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  • DARPA Begins Phase I of Data Link Restoration Platform Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Begins Phase I of Data Link Restoration Platform Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has commenced the first phase of a project that seeks to build a deployable undersea network that would serve as a means to restore disrupted data links, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday. Adam Stone writes the Tactical Undersea Network Architectures program drew various ideas from Harris, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, LGS Innovations and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. […] More

  • BAE Plans $508M Investment to Support UAV Integration Into UK Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Plans $508M Investment to Support UAV Integration Into UK Airspace

    BAE Systems will invest $508 million to revive an industry-led effort to establish regulations and technology for the integration of unmanned air vehicles into the U.K. national airspace, FlightGlobal reported Tuesday. Beth Stevenson writes the U.K. government’s business department previously funded the Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment program before it cancelled the effort to […] More

  • DHS, Israel's Public Security Agency Seek First Responder Tech Grant Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, Israel’s Public Security Agency Seek First Responder Tech Grant Applications

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate and the Israeli ministry of public security have announced a potential $1 million grant opportunity for developers of first responder technologies. DHS said Wednesday the NextGen First Responder Technologies program seeks new protective clothing, situational awareness and wearable platforms that can work to help  address capacity gaps listed on the […] More

  • General Atomics Starts Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Starts Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Flight Test

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has begun flight testing an extended-range variant of the MQ-1C unmanned aircraft system at the company’s El Mirage flight operations facility in California. The company said Thursday the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range series is designed to increase endurance and payload capacity of the Gray Eagle UAS platform, which has recorded more than 300,000 flight […] More

  • Report: Talks Continue on Potential Boeing, Lockheed Fighter Aircraft Production Facilities in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Talks Continue on Potential Boeing, Lockheed Fighter Aircraft Production Facilities in India

    The U.S. and Indian governments look to close a deal that will potentially bring the production of fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing to India, the Washington Post reported Monday. Annie Gowen writes Lockheed has proposed to move its Texas-based F-16 assembly line to India, which will make the country the sole producer of the single-engine aircraft that […] More

  • OneTrust-IAPP Team Unveil US Federal Agency Templates for PIA Platform Members - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OneTrust-IAPP Team Unveil US Federal Agency Templates for PIA Platform Members

    Atlanta-based privacy management software provider OneTrust and the International Association of Privacy Professionals have partnered to launch the U.S. Federal Agency privacy threshold analysis and privacy impact assessment templates for members via the IAPP-OneTrust comprehensive PIA platform. OneTrust said Wednesday the launch aims to build on existing privacy management systems that the team offers and adds to previous services […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Nabs $67M AF Contract for F-15 Sensor Spares; Paul Lemmo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Nabs $67M AF Contract for F-15 Sensor Spares; Paul Lemmo Comments

    Lockheed Martin has secured a $67.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the delivery of F-15 sensor suite spare parts for Saudi Arabia’s air force. Lockheed said Wednesday it will supply spares for the Infrared Search and Track, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night – Extended Range and Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod systems as part […] More

  • AeroVironment, California State University Launch UAV Field Research Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment, California State University Launch UAV Field Research Initiative

    AeroVironment and California State University in Fresno have commenced a year-long research effort to determine how the use of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery and analytics can help detect levels of water stress in almond trees. The company said Wednesday that it will deploy a Puma UAV equipped with a 24-megapixel photogrammetric camera and six-channel multispectral sensor to capture data from orchards […] More

  • Hitachi Data Systems, Above Security Form North America Region Consulting Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Data Systems, Above Security Form North America Region Consulting Partnership

    Hitachi Data Systems and Above Security have forged an alliance to offer information security consulting services in North America which will follow a unified governance, risk and framework. Above Security said Tuesday the partnership will look to address security issues through collaborative partnerships with customers as opposed to the use of quick-fix technologies that might confuse corporate information […] More

  • Satcom Direct to Resell Inmarsat Global Xpress Broadband Service in Govt Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Satcom Direct to Resell Inmarsat Global Xpress Broadband Service in Govt Market

    Inmarsat has added Satcom Direct as a value-added reseller of the former’s Ka-band broadband satellite communications service offering to government customers worldwide. Satcom Direct said Monday that it will highlight the potential advantages of the Global Xpress network for organizations in need of maximum connectivity and mobility at a  Middle East Business Aviation Association-hosted industry exhibition. GX is designed to facilitate wideband connectivity […] More

  • Air Force, Ohio State University Partner for Human Performance Monitoring Research Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, Ohio State University Partner for Human Performance Monitoring Research Initiative

    Ohio State University and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing have signed a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the goal to create human performance monitoring processes for the battlefield. The U.S. Air Force said Nov. 30 the partnership will offer 711th HPW access to data  on the university’s Division 1 college athletes that have similar mentality, […] More

  • Northrop to Update Netherlands' F-16 Electronic Countermeasure Pods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update Netherlands’ F-16 Electronic Countermeasure Pods

    Netherlands’ air force has selected Northrop Grumman to update electronic countermeasure pods used on the country’s fleet of F-16 aircraft in a push to help the aircraft adapt to the modern threat environment. Northrop said Monday that work will cover the development of threat detection and jamming capacity for the Netherlands air force’s AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasure pods. […] More