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December 19, 2019
Space Force to Officially Call Colorado Home ... Earmarks $322 Million
The bill also earmarks $322 million for construction at Colorado Springs bases, including a project that Lamborn says could keep U.S. Space Command here permanently.
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SDRs for Geo-Intelligence Industry to be Delivered by GomSpace
GomSpace has, over the years, built a strong product portfolio and on-orbit track record with its SDR modules and antenna modules helping customers...
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The Air Force Will Need Terminals that Work with More than GPS
That concession and the subsequent development of GPS jamming capabilities by Russia and China has changed the thinking on Galileo and ...
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Orbit Communication's Multi-Role Aviation Terminal Ordered by Inmarsat Government
Orbit’s MPT 46WGX is a 46 cm. (18-inch) modular, multi-role aviation terminal designed to be fully interoperable with military Ka-band systems...
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BAE Systems Announces New President and CEO ... He Already Has 22 Years with BAE
This role is the most recent in his 22-year tenure with BAE Systems, having previously held other senior leadership positions at the company, including president of the Electronic ...
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December 17, 2019
Northrop Grumman's Customer Plans for First Flight of OmegA™
OmegA rocket will launch up to two NationSats for Saturn Satellite Networks on certification flight for the US Air Force NSSL program in spring 2021
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December 15, 2019
U.S. Army's Envistacom $47 Million Multi-Year Task Order Worth Up to $480 Million
Envistacom will upgrade existing terminals, as well as spares, new terminals, installation, relocations and necessary interface equipment and services.
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Leidos' DISA Contract ... a Ceiling of $6.5 Billion for Global Network Management
Under the agreement, Leidos will operate, defend, and sustain the Department of Defense Information Network / Defense Information System...
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December 12, 2019
Rocket Lab Opens Their Launch Complex 2 in the U.S.
Located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 represents a new national launch capability...
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December 11, 2019
Space Fence Nearing Operational Acceptance by U.S. Air Force
Space Fence will use its flexibility, coverage, and sensitivity to detect and accurately track significantly more objects than the current-day catalog...
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ISRO Launches Spy Satellite and Nine Foreign Ride-Along Satellites
Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched their nation's latest spy satellite RISAT-2BR1 along with nine foreign satellites from ...
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December 9, 2019
Kratos Gleans a $39 Million Geolocation Global Support Services Contract
Kratos will provide continuous RF monitoring services for government leased bandwidth on commercial satellites and bandwidth on military...
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L3Harris Technologies' $50 Million Order for HF Radios from U.S. Marine Corps
... the AN/PRC-160 is the smallest, lightest and fastest wideband HF manpack that provides 10X throughput over legacy systems, and is is the only ...
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December 5, 2019
Gilat’s Wavestream More than $6 Million of Products to U.S. DoD
This venture is the first award for Gilat of a five-year base-period of potentially over $10M of deliveries to the U.S. DoD.
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December 4, 2019
Envistacom Awarded $47.8 Million SATCOM Contract from U.S. Army
Envistacom will provide installation, training, relocation, integration, and upgrades for new, legacy and existing DKETs, DKET LT (“Lite” version) and ...
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December 3, 2019
Chinese Spy Blimp Spotted by Satellite Image in Disputed South China Sea
Satellite surveillance imagery captured by an Israeli satellite firm has revealed China’s deployment of a spy blimp in an apparent effort to monitor disputed portions of the South China Sea.
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Orbion and DOD Plan to Protect Space Systems and Economy Against Threats
"The U.S. must aggressively pursue all measures that would increase its resiliency in space or risk falling far, far behind."
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Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization Payload Program Passes CDR
The CDR was the culmination of more than two months of review by the government and contractor team assessing the maturity of the payload...
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December 2, 2019
China's First Electromagnetic Satellite Bears Fruitful Results
The satellite has enabled China to obtain a global geomagnetic map and an ionospheric map with its own intellectual property rights.
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Hypersonic and Ballistic Space Senor Tracking Phase IIa Contract Assigned to Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is developing a highly capable, affordable, survivable and extensible space-based sensing solution for hypersonic and ballistic...
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