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  • Thales Introduces Mini ISR Unmanned Aerial System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Introduces Mini ISR Unmanned Aerial System

    Thales has unveiled a new small drone technology intended to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations of military and security organizations. The company built Spy’Ranger with Aviation Design and is demonstrating the mini-drone at the ongoing Milipol Paris trade show, Thales said Wednesday. The unmanned aircraft is designed with a gimbal that works to stabilize the drone’s camera and sensor equipment if […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Raymond, Boeing Electronic & Information Solutions Division VP, GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Raymond, Boeing Electronic & Information Solutions Division VP, GM

    Chris Raymond serves as the vice president and general manager of the electronic and information solutions division within Boeing’s network and space systems business unit. Raymond helps manage the company’s subsidiaries in the E&IS division such as Ventura Solutions, Argon ST and Digital Receiver Technology. He also oversees the delivery of data analytics, cybersecurity, intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance and communications […] More

  • Lockheed Awarded Contract to Complete DARPA RF Mapping Program; John Chapin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Awarded Contract to Complete DARPA RF Mapping Program; John Chapin Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received an $11.8 million contract to execute the final phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s radio frequency mapping program intended to help operators view real-time spectrum use. The RadioMap tool will work to overlay radio spectrum data on a map in order to prevent frequency conflict and schedule the use of […] More

  • Gene Colabatistto, Kevin Kelly Inducted Into George Washington University’s Engineering Hall of Fame - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gene Colabatistto, Kevin Kelly Inducted Into George Washington University’s Engineering Hall of Fame

    George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science has inducted Gene Colabatistto, a group president at CAE, and LGS Innovations CEO Kevin Kelly into the GWU Engineering Hall of Fame. Colabatistto, Kelly and five other industry and government leaders were recognized in an Oct. 22 ceremony for their contributions in the technology, management and engineering fields. Colabatistto, a 25-year defense sector veteran, leads […] More

  • MCR Awarded $50M NATO Comm, Info Systems Contract; Vince Kiernan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MCR Awarded $50M NATO Comm, Info Systems Contract; Vince Kiernan Comments

    MCR Federal has received a three-year, $50 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform communications and information services for NATO. The company said Monday it will work to design processes, manage quality, handle risks, provide change management and perform other general business services for NATO’s Communications and Information Agency. NATO’s NCI Agency provides communications and information systems for the alliance’s […] More

  • ManTech to Maintain Army ISR System; Daniel Keefe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Maintain Army ISR System; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International Corp. has been awarded a potential two-year, $31.6 million contract to provide technical services for the U.S. Army’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work. ManTech will work to maintain software and provide training on the Distributed Common Ground System-Army system, the company said Monday. The contract contains a one-year base period and one 12-month option. […] 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

  • Navy Taps 3 Firms for ISR Sensor Prototype Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps 3 Firms for ISR Sensor Prototype Contract

    Three companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $49 million contract to build prototype sensors for the U.S. Navy to use during force-protection, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance operations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes Northrop Grumman, Consolidated Resource Imaging and Manufacturing Techniques will compete for task orders to develop and deliver sensor systems for different clients. The contract has a […] More

  • Executive Profile: Dave Dzaran, Integrity Applications Inc. CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Dave Dzaran, Integrity Applications Inc. CEO

    Dave Dzaran leads engineering and software services contractor Integrity Applications Inc. as the company’s president and CEO. Dzaran works with IAI’s board of directors and senior executive team to craft and implement corporate strategies, assess financial performance and oversee the firm’s operations. He is a two-decade veteran of systems acquisition and integration and program management related to space-based intelligence, […] More

  • Technavio Forecasts Emerging Stealth ISR Aircraft Market in 2015-2019; Faisal Ghaus Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Forecasts Emerging Stealth ISR Aircraft Market in 2015-2019; Faisal Ghaus Comments

    Technavio has released a new report that estimates the airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market’s worldwide compound annual growth rate at 3 percent from 2015 through 2019. The market will see a rise in demand for stealth ISR aircraft during the forecast period, buoyed by investment in ISR payloads, Technavio said Thursday. “Most of the […] More

  • Navy Vet Dan Cloyd Joins Northrop as Naval Aviation, ISR Programs Corporate Director; Timothy Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Vet Dan Cloyd Joins Northrop as Naval Aviation, ISR Programs Corporate Director; Timothy Jones Comments

    Dan Cloyd, former director of maritime operations at the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, has been named corporate director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and naval aviation programs at Northrop Grumman. Northrop said Friday Cloyd will report to Timothy Jones, vice president of aviation and ISR programs, and will coordinate corporate strategies with the U.S. Navy. […] More

  • ReportBuyer: Military Satellite Market to Reach Nearly $10B Value in 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportBuyer: Military Satellite Market to Reach Nearly $10B Value in 2025

    A Strategic Defense Intelligence report released by ReportBuyer predicts that the global military satellite market will climb in value from $5.7 billion this year to $9.7 billion in 2025. ReportBuyer said Wednesday the 5.47-percent compound annual growth rate over the 10-year forecast period is due to factors such as spending and modernization activities. According to the report, North America […] More