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  • BlueLine Grid’s Mobile Messaging System Draws Investment from In-Q-Tel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlueLine Grid’s Mobile Messaging System Draws Investment from In-Q-Tel

    In-Q-Tel has made an investment into BlueLine Grid to help the mobile communications company further develop its mobile messaging system and address the interoperability challenges that face the U.S. intelligence sector. BlueLine Grid’s mobile platform works to allow government agencies and corporate clients to securely share messages, voice and data using an identity verification service, IQT said Thursday. Jack Weiss, BlueLine […] More

  • WidePoint Subsidiary Gets DHS Task Orders for Managed Mobility Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Subsidiary Gets DHS Task Orders for Managed Mobility Services

    A WidePoint subsidiary has received a $17 million task order renewal from the Department of Homeland Security and a new $700,000 task order from the department’s Office of Biometric Identity Management for managed mobility services. Steve Komar, WidePoint CEO and chairman, said Thursday the iSYS subsidiary will provide identity management and mobile communications support for DHS agencies under the Cellular Wireless Managed Services […] More

  • BlackBerry Subsidiary, IBM, Samsung Develop Tablet for Gov't and Enterprise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Subsidiary, IBM, Samsung Develop Tablet for Gov’t and Enterprise

    BlackBerry‘s Secusmart subsidiary has worked with IBM and Samsung to develop a tablet that supports SecuSUITE for BlackBerry 10 to enable secure mobile communications for government and enterprise users. BlackBerry said Saturday the SecuTABLET is based on Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and is awaiting security certification for classified data from the German Federal Office for Information Security. “Working alongside […] More

  • Northrop Unwraps New Secure Communications System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Unwraps New Secure Communications System

    Northrop Grumman has added to its SCS family of communications products with the launch of a new lightweight version that the contractor indicated is 30 times smaller than previous models. The SCS-400 system, which debuted at a military information systems event in Canberra this week, allows secure voice communications for up to 150 users per unit using […] More

  • Inmarsat Unveils Military Satcom Service Offerings; Peter Hadinger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Unveils Military Satcom Service Offerings; Peter Hadinger Comments

    Inmarsat has started offering wideband communications services to U.S. military customers through the company’s mobile satellite networks. The Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress satcom coverage has been expanded to deliver Ka-band connectivity for aeronautical and ground missions across the Indian Ocean, the company said Monday. GX employs fixed and steerable beam technology that is built to complement […] More

  • Megan Anderson: In-Q-Tel Backs Newlans' Mobile RF Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Megan Anderson: In-Q-Tel Backs Newlans’ Mobile RF Tech Development

    In-Q-Tel has invested an undisclosed amount in technology startup Newlans to help the latter company further develop radio frequency modules for wireless communication devices. “The Newlans approach represents a step forward in analog signal processing technology,” Megan Anderson, vice president of IQT’s field deployable technologies practice, said Thursday. Anderson added the company sees Newlans-designed tunable […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium to Use Radisys Servers for NEXT Satcom Ground Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium to Use Radisys Servers for NEXT Satcom Ground Network

    Iridium Communications has selected a Radisys telecommunication-grade appliance to manage ground system applications for Iridium’s NEXT satellite constellation. Radisys’ T-Series virtualized platform will work to help Iridium run multiple operational support apps on the satellite operator’s ground infrastructure, Radisys said Wednesday. The system is built with an advanced telecommunications computing architecture, silicon technology and open-source […] More

  • L-3 Tech Built to Give Field Soldiers Internet Connectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Tech Built to Give Field Soldiers Internet Connectivity

    L-3 Communications is working to extend mobile communications to frontline soldiers under a $15.5 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Sunday. John Keller writes the U.S. Army and Marine Corps warfighters will connect to a millimeter-wave communications backbone under the DARPA Mobile Hotspots program. The company will work to […] More

  • Ronald Spithout: Inmarsat Adds IEC Telecom As Global Satcom Offering Reseller - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ronald Spithout: Inmarsat Adds IEC Telecom As Global Satcom Offering Reseller

    IEC Telecom Group will serve as a value-added reseller of Inmarsat‘s broadband satellite communications service in the media, energy and non-governmental markets. IEC Telecom will market the Inmarsat Global Xpress offering to customers in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Inmarsat said Tuesday. Ronald Spithout, Inmarsat Enterprise president, said IEC Telecom offers a […] More

  • Rob Smith: Lockheed Updates Military Communications Platform's Data Processing Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Smith: Lockheed Updates Military Communications Platform’s Data Processing Tool

    Lockheed Martin has updated the processor of its mobile communications platform offering that works to help military users transmit data across multiple networks. The new version of Lockheed’s Whetstone system is built to help soldiers download, process and send terabytes of information when operating in a remote location, Lockheed said Wednesday. Rob Smith, Lockheed IS&GS […] More