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  • Intel, NIST Researchers Measure Silicon Chip Dimensions with X-Ray Scattering Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel, NIST Researchers Measure Silicon Chip Dimensions with X-Ray Scattering Tech

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and Intel have used a critical-dimension small angle X-ray scattering method to measure nanostructured features of a silicon computer chip during a collaborative study. NIST said Tuesday it believes the CDSAXS technique could pave the way for development of new process control tools to help semiconductor companies determine the size of […] More

  • CyrusOne Completes Virginia Data Center Expansion; Laramie Dorris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Completes Virginia Data Center Expansion; Laramie Dorris Comments

    CyrusOne has expanded its Northern Virginia data center campus in an effort to meet the customers’ growing colocation demand. CyrusOne added 30,000 square feet and 6 megawatts of power capacity to its Sterling, Virginia-based facility, the company said Wednesday. “We continue to see solid demand in this market,” said Laramie Dorris, director of data center design […] More

  • TCS Obtains Army VSAT Sustainment Contract Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Obtains Army VSAT Sustainment Contract Funds

    TeleCommunication Systems has been awarded $5 million in incremental funds to perform sustainment work on transportable very small aperture terminals of the U.S. Army. TCS said Wednesday it has received $23.6 million as partial funding to help the military branch sustain AN/TSC-198A VSATs under a potential three-year, $91 million contract. The contract is for the sustainment of Secret […] More

  • Coalition Forces Demo SM-3 Intercept in European Theater - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coalition Forces Demo SM-3 Intercept in European Theater

    Coalition forces have completed a new at-sea demonstration of integrated air and missile defense capability with the interception of a ballistic missile target using a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 fired from USS Ross. The U.S. Navy said Tuesday the Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum’s ASD-15 event featured a scenario in which an SM-3 Block IA guided interceptor engaged the missile target over the […] More

  • Thierry Guillemin: Intelsat, Azercosmos, SSL Forge Comm Satellite Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thierry Guillemin: Intelsat, Azercosmos, SSL Forge Comm Satellite Partnership

    Space Systems Loral, an MDA subsidiary, has been chosen to build a communications satellite for an Intelsat–Azercosmos alliance to deliver direct-to-home broadcasting and broadband connectivity services in some parts of the world. Intelsat and Azercosmos plan to launch an SSL-made satellite into an orbital location of 45 degrees East in an effort to provide communication services across […] More

  • IDC's Ruthbea Clarke: Transportation, Energy to See Gov't IoT Spend Increase in Next 2 Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC’s Ruthbea Clarke: Transportation, Energy to See Gov’t IoT Spend Increase in Next 2 Years

    A recent International Data Corp. report predicts government spending worldwide on Internet of Things platforms to hit $1.2 trillion in the next two years, according to an article published Monday on Cisco‘s website. Ruthbea Clarke, smart cities research director at IDC, said transportation, energy, environment and tourism, and public safety are the four public sector divisions that will see […] More

  • BAE Picks Cobham to Supply F-35 Microelectronic Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Picks Cobham to Supply F-35 Microelectronic Components

    BAE Systems has ordered $51 million in microelectronic technologies from Cobham for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft’s radar and electronic warfare systems. Cobham said Monday that its microelectronic, motion control, microwave, cryptography, aerial refueling and pilot survival products are integrated into F-35s of U.S. and international defense customers. F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin showcased an F-35 cockpit demonstrator during […] More

  • Orbital ATK Opens Ramjet Test Facility With Supersonic Flight Simulation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Opens Ramjet Test Facility With Supersonic Flight Simulation

    Orbital ATK has opened its new Ramjet Test Facility at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia to provide a clear-air testing environment that simulates supersonic flight conditions. The company said Monday it has also completed the final validation and tests for the facility, which replicates up to Mach 4.5 in air mass flow and up to 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit […] More

  • John Bryant: Oshkosh Prepares for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Bryant: Oshkosh Prepares for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Production

    Oshkosh Defense is preparing data and models for the production of U.S. Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh, said the company started work on the deliverables while the Government Accountability Office reviews a JLTV contract […] More

  • Kevin Ramundo: Raytheon Implements Measures to Address GPS OCX Program Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Ramundo: Raytheon Implements Measures to Address GPS OCX Program Challenges

    Kevin Ramundo, a Raytheon spokesperson, has said the company took “corrective actions” following an independent review of its development work on operational control systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS satellites, Bloomberg reported Friday. Raytheon was awarded a potential $886 million contract in 2010 to build the GPS ground segment, according to the report by […] More

  • SpaceX to Launch Two Satellites in December - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX to Launch Two Satellites in December

    SpaceX will return to flight in December with two scheduled satellite launches onboard the Falcon 9 vehicle, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes SpaceX plans to send 11 Orbcomm messaging satellites to low Earth orbit in mid-December and later the SES-9 telecommunications satellite into a higher orbit. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX will test reignition for […] More