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  • Harris Delivers Mirror for NSF's Ground-Based Astronomical Observatory - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Delivers Mirror for NSF’s Ground-Based Astronomical Observatory

    Harris has built and delivered a 3,500-pound mirror the National Science Foundation will integrate with a ground-based observatory designed to identify new solar systems and potentially hazardous asteroids. The company said Monday it shipped the secondary mirror for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and will also provide associated ground support equipment and cell assembly components for LSST. An NSF-led […] More

  • Sikorsky's Colombia-Based Black Hawk Support Facilities to Serve Other Latin American Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky’s Colombia-Based Black Hawk Support Facilities to Serve Other Latin American Clients

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has announced plans to offer depot-level maintenance and flight training services for Black Hawk customers in Latin America through facilities located in Colombia. Sikorsky intends to extend support services that Colombian armed forces and national police currently receive from the subsidiary to other clients across Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, Lockheed said Tuesday. A Melgar-based center […] More

  • AWS to Support Govt Service Modernization Efforts in Chile, Honduras - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS to Support Govt Service Modernization Efforts in Chile, Honduras

    Amazon Web Services has entered into agreements with the administrations of Chile and Honduras to support the two countries’ efforts to modernize government services. The company said Wednesday it will support Honduras and Chile’s open data initiatives and update various internal systems in a push to facilitate transparency and efficiency in citizen services. Jeff Kratz, AWS worldwide public […] More

  • Chile, Sikorsky Finalize S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter Deal; Adam Schierholz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chile, Sikorsky Finalize S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter Deal; Adam Schierholz Comments

    Chile has finalized a contract to procure six S-70i Black Hawk helicopters from Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to aid in troop transport, search-and-rescue and disaster relief missions. Sikorsky said Wednesday it aims to complete delivery of the Black Hawks to Chile’s air force in 2018 as part of the service branch’s medium-lift helicopter recapitalization program. The direct commercial sale transaction […] More

  • General Dynamics to Provide Dual-Band Earth Station Design for LATAM Satellite TV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Provide Dual-Band Earth Station Design for LATAM Satellite TV

    A subsidiary of General Dynamics will provide an Earth station antenna reflector and communications signal feed design to Chile-based satellite communications integrator Pascom to support simultaneous Ku-band and Direct Broadcast Satellite-band transmissions. General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies will supply a nine-meter antenna and six-port feed for installation and integration into the Earth station, the company said Monday. Pascom will deliver the […] More

  • Virgin Mobile Arm Adopts Razorsight Analytics Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virgin Mobile Arm Adopts Razorsight Analytics Tool

    A regional business unit of Virgin Mobile has adopted a Razorsight-built analytics platform to carry out marketing campaigns and deliver services to customers. Razorsight said Wednesday it signed a multi-year agreement with Virgin Mobile Latin America for the network operator to implement the tool for operations in Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Peter Macnee, CEO of Virgin Mobile […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Help Nat'l Lab Design Giant Telescope Lenses; Jim Oschmann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Help Nat’l Lab Design Giant Telescope Lenses; Jim Oschmann Comments

    The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has picked Ball Aerospace & Technologies to develop optical and ground mount structures for a giant telescope that will be used to observe the sky from a Chilean mountain. Ball Aerospace and partner Arizona Optical Systems will produce, integrate and test the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope‘s refractive lenses and support […] More