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  • ASDReports: Comms Equipment to Dominate ATC Market in 2014-2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASDReports: Comms Equipment to Dominate ATC Market in 2014-2020

    ASDReports projects communication equipment to dominate the air traffic control equipment market between 2014 and 2020 and expects China to hold the biggest market share throughout the forecasted period. The report predicts the construction of new airports, airport upgrades, increase in passenger and freight traffic, escalating aircraft movements, technological advancements and safety requirements to drive the market […] More

  • SATCOM Tech Makers Form Broadband Service Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SATCOM Tech Makers Form Broadband Service Alliance

    Cobham, International Communications Group, Iridium Communications, L-3 Communications and Rockwell Collins have partnered to develop and distribute products that are built to work with Iridium’s new broadband service. The industry partners will design and manufacture broadband terminals to be compatible with Iridium Certus, Iridium said Thursday. Iridium expects the products from its partners to be available in late 2016 after the release of […] More

  • Exelis to Help DARPA Build Airborne Communications Chip; Mark Adams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Help DARPA Build Airborne Communications Chip; Mark Adams Comments

    Exelis has won a $10.7 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a radio chip technology that would secure airborne communications against electronic threats. The company aims to build a microarchitecture for engineers to reconfigure military radio subsystems for multiple functions without redesigning an entire system through the agency’s Communications in […] More

  • Orbital Orders Satellite Electric Propulsion Subsystems from Aerojet Rocketdyne; Warren Yasuhara Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital Orders Satellite Electric Propulsion Subsystems from Aerojet Rocketdyne; Warren Yasuhara Comments

    Orbital Sciences has ordered Aerojet Rocketdyne electric propulsion subsystems for installation on its communications satellite platform. Aerojet Rocketdyne will deliver the XR-5 subsystems over the next three years for the GEOStar-3 geostationary orbit satellite, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday. The XR-5 subsystem comprises 5-kilowatt class Hall thrusters with flow regulation valves, power processing units with thruster selection units and […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Reflector Launched with NASA’s Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite; John Alvarez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Reflector Launched with NASA’s Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite; John Alvarez Comments

    Northrop Grumman has incorporated a reflector system into NASA’s recently launched soil moisture mapping satellite in order to help the spacecraft collect data upon deployment. The AstroMesh-Lite reflector, developed by Northrop’s Astro Aerospace company, is designed for high frequency communications and radar applications, Northrop Grumman said Tuesday. “Ultra-lightweight technology is critical to meet the demanding […] More

  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed-Built MUOS-3 to Undergo On-Orbit Testing Before Turnover to US Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed-Built MUOS-3 to Undergo On-Orbit Testing Before Turnover to US Navy

    Lockheed Martin is set to perform on-orbit testing on the third Mobile User Objective System satellite built for the U.S. Navy following the Jan. 20 launch of the satellite. The MUOS-3 took off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and responded to commands from Lockheed’s team at the Point Mugu, California-based Naval satellite […] More

  • Research and Markets Sees 4% CAGR for $102B C4ISR Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Sees 4% CAGR for $102B C4ISR Market

    New analysis from Research and Markets has forecast a 4.52 percent year-over-year growth for the $102 billion C4ISR market from 2014 to 2020. The market report singled out the electro-optics subsector fueling demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment in the defense, aerospace and homeland security segments, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Electro-optics is used […] More

  • Executive Profile: Liz Anthony, ViON VP of Marketing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Liz Anthony, ViON VP of Marketing

    Liz Anthony serves as vice president of marketing at ViON and brings more than two decades of marketing plan and communications strategy development experience to the role. She previously held a senior manager position at Cisco and NetApp, with responsibility for developing strategies and integrated programs in the U.S. government market. Anthony also oversaw NetApp’s […] More

  • Inmarsat Tests L-Band Terminal Over Alphasat System; Peter Hadinger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Tests L-Band Terminal Over Alphasat System; Peter Hadinger Comments

    Inmarsat has demonstrated its L-band terminal prototype in a move to meet the requirements of intelligence and media customers. The L-band Advanced Communications Element terminal transmitted 10 megabytes per second of video from the Middle East and Africa regions over the Alphasat satellite during the test, Inmarsat said Friday. Peter Hadinger, president of Inmarsat’s U.S. […] More

  • Study: Mobile Satellite Services Market to Grow $5.62B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Mobile Satellite Services Market to Grow $5.62B by 2019

    A new report from Research and Markets forecasts the mobile satellite services market will reach $5.62 billion by 2019. The market research firm estimates the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.2 percent from 2014 to 2019, Research and Markets said Monday. “Satellites will continue to deliver efficient broadcast services on a global basis that […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa

    U.S. Army soldiers and commanders are using a General Dynamics-built communications network to exchange information as they conduct operations to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. General Dynamics said Tuesday its Warfighter Information Network–Tactical system is designed to help military personnel send each other voice, image and data files over a satellite-based network. “WIN-T […] More

  • Inmarsat to Update Europe's ATC Data Link; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat to Update Europe’s ATC Data Link; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Inmarsat has been awarded a $19 million contract from the European Space Agency to build a satellite data link for the continent’s air traffic control infrastructure. ESA’s Iris Precursor project seeks to improve controller-pilot communications and help industry cut airborne delays by using Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service, Inmarsat said Wednesday. “Our aim, and the purpose of […] More