Posts from GovConDaily for 09/11/2014

Dan Clever: EAGLE II Program Allows DHS to Collaborate With Small Businesses

Sep 11, 2014 02:02 pm

Sixty-four companies hold prime positions on the small business portion of the Department of Homeland Security‘s $22 billion information technology contract vehicle, Federal Times reported Wednesday…

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: US Partnerhips Key to Fight Against Islamic State

Sep 11, 2014 01:38 pm

Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former director of Defense Intelligence Agency, believes the U.S. must build a coalition force with neighboring nations in order to address extremism in the Middle East, Defense News reported Wednesday…

Navy to Hold Technical Interchange Meetings With Industry on Aircraft Replacement Concerns

Sep 11, 2014 12:38 pm

The Department of the Navy will conduct a series of technical interchange meetings with industry ahead of a scheduled analysis of alternatives in 2015 on potential replacements for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft…

Boeing Satellite to Carry HySpecIQ’s Imaging Payload into Space; Craig Cooning Comments

Sep 11, 2014 12:18 pm

Boeing Co. will build its first commercial batch of the company’s 502 Phoenix small satellites under a contract to carry HySpecIQ‘s hyperspectral payload into space. Two Phantom Phoenix-based satellites are scheduled for launch in 2018 to perform command and control operations, image processing and imagery data storage, Boeing saidWednesday…

Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet: Navy, Esri Team to R&D Geospatial Tools for Naval Warfare

Sep 11, 2014 11:01 am

Esri and the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command have entered into a cooperative agreement to research and develop geospatial tools for analyzing battlespace environmental conditions at sea…

David Thompson: Orbital to Build Ka-band Satcom for Middle Eastern Operator

Sep 11, 2014 09:11 am

Orbital Sciences has won a contract of an undisclosed value to manufacture a lightweight broadband communications satellite for United Arab Emirates-based satcom operator Yahsat. The Al Yah satellite will be built on the Orbital GEOStar-3 infrastructure and work to provide Ka-band coverage for Yahsat customers throughout Brazil and Africa, Orbital saidWednesday…