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  • Iridium Names 6 New Providers of Certus Broadband Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Names 6 New Providers of Certus Broadband Service

    Iridium has unveiled the next batch of six companies that will offer the Iridium Certus satellite broadband service for ground-based mobile operations beginning mid-2018. Certus is powered by the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation and will be integrated with Thales‘ MissionLINK terminal to support the off-the-grid missions of public safety, utility, oil and gas, military and non-government […] More

  • CenturyLink Obtains DOJ Approval to Sell Level 3 Metro Network Assets to Syringa Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Obtains DOJ Approval to Sell Level 3 Metro Network Assets to Syringa Networks

    The Justice Department has given CenturyLink the green light to sell certain metro network assets of Level 3 Communications in Boise, Idaho, to fiber-optic networking services provider Syringa Networks. Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink said Tuesday the sale is still subject to other customary closing conditions and comes nearly five months after the telecommunications firm completed its $34 billion acquisition of […] More

  • Honeywell Supplies Material for Safariland Group's New Ballistic Shields - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Supplies Material for Safariland Group’s New Ballistic Shields

    Safariland Group has produced a new lightweight ballistic shield using Honeywell‘s  Spectra Shield ballistic-resistant composite material. Honeywell said Tuesday the newest product in Safariland’s X Series line of ballistic shields is designed to weigh up to 20 percent less than traditional ballistic handheld shields, which usually weigh more than 20 pounds. The X Series shield works to integrate the […] More

  • ACT I Gets Task Order to Support USAF Exercise Program; Claudio Monticelli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Gets Task Order to Support USAF Exercise Program; Claudio Monticelli Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a three-year task order to provide exercise program support to the U.S. Air Force‘s Eighth Air Force organization headquartered at Barksdale AF Base in Louisiana. ACT I said the order covers planning, scheduling, tasking and monitoring the participation of Eighth Air Force in the chairman of the joint chiefs […] More

  • Lockheed Runs Site Acceptance Test of Multi-Role Radar for Latvia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Runs Site Acceptance Test of Multi-Role Radar for Latvia

    Lockheed Martin has conducted a site acceptance test of a multi-role radar that the company produced for the Latvian military. The company said Monday the test marks the on-schedule delivery of the first of three TPS-77 radars to Latvia’s defense ministry. Latvia awarded Lockheed a contract in 2015 to supply three TPS-77s for aircraft surveillance operations. The radar […] More

  • Report: Lockheed, Rafael Offer Missiles for Army Multimission Launcher - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed, Rafael Offer Missiles for Army Multimission Launcher

    Lockheed Martin and Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will offer their respective missiles to the U.S. Army for possible integration with the service branch’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability multi-mission launcher, Defense News reported Monday. The Army seeks a second missile as part of the IFPC Increment 2 program, which aims to develop a weapon system that can counter rockets, […] More

  • Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg: DoD Aircraft Deployment Delays Boost Opportunities for Maintenance Providers

    A report by Bloomberg‘s government arm says the Defense Department‘s maintenance requirements could increase amid delays facing various military aircraft programs. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog post published Friday that the U.S. Air Force plans move the deployment of the Boeing-built KC-46 tanker aircraft from October 2018 to spring 2019. The […] More

  • Report: Japan Could Use Existing Foreign Design for New Fighter Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Japan Could Use Existing Foreign Design for New Fighter Aircraft

    Japan is considering using an existing U.S. or European fighter aircraft design for its future F-3 fighter planes, Reuters reported Thursday. Anonymous sources told the publication that Japan’s third request for information on potential F-3 designs was sent only to foreign companies based in the U.S. and Europe. Japan also issued separate documents to the U.S. […] More

  • Report: Lockheed to Name Sonar Supplier for Australian Submarine Program in Late 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed to Name Sonar Supplier for Australian Submarine Program in Late 2018

    Lockheed Martin plans to award a contract later this year for the production of sonar equipment that will be integrated into Australia’s future submarines, Defense News reported Friday. The defense contractor’s Australian arm told Defense News that it has issued a request for quote to industry. Australia’s defense department awarded Lockheed Martin Australia a potential $565.7 million contract […] More

  • Lockheed-MBDA JV to Pursue Germany's Integrated Air & Missile Defense System Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-MBDA JV to Pursue Germany’s Integrated Air & Missile Defense System Program

    Lockheed Martin and MBDA have formed a joint venture to negotiate a contract to develop the German armed forces’ TLVS integrated air and missile defense system. The TLVS GmbH joint venture is slated to become the prime contractor of the deal, which is under negotiations with Germany’s military procurement office, MBDA said Thursday. MBDA representative Dietmar Thelen and […] More

  • CIS Offers Securely-Configured Virtual Images via AWS' U.S. Govt. Cloud Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CIS Offers Securely-Configured Virtual Images via AWS’ U.S. Govt. Cloud Marketplace

    The Center for Internet Security has added its “hardened” virtual images to Amazon Web Services‘ cloud marketplace for U.S. government customers. CIS said Wednesday its CIS Hardened Images are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) marketplace and have been accessible to other customers through the AWS Marketplace since 2015. CIS Hardened Images are types of Amazon Machine Images […] More

  • DXC Unveils Applications Security on Demand Testing Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC Unveils Applications Security on Demand Testing Service

    DXC Technology has launched its consumption-based applications security testing service that can identify and address vulnerabilities during the app development lifecycle. The DXC Applications Security on Demand is based on Micro Focus‘ software and makes DXC the first global provider of the former’s Fortify on Demand app security managed service, DXC said Wednesday. Applications Security on Demand […] More