Inmarsat and Spectra Group have partnered to develop a mobile satellite service intended to help military customers facilitate ultra and very high-frequency tactical communications. Steve Gizinski, vice president of special programs at Inmarsat’s U.S. government business unit, wrote in a blog post published Monday the L-band Tactical Satellite platform works  to provide data and voice connectivity for military users. He noted […] More

Inmarsat and Spectra Group UK have unveiled their joint L-TAC VHF offering that uses Inmarsat’s L-TAC service for satellite-connected UHF tactical radio communications and the Spectra Slingshot converter and antenna kit for access to the L-TAC network. The new service is intended to aid during emergencies as well as combat communications by providing interoperability between radio systems used by civilian, police and military forces, Inmarsat […] More

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has started to provide spectral support services that work to help government agencies build up their space situational awareness. Kratos said Thursday its spectral services group will work to deliver radio frequency signal data to help agencies and other satellite operators gather insights about the behavior of orbiting satellites including […] More

Safariland Group has produced a new lightweight ballistic shield using Honeywell‘s  Spectra Shield ballistic-resistant composite material. Honeywell said Tuesday the newest product in Safariland’s X Series line of ballistic shields is designed to weigh up to 20 percent less than traditional ballistic handheld shields, which usually weigh more than 20 pounds. The X Series shield works to integrate the […] More

Raytheon has received a potential $87.1 million contract to supply updated high definition/target location accuracy turrets to the U.S. Air Force and France. The Defense Department said Wednesday the fixed-price-incentive contract covers the production of 44 AN/DAS-4 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B turrets as well as one lot of initial spares, shop replaceable units, associated data. The […] More

Inmarsat’s government business arm concluded cross-country demonstrations of its L-band Tactical Radio service for U.S. government customers at its headquarters in Reston, Virginia, and in two other locations in Colorado and North Carolina. Inmarsat Government said Tuesday it worked with L3Harris Technologies, Collins Aerospace, Thales Defense and Security and Spectra Group to demonstrate the interoperability […] More

The GSMA Mobile World Congress, currently taking place in Barcelona, saw on Feb. 26 the launch of the AI-RAN Alliance. The group, made up of organizations from industry and academia, said Monday that it aims to promote research and innovation that would advance radio access network technology through the incorporation of artificial intelligence.

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Since his time as president of Pitney Bowes’ government solutions arm in the 2000s, Jon Love has been deeply involved in capturing technology business in the public sector. Love subsequently built on this experience with positions of increasing responsibility at General Dynamics Information Technology and Microsoft, before joining Maxar Technologies in 2020. Today, as Maxar’s […] More

Shawn Purvis, president and CEO at QinetiQ’s U.S. Group as well as a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, spoke with ExecutiveBiz about joining the company and becoming its president and CEO as well as the core values she believes in to build a strong company culture. In addition, Purvis also discussed her growth and acquisition strategies […] More

Saab will provide desert and woodland camouflage systems under a potential $66M order from the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it will manufacture the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems at its U.S. defense and security business unit’s Lillington, N.C.-based facility and expect deliveries to run from 2019 to 2020. Erik Smith, president and CEO […] More

The U.S. Navy intends to award General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business a contract to provide contractor-owned/contractor-operated unmanned air systems to support Task Force Southwest missions across the U.S. Central Command area of operations in fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2019. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the Naval Air Systems Command will ask GA-ASI to supply military […] More

Leidos has received an initial task order under a potential 87-month, $47 million contract to develop sensing technology as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Electro-Optical Combined Hyperspectral Imaging, Infrared Search and Track, and Long Range Imaging program. The EO-CHIL program aims to counter anti-access and area denial threats environments with the use of extended-range […] More