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  • Verocel to Supply Safety Computers for FAA Air Navigation Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verocel to Supply Safety Computers for FAA Air Navigation Tool

    The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Verocel a $2.8 million contract for 50 safety computers to support an FAA air navigation tool that aims to augment the GPS system. Verocel said Tuesday it will develop, design and build certification evidence and infrastructure software for the computers. The company will partner with Curtiss-Wright and Atrenne Integrated Solutions to provide […] More

  • Woolpert to Develop Master Plan for Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert to Develop Master Plan for Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport

    Woolpert has received a a contract from the city of Springfield, Ohio to develop a Federal Aviation Administration master plan and layout for the Springfield-Beckley municipal airport to detail the site’s existing configuration. The FAA will primarily fund the project while the city of Springfield and the Ohio Department of Transportation will provide additional financial support, Woolpert said Friday. Woolpert […] More

  • CSRA Receives ATCA Award for FAA UAS Digital Registration Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Receives ATCA Award for FAA UAS Digital Registration Support

    The Air Traffic Control Association has awarded CSRA the Earl F. Ward Memorial Award in recognition of the company’s contribution to efforts in the quality, safety and efficiency of the country’s air traffic control. CSRA said Tuesday it received the award during the 61st ATCA Annual Conference and Exposition held in National Harbor, Maryland. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA […] More

  • Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts

    The Air Traffic Control Association has presented Raytheon the 2016 Industrial Award for the company’s work to help modernize ATC systems that manage the majority of the country’s civilian airspace. The company said Monday it received the award during ATCA’s 61st Annual Conference and Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. Raytheon worked with the Federal Aviation Administration on an 18-month […] More

  • Trex Subsidiary to Provide 'Foreign Object Debris' Detection Units to Navy, Marines Air Stations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trex Subsidiary to Provide ‘Foreign Object Debris’ Detection Units to Navy, Marines Air Stations

    A Trex Enterprises subsidiary will deliver 10 “foreign object debris” detection units to U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps air stations across the East and West coasts in efforts to limit runway closure time and mitigate repair costs caused by FODs. Trex Aviation Systems‘ FOD Finder XM-M features a millimeter-wave radar that works to support FOD detection and retrieval to build on airport efficiency and the […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Extend FAA Air Traffic Control Comms Services; Yun Chong Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Extend FAA Air Traffic Control Comms Services; Yun Chong Comments

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract extension to continue the company’s air traffic control communications services for the Federal Aviation Administration. Rockwell Collins will provide position reports, aircraft requests and ATC clearances to FAA on aircraft operating within the U.S. oceanic airspace under the Aeronautical Mobile Communications Service deal, the company said Monday. Yun Chong, vice president of commercial […] More

  • Cambridge to Extend O&M Support to DISA's Puerto Rico Integrated Comms Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cambridge to Extend O&M Support to DISA’s Puerto Rico Integrated Comms Network

    Cambridge International Systems will extend its operations and maintenance services for the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Puerto Rico Area Wideband Systems integrated network under a subcontract from Global Asset Technologies. The company said Tuesday it will work to sustain PRAWS as the system delivers DISA network services across Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas and the U.S. […] More

  • Reuters: SpaceX Intends to Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches in November - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: SpaceX Intends to Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches in November

    SpaceX plans to resume rocket launches in November, two months after a launch pad accident caused a Falcon 9 rocket to explode and destroyed a $200 million communications satellite owned by Space Communication, Reuters reported Tuesday. The space services company has said a second launch site at NASA‘S Kennedy Space Center in Florida would be ready to accommodate a […] More

  • General Atomics Finalizes Aircraft Integration, Moves to Developmental Tests on Certifiable Predator B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Finalizes Aircraft Integration, Moves to Developmental Tests on Certifiable Predator B

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems subsidiary has shipped its new Certifiable Predator B remotely piloted aircraft to its Gray Butte flight operations facility for developmental tests after the company completed aircraft integration for the system. CPB is set to undergo ground and taxi tests before initial flight tests in November under an experimental certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, General Atomics said Wednesday. The […] More

  • SpaceX Begins Investigation Into Falcon 9 Rocket Explosion; Gwynne Shotwell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Begins Investigation Into Falcon 9 Rocket Explosion; Gwynne Shotwell Comments

    SpaceX has initiated an investigation into the cause of the explosion of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket Thursday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida approximately eight minutes before the rocket’s static fire test. SpaceX said Friday its probe complies with accident investigation plans that include collection of all potential evidence and formation of […] More

  • Intel Receives FAA Authorization for Nighttime Drone Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Receives FAA Authorization for Nighttime Drone Operations

    The Federal Aviation Administration has granted a certificate of waiver that permits Intel to operate multiple small unmanned aircraft systems at night within special security notice flight restricted areas in the U.S. Intel said Thursday the Part 107 waiver extends a Section 333 exemption that the company obtained to fly 100 small UAS for its Drone 100 light show in Palms Springs, […] More

  • 1st Predator A Pilots Graduate From General Atomics' UAS Flight Training Academy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    1st Predator A Pilots Graduate From General Atomics’ UAS Flight Training Academy

    A General Atomics subsidiary has produced the first batch of graduates from its North Dakota-based Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Training Academy on Aug. 12. The graduating class of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.‘s training academy includes three pilots who are now qualified to operate the Predator A UAS and will join approximately 230 globally deployed GA-ASI aircrews, General Atomics said Thursday. GA-ASI opened the flight […] More