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  • UltiSat Receives NOAA Satcom Services Contract
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    UltiSat Receives NOAA Satcom Services Contract

    Speedcast subsidiary UltiSat has booked a multiyear contract to provide communications support for the Antarctic operations of a polar-orbiting environmental satellite constellation managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. UltiSat said Thursday it intends to use teleport facilities and a global interconnect network to deliver fiber optic terrestrial connectivity to the Joint Polar Satellite […] More

  • SNC Subsidiary, TRANSCOM to Collaborate on Space Transportation Research; Tom Vice Quoted
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    SNC Subsidiary, TRANSCOM to Collaborate on Space Transportation Research; Tom Vice Quoted

    A Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary and the U.S. Transportation Command have agreed to jointly develop point-to-point approaches for military personnel and equipment delivery to locations across the globe. Sierra Space will perform emerging technology research and concept development work in support of Department of Defense force projection and non-combat operations under the cooperative R&D agreement […] More

  • BAE to Update Air Force F-15 GPS Receiver Tech
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    BAE to Update Air Force F-15 GPS Receiver Tech

    BAE Systems will equip the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 Eagle aircraft fleet with technology designed for global positioning system signal reception and jamming protection under a $13 million contract. The service intends to use BAE’s Digital GPS Anti-jam Receiver to avoid disruption of space-based positioning and navigation services when fighter jets operate in contested mission […] More

  • SciTec Books $272M USSF Mission Data Processing App Provider Contract
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    SciTec Books $272M USSF Mission Data Processing App Provider Contract

    The U.S. Space Force has awarded a contract to SciTec for mission data processing application provider to equip the service branch with missile warning support apps under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution program The company said Friday it received a $272 million deal from Space Systems Command for MDPAP following a prototype competition executed […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Marion Kennedy, SVP of Intelligence Market at LMI
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    Executive Spotlight: Marion Kennedy, SVP of Intelligence Market at LMI

    Marion Kennedy, senior vice president of Intelligence Market at LMI, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding her transition to join the company last October as well as her insights into the impact that AI and machine learning capabilities are having on the U.S. military and more during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with Marion Kennedy […] More

  • Idemia NSS Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3; Patrick Clancey Quoted
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    Idemia NSS Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3; Patrick Clancey Quoted

    Idemia’s U.S. national security solutions business unit has achieved Maturity Level 3 appraisal under ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration program following an appraisal conducted by ChangeBridge Consulting. The rating certifies that Idemia National Security Solutions’ business procedures align with the CMMI standard for enhancing capability and optimizing performance, the company said Thursday. “Achieving Maturity Level […] More

  • Northrop Ramps Up High-Temperature Material Manufacturing With Robotic 3D Printer
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    Northrop Ramps Up High-Temperature Material Manufacturing With Robotic 3D Printer

    Northrop Grumman is using a patented, robotic-based additive manufacturing technology to advance the development of high-temperature composites used in hypersonic and high-speed weapon manufacturing. The Scalable Composite Robotic Additive Manufacturing Carbon/Carbon system employs 6-axis continuous fiber reinforcement to fabricate 3D-printed composite structures before undergoing a proprietary manufacturing process, Northrop said Thursday. SCRAM works to reduce […] More

  • Navy Awards Potential $150M Sensor R&D Contract to Space Dynamics Lab
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    Navy Awards Potential $150M Sensor R&D Contract to Space Dynamics Lab

    Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has secured a potential $150 million contract to help the U.S. Navy develop advanced technologies to collect and process data from sensors. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a face value of $75 million and an initial cost-plus-fixed-fee task order, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. SDL will perform 90 percent of […] More

  • Peraton to Maintain, Enhance Navy’s Law Enforcement Information Sharing Systems
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    Peraton to Maintain, Enhance Navy’s Law Enforcement Information Sharing Systems

    Peraton will assist the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in the operation, maintenance and modernization of law enforcement information sharing systems under a five-year, $32 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers support services for the Law Enforcement Information Exchange and Department of Defense Law Enforcement Defense Data Exchange systems managed by NCIS, […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Marshall Choy, SVP of Product for SambaNova Systems
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    Executive Spotlight: Marshall Choy, SVP of Product for SambaNova Systems

    Marshall Choy, senior vice president of product for SambaNova Systems, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the values of the company that drives its success in such a competitive market and the work that U.S. service branches are doing to ensure our warfighters have the tools and capabilities they need to protect our national security interests during the latest Executive […] More

  • 3 Vendors Complete Preliminary Design Reviews Under Space Force GPS Tech Program
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    3 Vendors Complete Preliminary Design Reviews Under Space Force GPS Tech Program

    The U.S. Space Force and three companies have concluded the preliminary review design phase of a program seeking technology products that will allow military personnel to use allied satellite positioning, navigation and timing signals. BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon Technologies completed the assessment process for receiver designs over the past three months as part […] More