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  • Northrop Gets $55M Contract Modification to Support USAF's Airborne Comms Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets $55M Contract Modification to Support USAF’s Airborne Comms Platform

    Northrop Grumman‘s information systems business has secured a $55.3 million  contract modification to provide comprehensive support services for an airborne communications platform of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the modification covers aircraft subsystems,  facilities, personnel and support equipment for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node E-11A system. DoD noted that the Air Force Life Cycle […] More

  • iDirect Government Launches New Tactical Hub Offering; John Ratigan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    iDirect Government Launches New Tactical Hub Offering; John Ratigan Comments

    Satellite communications provider iDirect Government has rolled out a new tactical hub service offering for warfighters, first responders, disaster recovery personnel and field operators. iDirectGov said Monday its Series 11000 Tactical Hub is powered by the Evolution software and designed to operate with the Evolution Series remotes. The ruggedized platform also employs new defense line cards that support downstream rate of up […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Textron for F-35 Electronic Warfare Simulation Tests; Steve Mensh Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Textron for F-35 Electronic Warfare Simulation Tests; Steve Mensh Comments

    Lockheed Martin has selected Textron’s electronic systems business unit to provide threat simulation systems for electronic warfare tests on the F-35 fighter jet. Lockheed will use Textron’s Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator system to develop and confirm aircraft software requirements for the F-35, Textron said Wednesday Textron will manufacture the simulation system at the F-35 […] More

  • Avaya Deploys Unified Comms in St. Lucia; Lawrence Nervais Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya Deploys Unified Comms in St. Lucia; Lawrence Nervais Comments

    Avaya has installed the company’s unified communications and contact center applications in the networking infrastructure of St. Lucia. St. Lucia’s government implemented Avaya’s Aura unified communications and contact center applications based on an Avaya Fabric Connect network to streamline communications and manage public services, Avaya said Wednesday. As part of the contract, Avaya provides networking, […] More

  • Baltimore City Orders Comtech Equipment, IT Staffing Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Baltimore City Orders Comtech Equipment, IT Staffing Support

    Comtech Telecommunications‘ government solutions segment has received a $4.4 million order to provide new communications technology to the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The company said Tuesday its government solutions business segment will also provide information technology staffing and assistance for agencies such as the mayor’s office of IT and city police department under the contract. “Comtech has […] More

  • Intel Introduces New Drone Tech for Light Shows - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Introduces New Drone Tech for Light Shows

    Intel has unveiled a new unmanned aerial system designed to perform specifically for light shows in a push to redefine entertainment and create new experiences under the night sky. Anil Nanduri, Intel vice president and general manager of unmanned aviation systems for the Perceptual Computing Group, wrote in a blog post published Friday 500 Shooting Star […] More

  • Lockheed to Start On-Orbit Test of 5th MUOS Satellite; Mark Woempner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Start On-Orbit Test of 5th MUOS Satellite; Mark Woempner Comments

    Lockheed Martin is ready to begin pre-operational testing of the Mobile User Objective System constellation’s fifth satellite after the spacecraft reached geosynchronous orbit and deployed its solar arrays and antennas last week. Lockheed said Friday it will conduct on-orbit MOUS-5 tests before the company hands over operations to the U.S. Navy for additional evaluation and commissioning into service. The […] More

  • Comtech to Provide Swedish Military Deployable Troposcatter Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech to Provide Swedish Military Deployable Troposcatter Systems

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $2.2 million contract by Sweden’s defense material administration to provide deployable troposcatter systems to the Swedish armed forces. Comtech said Wednesday it will supply MTTS deployable troposcatter terminals that were customized to address deployable communication requirements of the Sweden’s military. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications, said the contract award demonstrates a growing […] More

  • Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Rick Lober: US Military Can Look to Industry for Commercial Satcom - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Rick Lober: US Military Can Look to Industry for Commercial Satcom

    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch and Rick Lober of Hughes Network Systems have recommended the use of commercial systems to help fulfill the government’s satellite requirements as constellations start to age, Space News Magazine reported Oct. 24. Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, told Space News military officials should consider commercial technologies for their broadband communications functions […] More

  • Harris, Teammates to Build Florida's Communications Infrastructure Under Potential $700M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris, Teammates to Build Florida’s Communications Infrastructure Under Potential $700M Contract

    Harris has secured a potential 14-year, $700 million contract to provide a communications network that will work to connect public safety and law enforcement agencies, public schools and other government organizations across the state of Florida. Harris said Monday its teammates on the MyFloridaNet-2 project are CenturyLink, FPL FiberNet, Level 3 Communications, Southern Light and Verizon. The MFN-2 project […] More

  • ICF Awarded 3-Year NIH IT Mgmt Services Task Order; Terry McKittrick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Awarded 3-Year NIH IT Mgmt Services Task Order; Terry McKittrick Comments

    ICF has secured a potential three-year, $14 million recompete task order for information technology support to National Institutes of Health‘s office of the chief information officer. ICF said Monday it will provide IT management, strategic advisory, planning and research services intended to help the NIH OCIO address technology requirements across the agency. The company will also conduct market research, studies […] More

  • Tribalco to Update Army's Video Teleconference System; Joseph Castro Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tribalco to Update Army’s Video Teleconference System; Joseph Castro Comments

    Tribalco has received a task order of an undisclosed value to engineer, furnish, install, secure and test video teleconference equipment for the U.S. Army. Bethesda, Maryland-based Tribalco said Monday it will serve as the prime contractor on the task order and perform EFIS&T activities as part of the military branch’s video teleconference endpoint modernization program. The company has provided […] More