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  • Drone Aviation Gets Additional DoD Tactical Aerostat Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation Gets Additional DoD Tactical Aerostat Order

    Drone Aviation will provide an additional tactical aerostat system and operator training support to the Defense Department under a potential $1.7 million contract. The company said Monday it expects to deliver the multimission Winch Aerostat Small Platform to DoD by the end of the third quarter. The order also covers multifrequency and multiwaveform communications services and  intelligence, surveillance […] More

  • Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract

    Alion Science and Technology has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $34 million multiple-award contract to support the U.S. Navy‘s communications function. The company said Thursday it aims to provide global communications and media support services to the Chief of Naval Information Command through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Vince Stammetti, senior vice president of the rapid solutions […] More

  • AT&T Introduces FirstNet Visual Brand Representing the Organization’s Public Safety Dedication - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Introduces FirstNet Visual Brand Representing the Organization’s Public Safety Dedication

    AT&T has unveiled a new visual brand for the products and services of the First Responder Network Authority which was created to represent the latter organization’s commitment to supporting public safety. Chris Sambar, senior vice president at AT&T, said in a blog post published Monday the new logo features three horizontal lines that represent FirstNet’s […] More

  • ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services

    ICF International has secured two potential five-year blanket purchase agreements worth $70 million combined to provide web development, communications and cancer content development support services for the National Cancer Institute. The first BPA with NCI’s office of communications and public liaison has a ceiling value of $50 million and the other agreement with the agency’s […] More

  • Northrop Showcases Transceiver, RF Tech Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Showcases Transceiver, RF Tech Platforms

    Northrop Grumman presented its transreceiver and radio frequency technology products designed to support electromagnetic warfare missions during an Association of Old Crows-hosted symposium that took place in Washington, D.C. The Multifunction Transceiver is built to function through multiple channels, operating frequencies and bandwidths, Northrop said Monday. The company intends for MFX to help facilitate the development of integrated platforms […] More

  • Lockheed Assembles First Comms Satellite for Saudi Arabia-Based Operator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Assembles First Comms Satellite for Saudi Arabia-Based Operator

    Lockheed Martin has finished assembly and integration work on the first of two communications satellites the U.S. aerospace contractor is building for Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City’s Science and Technology organization in Saudi Arabia. Lockheed said Thursday it shipped the Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite to a company facility in Sunnyvale, California to undergo environmental tests that would simulate various  launch and space […] More

  • Australian Gov't Launches $1B Battle Comms System Development Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australian Gov’t Launches $1B Battle Comms System Development Project

    The Australian government has unveiled an estimated $1 billion project aimed to augment the army’s digital command, control and communications systems. Australia’s defense ministry said Tuesday the Land 200 Tranche 2 Project will employ tactical communications network services from Harris and battle management system software updates from Elbit Systems. “Together they form the Battlefield Command System, which allows […] More

  • L3 Books Multiple Free Space Optics Tech Supply Contracts From DoD, Other Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Books Multiple Free Space Optics Tech Supply Contracts From DoD, Other Clients

    L3 Technologies has secured multiple contracts from Defense Department and space industry customers to develop free space optics technologies designed to help protect signal integrity of high-bandwidth communication systems. The company said Tuesday its L3 Communication Systems-West business will carry out work under the FSO contracts. “Our focus on bringing innovation to the space and near-space domains reflects […] More

  • Inmarsat Unveils Broadcast and Reception Service for Maritime Safety Information Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Unveils Broadcast and Reception Service for Maritime Safety Information Providers

    Inmarsat has introduced a new international broadcast and automatic reception service for maritime safety information providers designed to help update the global maritime distress and safety system. The SafetyNET II service for maritime safety information will help MSIP units migrate current communications capacities to web-based messaging, Inmarsat said Tuesday. SafetyNET II was designed to provide broadcast […] More

  • University of Kansas to Help Develop Long-Range Airborne Comms Capacity on Narrow Bandwidth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of Kansas to Help Develop Long-Range Airborne Comms Capacity on Narrow Bandwidth

    The University of Kansas’ school of engineering has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Spectrum Consortium to build a long-range communications capacity that will work to support testing on airborne vehicles. The project seeks technology designed to support communications at low signal-to-noise ratios for airborne vehicle tests at various government facilities, KU said […] More

  • Lockheed Selects Rockwell Collins' Avionics Tech for Greek P-3 Flight Deck Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects Rockwell Collins’ Avionics Tech for Greek P-3 Flight Deck Modernization

    Lockheed Martin has chosen Rockwell Collins to supply avionics technology for integration into the Greek navy’s P-3 maritime patrol aircraft in an effort to help the service branch comply with global airspace operation requirements. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide the company-made Flight2 integrated avionics system to transform the flight deck of Greek P-3s into a glass cockpit […] More