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  • Harris-Built Imager Onboard Japanese Weather Satellite Captures First Images - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-Built Imager Onboard Japanese Weather Satellite Captures First Images

    Japan’s meteorological agency has unveiled a detailed picture of clouds taken by a Harris-developed imager technology onboard the country’s newest weather satellite over Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Harris said Monday it designed the Advanced Himawari Imager to increase the accuracy, speed and accuracy of information the Mitsubishi Electric-built Himawari-9 satellite delivers to Japanese meteorologists with the aid of the satellite’s 11 additional spectral bands […] More

  • Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth's Full Western Hemisphere - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth’s Full Western Hemisphere

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled the first image taken by a Harris-built high-resolution digital camera onboard a weather monitoring satellite. Harris said Monday its Advanced Baseline Imager took a picture of Earth’s full western hemisphere with detailed cloud and water features from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16. NASA and NOAA launched the Lockheed Martin-built GOES-16R satellite atop a […] More

  • Harris to Supply Morocco F-16 Electronic Warfare Suite; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Supply Morocco F-16 Electronic Warfare Suite; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris will produce a set of electronic warfare systems for Morocco’s F-16 fighter jets as part of a potential $91 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract the U.S. Air Force awarded in November 2016. The company said Tuesday it will equip the Moroccan air force’s F-16s with the AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite in an effort to help defend the aircraft […] More

  • RegistrarDaily: New Report Names Top Firms in Airborne Systems Surveillance Radar Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RegistrarDaily: New Report Names Top Firms in Airborne Systems Surveillance Radar Industry

    A new report has named the top manufacturers in the airborne systems surveillance radar industry based on their present and potential sales and revenue, RegistrarDaily reported Monday. The Airborne Systems Surveillance Radar market research provided information on the business, revenue segmentation and products of the companies, as well as their market growth forcast, Nehru Baral writes. Among the […] More

  • 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

  • DigitalGlobe Unveils First Public Image From WorldView-4 Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Unveils First Public Image From WorldView-4 Satellite

    DigitalGlobe has unveiled the first public image from the Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite that carries a Harris-made imaging payload. The image was taken on Nov. 26 and features the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo which will host Olympic events in 2020, DigitalGlobe said Friday. Lockheed’s commercial launch services segment provided a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to […] More

  • Rockwell Collins' Manpack Radio Tech Completes Army Qualification Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins’ Manpack Radio Tech Completes Army Qualification Test

    Rockwell Collins has completed the qualification test procedure for its military communication radio system as part of a potential $12.7 billion U.S. Army contract awarded in February. The company said Thursday it delivered 30 two-channel, software-defined AN/PRC-162 radios for the qualification tests under the Army’s Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit competition. Rockwell Collins, General Dynamics and Harris were selected to compete for the HMS contract to supply tactical radio systems, […] More

  • Aerospace Industries Association Appoints New Board of Governors Members for 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerospace Industries Association Appoints New Board of Governors Members for 2017

    The defense sector trade group Aerospace Industries Association has elected new members its executive board of governors for 2017 that includes at least 20 government contracting industry leaders. AIA said Thursday Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was chosen to serve as the association’s chairman of the board and Raytheon chief executive Thomas Kennedy was elected vice chairman. David Melcher was reappointed […] More

  • Harris Antenna Reflector Pair Deployed on Fifth Navy MUOS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Antenna Reflector Pair Deployed on Fifth Navy MUOS Satellite

    A pair of Harris-made unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors deployed Oct. 30 on board the fifth U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System satellite built by Lockheed Martin. Harris said Tuesday the antennas are the ninth and tenth reflectors the company developed for the military branch’s MUOS constellation to support new satellite functions and legacy operations. Last week, Lockheed announced it will begin to test MUOS-5 in […] More

  • SpeedCast, Airbus Ink Satcom Anchor Station Service Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpeedCast, Airbus Ink Satcom Anchor Station Service Agreement

    SpeedCast International has agreed to provide support services for the satellite communications anchor station of Airbus‘ defense and space business under a six-year, multimillion dollar agreement. The companies said Monday the deal covers maintenance, training, security and infrastructure management services for Airbus’ Skynet East anchor station that is located at SpeedCast’s Adelaide, Australia-based teleport facility. Pierre-Jean Beylier, SpeedCast CEO, said the company’s […] More

  • Harris Lands 5-Year NCI Clinical Data Mgmt Extension; Carl D’Alessandro Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Lands 5-Year NCI Clinical Data Mgmt Extension; Carl D’Alessandro Comments

    Harris has received a potential five-year, $43 million contract to continue to help the National Cancer Institute‘s cancer research center manage data under NCI’s intramural clinical trials program. The company said Monday it will perform clinical data management, quality assurance and control, clinical audit, research databases and systems update and clinical trials safety and compliance monitoring services for the institute. […] More

  • Harris to Update Air Force's Ground-Based Counter Comms System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Update Air Force’s Ground-Based Counter Comms System

    Harris has been awarded a potential $53.1 million contract to update a ground-based counter communication system for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday that Harris’ space and intelligence systems business will convert Block 10.1 systems to the Block 10.2 configuration, deliver the upgraded systems along with depot spares and conduct engineering studies. The company will perform work in Palm […] More