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  • Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Names John Kefaliotis as Metron Aviation Subsidiary President; Allan McArtor Comments

    John Kefaliotis, formerly Exelis vice president of international strategy and business development, has been appointed as president of Airbus Group‘s air traffic management subsidiary. Airbus said Monday Kefaliotis provides more than 40 years of air traffic management experience in operational air traffic control, government services and systems contracting to support Metron Aviation‘s mission. “With air traffic doubling […] More

  • Moon Express Obtains Federal Govt Approval for Robotic Lunar Exploration Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moon Express Obtains Federal Govt Approval for Robotic Lunar Exploration Mission

    Moon Express has obtained permission from the U.S. government to launch a company-built robotic spacecraft on a mission to explore the Moon’s surface. The company submitted its 2017 lunar mission plan to the Federal Aviation Administration in April and received authorization after discussions with FAA, the White House, NASA, the State Department and other federal agencies, Moon Express said Wednesday. “The Moon Express 2017 mission approval […] More

  • Baldwin Aviation Partners With FAA, Mitre for Flight Safety Data Sharing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Baldwin Aviation Partners With FAA, Mitre for Flight Safety Data Sharing Program

    Baldwin Aviation will facilitate client information exchange through a Federal Aviation Administration-run flight safety data sharing system under an agreement with Mitre and FAA. The South Carolina-based software company said Monday the executive board of FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing program approved a protocol that allows Baldwin Aviation customers to share relevant data through the company. “Based on Baldwin’s Master MOU, our […] More

  • LifePort's Transport Litter System Receives FAA Performance Standard Approval - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LifePort’s Transport Litter System Receives FAA Performance Standard Approval

    The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Stanchion Litter System developed by a business unit of Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky as compliant with the agency’s minimum performance standard for aircraft appliances and components. Lockheed Martin said Monday the FAA Technical Standard Order approval works to support domestic and international installation of the LifePort-built system. SLS weighs less than 155 pounds, features […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Forms Govt Aviation Services Group; Jeff Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Forms Govt Aviation Services Group; Jeff Johnson Comments

    Rockwell Collins has formed a new business group that will provide connectivity and flight planning services to government aviation customers worldwide. The new government aviation services group within Rockwell Collins’ information management services unit aims to help clients schedule airborne assets on short notice and deliver field data to aircrews during operation, the company said Wednesday. The GAS organization will also offer satellite […] More

  • Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract

    Rigil has received a $54.2 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide financial, accounting and other support services for the Enterprise Services Center — a governmentwide financial shared service provider based in Oklahoma City. The consulting firm said Tuesday it will support ESC’s financial services division out of the center’s headquarters at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and help provide financial management services for up to […] More

  • NASA OKs Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Implementation Plan for ISS Cargo Flights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA OKs Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser Implementation Plan for ISS Cargo Flights

    NASA has approved Sierra Nevada Corp.’s full program implementation plan for the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft that is contracted for at least six cargo delivery services to and from the International Space Station between 2019 and 2024. SNC said Monday that NASA evaluated the company’s design, development, test and evaluation methods in efforts to meet technical performance and […] More

  • FAA Grants Experimental Certificate to General Atomics-built Predator C Avenger - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Grants Experimental Certificate to General Atomics-built Predator C Avenger

    General Atomics has received an experimental certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration for its Predator C Avenger remotely piloted aircraft. The FAA certificate would allow the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems-built Avenger system to operate in the U.S. National Airspace System, the company said Monday. The Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle has an electro-optical/infrared sensor, Lynx radar […] More

  • Aerospace Corp Appoints Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton as SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerospace Corp Appoints Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton as SVP

    Aerospace Corporation has appointed Edward Bolton, a retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. and previous senior vice president of Aerospace Special Studies. to succeed Rand Fisher as systems planning, engineering and quality senior vice president. Bolton has been with the Air Force for 37 years and held a number of positions within the department, including deputy assistant secretary for […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Space Resiliency Requires Public-Private Collaboration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Space Resiliency Requires Public-Private Collaboration

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has said she believes that government and commercial organizations should collaborate to build resilient space systems. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a blog post published Monday that U.S. government officials and lawmakers continue to increase their commitment to a satellite service model that seeks to increase military satellite communications and boost resiliency […] More

  • Raytheon-Built Aerial Navigation Payload Launched Into Orbit; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built Aerial Navigation Payload Launched Into Orbit; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    A GPS navigation payload Raytheon built for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System was launched aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday. Raytheon said Wednesday the WAAS GEO 5 payload is designed to support air navigation of commercial airline and general aviation pilots over a 12-year period. “Extremely accurate navigation technologies make this system a critical resource to […] More

  • General Atomics, CBP Test Anti-Collision Radar Aboard Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, CBP Test Anti-Collision Radar Aboard Unmanned Aircraft

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit and the Customs and Border Protection agency have tested a detect-and-avoid system that includes the company’s Due Regard Radar anti-collision system onboard CBP’s Guardian unmanned aircraft system. The company said Wednesday the DAA system also features a Honeywell traffic alert and collision avoidance tool and sensor tracker as it works to provide air traffic imagery for remotely piloted aircraft GA says […] More