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  • Technavio Lists Top Five Vendors in Portable Comms Market through 2020; Moutushi Saha Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Lists Top Five Vendors in Portable Comms Market through 2020; Moutushi Saha Comments

    A new Technavio report has cited General Dynamics, Harris, L-3 Communications, Rockwell Collins and Thales as the tier-one vendors in the global man-portable communication systems market through 2020. Technavio said Monday that in-house manufacturing, fresh technologies, global footprint network, product offerings, research and development investments and robust customer base are the key factors necessary to compete […] More

  • Harris to Showcase Robotic Platform at Counter-IED Exercise in Thailand; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Showcase Robotic Platform at Counter-IED Exercise in Thailand; Ed Zoiss Comments

    A team of Harris robotics specialists will demonstrate a company-made robot at an ongoing event in Thailand that features explosive ordnance disposal and counter improvised explosive device technologies and methods. Harris said Wednesday its T7 EOD robotic platform will be showcased at this week’s Raven’s Challenge that aims to bring together multinational, multiservice teams to collaborate on realistic EOD scenarios. “Years of research and continuous […] More

  • Harris to Distribute Tait Communications Products in North America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Distribute Tait Communications Products in North America

    Harris Corp.‘s public safety and professional communications business has entered into a partnership with Tait Communications to become an exclusive distributor of the latter’s communications products in North America. The agreement will market the two companies’ public safety and professional communications product lines and combine their dealer networks across more than 250 locations in the U.S., Canada and […] More

  • Air Force Taps iGov for Humvee Mobile Comms System Delivery Order; Chuck Reiche Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps iGov for Humvee Mobile Comms System Delivery Order; Chuck Reiche Comments

    Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider iGov has received a potential five-year, $52.5 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide tactical air control party users with a mobile communications system through modifications to an armored vehicle. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the delivery order under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […] More

  • Harris Lands DARPA R&D Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Lands DARPA R&D Program Support Contract

    Harris has been awarded a potential $27 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform the first phase of a research and development program. The Defense Department said Tuesday DARPA will obligate $22.3 million in fiscal  year 2015 and fiscal 2016 R&D funds at the time of award. Ninety percent of contract-related work will occur in Palm Bay, Florida and the […] More

  • Air Force Eyes 2021 Launch for Follow-On Space Surveillance Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Eyes 2021 Launch for Follow-On Space Surveillance Mission

    The U.S. Air Force plans to launch a space surveillance mission in 2021 to monitor the geosynchronous orbital belt that houses the service branch’s satellites, Space News reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes Congress appropriated $27 million for space situational awareness systems related activities such as the Space Based Space Surveillance to be launched in 2021. AnnMarie Annicelli, an Air Force […] More

  • Harris Orders Norsat Solid-State Power Amplifiers; Dewayne Barrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Orders Norsat Solid-State Power Amplifiers; Dewayne Barrington Comments

    Norsat International has secured orders for 24 compact solid-state power amplifiers worth $3.8 million from Harris to replace the latter company’s nine large racks of legacy equipment. Norsat said Monday it will provide an array of 100W Ku-band ATOM series SSPAs for a Harris system designed to upconvert and amplify L-band composite signals. “Norsat and Harris have worked closely together over the past […] More

  • Harris Wins Contract to Deliver Radio System Assembly Parts to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Wins Contract to Deliver Radio System Assembly Parts to Army

    Harris has secured a potential $22.5 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply circuit card assembly parts of single channel ground-to-air radio systems. The Defense Department said Monday the five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the U.S. Army. Work will occur in New York through July 17, 2021. DLA awarded the contract to Harris after a competitive procurement process with […] More

  • Harris Delivers Comms, Connectivity Services to Support NASA Juno Mission on Jupiter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Delivers Comms, Connectivity Services to Support NASA Juno Mission on Jupiter

    Harris has provided communications and monitoring connectivity to support the NASA mission to insert the Lockheed Martin-built Juno spacecraft into an elliptical polar orbit around Jupiter. Harris said Tuesday a team of more than 100 employees supported operations, maintenance and engineering work for the space agency and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network. “Harris and the DSN have been […] More

  • Harris Subsidiary Wins DSO Electromagnetic Spectrum Support Services Contract From DISA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Subsidiary Wins DSO Electromagnetic Spectrum Support Services Contract From DISA

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a Harris Corporation subsidiary a potential $41 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide electromagnetic spectrum services, applied engineering support and spectrum engineering services to the Defense Spectrum Organization. Exelis will perform services within the contract — including the delivery of firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable line items — in two locations within […] More

  • Dynetics Designs New Guided Bomb With Larger Warhead for SOCOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Designs New Guided Bomb With Larger Warhead for SOCOM

    Dynetics has introduced a new guided bomb with a larger warhead that it will provide to the U.S. Special Operations Command under an $11.6 million contract awarded in early June to develop small glide munition, Flightglobal reported Tuesday. Stephen Trimble writes the nearly 60-pound guided bomb’s warhead case incorporates separate modules for the nose section, tail kit and wing […] More

  • Brocade & Harris Forge Govt, Commercial Sector Cyber Strategy Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brocade & Harris Forge Govt, Commercial Sector Cyber Strategy Alliance

    Brocade and Harris have formed a partnership that will work to help customers adopt cybersecurity strategies in efforts to protect assets. Brocade said Tuesday the team will develop new services that integrate Harris’ cybersecurity technologies and Brocade’s software-defined networking products in support of customers in the government, financial services, healthcare, energy, oil and gas, retail and service […] More