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  • Matt Desch: Iridium Put $3B Toward 66-Satellite Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Put $3B Toward 66-Satellite Constellation

    Iridium Communications has spent $3 billion on its program to launch 66 satellites that will work to offer airline companies satellite-based air traffic surveillance services, CEO Matt Desch told The Globe and Mail for an article published Sunday. Eric Atkins writes those satellites will carry instruments to collect information such as aircraft speed and location in an effort to help airlines manage fuel usage and flight […] More

  • Harris, CPqD to Help Brazil Monitor Airspace Control Equipment; Reinaldo Rezende Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris, CPqD to Help Brazil Monitor Airspace Control Equipment; Reinaldo Rezende Comments

    Harris Corp. and information and communications technology provider CPqD have been selected to assist the Brazilian air force in monitoring Brazil’s airspace control system equipment. Network operations personnel will use the two companies’ technologies to keep track of surveillance, navigation and communications systems, as well as detect issues across the South American country’s ATC network, Harris said Monday. Under the […] More

  • Govt-Industry Team Tests UAS Sense-and-Avoid System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Govt-Industry Team Tests UAS Sense-and-Avoid System

    General Atomics, Honeywell, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration are conducting field tests on a sense-and-avoid system to support unmanned aircraft operations in the National Airspace System, Aviation Today reported Monday. Juliet VanWagenen writes that the government-industry team began the third series of flight tests this summer through the use of live and virtual environments to […] More

  • NASA, Govt & Industry Partners Test Collision Avoidance Functions on UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Govt & Industry Partners Test Collision Avoidance Functions on UAS

    NASA and its partners General Atomics, Honeywell International and the Federal Aviation Administration are conducting a series of tests under the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System program. The space agency said Tuesday the team will perform tests on several UAS at the Armstrong Flight Research Center through July. Previous tests under the first phase have […] More

  • BAE Systems to Supply Aircraft Interrogators to US Navy, Japan for $8M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Supply Aircraft Interrogators to US Navy, Japan for $8M

    BAE Systems‘ electronic systems business will provide 22 “identification friend or foe” interrogators to the U.S. Navy under an $8.5 million contract modification, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes that the company will supply its AN/UPX-41(C) digital interrogators to help surface ships and ground installations distinguish between friendly and enemy aircraft. The Navy will use 14 […] More

  • General Dynamics-Built Air Traffic Control Radios Begin Operations in Missouri Hub; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics-Built Air Traffic Control Radios Begin Operations in Missouri Hub; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has deployed its air traffic control radios in Floyd W. Jones Lebanon Airport in Missouri as part of the Federal Aviation Administration air-ground communications modernization program. The CM300/350 V2 VHF and UHF voice over Internet protocol radios are the first to go into operation at the airport, the company said Monday. Chris Marzilli, president of […] More

  • Exelis Receives IHS Jane's Air Traffic Control Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Receives IHS Jane’s Air Traffic Control Award

    Exelis has received the IHS Jane’s air traffic control award for 2015 in the enabling technology category for the company’s work on U.K.’s Heathrow cross-border arrival management program. IHS Jane presented the award to Exelis at the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization air traffic management dinner in Madrid, Spain, Exelis said Wednesday. Exelis’ winning program […] More

  • Edward Sayadian: Exelis, NASA Working on System That Tracks Drones Beyond Line of Sight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Edward Sayadian: Exelis, NASA Working on System That Tracks Drones Beyond Line of Sight

    Exelis will soon release a surveillance system that works to track drones flying at low altitudes beyond the line of sight to perform tasks such as land surveys and delivery of packages, Reuters reported Tuesday. Alwyn Scott writes that Exelis is working with NASA and other partners to develop the system, which could work around current Federal Aviation Administration […] More

  • LAX Chooses Exelis Airfield Monitoring Suite; Ted Carniol, Jeff Mort Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LAX Chooses Exelis Airfield Monitoring Suite; Ted Carniol, Jeff Mort Comment

    Exelis has been contracted to deploy its airfield monitoring and surveillance suite at the Los Angeles International Airport as part of a LAX initiative to improve safety and efficiency at the facility. The package will include the McLean, Virginia-based company’s Vehicle Movement Area Transponder, Symphony MobileVue and NextVue platforms, Exelis said Monday. VMAT provides operations, […] More

  • Exelis to Debut New Aviation Business, Integrated Services at 2015 World ATM Congress - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Debut New Aviation Business, Integrated Services at 2015 World ATM Congress

    Exelis is set to launch the company’s new global aviation services business and exhibit a suite of integrated services at the 2015 World ATM Congress from March 10 to 12 in Madrid, Spain. The new aviation business spans voice-over-Internet-protocol communication products, air traffic queue optimization service, airport and airlines operations management tools, terrestrial aircraft surveillance […] More

  • ASDReports: Comms Equipment to Dominate ATC Market in 2014-2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASDReports: Comms Equipment to Dominate ATC Market in 2014-2020

    ASDReports projects communication equipment to dominate the air traffic control equipment market between 2014 and 2020 and expects China to hold the biggest market share throughout the forecasted period. The report predicts the construction of new airports, airport upgrades, increase in passenger and freight traffic, escalating aircraft movements, technological advancements and safety requirements to drive the market […] More

  • Visiongain Report: Increased Air Travel to Drive Demand for Air Traffic Control Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain Report: Increased Air Travel to Drive Demand for Air Traffic Control Equipment

    ReportBuyer has released a Visiongain report that predicts the market for air traffic control equipment would see increased demand and encounter regulatory challenges, resulting in moderate growth for the market through 2024. The “Air Traffic Control Equipment Market Forecast 2014-2024 Report” notes that climbing demand for air travel will drive market growth as the aviation industry works to keep the […] More