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  • Verizon to Establish Public Safety Network Core; Michael Maiorana Comments
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    Verizon to Establish Public Safety Network Core; Michael Maiorana Comments

    Verizon Communications plans to set up and operate a private network for first responders and other public safety personnel. The proposed public safety network will run separately from Verizon’s commercial core, manage call routing, network access and other communication functions as well as provide first responders access to the company’s 4G LTE network, Verizon said […] More

  • HPE Sends Supercomputer to ISS as Part of SpaceX’s 12th Cargo Resupply Mission
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    HPE Sends Supercomputer to ISS as Part of SpaceX’s 12th Cargo Resupply Mission

    A Hewlett Packard Enterprise-built supercomputer took off aboard a SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket as part of SpaceX’s 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. The Spaceborne Computer is part of a one-year experiment that HPE will conduct with NASA to […] More

  • GovCon Execs Laud White House Memo on China’s Trade Practices; Leidos’ Roger Krone Comments
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    GovCon Execs Laud White House Memo on China’s Trade Practices; Leidos’ Roger Krone Comments

    Several government contracting industry leaders have commended President Donald Trump’s move to sign a memorandum on China’s trade practices. The White House memo would authorize the U.S. trade representative to decide whether to conduct an investigation into China’s alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property, The Hill reported Monday. “Safeguarding our intellectual property against nation-state sponsored […] More

  • Raytheon Demos AN/SPY-6 Radar in 2nd Ballistic Missile Flight Test
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    Raytheon Demos AN/SPY-6 Radar in 2nd Ballistic Missile Flight Test

    Raytheon has demonstrated an air and missile defense radar platform during the second ballistic missile flight test held at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. The Raytheon-built AN/SPY-6(V) radar searched and tracked a long-range ballistic missile test target as well as satellites and aircraft during the live test flight, the company said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose: AI, Virtual Reality, 3D Printing Could Revolutionize Satellite Production
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    Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose: AI, Virtual Reality, 3D Printing Could Revolutionize Satellite Production

    Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems segment at Lockheed Martin, has said virtual reality, 3D printing and artificial intelligence are the top three trends he believes will advance and redefine satellite production. Ambrose wrote in an Aug. 3 article published on LinkedIn that future engineers will be able to use VR tools throughout […] More

  • DISA Renews Subscription for Northrop Data Link Test System Desktop Software
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    DISA Renews Subscription for Northrop Data Link Test System Desktop Software

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential $106,010 contract to extend desktop software subscription for the Tactical Data Link Integration Exerciser platform. DISA announced the contract award through a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. TIGER is a suite of software tools based on the Defense Department’s data link test system – Multi-Link System […] More

  • SpaceX Launches 12th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission
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    SpaceX Launches 12th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off Monday aboard the Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the company’s 12th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. The spacecraft took off at 12:31 p.m. Eastern time to deliver at least 6,400 pounds of crew supplies and experiments to the ISS, NASA said […] More

  • Report: Lockheed Considers Bid for Israel’s $4.2B Logistics Center Construction Plan
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    Report: Lockheed Considers Bid for Israel’s $4.2B Logistics Center Construction Plan

    Lockheed Martin is considering a plan to bid on a potential $4.18 billion program to build three logistics centers for Israel’s defense forces, Globes reported Monday. Sources say Lockheed’s U.S. headquarters has designated a special team to oversee the selection of an Israel-based company that will lead the project. Lockheed will serve as a subcontractor […] More

  • NASA Seeks Solar Electric Propulsion Vehicle Concept Studies
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    NASA Seeks Solar Electric Propulsion Vehicle Concept Studies

    NASA has asked industry to submit concept studies on solar electric propulsion vehicle platforms designed to support future deep space exploration missions. A draft broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps says the agency seeks study proposals to support the development of concepts and approaches related to the power and propulsion element under the Next Space Technologies […] More

  • Phebe Novakovic: General Dynamics On Track to Complete Design Work on Columbia-Class Submarine
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    Phebe Novakovic: General Dynamics On Track to Complete Design Work on Columbia-Class Submarine

    General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic has said the company is on schedule to complete design and development work on the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. Novakovic said Wednesday at the Jefferies 2017 Industrials Conference in New York City the Falls Church, Virginia-based defense contractor expects to record $75 billion in revenue […] More

  • Report: Raytheon to Expand Operations, Create 60 Manufacturing Jobs in New Mexico
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    Report: Raytheon to Expand Operations, Create 60 Manufacturing Jobs in New Mexico

    Raytheon will expand its existing 103,000-square-foot facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and add 60 manufacturing jobs in the next six years, Albuquerque Business First reported Friday. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez’s office announced the company’s expansion plan that will receive $850,000 in funds from the state’s economic development agency through the Local Economic Development Act and […] More

  • Defense Firms Link Unfilled DoD Posts to Contracting Activity Slowdown; Leidos’ Roger Krone Comments
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    Defense Firms Link Unfilled DoD Posts to Contracting Activity Slowdown; Leidos’ Roger Krone Comments

    Some defense industry executives have said the Trump administration’s current process of finding leaders to fill senior-level roles at the Defense Department has resulted in uncertainty and slow pace of contract awards, Reuters reported Saturday. “The still-high number of unfilled leadership appointments and the approaching government physical year-end continue to serve as headwinds,” Leidos CEO […] More