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  • Steve Gizinski: Inmarsat Develops L-band Offering for In-Flight Connectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Gizinski: Inmarsat Develops L-band Offering for In-Flight Connectivity

    Inmarsat has entered testing stages for a new modem that will work to provide L-band connectivity in-flight. Steve Gizinski, vice president of special programs at Inmarsat’s government business unit, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the company expects to demonstrate the WiSL Aero Modem at an operational level “soon.” The modem is designed to […] More

  • Coast Guard Seeks Small UAS for Legend-Class Cutters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Seeks Small UAS for Legend-Class Cutters

    The U.S. Coast Guard plans to acquire small unmanned aircraft systems that can provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for the Legend-class national security cutters, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. USCG issued a draft request for proposals for small UAS in March and the service branch plans to release a full RFP later this year. A potential fiscal year […] More

  • Textron's AAI Subsidiary to Extend UAS ISR Services for USSOCOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s AAI Subsidiary to Extend UAS ISR Services for USSOCOM

    Textron‘s AAI Corp. subsidiary will perform mid-endurance unmanned aircraft system intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the U.S. Special Operations Command under a $30 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Monday the award extends the contract period by up to 12 months and increases the contract value to a maximum of $105 million. AAI will extend […] More

  • Orbital ATK Tests Hostile-Fire Indication Tech on Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Tests Hostile-Fire Indication Tech on Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft

    Orbital ATK has installed and tested an acoustic hostile-fire indication system on a fixed-wing aircraft that was configured to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. ShotFinder was integrated onto a Cessna-built Grand Caravan aircraft to collect data in various operating missions as part of the test, Orbital ATK said Wednesday. Orbital ATK developed the warning system with Scientific Applications and Research […] More

  • Lockheed Intros C-130J Variant Designed for Int'l SOF Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Intros C-130J Variant Designed for Int’l SOF Missions

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new variant of the C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft designed to meet international military special operations requirements. The company said Tuesday it built the C-130J SOF platform to help address demands related to the execution of international special operations forces missions. Orlando Carvalho, executive vice president of Lockheed’s aeronautics […] More

  • Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Adds Sierra Nevada to Skunk Works JSTARS Recap Team

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has joined a Lockheed Martin-led industry team that is working on the U.S. Air Force‘s recapitalization effort for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. Lockheed’s aeronautics business said Tuesday SNC will be part of the Skunk Works JSTARS Recap team and modify the Global 6000 business jet built by teammate Bombardier in efforts to achieve Air […] More

  • L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for 'Longsword' Digital Avionics, Cockpit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for ‘Longsword’ Digital Avionics, Cockpit

    The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a supplemental type certificate to L3 Technologies‘ modified digital avionics and cockpit for the AT-802L Longsword aircraft. The certification allows L3 to equip the missionized aircraft with a cockpit that consists of a Garmin G600 glass panel system, air data computer, attitude/heading reference system, digital intercommunication system, dual-screen displays and the Electronic Standby Instrument System, said Thursday. […] More

  • DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a pair of contracts to begin development work on a radio frequency technology platform that seeks to help unmanned aircraft systems carry out multiple missions and adapt to changing combat scenarios. DARPA awarded the contracts worth $5.4 million combined as part of the agency’s CONverged Collaborative […] More

  • CTC Lands Spot on $249M Army Research Lab ISR R&D Support Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Lands Spot on $249M Army Research Lab ISR R&D Support Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a spot on a potential five-year, $248.6 million contract to provide the U.S. Army Research Laboratory with research and development support services related to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology platforms. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers design, analysis and demonstration of ISR technologies and concepts designed to help identify and locate terrorist […] More

  • CSRA Lands $61M Air Force ISR Mission Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Lands $61M Air Force ISR Mission Support Contract

    CSRA has secured a potential five-year, $61 million contract to support a global intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance mission of the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it will work to integrate systems, support budget and resources and offer operational scheduling services and technologies to the Air Force’s Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR and the Air Combat Command’s Directorate of […] More

  • Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Washington Submarine; Matt Needy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Washington Submarine; Matt Needy Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the USS Washington submarine to the U.S. Navy after the underwater vehicle  completed a round of Board of Inspection and Survey sea trials. The company said Friday that USS Washington, dubbed SSN 787, received the highest score among all new construction Virginia-class submarines under the Figure of Merit scoring system. “The score is a reflection […] More

  • Northrop to Help Sustain Navy's Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator Under $65M Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Sustain Navy’s Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator Under $65M Contract Option

    Northrop Grumman has received a $64.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to help operate and maintain the service branch’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop will also provide sustainment engineering and logistics services for RQ-4 Global Hawk peculiar items, support equipment and technical publications under the BAMS-D program. The company […] More