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  • Airbus DS Plans to Design, Build New Set of Earth Observation Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Plans to Design, Build New Set of Earth Observation Satellites

    Airbus‘ defense and space segment has unveiled plans to build and launch four optical satellites in an effort to deliver high-resolution imagery of Earth to customers in 2020 and beyond. The company said Thursday the constellation will be designed to perform intraday revisits to any point on Earth, support satellite tasking reactivity and capture millions of square kilometers of images per day. The satellites […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications to Deploy Public Safety Call Handling Service in North Dakota - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Communications to Deploy Public Safety Call Handling Service in North Dakota

    A subsidiary of Airbus‘ defense and space business will supply the VESTA 9-1-1 call handling service to 11 of 22 public safety answering points in North Dakota under a collective contract through the state’s information technology department. The company said Wednesday Airbus DS Communications will provide the VESTA 9-1-1 system as part of the PSAPs’ effort to deploy a geodiverse regional system […] More

  • Airbus Segment Adds RMG Networks' Visual Comms Service to VESTA 9-1-1 System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Segment Adds RMG Networks’ Visual Comms Service to VESTA 9-1-1 System

    A business unit within Airbus‘ defense and space business has partnered with RMG Networks to integrate the latter’s visual contact center technology with Airbus DS Communications‘ VESTA 9-1-1 public safety call handling system. RMG Networks said Monday its visual contact center is designed to provide real-time data displays on key performance indicators and other critical details to support response efficiency at contact centers. The integrated […] More

  • Airbus Unit Launches Comms System to Aid NextGen 9-1-1 Transition Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Unit Launches Comms System to Aid NextGen 9-1-1 Transition Efforts

    A business unit within Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment has unveiled a new public safety communications system that works to combine equipment, software and services in efforts to help federal agencies transition to Next Generation 9-1-1. The company said Monday Airbus DS Communications‘ VESTA NEXT portfolio offering includes IP call handling, call routing, ESInet and GIS functions as […] More

  • DISA Clears Airbus' Encryption Device for DoD Voice Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Clears Airbus’ Encryption Device for DoD Voice Networks

    An Airbus Group voice encryption technology has been added to the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s list of approved products for deployment on Defense Department-run networks. Airbus said Thursday its ECTOCRYP Black device with R1.2.3 software offers voice communications security options not previously seen in legacy Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol systems. The platform is built with a common commercial-off-the-shelf hardware architecture that operators can program to accommodate new features […] More

  • Airbus DS to Continue Personal Communications Services to UK Armed Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS to Continue Personal Communications Services to UK Armed Forces

    Airbus‘ defense and space business will continue to provide WelComE welfare communication services to the U.K. military through August 2022 under an estimated $20.3 million contract renewal from the U.K. ministry of defense. The company said Thursday the WelComE services work to supply welfare communications across various operational environments, including satellite phones, Wi-Fi services and video calling. Airbus Defense and Space […] More

  • Space News: Airbus-OneWeb JV Completes Preliminary Design Review for $3.5B Satellite Constellation Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Airbus-OneWeb JV Completes Preliminary Design Review for $3.5B Satellite Constellation Plan

    A joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb has concluded the preliminary design review for a proposed constellation of about 900 broadband satellites and aims to complete the subcontractor lineup for the estimated $3.5 billion project early next month, Space News reported Wednesday. Peter de Selding writes OneWeb Satellites partnered with Airbus‘s defense and space segment to design and build 10 pilot satellites they plan to launch […] More

  • Airbus Adds NICE Platform to Public Safety Tech Offerings; Bob Freinberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Adds NICE Platform to Public Safety Tech Offerings; Bob Freinberg Comments

    An Airbus Defense and Space company has added a NICE-made incident information management platform to that company’s emergency communications processing technology portfolio in an effort to equip public safety answering points with integrated tools. Airbus DS Communications will offer NICE’s NG9-1-1-ready products such as audio recording, text-to-911 logging, screen capture and Inform digital evidence management tools as part of the VESTA suite, NICE said Monday. […] More

  • Francois Auque: Airbus, European Space Agency Sign Earth Explorer Mission Pact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Francois Auque: Airbus, European Space Agency Sign Earth Explorer Mission Pact

    An Airbus business segment has signed an agreement with Europe’s pan-continental agency to start development work for the next Earth Explorer mission referred to as the Biomass satellite. Airbus Defence and Space will aid the project expected to launch in 2021 that works to measure forest biomass to help assess terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes, the company said Tuesday. “Collecting […] More

  • Airbus DS Communications, West Partner to Support Text-to-911 Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus DS Communications, West Partner to Support Text-to-911 Implementation

    An Airbus Defense and Space subsidiary has collaborated with communication services provider West to support the adoption of a streamlined text-to-911 system across public safety agencies. Airbus DS Communications said Tuesday the collaboration aims to bring together Airbus DS Communications’ VESTA SMS application and the West Text Control Center TXT2-9-1-1 service in efforts to establish one hub for public safety answering points to coordinate […] More

  • Airbus Picks Flatirons Solutions Software for Danish Aircraft; Geoffrey Godet Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Picks Flatirons Solutions Software for Danish Aircraft; Geoffrey Godet Comments

    Airbus has selected Flatirons Solutions to provide software for work to produce and maintain the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft for Denmark. Flatirons’ CORENA software will be incorporated into the Danish Fighter Replacement Program to fulfill the requirements for full content lifecycle management, Flatiron said Thursday. Geoffrey Godet, Flatirons CEO, said the company will extend its partnership with Airbus […] More

  • Airbus, Actia Telecom Win Satcom Terminal Production Contract From French Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus, Actia Telecom Win Satcom Terminal Production Contract From French Agency

    Airbus‘ defense and space subsidiary and Actia Telecom have landed a contract from the French defense procurement agency to install naval satcom terminals on 17 French navy vessels. The two companies will work together to equip the vessels with the Comcept broadband communication system, an all-IP network utilized by the French armed forces in 2015, Airbus said Monday. The […] More