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    Air Force Takes in 1,400 Rockwell Collins-Built Remote GPS Receivers

    Rockwell Collins has supplied 1,400 anti-jamming and anti-spoofing GPS receivers to the U.S. Air Force‘s Special Operations Command and Air Combat Command under a follow-on order. The company said Monday its Remote Secure Receivers are designed with the Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module that works to help military personnel secure their smartphones, tablets, radios and vehicle computing systems. Rockwell Collins has built and […] More

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    Steve Gizinski: Inmarsat-Spectra Group Alliance Creates Satellite Service for Tactical Mobile Comms

    Inmarsat and Spectra Group have partnered to develop a mobile satellite service intended to help military customers facilitate ultra and very high-frequency tactical communications. Steve Gizinski, vice president of special programs at Inmarsat’s U.S. government business unit, wrote in a blog post published Monday the L-band Tactical Satellite platform works  to provide data and voice connectivity for military users. He noted […] More

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    Exelis Receives Aircraft Self-Protection Tech Support Contract From Navy

    Harris subsidiary Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $12.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services and software support equipment for multiple airborne countermeasure systems. The Defense Department said Monday Exelis will support the Navy’s AN/ALQ-165 self-protection jammers, AN/ALQ-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasures as well as the service branch’s aircraft self-protection and software modernization projects. […] More

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    QinetiQ Partners with Cobham to Support U.K. Military’s Aircrew Training, Flight Test Programs

    Cobham has secured an 18-month, $2.9 million contract from QinetiQ to support the Empire Test Pilots’ School and Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron based at a British military airfield in Wiltshire, England. The agreement calls for Cobham to deliver one Bell 412 HAR2 helicopter as well as provide aircrew training services and deploy maintenance personnel at the U.K. Ministry of […] More

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    Inmarsat Subsidiary Provides Satellite Services Support to Antarctic Island Expedition

    An Inmarsat subsidiary has delivered its Broadband Global Area Network satellite services to support non-profit organization Cordell Expeditions‘ remote island exploration in the Antarctic Ocean. Inmarsat Government said Thursday the three-week mission aimed to study Heard Island’s volcanic environment and test satellite communications in isolation and extreme Antarctic weather. BGAN worked to aid the expedition’s radio propagation analysis, […] More

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    BAE-Led Contractor Team to Compete Under UK’s Challenger 2 Tank Update

    BAE Systems will lead a team comprising General Dynamics‘ U.K. land systems and international mission systems subsidiaries, Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Moog, QinetiQ and Safran Electronics to bid under the U.K. defense ministry’s project to update the Challenger 2 main battle tank fleet. The team will pursue a contract to update the tanks to the Challenger 2 Mark 2 design to feature thermal […] More

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    MBDA Agency Solicits Applications For Funding Opportunity to Operate Procurement Center

    The Minority Business Development Agency has opened applications for a potential $2.5 million federal funding opportunity for an entity to operate an MBDA Federal Procurement Center Project. The agency said Friday the project aims to provide technical assistance and business development services to minority business enterprises to help them find and secure contracts as well as create and retain jobs. MBDA […] More

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    Ball Aerospace, World View Collaborate to Use Balloon Flight Platform for Remote Sensing

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has entered a partnership with World View to test the latter’s Stratollite above-earth balloon vehicle for remote sensing applications. The collaboration will involve a long-duration Stratollite flight to explore the possible commercial applications of remote sensing, Ball Aerospace said Thursday. Debra Facktor Lepore, Ball Aerospace vice president and general manager of strategic operations, said the partnership also looks […] More

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    Airbus-Telespazio Alliance Gets Follow-On Contract for France Maritime Surveillance Services

    A team comprising Airbus Group‘s defense and space unit and Telespazio‘s French subsidiary has secured a follow-on contract to provide satellite-based maritime surveillance services to the French navy. France’s maritime zone commanders will have access to a portal of radar and optical satellite images as well as automatic identification system data under the four-year Trimaran 2 program, Airbus said Thursday. Airbus and Telespazio […] More

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    Lockheed Conducts Initial Test Flight of T-50A Trainer Aircraft for USAF Competition

    Lockheed Martin has completed the first test flight of the T-50A configured aircraft which the company built in collaboration with Korea Aerospace Industries to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer jet program. Lockheed said Thursday T-50A is designed to meet the Advanced Pilot Training competition requirements to help pilots navigate fifth generation fighter aircraft. KAI and Lockheed built T-50A as a […] More

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    Smiths Detection Updates Trace Detector to Identify Narcotics

    Smiths Detection has updated its IONSCAN 600 portable desktop trace detector to offer narcotics identification on top of the technology’s existing explosives detection feature. The new IONSCAN 600 will work to detect narcotics such as amphetamine, cocaine, heroin, ketamine, MDA and MDMA, SDI said Thursday. SDI added the updated system is designed to provide narcotics and explosives detection either separately or simultaneously […] More

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    Blue Origin Secures Spot on NASA’s Suborbital Flight, Payload Integration Services IDIQ

    Blue Origin has received a spot on NASA‘s contract for suborbital reusable launch vehicle flight and payload integration services with a maximum combined value of $45 million. NASA said Friday Blue Origin will work to integrate payloads into its New Shepard suborbital rocket and fly the spacecraft near the boundary of space as part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program. […] More