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  • Lockheed-Northrop-Comtech Team Integrates New Terminal With AEHF Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Northrop-Comtech Team Integrates New Terminal With AEHF Payload

    A team comprised of Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Comtech Telecommunications has integrated and tested a new terminal platform with an engineering model of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency payload. The Lockheed-Northrop-Comtech team developed the Low Cost Terminal in a push to address a demand for terminals that can offer mobile access to the AEHF military satellite communications network’s […] More

  • Airbus Subsidiary Offers SatCom Services to Support EU Military Training Missions in Somalia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Subsidiary Offers SatCom Services to Support EU Military Training Missions in Somalia

    Airbus‘ defense and space business has delivered satellite communications systems to support military training missions of the European Union in Somalia including the Sahel Niger and Sahel Mali EU capacity building and civilian missions. The company said Thursday it leads the missions on behalf of the EU to support government efforts to boost stability and response to security issues that impact […] More

  • ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a five-year, $16 million task order to provide logistics services for the AN/TSC-168 TDC Quad-Band  satellite communications terminal of the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. ACT I said it will also provide technical and operational assistance as well as warehouse operations support to SMC personnel under the task order. Jeffery Earley, executive […] More

  • Report Predicts US Govt, Military Satellite Market CAGR of 3.6% Through 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report Predicts US Govt, Military Satellite Market CAGR of 3.6% Through 2022

    A Frost & Sullivan report, released by Research and Markets, forecasts the U.S. government and military satellite market will reach an average of $53.78 million in value at a compound annual growth rate of 3.6 percent over the next five years. Research and Markets said Friday the U.S. government accounted for approximately $1.34 billion of the overall global spending on commercial satellite […] More

  • BAE Starts Test-Bed Trials of Autonomous Air Technologies; Maureen Mccue Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Starts Test-Bed Trials of Autonomous Air Technologies; Maureen Mccue Comments

    BAE Systems has begun to test unmanned aircraft technologies in support of an industry-led effort to study how autonomous air vehicles can integrate into the U.K.’s airspace. BAE said Tuesday it uses a Jetstream 31 aircraft as a flying test bed for the ongoing trials at the company’s military aircraft engineering and manufacturing hub in Warton, England. The testing platform is built to fly […] More

  • Report: UAS Satcom, Imaging Markets to Hit $19.9B & $3.7B by 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: UAS Satcom, Imaging Markets to Hit $19.9B & $3.7B by 2025

    A new Northern Sky Research report predicts the unmanned aircraft system satellite communications and imaging markets will respectively reach $19.9 billion and $3.7 billion in cumulative revenues over a 10-year period ending 2025. NSR said Monday the defense and intelligence community’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements for operations in hostile areas spur the demand for unmanned airborne […] More

  • iDirect Government Launches New Tactical Hub Offering; John Ratigan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    iDirect Government Launches New Tactical Hub Offering; John Ratigan Comments

    Satellite communications provider iDirect Government has rolled out a new tactical hub service offering for warfighters, first responders, disaster recovery personnel and field operators. iDirectGov said Monday its Series 11000 Tactical Hub is powered by the Evolution software and designed to operate with the Evolution Series remotes. The ruggedized platform also employs new defense line cards that support downstream rate of up […] More

  • Kratos Gets Satcom Equipment Order From US Govt Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Gets Satcom Equipment Order From US Govt Agency

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has been awarded a $9.5 million contract to provide satellite communications signal processing, monitoring and communications equipment to an unspecified government agency. Kratos said Tuesday it will manufacture equipment and systems under the contract at a protected company facility. The company also produces command and control, signal processing, monitoring, communications, radio frequency, […] More

  • By Light, Intelsat Partner to Deliver Satcom Services to DLA's Haiti Hurricane Relief Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    By Light, Intelsat Partner to Deliver Satcom Services to DLA’s Haiti Hurricane Relief Efforts

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded By Light Professional IT Services a three-month contract to support satellite communication services for hurricane relief efforts in Haiti. By Light said Monday it will combine the firm’s engineering expertise with Intelsat‘s Ku-band Galaxy 18 satellite platform to provide communications support to first responders. Mike Bowser, By Light senior vice president, said that By Light and Intelsat’s […] More

  • Airbus' Defense & Space Business to Update Comms Network of UK Navy Warships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus’ Defense & Space Business to Update Comms Network of UK Navy Warships

    Airbus‘ defense and space segment has received a $45.5 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to update the British navy’s warships. The Maritime Network Evolution contract covers support for 20 warships such as Type 45 destroyers and Queen Elizabeth Class carriers, Airbus said Tuesday. Airbus will remove obsolete equipment and serial services as well as support platforms’ capacity […] More

  • Canada Solicits Proposals for WGS Military Satcom Terminals Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canada Solicits Proposals for WGS Military Satcom Terminals Procurement Contract

    Canada has asked industry to submit proposals for a potential $15 million contract to procure portable satellite communications terminals designed to facilitate the use of the U.S. Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom system by Canadian military commanders deployed overseas, Space News reported Wednesday. Maj. Scott Spurr, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Air Force, said […] More

  • SES-Luxembourg JV Secures Contract for NATO Ground Surveillance System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES-Luxembourg JV Secures Contract for NATO Ground Surveillance System Support

    A public-private joint venture of SES and Luxembourg has secured a contract to provide commercial satellite communications services for NATO‘s ground surveillance system. GovSat will deliver commercial Ku-band satellite capacity and capacity management services to support the command and control and sensor data communications needs of NATO’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles across the AGS operational area, SES said […] More