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  • Orbital ATK to Build 2nd Satellite Servicing Vehicle for Intelsat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Build 2nd Satellite Servicing Vehicle for Intelsat

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract from Intelsat to produce, test and launch a second commercial in-space servicing vehicle designed to extend the life of in-orbit satellites. Orbital ATK said Thursday it will start providing satellite servicing support through the Mission Extension Vehicle 2 by mid-2020 under the contract. The Dulles, Virginia-based aerospace and defense […] More

  • Orbital ATK Subsidiary Gets Preliminary FCC Approval for In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Subsidiary Gets Preliminary FCC Approval for In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Mission

    Orbital ATK‘s Space Logistics subsidiary has obtained initial approval from the Federal Communications Commission to conduct in-orbit servicing on an Intelsat satellite, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. FCC authorized Space Logistics’ Mission Extension Vehicle-1 spacecraft to perform rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking with the Intelsat-901 satellite in a graveyard orbit, the report said. Joe Anderson, Space Logistics vice president of […] More

  • Collab9 to Deploy Unified Comms Platform for CBP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collab9 to Deploy Unified Comms Platform for CBP

    Collab9 will deploy its unified communications-as-a-service platform for the Customs and Border Protection as part of a contract awarded to collab9’s partner company Presidio. The award — issued through the EAGLE II procurement vehicle — requires Presidio to perform professional, managed and ongoing support services such as strategy, consulting, design and implementation support, collab9 said Wednesday. Collab9’s cloud-based […] More

  • SpaceX Urges FCC to Consider Future Satellite Constellation for Internet Services Expansion Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Urges FCC to Consider Future Satellite Constellation for Internet Services Expansion Program

    SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider the company’s future low-Earth orbit satellite constellation as a potential recipient of the Connect America Fund award, Space News reported Tuesday. The report said FCC proposed rules that would exclude satellite constellations from participation in the CAF program due to the low latency of such platform. […] More

  • Lockheed, EchoStar Retire Disconnected Comms Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, EchoStar Retire Disconnected Comms Satellite

    Lockheed Martin and EchoStar have retrieved the EchoStar III communications satellite in a joint operation that culminated in its deactivation and relocation to a graveyard orbit. The satellite’s retirement was executed in line with Federal Communications Commission rules in response to an incident involving the satellite in July, Lockheed said Wednesday. EchoStar unveiled in early August that […] More

  • FCC Grants DocuSign FedRAMP ATO for Cloud-Based Electronic Transaction Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCC Grants DocuSign FedRAMP ATO for Cloud-Based Electronic Transaction Service

    DocuSign has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification from Federal Communications Commission to offer a cloud-based electronic transaction service in support of the government’s digital transformation efforts. The company said Tuesday it aims to help customer agencies automate and digitize paper-based workflows that need signatures. “Federal agencies are looking for cloud computing technology to help deliver the […] More

  • OneWeb Gets FCC Clearance to Launch Satellite Constellation; Iridium’s Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OneWeb Gets FCC Clearance to Launch Satellite Constellation; Iridium’s Matt Desch Comments

    OneWeb has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to launch later this year its constellation of 720 satellites that will work to provide broadband internet services worldwide, Daily Breeze reported Saturday. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cleared OneWeb’s application on June 22. “We hope to approve many more constellations because we know that the more companies […] More

  • Northrop’s Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Comply With FCC 5G Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Comply With FCC 5G Requirements

    A Northrop Grumman business has announced several monolithic microwave integrated circuit offerings that comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s requirements for 5G frequency bands. Northrop’s microelectronics products and services business made the announcement at the 2017 International Microwave Symposium, the company said Wednesday. Some of those MMIC products include APN243, APN248 and APN228 GaN HEMT high […] More

  • Socrata Gets FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Govt Data Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Socrata Gets FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Govt Data Platform

    Socrata has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide its cloud-based Government Data Platform to public sector customers. The company said Wednesday it achieved the FedRAMP authority to operate through the sponsorship of the Federal Communications Commission. Socrata’s data platform works to provide an enterprise-ready environment to help agencies collect, manage, analyze and disseminate data internally […] More

  • Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman of FCC, Joins RapidSOS Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman of FCC, Joins RapidSOS Advisory Board

    Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is joining the RapidSOS Advisory Board.  Wheeler joins two other former FCC chairmen on the Advisory Board, which includes executives with extensive expertise across telecommunications, technology, and public safety sectors. “RapidSOS’ Emergency Platform connects users to emergency services faster and with more data – transforming the […] More

  • Hughes to Offer Satellite Internet Service Through GSA IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Offer Satellite Internet Service Through GSA IT Schedule 70

    Hughes Network Systems has secured a spot on the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle to offer its satellite-based internet service to federal, local and state government agencies. The company said Thursday the HughesNet Gen5 service works to provide users with 25 megabits per second of download speeds and 3 Mbps of upload speeds as defined […] More

  • CenturyLink to Provide Managed Security Service to FCC IT Center; Erich Sanchack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Provide Managed Security Service to FCC IT Center; Erich Sanchack Comments

    CenturyLink has received a potential five-year, $875,000 task order for the provision of managed security services to the Federal Communications Commission‘s information technology center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The company said Thursday it will provide Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services that offer connectivity to the internet and external networks as well as help customer agencies comply with the Office of Management and […] More