Satellite service providers met with government procurement officials Oct. 22 to hear details about the upcoming $5 billion, 10-year Future ComSatCom Services Acquisition.
Intelsat General Corp. is seeking to jettison its reputation as a global satellite company and to make a name for itself as a total communications solutions provider.
Although there are outside vendors for virtually all disciplines in the government market – advertising and market, PR, sales, business development, bid and proposal, capture, accounting, legal, etc. – remember, not all vendors are equal.
Large and small contractors have entered the government transparency market offering commercial software, customized solutions and extras such as interactive mapping, dashboards and visualization tools.
NASA awards contracts to 126 small businesses worth $91 million for research projects in areas including technology to monitor the health of space crews and transmitters for deep space communications.
GSA and DISA are seeking input from industry for a joint acquisition program that they plan to establish to meet civilian and defense agencies' needs for satellite services.
The Homeland Security Department is advertising for a contractor that can provide a regular data feed on bioterrorism events and emerging disease outbreaks such as swine flu.
