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March 28, 2018
SES Networks Signs on as Sponsor for MilSatCom Asia Pacifc 2018 and Special Rates for March 29
For early registration there is a special rate if you register online by March 29 to save S$100.
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March 27, 2018
ISS Adds-On to European Platform Bartolomeo with First High Capacity Space-to-Ground Laser Communications System
This new European capability will enhance the utilization opportunities on the European Columbus module and make Bartolomeo ...
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March 26, 2018
India's Launch of GSAT-6A This Week Will Be a Boon to Their Military
It is designated for the use of the Armed Forces and will not add any ...
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Two Channel Handheld Radio from Harris Intro'd to U.S. Army
The AN/PRC-163 Army Radio is easy to use, lightweight and rugged, and features a flexible software-defined architecture – enabling users to quickly...
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March 22, 2018
Final Tweaks of General Dynamics' and CSRA's Merger Agreement
General Dynamics commenced a cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of CSRA common stock.
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March 21, 2018
CPI Antenna Systems Division Receives Cubic Mission Solutions Contract for UAV Comms
Cubic Mission Solutions provide networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and...
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Raytheon Sees the Light at the End of the Location, Location, Location
We will support the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III launch this fall and complete the software build
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STRATCOM Commander Offers Testimony — U.S. Armed Forces Ready to Deter Adversaries...
STRATCOM’s responsibilities include strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, space operations, joint electromagnetic spectrum operations...
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Harris Selected by Asian Military to Modernize and Upgrade Communications Network
will replace existing disparate systems and integrate both military and commercial products and software into a turnkey solution.
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Next-Generation Airborne Radio Debuts from Rohde & Schwarz
The high-end R&S SDAR extends the company's successful R&S M3AR airborne radio family. Customers can achieve information superiority in...
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March 19, 2018
Lockheed Martin's $8M Modification from DoD for Advanced Extremely High Frequency, Milstar, and Defense Satellite Communications System III
This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $775,496,626.
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March 16, 2018
NRL Celebrates 60 Years of Vanguard I Satellite, Many 'Firsts' were Accomplished in 1958
Despite this unfortunate setback, the Vanguard Project had still come a long way toward solving the problems of putting a satellite into orbit.
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March 15, 2018
Curtiss-Wright Releases Their VPX3-535 3U VPX Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA 6 Gsps Transceiver
optimized for RADAR, Electronic Warfare, Signal Intelligence, Radar Warning Receivers and Software Defined Radio applications...
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Defense Health Agency Awards Cherokee Nation Technologies for On-Site Services
CNT will provide on-site scientific, professional, and technical service support, including Army satellite support, epidemiology and analysis...
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March 14, 2018
C-COM's Ka-Band Antennas Pass ... Run Rings Around JUPITER™ System that Powers HughesNet™ Gen5 Platform
Operating over the Gen5 service significantly expands C-COM’s addressable market for transportable antenna systems, and will bring very high data ...
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Air Force Awards Valuable EELV Launch Services Contracts to SpaceX and ULA
SpaceX has been awarded a $290,594,130 firm-fixed-price and United Launch Alliance (ULA) has been awarded a $351,839,510 firm-fixed-price
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March 13, 2018
General Dynamics Mission Systems Fortress LTE System has Full Interoperability with ND SATCOM's SKYWAN 5G Satellite System
The tests demonstrated full interoperability between Fortress decentralized network architecture for autonomous LTE deployables and SKYWAN satellite mesh...
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Major Orders for SlingShot Received by Spectra Group During Satellite 2018
Already popular with specialist users in the U.S., in the run up to Satellite 2018 Spectra Group has received a total of 12 separate orders with a...
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March 12, 2018
Ball Aerospace's Many Accomplishments at Satellite 2018 ... Phased Array Antennas, Optical Communications and Remote Sensing and More
Ball's new 5G Rapid Prototype Phased Array with Anokiwave, Inc. will help enable the future of 5G connectivity.
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ViaSat-2 Satellite Comms Now Available for Government, Defense and Military Ops
In early March 2018, Viasat conducted a ViaSat-2 SATCOM system demonstration — attended by representatives from the U.S. armed forces....
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March 9, 2018
GetSat Receives Multi-Million Dollar Bounty from U.S. Government for SATCOM Terminals
GetSat's micronized communications terminals are based on the company's patented fully-interlaced InterFLAT panel technology for transmitting and...
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March 8, 2018
Quintech® Electronics' Matrix Goes to the Extreme with XTREME 32 Port Matrix Switch at Satellite 2018
XTREME 32 matrix switch that has an innovative asymmetric design to offer either a 16x16 or 8x24 port fan-out configuration in a 1 RU chassis.
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Orbital ATK's Multiple Presentations Include the New Robotic Satellite Servicing Vehicle at Satellite 2018
The company will also feature small national security satellite systems such as ESPAStar™ and ESPASat™.
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XTAR's New President and CEO ... He Will Be a Champion of Their Solutions
These advantages can be a difference maker for military and government users in the challenging communications environments, and he is happy to ...
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March 6, 2018
Orbit Is First to Connect Ships Everywhere, Anytime with 2.2 Meter Multiband Maritime Satellite Communications Terminal
Multiband C-/Ka- and Ku-/Ka-band stabilized maritime satcom solution enables internet services over LEO/MEO satellites and legacy GEO satellites.
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March 5, 2018
RAF's Carbonite-2 Brings, for the First Time, Space Alive in Living 'Colour'
the Carbonite-2 offers sovereign, full-motion color video from space for the RAF for the first time.
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ArianeGroup's Tour De Force as Subsidiaries Join Together at Satellite 2018
It will be a first for the ArianeGroup at Satellite 2018 as its subsidiaries Arianespace, Pyroalliance, and Sodern, will all be present and sharing ...
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