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  • Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling

    Satellite operators have sent opinions to the Federal Communications Commission after an agency ruling that aims to make frequencies above 24 gigahertz available for fifth-generation wireless services, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, O3b Networks, OneWeb, SES, SpaceX and ViaSat are among the companies that have submitted their opinions to […] More

  • DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems

    Optex Systems has received a five-year, $5.99 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver laser-protected periscopes across the U.S. military. The optical sighting systems manufacturer said Friday its glass and plastic periscopes work to support a range of vehicle platforms. Optex CEO Danny Schoening said the award builds on the company’s efforts to grow its footprint in the armored vehicle […] More

  • Astronics to Produce Night-Vision Lighting Systems for Intl Customer's F-16 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Astronics to Produce Night-Vision Lighting Systems for Intl Customer’s F-16 Fleet

    Astronics has received a 24-month, $5 million contract to supply night-vision lighting systems for the F-16 jets of an unnamed country through the U.S. foreign military sales program. The contract calls for Astronics to design and develop a complete lighting system that will work to help pilots fly F-16s with night-vision goggles, the company said Wednesday. Astronics added the system will incorporate exterior and […] More

  • Lockheed Conducts Surface-Launched Anti-Ship Missile Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Conducts Surface-Launched Anti-Ship Missile Test

    Lockheed Martin has conducted a new flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile‘s surface-launch variant with the MK 41 vertical launch system aboard the U.S. Navy‘s Self Defense Test Ship. The company said Thursday the surface-launched LRASM worked to load mission data through the modified Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System, align mission data with the moving ship and launch from […] More

  • Inmarsat Approves DataPath's Manpack Antenna for Global Xpress Satellite Connectivity Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Approves DataPath’s Manpack Antenna for Global Xpress Satellite Connectivity Service

    Inmarsat has cleared the DataPath-built QCT90 manpack antenna for use on the Global Xpress satellite broadband network’s commercial Ka-band frequencies. The Type Approval allows DataPath to offer a subscription-based high-throughput connectivity service to its customers as a GX service provider, Inmarsat said Thursday. Andy Start, president of Inmarsat’s global government business, said QCT90 is designed to provide users access to global GX satellite coverage with […] More

  • Army to Seek Industry Partners for Military Protective Eyewear R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Seek Industry Partners for Military Protective Eyewear R&D

    The U.S. Army plans to issue a solicitation for the research and development of eye protection technology for military personnel. A pre-solicitation notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the Army Contracting Command is scheduled to issue a formal request for bids on the Next Generation Eye Protection project by Aug. 3 and could award multiple firm-fixed-price contracts with a 12-month period […] More

  • ProSol Associates to Provide Curriculum Services for Marine Corps Communication Electronic School - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSol Associates to Provide Curriculum Services for Marine Corps Communication Electronic School

    ProSol Associates has won a potential five-year, $23 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide curriculum services for the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Communication Electronics School. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers course instruction for approximately 57 information technology software programs, certification testing conducted by test administrators and curricula development and management. Work will occur at […] More

  • Comtech to Install, Manage Washington State's 911 Emergency System; Stanton Sloane Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech to Install, Manage Washington State’s 911 Emergency System; Stanton Sloane Comments

    Comtech Telecommunications‘ commercial solutions business unit has secured a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide IP-based next-generation 9-1-1 technology to support emergency communications across Washington state. The company said Wednesday will install and manage a statewide enterprise system designed to comply with the National Emergency Number Association’s NG911 geospatial call routing and reporting standards. Comtech President and CEO Stanton […] More

  • GSA Solicits Proposals for New US Courthouse Site in Des Moines, Iowa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Solicits Proposals for New US Courthouse Site in Des Moines, Iowa

    The General Services Administration seeks proposals on a Des Moines, Iowa-based site where a new U.S. courthouse could be built to replace a courthouse in downtown Des Moines and a leased courthouse annex. GSA said Wednesday the $136.6 million it plans to allocate for the new facility will go to the acquisition, design and construction of the new facility, which will house nine […] More

  • BlackBerry Receives Crisis Comms Software Order From Senate's Sergeant-at-Arms Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Receives Crisis Comms Software Order From Senate’s Sergeant-at-Arms Office

    BlackBerry has secured a five-year, multimillion dollar contract to provide crisis communications software for the Joint Emergency Mass Notification Systems of the Senate Sergeant at Arms Office. The company said Tuesday AtHoc-built software will power JEMNS to facilitate secure notification and communications in the event of a critical situation for approximately 50,000 people that work and visit the U.S. Capitol Complex. “It’s critical for […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Acquisition App Store Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Acquisition App Store Ideas

    The U.S. Air Force has released a sources sought notice to gather information from potential vendors that can offer technical support, system analysis, design, development, operations and maintenance services for the military branch’s Acquisition App Store program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday stated the AAS program aims to provide a service-oriented architecture platform for the contracting community to build, discover and execute acquisition processes and applications. […] More

  • Deloitte-Cray Alliance Unveils Threat Analytics Service Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte-Cray Alliance Unveils Threat Analytics Service Offering

    Deloitte‘s advisory cyber risk services business and Cray have partnered to develop a subscription-based analytics service intended to help organizations discover, examine and respond to cybersecurity threats. The Cyber Reconnaissance and Analytics offering works to help government customers generate threat intelligence reports that include information on potential threat vectors, Deloitte said Wednesday. “Instead of reviewing every component of an agency’s internal enterprise, we are trying to […] More