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  • Lockheed Unit Demos Use of Open Systems Architecture to Help Warfighters Share Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unit Demos Use of Open Systems Architecture to Help Warfighters Share Data

    A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has taken part in the U.S. Air Force‘s Northern Edge military exercise to demonstrate how open systems architecture could help warfighters gain battlespace awareness and accelerate the data-to-decision process in the battlefield. Skunk Works demonstrated the Project Hunter system in a series of six flights during the military exercise that featured open […] More

  • ViaSat Delivers Link 16 Communications Systems for Canadian Navy's Halifax-Class Frigates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat Delivers Link 16 Communications Systems for Canadian Navy’s Halifax-Class Frigates

    ViaSat has supplied an end-to-end Link 16 communications system to support Halifax-class frigates of Canada’s navy. The fleet-wide Link 16 multi-link upgrade will help the Canadian navy boost its communications capacity with U.S., NATO and other allied forces as well as prepare for and address potential at-sea threats, ViaSat said Tuesday. “The Halifax-class frigates are the […] More

  • NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions

    NASA has entered collaborative partnerships with 10 private companies in a move to further space technologies built to grow the commercial space sector and support future space agency missions. The space agency said Friday its space technology mission directorate forged the alliances via the Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity solicitation that paves the way for space act agreements between […] More

  • ViaSat to Provide Mobile Device Security Software to US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat to Provide Mobile Device Security Software to US Military

    ViaSat has received a contract of undisclosed value to supply a cybersecurity platform for U.S. military users to protect wearable computing devices against threats. The ViaSat Mobile Dynamic Defense software will work to secure iGov‘s Tactical Local Area Network Field Computing Device-Wearable platforms that are designed to provide dismounted soldiers with a suite of situational awareness and […] More

  • Hughes' Rick Lober to Join Panel Discussion on Milsatcom Ground Segment Innovations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes’ Rick Lober to Join Panel Discussion on Milsatcom Ground Segment Innovations

    Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division, will participate in a panel discussion at SMi Group‘s Global MilSatCom Conference that is scheduled to take place in London from Nov. 7 to 9. SMi Group said Tuesday the forum will center on ground segment innovations for military satellite communications and cover […] More

  • DigitalGlobe, Australia Sign Agreement for Commercial Satellite Imagery Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe, Australia Sign Agreement for Commercial Satellite Imagery Access

    DigitalGlobe has entered into a multiyear agreement with Australia’s defense department to provide the Australian government access to the company’s commercial satellite imaging constellation. The department can task and download imagery from five DigitalGlobe satellites that include WorldView-3 and WorldView-4 to a ground station under the Direct Access Program contract, the company said Tuesday. DigitalGlobe expects to generate $83 […] More

  • ViaSat to Provide Blue Force Tracker Engineering Support to DISA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat to Provide Blue Force Tracker Engineering Support to DISA

    ViaSat has received a one-year, $9.9 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide engineering services for the Blue Force Tracker-2 program. The Defense Department said Friday contract work will include out-of-warranty repairs, satellite ground stations and satellite network control center maintenance, software assurance and Tier 4 to 6 help desk support. BFT-2 is designed […] More

  • Boeing Taps ViaSat for Apache Link 16 Terminal Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps ViaSat for Apache Link 16 Terminal Production

    ViaSat has received a four-year contract to provide small tactical terminals for AH-64E Apache Guardian aircraft Boeing is producing for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales clients. ViaSat said Tuesday  it will deliver at least 534 KOR-24A Link 16 terminals to Boeing under the contract’s base period of performance. “This award, along with other customers for […] More

  • Lockheed Taps ViaSat to Provide Navy LRASM Weapon Data Links - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps ViaSat to Provide Navy LRASM Weapon Data Links

    Lockheed Martin has awarded ViaSat a contract of an undisclosed value to provide L-band data link communications technology for the integration and testing phase of the U.S. Navy‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program. ViaSat said Wednesday it will deliver Weapon Data Link L-Band units and provide software enhancement and flight test support services under the follow-on contract. LRASM is a key element of the […] More

  • ViaSat Awarded DISA In-Flight Comms Service Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat Awarded DISA In-Flight Comms Service Extension

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded ViaSat a six-month, $19.3 million contract modification for in-flight communications service to senior U.S. government leaders and their staff members. ViaSat will continue to provide Ku-band and Ka-band satellite communications coverage when government officials travel by air, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The modification exercises the first option on a previously awarded non-competitive firm-fixed price contract with […] More

  • Boeing to Integrate ViaSat Tactical Comms Terminals on Marines' AV-8B Attack Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Integrate ViaSat Tactical Comms Terminals on Marines’ AV-8B Attack Aircraft

    Boeing has awarded ViaSat a potential $20 million contract to manufacture small tactical terminals for integration onto AV-8B Harrier attack planes for the U.S. Marine Corps and international defense customers. ViaSat said Monday its KOR-24A STT units will work to help Harrier pilots communicate with other U.S. and allied airmen or ground forces via the Link 16 and Soldier Radio Waveform networks. “This order from Boeing […] More

  • CompTIA Names ViaSat's Bruce Cathell, Intelligent Design's David Beering to Space Enterprise Council Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CompTIA Names ViaSat’s Bruce Cathell, Intelligent Design’s David Beering to Space Enterprise Council Board

    Bruce Cathell, vice president of government operations at ViaSat, and David Beering, Intelligent Design principal, have joined the board of directors of the Computing Technology Industry Association‘s space enterprise council. SEC brings together professionals from the space industry, including the commercial, civil and national security sectors, in efforts to advance relevant interests to policymakers, CompTIA said Friday. David Logsdon, […] More