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  • McMurdo to Help UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency Update Search-and-Rescue Satellite Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McMurdo to Help UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency Update Search-and-Rescue Satellite Tech

    Orolia‘s McMurdo subsidiary has received a four-year contract from the U.K.’s maritime and coastguard agency to support upgrade work on a satellite technology designed for search-and-rescue missions. McMurdo said Thursday it will install local user terminals for MCA’s Medium-altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue satellites and update ground stations that operate on geostationary and low-Earth orbiting SAR satellites. The company […] More

  • NOAA Taps McMurdo for Search & Rescue Ground Stations; Mark Cianciolo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Taps McMurdo for Search & Rescue Ground Stations; Mark Cianciolo Comments

    McMurdo has received a potential five-year, $6.67 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide fourth generation search-and-rescue ground stations for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite program. The company said Monday it will build Low Earth Orbit/Medium Earth Orbit local user terminals to help search-and-rescue teams locate distressed individuals in expanded geographic regions such as the […] More