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  • Level 3 to Offcer Google Platform Through Cloud Ecosystem; Anthony Christie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Level 3 to Offcer Google Platform Through Cloud Ecosystem; Anthony Christie Comments

    Level 3 Communications will offer Google‘s cloud platform to cloud ecosystem users in an effort to help developers and enterprises develop and deploy applications on Google’s infrastructure. Level 3 intends for the Google Cloud Platform to provide connectivity to enterprises via Google Cloud Interconnect, Level 3 said Wednesday. “The network is a critical link in enabling cloud computing, and the combination of […] More

  • Mutualink Tests FirstNet Tech with ESOW Multiagency Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mutualink Tests FirstNet Tech with ESOW Multiagency Demo

    Mutualink recently demonstrated Enhanced System on Wheels using FirstNet technology to test the communication system in a simulated terrorist-related emergency. ESOW seeks to promote multiagency collaboration, planning and decision-making in the event of an emergency by providing first responders with a secure LTE connection with which to share multimedia data on their mobile devices, Mutualink said […] More

  • Raytheon Test Flies DARPA's Close Air Support System; Tom Bussing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Test Flies DARPA’s Close Air Support System; Tom Bussing Comments

    Raytheon has been awarded an 18-month, $25.5 million contract to demonstrate Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s close-air support system in flight. The company has kicked off flight testing for DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support program on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft and connectivity tests with Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, Raytheon said Wednesday. “PCAS will help reduce close air support response times from as […] More

  • Northrop Taps CPI Wing Panel Kits for Hawkeye, Greyhound Aircraft; Bart LaGrone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Taps CPI Wing Panel Kits for Hawkeye, Greyhound Aircraft; Bart LaGrone Comments

    Northrop Grumman has ordered $86.1 million in outer wing panel kits from CPI Aerostructures for Northrop-built Hawkeye and Greyhound aircraft. Northrop will use the kits to build wings for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the C-2A Greyhound planes under a contract the company holds with the U.S. Navy, CPI said Monday. Twenty-five E-2D Hawkeyes are due to the Navy by […] More

  • Northrop Develops, Tests Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Develops, Tests Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory Tech

    Northrop Grumman has developed and tested a nonvolatile memory chip product designed to operate at high temperatures for a long period of time. The company’s new complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology is built to offer electrically erasable programmable read-only memory capacity of up to 256 kilobytes, Northrop said Tuesday. Recent tests indicated the device’s memory […] More

  • Cubic Awarded $15M FORSCOM Mission Training Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Awarded $15M FORSCOM Mission Training Support Task Order

    Cubic Applications will provide support services to the Joint Base Lewis-McChord mission training complex in a $15 million task order from the U.S. Army Forces Command. The award includes a transition period plus one base year, with options to extend for two more years, and comes under the Operations, Planning, Training and Resource Support Services II […] More

  • Northrop Tapped to Supply Attitude, Heading Reference System for Airbus Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Tapped to Supply Attitude, Heading Reference System for Airbus Helicopters

    Northrop Grumman will build attitude and heading reference systems for Airbus helicopter platforms. Northrop Grumman LITEF, a Northrop subsidiary in Germany, will work to certify and deliver its new LCR-350 reference tool to Airbus Helicopters, Northrop said Oct. 21. The company will begin the production phase in 2016. According to Eckehardt Keip, managing director of Northrop Grumman LITEF, the LCR-350 solution […] More

  • Steve Meininger: CH2M Hill, Texas City Extend Partnership to 25 Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Meininger: CH2M Hill, Texas City Extend Partnership to 25 Years

    CH2M Hill will continue to provide operations and maintenance services to a sludge wastewater treatment plant and lift station in Stephenville, Texas, following an extension to their contract up to 2021. “This latest contract extension means our relationship with Stephenville will span 25 years,” Steve Meininger, CH2M Hill senior vice president and managing director for operations management services, said Friday. […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Releases WorldView-3 Imagery Product Samples - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Releases WorldView-3 Imagery Product Samples

    DigitalGlobe has unveiled several images that were captured by the firm’s new WorldView satellite with a 30-centimeter-resolution camera technology. The company released WorldView-3 imagery samples to demonstrate how visual information from the commercial satellite can help urban planners, transportation agencies and insurance companies, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. One satellite photo shows an airport in Madrid and […] More

  • Harris to Build Wideband Tactical Radios for Central Asian Client; Brendan O'Connell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Build Wideband Tactical Radios for Central Asian Client; Brendan O’Connell Comments

    Harris Corp. has won an $18 million contract to supply Falcon III wideband tactical radios to a nation client in Central Asia. The customer plans to deploy the RF-7800H high-frequency manpack and the RF-7850M multiband handheld radios to its frontline forces through the radio systems, Harris said Thursday. “Harris radios deliver highly reliable and secure communications for critical missions on the battlefield,” said […] More

  • Northrop's Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System

    Northrop Grumman has exhibited an integrated avionics system built to help develop configurable aircraft in the future. The company showcased its newest avionics equipment and highlighted other C4ISR initiatives during a National Press Club briefing, Northrop said Wednesday. Jeffrey Palombo, vice president and general manager of Northrop’s land and self protection systems division, said airplanes need open architecture design of sensors, surveillance equipment […] More