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  • Aptima to Develop Virtual Training Environment for Air Force's Common Ground Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aptima to Develop Virtual Training Environment for Air Force’s Common Ground Weapon System

    Woburn, Massachusetts-based human centered technology engineering company Aptima has received a $12.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a virtual training environment for the military branch’s Distributed Common Ground System operations. Aptima said Wednesday the DCGS virtual training system will be built to help the Air Force produce actionable intelligence from a global network of systems and sensors. “By simulating the […] More

  • CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Mgmt Support for Air Force Ground Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Mgmt Support for Air Force Ground Weapon System

    SRA, a subsidiary of technology services contractor CSRA, has won a potential three-year, $35 million contract to manage and maintain the weapon system architecture of the processing, exploitation and dissemination facility of the U.S. Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System. The service branch awarded the time-and-materials, firm-fixed-price contract through competitive procurement with four bids received, the […] More

  • US Air Force Awards Virtual Training Contract to Aptima - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Air Force Awards Virtual Training Contract to Aptima

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Aptima a $12,425,604 contract to develop a virtual training environment for use in Air Force Distributed Common Ground System operations. Aptima will provide geospatial intelligence full motion video, high altitude imagery, synthetic aperture radar imagery, electro optical imagery and infrared imagery to DCGS sites, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Rob Smith: Lockheed to Help Army Update Common Intell Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Smith: Lockheed to Help Army Update Common Intell Network

    The U.S. Army has partnered with Lockheed Martin to modernize an information technology system that works to help military personnel access and exchange multisource intelligence data. Lockheed developed new software for the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System with the goal of helping the service analyze terabytes of intelligence collected from both manned and unmanned platforms, […] More

  • Northrop's RQ-4 Drone Tested for Interoperability with AF Ground System; Mick Jaggers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s RQ-4 Drone Tested for Interoperability with AF Ground System; Mick Jaggers Comments

    A Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system underwent a flight test designed to evaluate the drone’s ability to connect with the U.S. Air Force‘s distributed common ground system. The RQ-4 performed more than 30 hours of endurance flight during recent interoperability assessments held at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More