarding capex holidays isnâ€™t so good, but our motivations are very different,â€ Desch, aÂ four-time Wash100 recipient, […] More

by Jane Edwards August 7, 2018, 3:46 am
in Industry News, News

WidePoint Partners With CDW to Distribute Mobility Management System

WidePoint has partnered withÂ CDW to supply the formerâ€™s Trusted Mobility Management platforms to organizations seeking to secure their telecommunications and mobile networks through advanced identity management. WidePoint CEO Jin Kang said in a press release that the companyâ€™s collaborations with large system integrators like CDW enable the company to deliver its TM2 technology to government […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers August 7, 2018, 3:00 am
in Government Technology, News

Raytheon Opens Radar Development Hub in Massachusetts

Raytheon has investedÂ $72 million to establish a facility inÂ Andover, Mass., for the company’s radar development, integration and testing efforts. The 30,000-square-foot facility featuresÂ two near-field radar test ranges, a 1.5-megawatt substation, a â€œdual roboticâ€ system for array assembly and automated guided vehicles to facilitate movement of materials,Â RaytheonÂ said Monday. The company intends to work on the U.S. […] More

by Peter Graham August 7, 2018, 2:33 am
in Government Technology, News

Frank St. John: Lockheed Kicks Off Dev’t Work on Two Hypersonic Programs

Frank St. John, executive vice president of missiles and fire control business at Lockheed Martin, told Defense News in an interview published Monday that the company has begun work on the hypersonic conventional strike weaponÂ and hypersonic glider. Lockheed won a potential $928 million contractÂ from the U.S. Air Force in April to design and build an […] More

by Jane Edwards August 7, 2018, 2:32 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Booz Allen to Help Air Force Develop Cyber Tech Platforms

Booz Allen HamiltonÂ has won a potential five-year,Â $47.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop technology platforms to support the military serviceâ€™s operational cyber resiliency initiatives. The Defense Department said Monday the company will help USAF build a system to address cyber assurance requirements and associated mission programs of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s […] More

by Monica Jackson August 7, 2018, 12:36 am
in C4ISR News, News

Lockheed Ships Fourth AEHF Military Comms Satellite to Cape Canaveral Launch Site

Lockheed Martin has transported a military communications satellite toÂ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin preparations for a scheduled October launch aboard the United Launch Alliance‘sÂ Atlas V rocket. The companyÂ said MondayÂ it built and tested the fourthÂ Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite in Sunnyvale, Calif., before delivering the system to the launch site. The U.S. […] More

by Nichols Martin August 6, 2018, 12:50 pm
in Executive Moves, News

David Mahoney Named Dewberry Alternative Project Delivery Operations Head

David Mahoney, an executive vice president ofÂ Dewberry, has been named manager for the alternative project delivery operating unit at the Fairfax, Va.-based professional services firm. Dewberry said FridayÂ Mahoney will oversee the company’s vertical, horizontal and water/wastewater design-build services for public sector facilities as well as bridge, highway and transit projects nationwide. The more than three-decade […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers August 6, 2018, 12:47 pm
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

AT&T’s Mike Leff: US Military Needs â€˜Robustâ€™ IoT Network

U.S. military leaders have said that service branches need a modernized information technology network that can help troops collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data from internet-of-things platforms,Â C4ISRNETÂ reported Saturday. Mike Leff, vice president for global defense at AT&T‘s public sector business, said military personnel need a “robust” network in order to secure and connect to ISR […] More

by Peter Graham August 6, 2018, 10:14 am
in News, Space News

Space Florida Proposes New Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Center for Boeingâ€™s Spaceplane

A state agency has proposed to establish a new launch pad at NASAâ€™s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to support the launch of Boeingâ€™sÂ Phantom Express unmanned vehicle, Florida Today reported Sunday. The Â Defense Advanced Research Project Agencyâ€™s teamed upÂ with Boeing in May 2017 under theÂ Experimental Spaceplane 1 program to help design, build and test a […] More

by Jane Edwards August 6, 2018, 10:12 am
in Healthcare IT, News

Johns Hopkins APL to Help Update Navy Healthcare Delivery Model

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the U.S Navy to facilitate a pilot program that aims to increase service members’ access to medical services. APLÂ said ThursdayÂ it will integrate systems, assess tools and analyzes data in an effort to update healthcare delivery models for active-duty servicemen in Pensacola, Fla., through theÂ Connected Corpsmen in […] More

by Nichols Martin August 6, 2018, 8:53 am
in Featured, General, News, Space News

NASA Names Astronauts to Crew Flight Tests, ISS Missions of Boeing, SpaceX Space Taxis; Leanne Caret Comments

NASA has named nine U.S. astronauts who will fly aboard SpaceXâ€™s Crew Dragon and Boeingâ€™s CST-100 Starliner space taxis as part of the first crewed flight test and mission to the International Space Station. The spaceflight capability will provide the space agency an opportunity to maintain a seven-person crew on the ISS to support scientific […] More

by Jane Edwards August 6, 2018, 5:40 am
in News, Products & Service

Motorola Solutions Unveils Handheld LTE Device for National Public Safety Network

Motorola SolutionsÂ has introduced a handheld device built to operate with a nationwide public safety communications systemÂ AT&TÂ is building for theÂ First Responder Network Authority under a public-private partnership. FirstNet Ready LEX L11 is designed with tools that will work to support communicationsÂ in high-noise environments and transmit information to dispatch centers, MotorolaÂ said Monday. The company developed the […] More

by Nichols Martin August 6, 2018, 5:25 am