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  • Space News: Harris Radio Receives NSA Clearance for MUOS Satellite Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Harris Radio Receives NSA Clearance for MUOS Satellite Functions

    Harris Corp. has received a National Security Agency certification for the company’s military radios to support higher-throughput functions of the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System satellites, Space News reported Tuesday. Caleb Henry writes the Falcon 3 AN/PRC-117G backpack-sized radios will use compatibility software patch designed to facilitate the transmission and receipt of voice, video and data transmissions through the MUOS […] More

  • EHS Technologies Awarded Navy Cybersecurity, Logistics Support Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EHS Technologies Awarded Navy Cybersecurity, Logistics Support Contracts

    EHS Technologies has received two new contracts worth $37 million combined from the U.S. Navy to carry out cybersecurity, engineering and logistics services for two service branch divisions. EHS said one $8 million contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock division covers cybersecurity services to that organization. EHS will perform engineering and logistics support for the Navy’s […] More

  • Army Seeks Projectile Velocity Detection Equipment Supplier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Projectile Velocity Detection Equipment Supplier

    The U.S. Army looks for a supplier of velocity detection technology that can help the military branch evaluate ballistic materials alongside its projectile acceleration equipment. The Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center’s warfighter directorate will implement the tool to detect striking and residual velocity of various projectiles in order to send an output signal that will serve as a […] More

  • Windstream Builds Customized Network Platforms for DISA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Windstream Builds Customized Network Platforms for DISA

    Windstream has finished the construction of customized network platforms at six military and government installations for the Defense Information Systems Agency. The network platforms include fiber builds that are designed to support DISA’s combat support mission and its efforts to expand its Defense Department information network, Windstream said Tuesday. The systems were installed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Naval […] More

  • Iridium Unveils New Aviation Broadband Connectivity Product, Services Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Unveils New Aviation Broadband Connectivity Product, Services Suite

    Iridium has unveiled its new suite of aviation broadband connectivity products and services that will work to provide global data communications for business and general aviation users. The company said Monday the Iridium Certus service portfolio features a variety of products from four avionics manufacturers. Iridium Certus is designed to utilize the company’s NEXT satellite constellation […] More

  • Minact CEO Augustus Leon Collins Elected to Huntington Ingalls Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Minact CEO Augustus Leon Collins Elected to Huntington Ingalls Board

    Augustus Leon Collins, CEO of Mississippi-based government contractor Minact, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ board of directors. HII said Tuesday Collins brings to the board 35 years of previous experience in the U.S. Army and the Mississippi National Guard. “[Collins’] proven leadership, long and distinguished service to our country as an Army officer, combined with his […] More

  • Aviation Industry Vet Andre Fischer Named AAR Programs, Business Devt & Strategy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aviation Industry Vet Andre Fischer Named AAR Programs, Business Devt & Strategy VP

    Andre Fischer, former director of corporate marketing and sales management at Lufthansa Technik, has joined AAR as vice president of programs, business development and strategy. AAR said Oct. 10 that Fischer is a seasoned aviation industry growth strategist who has a track record of helping companies to identify business prospects, cultivate industry partnerships and implement development strategies. He worked at Lufthansa […] More

  • Doug O’Brien Named Executive VP for Programs at National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA; Judy Ziewacz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug O’Brien Named Executive VP for Programs at National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA; Judy Ziewacz Comments

    Doug O’Brien, formerly senior adviser for rural affairs at the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, has joined the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International as executive vice president for programs, effective Nov. 1. Judy Ziewacz, president and CEO of NCBA CLUSA, said in a statement released Monday O’Brien’s experience in international development, domestic affairs and cooperative […] More

  • CSRA Lands $73M Contract to Manage VA Cloud Computing Services; Paul Nedzbala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Lands $73M Contract to Manage VA Cloud Computing Services; Paul Nedzbala Comments

    CSRA has been awarded a four-year, $73 million contract to handle enterprise cloud computing services for the Department of Veterans Affairs in a move to help facilitate veteran health benefits and service delivery programs. The company will identify, consolidate and manage cloud computing services across several vendors and internal VA offerings under the Enterprise Cloud Services […] More

  • Susan Eustis: Global Military Drone Market to Reach $8.6B by 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Susan Eustis: Global Military Drone Market to Reach $8.6B by 2022

    Susan Eustis, lead author of the “Military Drones: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts Worldwide, 2016 to 2022” report, has said the global market for military drones will increase to $8.6 billion by 2022 from $4.4 billion recorded in 2015, Inside Unmanned Systems reported Monday. Eustis told the publication the U.S. accounts for 73 percent of the worldwide […] More

  • EaglePicher to Supply Power Source for Lockheed-Built NASA Solar System Study Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EaglePicher to Supply Power Source for Lockheed-Built NASA Solar System Study Spacecraft

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has selected EaglePicher to provide a power source for the NASA Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft launched in September. EaglePicher said Monday it has provided 8-cell lithium batteries, the main spacecraft battery and two identical 28-volt, 30-ampere-hour batteries to power the return capsule as well as integrated battery […] More

  • Navy to Test 7 Lockheed-Built F-35B Aircraft Aboard USS America Warship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Test 7 Lockheed-Built F-35B Aircraft Aboard USS America Warship

    The U.S. Navy will conduct developmental and operational tests of seven Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II aircraft aboard an amphibious assault ship. Five of the seven F-35B short take-off and vertical-landing variant are scheduled to enter the operational testing phase onboard the USS America (LHA-6) vessel while the remaining two fighter jets will begin the third phase of the shipboard […] More