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  • Northrop's Data-Gathering Instruments Activated on NOAA Weather Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Data-Gathering Instruments Activated on NOAA Weather Satellite

    Two Northrop Grumman-built instruments onboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite have been activated to perform post-launch data collection. The initial set of data from Northrop’s Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder and Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Flight Model 6 will aid startup and checkout tests before NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System 1 reaches full operational status,  […] More

  • Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Buy 22 Lightly Armed Cessna Caravan Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force plans to procure 22 lightly armed variants of the Cessna Caravan aircraft to deliver to allied governments for use in surveillance missions, FlightGlobal reported Monday. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps states that the Air Force wants potential vendors to supply AC-208 planes that are equipped with various weapons and sensors. Interested companies […] More

  • Harris to Produce IDECM Jammer Systems for Kuwait - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Produce IDECM Jammer Systems for Kuwait

    Harris has received a $24.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures systems to Kuwait as part of a foreign military sales deal. The company will produce 14 IDECM AN/ALQ-214 A(V)4/5 jammer systems for the Kuwaiti government under lot 15 full-rate production, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will occur in New Jersey, […] More

  • Harris Unveils New Handheld Radio for Army Tactical Communications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Unveils New Handheld Radio for Army Tactical Communications

    Harris has unveiled a two-channel tactical handheld radio the company designed to help U.S. Army users transmit data and voice communications in real time. AN/PRC-163 Army Radio employs a software-defined architecture that allows operators to integrate new waveforms and applications into the system, Harris said Monday. The device is equipped with crossbanding technology for military personnel to […] More

  • ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract

    The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has formed a working group to help federal agencies and contractors transition to the General Services Administration‘s new governmentwide acquisition vehicle for telecommunications services. GSA awarded the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract in August of last year as a replacement to Networx and at least 80 other federal telecommunications […] More

  • Harris Orders Sypris Electronic Assemblies for US, Foreign Military Munition Dispensers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Orders Sypris Electronic Assemblies for US, Foreign Military Munition Dispensers

    A Sypris Solutions subsidiary has secured multiple contracts from Harris to produce electronic assemblies for munition dispensing systems of U.S. and foreign military customers. Sypris Electronics will manufacture the munition dispenser electronics for military customers that include the U.S. Navy, the company said Monday. Harris also awarded Sypris Electronics contracts last year to provide electronic assemblies for two weather satellite programs, […] More

  • Eric Webster: Harris Imager Tech to Aid NOAA's Weather, Environmental Forecasts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Webster: Harris Imager Tech to Aid NOAA’s Weather, Environmental Forecasts

    Harris has produced the second imager technology to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitor weather and environmental conditions from space. The company said Tuesday it built the Advanced Baseline Imager to increase the spectral coverage and processing speed of NOAA’s next Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. GOES-S is the second of the agency’s four geostationary weather satellites and scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, […] More

  • BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay

    BAE Systems, Harris and MBDA‘s U.K. business have collaborated on ground-based tests that sought to demonstrate the release of a full-sized payload from an aircraft cargo bay. A team of engineers used BAE’s test facility in Warton, England, to conduct full-scale ground trials in an effort to better understand the aircraft bay environment, the British defense company said […] More

  • Harris Plans to Supply EW Systems to Asia's Air Forces; Andy Dunn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Plans to Supply EW Systems to Asia’s Air Forces; Andy Dunn Comments

    Harris will offer its electronic warfare systems to Asia’s air forces as it sees geopolitical issues as factors that will drive regional interest in EW, FlightGlobal reported Monday. The report said Harris will promote its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite, which can be integrated with Lockheed Martin’s F-16 aircraft or kept in a pod […] More

  • Harris Secures USAF Space Control Depot Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Secures USAF Space Control Depot Support Extension

    Harris‘ government communications systems division has received a $63.8 million contract modification to continue support services at a U.S. Air Force space control depot. The modification brings the contract’s total cumulative value to $530.4 million and extends the period of performance through Oct. 31, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work covers development, logistics and sustainment engineering support for various […] More

  • Harris Gets Air Force Contract to Update EW Systems for Int'l F-16 Fleets; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets Air Force Contract to Update EW Systems for Int’l F-16 Fleets; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to support software upgrades and engineer electronic warfare systems onboard the F-16 aircraft of eight U.S. allies. The company said Monday it will provide engineering support for versions 4, 8 and 9 of AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite systems. Ed Zoiss, president of Harris’ electronic systems […] More

  • Harris to Support Philippine Military C4ISTAR System Delivery Under Navy FMS Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Support Philippine Military C4ISTAR System Delivery Under Navy FMS Deal

      A Harris subsidiary has received a $44.8 million contract to assist the U.S government in efforts to deliver command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance equipment to the Philippine military. Harris’ RF Communications business will design, engineer and test a joint command and control system of systems for the armed forces of the Philippine under […] More