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  • Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Invests in WorldView Satellite Life Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Invests in WorldView Satellite Life Extension

    DigitalGlobe has invested an undisclosed amount of money to increase the useful lives of the company’s two older Earth observation satellites. The goal is to extend the WorldView-1 service life by 2.5 years until the fourth quarter of 2020 and the WorldView-2 lifespan by 2 years through 2022, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. Jeffrey Tarr, DigitalGlobe CEO, […] More

  • NSR: SATCOM Tech Demand to Drive UAS Market Through 2023 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSR: SATCOM Tech Demand to Drive UAS Market Through 2023

    NSR projects global revenues of the satellite-based unmanned aerial systems market to be $3.1 billion by 2023, up from $1.3 billion last year. Growth will be driven by demand for satellite communications technology intended to support drones used in homeland security, disaster management and peacekeeping operations, NSR said Thursday. Commercial satellite operators are projected to […] More

  • Lockheed, Raytheon Assess GPS III Operational Readiness; Matthew Gilligan, Mark Stewart Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Raytheon Assess GPS III Operational Readiness; Matthew Gilligan, Mark Stewart Comment

    Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have jointly tested the command and control features of the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS III satellite during a fourth launch readiness exercise. The companies demonstrated automatic data transfer between the Lockheed-built satellite and a Raytheon-made operational control system, Raytheon said Wednesday. The evaluation also sought to demonstrate the infrastructure’s maneuver planning, […] More

  • Brendan O'Connell: Australian DoD Orders Harris-Made Radio Comm Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brendan O’Connell: Australian DoD Orders Harris-Made Radio Comm Systems

    Harris Corp. will provide its Falcon III multiband tactical radios to Australia’s military under a $38 million contract with the Australian defense department. Australia ordered an unspecified number of the company’s AN/PRC-117G and AN/PRC-152A manpack and handheld radios for voice, data and video connectivity, Harris said Monday. Brendan O’Connell, president of international business at Harris RF […] More

  • KEMP Adds Federal Smart Card Support in Load Balancer Tech Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KEMP Adds Federal Smart Card Support in Load Balancer Tech Offering

    KEMP Technologies has updated its load balancer product to offer support for smart card technology used in the federal sector. The LoadMaster application delivery controller offering can now support hardware, cloud, virtual and bare-metal systems intended to process security IDs, KEMP said Monday. According to KEMP, federal smart cards are designed to provide select civilian, […] More

  • FireEye to Help DC's CTO Update City's Cyber Platform; Tony Cole Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye to Help DC’s CTO Update City’s Cyber Platform; Tony Cole Comments

    The District of Columbia has selected FireEye to provide technology designed to protect critical systems and sensitive data against sophisticated cyber threats. FireEye said Monday it will work to help the D.C. office of the chief technology officer update the local government’s cybersecurity platform. “Advanced threat groups are targeting local government institutions because of the […] More

  • Oracle Gets FedRAMP Board OK for Cloud SaaS Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Gets FedRAMP Board OK for Cloud SaaS Platform

    Oracle has earned provisional authorization to offer software as a service to U.S. government agencies through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board gave the company’s Service Cloud platform authority to operate following an audit by a third-party assessment organization, Oracle said Monday. According to Oracle, the technology will work […] More

  • Andrew Harsch: Unisys Offers Data Analytics to Help Firms Manage Service Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrew Harsch: Unisys Offers Data Analytics to Help Firms Manage Service Delivery

    Andrew Harsch, director of product and portfolio management at Unisys, observed that organizations are shifting away from metrics toward analytics for business management. In an interview published Friday on Unisys’ website, Harsch said analytics technology can help companies turn data into action and better manage services. “Data is key to ensuring the continuity of the […] More

  • NRO Defense Payload Sent to Space on ULA-Built Rocket; Jim Sponnick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NRO Defense Payload Sent to Space on ULA-Built Rocket; Jim Sponnick Comments

    United Launch Alliance helped the National Reconnaissance Office launch a classified national defense satellite aboard an ULA-built rocket on Friday. The company’s Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 541 lifted off Friday at 7:19 p.m Pacific Time from Space Launch Complex-3 in California to deliver the NROL-35 payload into orbit, the company said Saturday. The […] More

  • Lockheed Gets USAF Approval for Extended-Range Missile Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets USAF Approval for Extended-Range Missile Production

    Lockheed Martin has received approval from the U.S. Air Force to begin full-rate production of the company’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range for the military service. The Air Force completed operational test and evaluation on the extended-range missile variant last year, Lockheed said Monday. The company was awarded a contract in December 2013 to build […] More