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  • Insitu Drone Used to Monitor Bushland Fires; Andrew Duggan, Kevin Moore Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Drone Used to Monitor Bushland Fires; Andrew Duggan, Kevin Moore Comment

    Insitu’s Australia-based subsidiary has demonstrated its unmanned aircraft system to observe bushland fires for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Insitu Pacific deployed the ScanEagle aircraft in January to report on fire movement across the Wollemi National Park bushland through the General Dynamics Mediaware-built video streaming system, Insitu Pacific said Tuesday. Kevin Moore, chief […] More

  • National Science Foundation Invests $15M in Internet Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Science Foundation Invests $15M in Internet Projects

    The National Science Foundation is pumping $15 million into three projects to develop and assess future Internet systems, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Various education institutions from across the U.S. have formed three groups to build fresh network architectures, explore alternatives and test new concepts, according to the report. NSF intends for the pilot networks to bolster […] More

  • Lockheed Obtains Approval to Export Autopilot System; Kevin Westfall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Obtains Approval to Export Autopilot System; Kevin Westfall Comments

    Lockheed Martin has obtained approval to export its autopilot system to international markets. The Kestrel autopilot and a version of Indago system are now controlled under the Export Administration Regulations, Lockheed said Wednesday. “The Kestrel 3.0 suite allows sensors to cross check each other for accuracy and fault detection,” said Kevin Westfall, director of unmanned solutions at […] More

  • Harris Rifleman Team Radio Obtains NSA Certification; George Helm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Rifleman Team Radio Obtains NSA Certification; George Helm Comments

    Harris Corp. has received authorization to deploy its team radio system for secret level voice and data communications after obtaining a National Security Agency certification. The Falcon Wideband Rifleman radio works to connect troops to tactical networks for command and control functions under the Defense Department’s Rifleman Radio program, Harris said Tuesday. George Helm, president […] More

  • Jim Bugel: AT&T Sought Public Safety App Developers to Build Comm, Situational Awareness Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Bugel: AT&T Sought Public Safety App Developers to Build Comm, Situational Awareness Tools

    AT&T held an application development contest from May 2 to May 3 for participants to build disaster preparedness apps in an effort to contribute to public safety programs. Developers formed groups and collaborated to develop 15 public safety mobile apps for the first-responder community during the hackathon at 1776 in Washington, AT&T said Friday. Jim Bugel, […] More

  • BAE Evaluates Fighter Jets in High-Speed Wind Tunnel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Evaluates Fighter Jets in High-Speed Wind Tunnel

    BAE Systems engineers are testing a scaled version of the company’s Typhoon fighter jet in a high-speed wind tunnel setting. The engineers are using a 1/12th scale model of the Typhoon Tranche 3 aircraft for the aerodynamic characteristics testing at BAE’s Warton, Lancashire-based facility, the company said Tuesday. BAE also mounted conformal fuel tanks on […] More

  • Julie Felgar: Boeing, Embraer Partner on Aviation Biofuel Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julie Felgar: Boeing, Embraer Partner on Aviation Biofuel Research

    Boeing Co. and Embraer S.A. have signed a memorandum of understanding to perform biofuel research for Brazil’s aviation industry. The companies will open and fund a research center where Boeing and Embraer will work with Brazilian universities and organizations to identify gaps in the aviation biofuel supply of the country, Boeing said Monday. Julie Felgar, […] More

  • Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems

    A new report from Neustar indicates that financial services firms have doubled their protection measures against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks compared to other industries. Thirty-two percent of financial services companies are implementing services to minimize the impact of DDoS attacks, Neustar said Monday. Jennifer Gilmore, manager of strategic offer marketing within Neustar’s financial services business, writes that site disruptions […] More

  • Exelis to Supply RF Systems for Lockheed-Built F-16; Joe Rambala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Supply RF Systems for Lockheed-Built F-16; Joe Rambala Comments

    Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics company has awarded Exelis an $8.4 million contract to build radio frequency systems for its F-16 fighter jets. Clifton, N.J.-based Exelis will work to develop Continuous Wave Illuminator subsystems for the F-16 and deliver the products in 2017, Exelis said Monday. Joe Rambala, vice president and general manager of Exelis’ integrated electronic […] More

  • Trimble Opens Feedback Mgmt Service to Gov’t Clients; Rick Gosalvez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trimble Opens Feedback Mgmt Service to Gov’t Clients; Rick Gosalvez Comments

    Trimble Inc. is planning to release its cloud-based feedback management technology to government customers in an effort to aid in government-constituent collaborations, GCN reported Thursday. Local government clients will be able to manage and respond to service requests from their constituents using the Trimble Feedback application, according to the report. The system is also designed […] More