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  • Matt Desch: Potential Iridium NEXT Customers Eye Data Quality Preview Before Commitments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Potential Iridium NEXT Customers Eye Data Quality Preview Before Commitments

    Iridium CEO Matt Desch has said prospective customers of the company’s next-generation satellites want to see quality of data that the new constellation could provide before making commitments through contracts, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Andy Pasztor writes Desch told the publication in an interview that customers such as the Federal Aviation Administration are running a cost-benefit […] More

  • Inmarsat Approves Honeywell's Global Xpress In-Flight Connectivity Hardware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Approves Honeywell’s Global Xpress In-Flight Connectivity Hardware

    Inmarsat has cleared a hardware package Honeywell developed to help aerospace customers use in-flight internet service through Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite network. Honeywell said Tuesday its JetWave platform will work to help aircraft crew, passengers and maintenance personnel connect to the GX Aviation broadband service. Carl Esposito, vice president of marketing and product management at Honeywell’s aerospace segment, noted the company found during […] More

  • UAS Magazine: Intel Seeks Unmanned Market Expansion Through Drone Tech Development & Advisory Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UAS Magazine: Intel Seeks Unmanned Market Expansion Through Drone Tech Development & Advisory Roles

    Intel is continuing its push establish a presence in the unmanned aerial systems market through the development of obstacle avoidance technology and advisory roles of the company’s leaders in the UAS community, UAS Magazine reported Monday. Luke Geiver writes the company has integrated and tested its RealSense sensor package to measure its capacity to provide common drones with autonomous flight, […] More

  • Pentagon Grants Milestone C Approval to Boeing's KC-46A Pegasus Tanker - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon Grants Milestone C Approval to Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus Tanker

    Boeing has received Milestone C approval from Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall for the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft the company will build to support aerial refueling operations of the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force said Friday it will award Boeing a pair of contracts within 30 days to manufacture the first two KC-46A low-rate initial production batches. […] More

  • Liberty University Offers On-Campus Drone Pilot Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Liberty University Offers On-Campus Drone Pilot Training

    Liberty University’s School of Aeronautics now offers an on-campus training program for pilots of fixed-wing and multi-rotor small unmanned aircraft systems. The Federal Aviation Administration‘s regulations on the commercial use of drones work to allow the training program’s students to fly small UAS weighing less than 55 pounds on campus, the university said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Prism Joins Mitre-Led Govt-Industry Aviation Safety Information-Sharing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Prism Joins Mitre-Led Govt-Industry Aviation Safety Information-Sharing Program

    Prism has joined a Mitre-administered government-industry information-sharing program funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and will provide its Aviation Risk Management Online Resource to serve as a participating platform for aviation safety report submissions. Prism said Wednesday it will participate in the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing program that serves to facilitate safety information exchanges and provide support resources for the aviation industry. “Every […] More

  • Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments

    John Kefaliotis, formerly Exelis vice president of international strategy and business development, has been appointed as president of Airbus Group‘s air traffic management subsidiary. Airbus said Monday Kefaliotis provides more than 40 years of air traffic management experience in operational air traffic control, government services and systems contracting to support Metron Aviation‘s mission. “With air traffic doubling […] More

  • Moon Express Obtains Federal Govt Approval for Robotic Lunar Exploration Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moon Express Obtains Federal Govt Approval for Robotic Lunar Exploration Mission

    Moon Express has obtained permission from the U.S. government to launch a company-built robotic spacecraft on a mission to explore the Moon’s surface. The company submitted its 2017 lunar mission plan to the Federal Aviation Administration in April and received authorization after discussions with FAA, the White House, NASA, the State Department and other federal agencies, Moon Express said Wednesday. “The Moon Express 2017 mission approval […] More

  • Baldwin Aviation Partners With FAA, Mitre for Flight Safety Data Sharing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Baldwin Aviation Partners With FAA, Mitre for Flight Safety Data Sharing Program

    Baldwin Aviation will facilitate client information exchange through a Federal Aviation Administration-run flight safety data sharing system under an agreement with Mitre and FAA. The South Carolina-based software company said Monday the executive board of FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing program approved a protocol that allows Baldwin Aviation customers to share relevant data through the company. “Based on Baldwin’s Master MOU, our […] More

  • LifePort's Transport Litter System Receives FAA Performance Standard Approval - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LifePort’s Transport Litter System Receives FAA Performance Standard Approval

    The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Stanchion Litter System developed by a business unit of Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky as compliant with the agency’s minimum performance standard for aircraft appliances and components. Lockheed Martin said Monday the FAA Technical Standard Order approval works to support domestic and international installation of the LifePort-built system. SLS weighs less than 155 pounds, features […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Forms Govt Aviation Services Group; Jeff Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Forms Govt Aviation Services Group; Jeff Johnson Comments

    Rockwell Collins has formed a new business group that will provide connectivity and flight planning services to government aviation customers worldwide. The new government aviation services group within Rockwell Collins’ information management services unit aims to help clients schedule airborne assets on short notice and deliver field data to aircrews during operation, the company said Wednesday. The GAS organization will also offer satellite […] More

  • Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract

    Rigil has received a $54.2 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide financial, accounting and other support services for the Enterprise Services Center — a governmentwide financial shared service provider based in Oklahoma City. The consulting firm said Tuesday it will support ESC’s financial services division out of the center’s headquarters at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and help provide financial management services for up to […] More