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  • CACI Secures $60M Navy UAV Payload Integration Support Contract
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    CACI Secures $60M Navy UAV Payload Integration Support Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $59.9 million contract to operate and integrate information operations payloads into unmanned aerial vehicles supplied to joint forces. The sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a three-year base term valued at approximately $37.5 million and a two-year option period that could bring the ceiling amount to $59.9 million, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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  • NASA Releases Sources Sought Notice for Mars Payload Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Releases Sources Sought Notice for Mars Payload Services

    NASA seeks information on potential industry sources of payload-related services to support current or future non-NASA missions to Mars. The space agency issued a sources sought notice on Feb. 27 in an effort to determine the appropriate level of competition or small business subcontracting goals for a future Mars payload services contract. NASA noted the contract will cover payload integration; provision […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Installs NEXT Satellite Air Traffic Surveillance Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Installs NEXT Satellite Air Traffic Surveillance Payload

    Iridium Communications has integrated an Aireon-built air traffic surveillance payload system into a NEXT satellite that is scheduled to go into space between 2015 and 2017. Aireon will utilize the hosted Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast receiver payload to help the aviation industry access information about aircraft position and status, Iridium said Monday. The payload integration effort […] More

  • Northrop Hands Lockheed 4th Payload for AEHF Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Hands Lockheed 4th Payload for AEHF Satellite

    Northrop Grumman has delivered the fourth protected military communications payload for the U.S. Air Force‘s Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to prime contractor Lockheed Martin ahead of its integration with the AEHF payload module. Northrop said Monday it will perform payload integration while Lockheed works on satellite bus unit integration as part of a hybrid satellite integration and test approach. The […] More