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  • Navy Picks Global Technical Systems to Supply RF Countermeasure Hardware Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks Global Technical Systems to Supply RF Countermeasure Hardware Components

    Global Technical Systems has secured a $7.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of as many as 12,275 hardware components to be used for the Technique Control Modulator Hydra. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division will obligate $55,498 from the U.S. Air Force‘s fiscal 2015 missile procurement and fiscal 2016 […] More

  • Herrick Technology Labs to Build Multi-Mission RF Transceiver for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Herrick Technology Labs to Build Multi-Mission RF Transceiver for Air Force

    Herrick Technology Laboratories has won a $24.8 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop poly-function transceiver software and hardware. The Defense Department said Thursday that HTL aims to deliver a software-based radio frequency transceiver that can support the Air Force’s multiple tactical missions in the  electromagnetic spectrum. The Air Force Research Laboratory will obligate $3.1 million from fiscal 2015 and […] More

  • Orbital ATK Receives Int'l Commercial Proximity Sensor Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Receives Int’l Commercial Proximity Sensor Order

    Orbital ATK has secured a $16 million contract to supply DSU-33D/B proximity sensors to an undisclosed international customer through a direct commercial sale. The company said Thursday it is scheduled to begin delivery of the fuzing systems to the customer in mid-2016. DSU-33D/Bs uses radio frequency signals to determine the height of a weapon above a target zone, Orbital ATK noted. […] More

  • Mercury Systems Receives RF, Image Processing Module Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Receives RF, Image Processing Module Orders

    Mercury Systems has received a $4 million order for radio frequency test systems from an aerospace-and-defense contractor and another $2.9 million in orders for digital signal and image processing modules from a second A&D company. The first unnamed A&D contractor will apply the radio frequency test systems to a missile defense application, Mercury Systems said Monday. The second unidentified defense contractor will also […] More

  • Cobham to Integrate RFHIC GaN Tech into New RF Products - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham to Integrate RFHIC GaN Tech into New RF Products

    Cobham will integrate the gallium nitride technology of RFHIC Corp. in South Korea into the former’s radio-frequency products as part of a new strategic partnership. The companies will jointly build GaN high-power amplifier modules set for installation in a prototype 175-kilowatt solid-state transmitter, Cobham said Wednesday. Bob McArthur, vice president for Cobham’s integrated electronic solutions business, […] More

  • Research and Markets Sets 4.05% CAGR for Global Military Radar Systems Market in 2014-2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Sets 4.05% CAGR for Global Military Radar Systems Market in 2014-2019

    A new Research and Markets report predicts the global military radar systems market will experience a 4.05 percent compound annual growth rate from 2014 to 2019. New developments in the gallium nitride technology used in solid-state power amplifiers are expected to drive the military radar systems market, Research and Markets stated. According to the report, […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Reschedules Initial NEXT Satellite Launch to April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Reschedules Initial NEXT Satellite Launch to April

    Iridium Communications has rescheduled the launch of the first pair of Iridium NEXT satellites to April to provide an additional four months to address an issue with the satellite’s communications payload, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. Stephen Clark writes Iridium CEO Matt Desch said Oct. 29 that prime contractor Thales Alenia Space found an issue inside the payload’s Ka-band […] More

  • Lockheed Awarded Contract to Complete DARPA RF Mapping Program; John Chapin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Awarded Contract to Complete DARPA RF Mapping Program; John Chapin Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received an $11.8 million contract to execute the final phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s radio frequency mapping program intended to help operators view real-time spectrum use. The RadioMap tool will work to overlay radio spectrum data on a map in order to prevent frequency conflict and schedule the use of […] More

  • DRS, Curtiss-Wright Partner to Offer Tactical RF Systems; Lynn Bamford Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS, Curtiss-Wright Partner to Offer Tactical RF Systems; Lynn Bamford Comments

    DRS Technologies and Curtiss-Wright have partnered to develop a portfolio of radio frequency and microwave subsystems designed to support the U.S. Army‘s Modular Open RF Architecture program. The alliance’s goal is to offer military customers OpenVPX-based RF and small-form-factor modules for tactical ground vehicles, Curtiss-Wright said Monday. “Today’s ground vehicles don’t have the room or […] More

  • Lockheed Opens Denver Satellite Sensing, Comms Tech Development Hub; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Opens Denver Satellite Sensing, Comms Tech Development Hub; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has opened a new center in Denver to house satellite sensing and communication technology development efforts. The radio frequency payload center is built to accommodate the development, production and testing of reconfigurable payloads and satellite systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems at Lockheed, said the new facility aims to help […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Vendors to Develop Military Wireless Data Link - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Vendors to Develop Military Wireless Data Link

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for companies to develop a military wireless data link under a $27 million project, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes the agency issued a solicitation for the second and third phases of the 100-gigabit-per-second RF backbone project intended to transmit data within a single RF and microwave […] More

  • Raytheon VP Mark Russell Named an IEEE Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon VP Mark Russell Named an IEEE Fellow

    Mark Russell, vice president of engineering, technology and mission assurance at Raytheon, has been selected to join the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellowship program. The IEEE Fellow committee recognized Russell’s work on projects to develop radio frequency and microwave technologies for national security and defense applications, Raytheon said Thursday. IEEE awards the fellow […] More