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  • NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System to Carry Northrop-Made CERES Flight Model 6 Instrument - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System to Carry Northrop-Made CERES Flight Model 6 Instrument

    NASA has announced that a solar energy-measuring instrument from Northrop Grumman will launch aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 in November. JPSS-1 is scheduled to lift off Nov. 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 4:47 a.m. Eastern time and will carry the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System Flight Model 6, NASA said Friday. The […] More

  • Riverbed's Davis Johnson: Network Optimization Key to Cyber EO Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverbed’s Davis Johnson: Network Optimization Key to Cyber EO Compliance

    Davis Johnson, vice president of public sector at Riverbed Technology, has said he believes federal agencies should prioritize network optimization to meet deadlines under President Donald Trump’s cybersecurity executive order. Johnson wrote in an article published Friday on SIGNAL magazine that modernization of information technology networks can help increase the performance and strengthen the security of […] More

  • Inmarsat Taps Arianespace for Global Xpress-5 Satellite Launch Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Taps Arianespace for Global Xpress-5 Satellite Launch Services

    Imarsat has selected France-based company Arianespace to help launch a fifth Global Xpress communications satellite from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Arianespace said Friday it aims to send Global Express-5 satellite for Inmarsat into orbit with the  Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher platform within the second half of 2019. Thales Alenia Space will build GX-5 based on the modernized […] More

  • NRC Eyes Software License, Hosting Services Contract Award to CGI’s Federal Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NRC Eyes Software License, Hosting Services Contract Award to CGI’s Federal Business

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced its intent to award CGI’s federal business a potential five-year contract to provide software licenses for NRC’s financial system. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the sole-source contract will cover licenses for CGI Federal’s Momentum software as well as hosting, help desk support, operations and maintenance services. NRC said […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Satcom Systems Support Caribbean, Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Satcom Systems Support Caribbean, Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Operations

    Iridium Communications continues to provide satellite communications services in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico to aid hurricane recovery efforts, NASASpaceflight.com reported Saturday. Iridium CEO Matt Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told the publication that Iridium saw an increase in satcom demand in the Carribean and Puerto Rico “on a scale that we have […] More

  • Report: Defense Firms Explore Space Market Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Defense Firms Explore Space Market Opportunities

    Defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing have started to step up efforts to compete in the space segment as they see new business opportunities in the market, Space News reported Thursday. Bruce Tanner, chief financial officer at Lockheed, said at an earnings call Tuesday the company intends to spend up to […] More

  • General Atomics Invests in UAS Tech Upgrades; Chris Pehrson, Darren Moe Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Invests in UAS Tech Upgrades; Chris Pehrson, Darren Moe Comment

    General Atomics has embarked on a project to incorporate automation-based disruptive technology into the Reaper unmanned aircraft system as the company aims to increase the aircraft’s performance, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Darren Moe, senior director of automation and UX mission systems at General Atomics, told the publication the modernization effort covers flight, ground and intelligence components of […] More

  • Ameresco Builds Photovoltaic System for EPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ameresco Builds Photovoltaic System for EPA

    Ameresco has constructed a solar array system for the Environmental Protection Agency as part of an energy savings performance contract the Defense Logistics Agency‘s energy unit awarded in January. EPA said Wednesday it installed the Ameresco-built 4,788 photovoltaic panels at the agency’s Edison, New Jersey, campus. The system is designed to generate up to 1.5 megawatts of electric power […] More

  • Lockheed Secures Air Force Contract Modification for AEHF Satellite Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Air Force Contract Modification for AEHF Satellite Vehicles

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business secured a $21.1 million contract modification to fund work on the fifth and sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite vehicles for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers AEHF 6 vehicle operational resiliency efforts and Atlas 551 capability support for the two satellites. Work is scheduled to occur through June 30, […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls to Support Post Shakedown Availability for USS Ralph Johnson Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls to Support Post Shakedown Availability for USS Ralph Johnson Destroyer

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $9.9 million order for engineering, design, liaison, material procurement, program management and scheduling services to facilitate the post-shakedown availability of USS Ralph Johnson destroyer ship. Seventy-five percent of the work will occur in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and the remaining 25 percent will take place in Everett, Washington, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense to Supply Army Diesel Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Defense to Supply Army Diesel Engines

    Oshkosh Defense has secured a five-year, $15.6 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply dressed diesel engines along with containers to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday Oshkosh Defense will perform work at a company facility in Wisconsin through Oct. 26, 2022. DLA’s land and maritime unit will use the Army’s fiscal 2018 through fiscal […] More

  • Cubic Defense Segment Awarded Marine Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Defense Segment Awarded Marine Training Support Contract

    Cubic‘s global defense segment has received an $11.6 million contract to provide training systems support for U.S. Marine Corps‘ air-ground task force. The Defense Department said Thursday MTSS will utilize a computer-based simulation platform designed to train Marines in the command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance, staff training and reconnaissance areas. DoD added the program will also cover MAGTF tactical warfare training and […] More