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  • Northrop to Design Hardware, Software for Air Force's Next-Gen Navigation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Design Hardware, Software for Air Force’s Next-Gen Navigation System

    Northrop Grumman has secured a $49 million contract to design hardware and software for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation integrated navigation system. The company said Tuesday it will design preliminary architecture under the technology maturation and risk reduction phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization program. EGI-M will be equipped with M-Code-capable GPS receivers to support the transmission of military signals. Dean Ebert, […] More

  • Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia's AWACS Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia’s AWACS Aircraft

    Boeing has completed an effort to optimize the radar systems of Saudi Arabia’s fleet of E-3A airborne warning and control system aircraft. The Radar System Improvement Program is intended to boost the original equipment’s radar sensitivity and widen the range for tracking targets, Boeing said Tuesday. Northrop Grumman provided the RSIP kit which is comprised of a new radar computer, […] More

  • Janus Trains Ukraine Military, Defense Personnel on Landmine Action Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Trains Ukraine Military, Defense Personnel on Landmine Action Strategies

    Janus Global Operations has trained a group of Ukrainian military and defense personnel on landmine action quality management strategies as part of a two-month project the company carried out for a nonprofit mine-clearance organization. HALO Trust collaborated with JGO to develop training curriculum that encompassed  manual and mechanical techniques for battle area clearance, explosive ordnance disposal, mine detection and humanitarian […] More

  • Cisco Unveils Cyber Threat Defense Tool for Connected Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Unveils Cyber Threat Defense Tool for Connected Devices

    Cisco has introduced a technology platform that works to protect internet of things-based devices from cyber threats through network segmentation. Cisco IoT Threat Defense is an architectural service offering designed to protect health care, power grid, manufacturing and other critical infrastructure from potential cyber attacks, the company said Tuesday. The platform uses a network segmentation […] More

  • SES Completes UV Imaging Payload Integration on Communications Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Completes UV Imaging Payload Integration on Communications Satellite

    SES has integrated a NASA instrument payload equipped with an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph onto the company’s SES-14 geostationary communications satellite. The Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk instrument’s spectrograph is designed to measure temperatures and densities in the Earth’s ionosphere and thermosphere to investigate ionospheric disruptions to navigation and communication transmissions, SES said Tuesday. SES-14 is built to provide C– […] More

  • Parsons Lands $70M Contract for MDA Facility Mgmt Advisory, Assistance Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Lands $70M Contract for MDA Facility Mgmt Advisory, Assistance Services

    Parsons has received a potential five-year, $70 million contract for advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency‘s facilities, military construction and the environmental management directorate. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Parsons’ government services unit will advise and assist MDA on construction oversight, demolition and disposal, deployment, lifecycle management, site activation, sustainment and integration efforts. Work will occur through June […] More

  • Northrop Showcases Multi-Mission Radar Platform at Army C-RAM Test Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Showcases Multi-Mission Radar Platform at Army C-RAM Test Event

    Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a multi-mission sensor technology during a U.S. Army event for counter-rocket, artillery and mortar systems at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The company said Tuesday its Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar system helped operators detect and identify unmanned aerial systems as well as obtain situational awareness data in real time during the test event. HAMMR also connected with the service branch’s […] More

  • AECOM, IBM Develop UN Scorecard for Local Govt Disaster Risk Reduction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM, IBM Develop UN Scorecard for Local Govt Disaster Risk Reduction

    IBM and AECOM have collaborated to develop a new United Nations scorecard designed to help local government agencies and cities build up resilience and reduce risks associated with natural disasters and climate change. Both companies worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the European Commission to create the UN Disaster Resilience Scorecard for the UN office […] More

  • General Dynamics to Produce Missile Fire Control System Equipment for 2 Int'l Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Produce Missile Fire Control System Equipment for 2 Int’l Clients

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $40.8 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to supply two foreign countries with missile fire control system equipment and engineering services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification combines purchases from South Korea and Japan under separate foreign military sales deals with the U.S. government. General Dynamics’ ordinance and tactical systems business will produce MK 82 director […] More

  • Former DHS Official Douglas Smith Joins ENODO Global's Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DHS Official Douglas Smith Joins ENODO Global’s Advisory Board

    Douglas Smith, a former assistant secretary for the private sector at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined advisory firm ENODO Global as a member of its board of advisers. ENODO said Tuesday Smith has coordinated private-sector partnerships with all 22 DHS divisions as part of his responsibilities at the department. He also represented DHS on the U.S. president’s travel and tourism advisory […] More

  • GSA Taps SOS International to Help Manage, Maintain Centcom Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Taps SOS International to Help Manage, Maintain Centcom Facilities

    SOS International has received a five-year, $17 million contract from the General Services Administration to help manage and maintain U.S. Central Command facilities at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The company said Monday it will provide asset management, billeting, emergency response planning, engineering services, help desk support, lodging management, long-range logistics and project […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Resell Inmarsat's Global Xpress Broadband Service to Govt Aviation Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Resell Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Broadband Service to Govt Aviation Customers

    Rockwell Collins has begun to offer Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress broadband service to the government aviation market through an expanded value added reseller arrangement. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins said Monday it currently delivers Inmarsat’s GX service and Jet ConneX in-flight connectivity offering to commercial and business aviation customers under previous VAR agreements. David Poltorak, Rockwell Collins vice president of business […] More