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Northrop Secures $3.6B USAF Contract for Aircraft Comm Node Support; Ben Davies Quoted

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $3.6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue Battlefield Airborne Communications Node operations, sustainment and support. â€œWe are honored to work with the Air Force to continue to bring the critical gateway communications capabilities of the BACN program to U.S. warfighters operating around the world,â€ said Ben Davies, vice president and general manager of networked information solutions division at Northrop.

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by Sarah Sybert January 27, 2021, 10:51 am
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Shipcom Wireless EVP Anthony Lisuzzo Joins Ironwave Technologies’ Advisory Board

Anthony Lisuzzo, executive vice president for east coast operations at Shipcom Wireless, has been named to the advisory board of Manassas-Virginia-based radio frequency and microwave technology provider Ironwave Technologies.

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by Matthew Nelson January 27, 2021, 9:16 am
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FLIR Receives Modification to Army Unmanned Ground Vehicle Support IDIQ

The U.S. Army has awarded FLIR Systems a $30.1 million contract modification to help sustain unmanned ground vehicles designed to support anti-improvised explosive device operations and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers January 27, 2021, 6:58 am
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Raytheon to Launch Alternative Navigation Tech for GPS-Denied Environments

Raytheon Technologies is developing receivers planned to provide an alternative navigation system to GPS that integrates sensors and signals through concepts such as machine learning.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers January 27, 2021, 6:55 am
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Inmarsat Approves L3Harris Satellite Terminal for Global Xpress Broadband Service

An L3Harris Technologies-built very small aperture terminal has been certified for military and commercial use on Inmarsatâ€™s Global Xpress satellite broadband connectivity network. Inmarsat granted Category 1 and Category 4 approval for the DarkWing VSAT offering to help customers gain high-speed internet access, connect to virtual private networks and transmit videos, L3Harris said Monday.

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by Nichols Martin January 27, 2021, 6:46 am
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Fairbanks Morse Gets $53M USCG Contract for Cutter Engine Service Life Extension

Fairbanks Morse has secured a six-year, $53 million contract to help the U.S. Coast Guard extend the life cycle of Famous-class cutters' 18-cylinder FM 251F engines.

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by Matthew Nelson January 27, 2021, 6:20 am
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Marotta Controls to Provide Control Actuation System for Boeing-Navy Supersonic Missile Demonstrator

New Jersey-based Marotta Controls will produce an electromechanical technology that would help Boeing and the U.S. Navy demonstrate carrier-based supersonic weapons. Marotta said Tuesday it designed a control actuator system for the Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet, a Navy-led project that aims to identify requirements for future weapons systems on aircraft carriers.

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by Nichols Martin January 27, 2021, 5:35 am
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Viasat Accelerates Production Rate for Link 16 Tactical Link Radios; Ken Peterman Quoted

Viasat has ramped up its monthly production of next generation tactical data link radio to more than 200 non-developmental item Link 16 radios in a bid to meet the demand of various clients from the U.S. and international defense markets.

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by Matthew Nelson January 27, 2021, 4:47 am
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Deloitte-AIA Report: Government, Industry Cooperation Needed to Drive Air Mobility Market; Robin Lineberger Quoted

Deloitte and the Aerospace Industries Association have published a joint report that says cooperation between the public and private sectors could help the emerging air mobility market grow into a $115 billion industry by 2035.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers January 27, 2021, 4:23 am
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Microsoftâ€™s Jeremy Goldberg: Building Digital Government Requires Long-Term Sustained Investments

Jeremy Goldberg, a member of the worldwide public sector organization at Microsoft, wrote in a guest piece published Tuesday on Nextgov that government agencies looking to build a resilient technology infrastructure in support of digital government initiatives should push for long-term, sustained investments. â€œTo succeed, governments must create long-term integrated plans that encompass enterprise architecture, funding and policy support for scaling infrastructure, shared services, automation and workforce development/skills building,â€ he suggested.

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by Jane Edwards January 27, 2021, 4:17 am
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In-Q-Tel Invests in No-Code Workflow Automation Platform Developer Catalytic

In-Q-Tel has invested in Chicago-based Catalytic to help the latter further develop and bring its no-code workflow automation platform to the government sector.

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by Jane Edwards January 27, 2021, 3:34 am
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Akima Subsidiary Awarded USAF Contract to Support Pacific Air Forces Flying Squadrons; Scott Rauer Quoted

RiverTech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Akima, has received a potential three-year, $45.7 million Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Aviation Squadrons Administrative Support contract, under the OASIS Small Business (SB) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide functional support at eight Air Force bases.

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by William McCormick January 26, 2021, 11:16 am