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  • Raytheon-Built Navigation Payload Integrated Into FAA's GEO 5 Wide Area Augmentation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built Navigation Payload Integrated Into FAA’s GEO 5 Wide Area Augmentation System

    Raytheon has integrated a navigation payload into the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System that works to support global positioning system functions. Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 5‘s payload is designed to address GPS satellite signal ionospheric disturbances, timing issues and minor orbit adjustments, the company said Thursday. The technology is part of the Raytheon-managed GEO 5 system […] More

  • Verocel to Supply Safety Computers for FAA Air Navigation Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verocel to Supply Safety Computers for FAA Air Navigation Tool

    The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Verocel a $2.8 million contract for 50 safety computers to support an FAA air navigation tool that aims to augment the GPS system. Verocel said Tuesday it will develop, design and build certification evidence and infrastructure software for the computers. The company will partner with Curtiss-Wright and Atrenne Integrated Solutions to provide […] More

  • Army Issues Wide Area Motion Imagery Systems RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues Wide Area Motion Imagery Systems RFI

    The U.S. Army is searching for industry partners that can provide information on Wide Area Motion Imagery / Wide Area Aerial Surveillance systems and answer inquiry on basic qualifications in developing or upgrading WAMI hardware or software. A notice postedThursday on the FedBizOpps website says the Army Contracting Command will collect data on behalf of the branch’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center […] More

  • Raytheon-Built Aerial Navigation Payload Launched Into Orbit; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built Aerial Navigation Payload Launched Into Orbit; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    A GPS navigation payload Raytheon built for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System was launched aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday. Raytheon said Wednesday the WAAS GEO 5 payload is designed to support air navigation of commercial airline and general aviation pilots over a 12-year period. “Extremely accurate navigation technologies make this system a critical resource to […] More

  • Raytheon Subcontracts SES Gov't Solutions for FAA Uplink Stations; Tim Deaver Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Subcontracts SES Gov’t Solutions for FAA Uplink Stations; Tim Deaver Comments

    Raytheon has awarded SES Government Solutions a subcontract to develop two stations for the GEO Uplink Subsystem in support of the ground and space operations of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Wide Area Augmentation System. WAAS is a navigation tool that works to detect errors in position estimates through the monitoring of GPS signals across the National […] More