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  • Hughes Unveils Satellite Service for Distributed Organizations
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    Hughes Unveils Satellite Service for Distributed Organizations

    Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a high-throughput satellite service offering designed for large government or business organizations. The Hughes HTS service offers a download speed of up to 50 megabits per second, an upload capacity of 5 Mbps and a range of data usage allowances, the company said Tuesday. The service works to help enterprises provide connectivity to branch sites or […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary Refines US and Australia C-17 Maintenance Training Systems
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    Textron Subsidiary Refines US and Australia C-17 Maintenance Training Systems

    A Textron subsidiary has implemented modifications on C-17 aircraft maintenance training equipment for the U.S. and Australian air forces. TRU Simulation + Training made the C-17 MTS changes as part of a contract from L3 Technologies‘ link simulation and training business, which currently serves as the prime contractor for the C-17 Training System. John Hayward, senior vice president and general manager of TRU’s military […] More

  • SAS’ Steve Bennett: Trump Administration Should Push for Govt Data Transparency
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    SAS’ Steve Bennett: Trump Administration Should Push for Govt Data Transparency

    Steve Bennett, director of global government practice at SAS, has said the Trump administration should work to implement initiatives that seek to increase technology use within the federal government and one of those is to advance “government data transparency.” Bennett wrote in an FCW commentary published Tuesday that the current administration should promote “access to […] More

  • NASA Releases Sources Sought Notice for Mars Payload Services
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    NASA Releases Sources Sought Notice for Mars Payload Services

    NASA seeks information on potential industry sources of payload-related services to support current or future non-NASA missions to Mars. The space agency issued a sources sought notice on Feb. 27 in an effort to determine the appropriate level of competition or small business subcontracting goals for a future Mars payload services contract. NASA noted the contract will cover payload integration; provision […] More

  • US Govt Cancels Solicitation for Kuwait Security Support Recompete Contract; Vectrus’ Chuck Prow Comments
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    US Govt Cancels Solicitation for Kuwait Security Support Recompete Contract; Vectrus’ Chuck Prow Comments

    Vectrus has disclosed that the U.S. government has called off the solicitation for a security and base operations services recompete contract in support of U.S. Army facilities in Kuwait due to changes in mission requirements. The company is the current contractor on the Kuwait Base Operations and Security Support Services contract that is set to expire […] More

  • Cubic’s Global Defense Business to Support Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center
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    Cubic’s Global Defense Business to Support Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center

    Cubic‘s global defense business unit has received a $41.6 million contract to provide mission support services to the U.S. Army‘s training hub for light infantry and special operations units. The Defense Department said Tuesday work will occur at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana, through Oct. 23, 2017. The Army Contracting Command will obligate $36.4 million […] More

  • DoD Tests Info Assurance Capacity of Unify’s Enterprise Comm Platform
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    DoD Tests Info Assurance Capacity of Unify’s Enterprise Comm Platform

    The Defense Department‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command has tested the interoperability and information assurance capacity of Unify‘s carrier-grade enterprise communication system. Unify said Tuesday its OpenScape Voice platform is designed to comply with DoD’s Assured Services Session Initiation Protocol and cybersecurity requirements. The Defense Information Systems Agency recommended that DoD include the OpenScape Voice offering on the department’s approved […] More

  • FLIR to Supply CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance Kits to Army Under $54M Delivery Order
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    FLIR to Supply CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance Kits to Army Under $54M Delivery Order

    The Defense Department has awarded FLIR Systems a potential $54.2 million delivery order to supply 50 sets of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear dismounted reconnaissance toolkits to the U.S. Army. The order is part of DoD’s five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that seeks to support the DR-SKO program of record of the joint program executive office for […] More

  • Air Force Orders Rheinmetall Ammo for F-35 Fleet
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    Air Force Orders Rheinmetall Ammo for F-35 Fleet

    Rheinmetall has received a $6.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce four lots of ammunition for the service branch’s fleet of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft. The company said Monday it will begin to deliver Frangible Armor Piercing rounds to the Air Force in December 2017. Rheinmetall will manufacture the ammunition at a company facility in Switzerland and […] More

  • Harris to Supply VoIP Comm Tech for Taiwan’s Military Air Defense System
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    Harris to Supply VoIP Comm Tech for Taiwan’s Military Air Defense System

    Harris has been chosen to provide a next-generation voice over internet protocol communication system for Taiwan’s air defense service. The company said Tuesday its IP-based Voice Communication System for the 21st Century offering will help modernize the air defense system in Taiwan and reduce the country’s reliance on traditional point-to-point communications platforms. Harris will install VCS21 systems across multiple facilities across Taiwan, including an initial 140 controller […] More

  • Tripwire Survey: 80% of Security Pros More Concerned With Cybersecurity This Year
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    Tripwire Survey: 80% of Security Pros More Concerned With Cybersecurity This Year

    A new Tripwire survey says 80 percent of security professionals have expressed more concern on cybersecurity in 2017 than in the previous year. Tripwire said Monday it polled at least 200 security professionals at the RSA Conference 2017 and found that only 17 percent are confident in the U.S. government’s capacity to safeguard itself from potential cyber attacks. […] More

  • Inmarsat Lands MSUA Govt Mobility Satcom Award for L-Band Service; Steve Gizinski Comments
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    Inmarsat Lands MSUA Govt Mobility Satcom Award for L-Band Service; Steve Gizinski Comments

    Inmarsat has received a Mobility Satellite Innovation Award from the Mobile Satellite Users Association for the company’s L-band service meant to support airborne, maritime and expeditionary missions. MSUA presented the 2017 Top Government Mobility Satcom Innovation award to Inmarsat in recognition of its Wideband Streaming L-band service at the Satellite Conference held in Washington, the company said Tuesday. Steve Gizinski, vice president of special programs at Inmarsat’s […] More