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  • Iridium Eyes Jan. 7 for Final 'NEXT' Satellite Launch; Matt Desch Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Eyes Jan. 7 for Final ‘NEXT’ Satellite Launch; Matt Desch Quoted

    Iridium Communications has announced that the launch of the eighth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled on Jan. 7, SpaceNews reported Friday. The new schedule sought to provide SpaceX more time to accommodate Spaceflight Industries’ SmallSat Express rideshare mission, which took off on Monday, Dec. 3. Iridium CEO Matt Desch said in a […] More

  • Report: Lockheed on Track for 2020 MDA Long-Range Discrimination Radar Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed on Track for 2020 MDA Long-Range Discrimination Radar Delivery

    Lockheed Martin aims to deliver a long-range discrimination radar for installation at Clear Air Force Station in Alaska by 2020 under a contract with the Missile Defense Agency, Defense News reported Sunday. The LRDR system is currently under development at a company facility in Moorestown, N.J., and designed to operate with ground-based interceptors built to counter ballistic missile […] More

  • SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 16th Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 16th Cargo Delivery Mission

    SpaceX‘s Dragon spacecraft reached the International Space Station on Saturday to deliver approximately over 5.6K pounds of crew supplies and research payloads. The spacecraft launched from Florida via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, Dec. 5, as part of its 16th Commercial Resupply Services mission with NASA, the agency said Saturday. Dragon is set to return to Earth in January with […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 16th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 16th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off Wednesday aboard its Falcon 9 rocket to bring over 5.6K pounds of supplies and research payloads to the International Space Station. The launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks the company’s 16th mission to ISS under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services contract, the agency said Thursday. Dragon carried the Global Ecosystem Dynamics […] More

  • Northrop Highlights Contributions to NASA InSight Mars Explorer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Highlights Contributions to NASA InSight Mars Explorer

    NASA‘s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, exploration spacecraft has landed on Mars with the support of Northrop Grumman-made technologies. The company said Monday it built InSight’s cruise stage and instrument heat pipes, lander diaphragm tanks and solar array assembly at facilities in Maryland and California. Northrop also manufactured a […] More

  • Firms Eye Virtual, Augmented Reality Training Opportunities in Defense Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Firms Eye Virtual, Augmented Reality Training Opportunities in Defense Sector

    Some executives at Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Textron have said the U.S. military’s ongoing efforts to modernize warfighter readiness have increased opportunities for industry to offer virtual and augmented reality training systems, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Corey Hendricks, chief engineer of global training solutions at Raytheon, noted the company integrated VR and AR tools with mobile platforms […] More

  • Northrop Secures Air Force Navigation System EMD Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Secures Air Force Navigation System EMD Contract

    Northrop Grumman has received a $59.1M contract to perform engineering, manufacturing and development work on next-generation navigation systems for the U.S. Air Force. The company will aim to complete the EMD phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization program by Sept. 30 of next year, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force is obligating […] More

  • Northrop Teams Up With Harris, Comtech PST to Demo Jammer Tech for Navy Growlers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Teams Up With Harris, Comtech PST to Demo Jammer Tech for Navy Growlers

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with Harris and a Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary to demonstrate existing jammer systems for integration into the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday it formed the team after it received in October a potential 20-month, $35M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to support the service’s Next Generation […] More

  • Northrop’s Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 10th Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 10th Cargo Resupply Mission

    A Northrop Grumman spacecraft has reached the International Space Station for its 10th cargo resupply mission with NASA. The company said Monday the Cygnus spacecraft, also called “S.S. John Young,” transported 7.4K pounds of crew supplies and research materials to ISS after it launched Saturday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew used the […] More

  • Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission

    Northrop Grumman on Saturday launched the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to deliver 7,400 pounds of NASA‘s scientific equipment and crew supplies to the  International Space Station. The company said Saturday its vehicle, nicknamed S.S. John Young, lifted off at 4:01 a.m. Eastern time from the Wallops Flight Facility’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A  in Virginia aboard the medium-class Antares rocket. […] More

  • Northrop to Sponsor 11th Navy Littoral Combat Ship Commissioning - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Sponsor 11th Navy Littoral Combat Ship Commissioning

    Northrop Grumman, the mission package integrator for the U.S. Navy‘s Littoral Combat Ship program, will serve as a “captain level” sponsor to the commissioning of an 11th LCS. The company said Thursday it provided mission modules, minehunting systems, integrated bridge and navigation equipment and an MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system for the USS Sioux City. Northrop […] More