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June 30, 2016
Interdiction Support For US Coast Guard Through Insitu's ScanEagle UAS
The Coast Guard has conducted years of operational demonstrations involving UAS, including ScanEagle.
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Personal On-The-Move SATCOM Micro-Terminal Debuts From Israel Aerospace Industries
This product provides personal bi-directional voice and data communication for lower echelon ground combatants.
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June 27, 2016
Harris SINCGARS Radio To Support Aviation Force In The Middle East
Harris will provide Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) radios.
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Israel's EROS-B Satellite Rustles Up High Res Images For Rio Olympics
Eros-B will provide security; Israeli firms will transmit live video and guide tourists to the best transport routes between competitions.
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Electronic Warfare (EW) Award By US Navy Goes To Harris Electronic Systems
The contract also includes testing and engineering services.
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June 26, 2016
More MUOS Makes Five ...ULA Launches MUOS-5 + Completes The US Navy's Five-Satellite Constellation
“I am so proud of the team for all their hard work and commitment to 100 percent mission success. It is amazing to deliver our second national security payload from the Cape in just two weeks."
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's Thrusters Provide Roll, Pitch, Yaw + Settling Burns In US Navy’s MUOS-5 Satellite Launch
Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion included an RL10C-1 upper-stage engine, five Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), six helium pressurization tanks and a dozen Centaur upper-stage thrusters used for roll, pitch, yaw and settling burns.
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June 23, 2016
Harris' $1.7 Billion Contract... Foreign Military Sales For Tactical Communication Solutions
...has received a five-year, $1.7 billion ceiling, single-award follow-on IDIQ contract from the US Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) to supply...
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June 22, 2016
Advantech Wireless Salutes The Military With Their Newest Advanced Military-Grade Satellite Modem
These modems were designed to fulfil two-way satellite gateway communication requirements in Defense Satellite Communications Systems
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Enterprise Level Classified + Secure Unclassified Mobile Comms Router + TACOMMS Solutions Debut From IAS
The CCESR is the smallest, lightest isolated Red/Black dual Cisco 5915 enterprise class router/VPN gateway available.
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Russia's Report Reveals Location Of US Military Satellites In Free Space Database
The databases would apparently help make orbit operations more secure and hazard-free, but would also contribute to shedding more light on the militarization of outer space, which Moscow has opposed for many years.
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June 19, 2016
Tracking Sixty Years of Successful Service For The Naval Research Lab's Blossom Point Facility
By July 1956, the Blossom Point station went into operation.
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June 14, 2016
Telespazio France + exactEarth's Contract Provides The Exact Satellite AIS Services That French Navy Needs
...will provide a Satellite AIS data feed of the French economic exclusion zone, which encompasses 11 million square kilometers, to Telespazio France ...
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ILS' Statement Regarding The Launch Of Intelsat 31
“A launch is always a culmination of years of hard work and dedication that begin with the design and manufacture of the satellite up to its delivery to orbit."
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MUOS-5 Completes Constellation For US Navy’s New Network
Ready to Go: Lockheed Martin-Built MUOS-5 Secure Communications Satellite Encapsulated for June 24 Launch
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June 13, 2016
DARPA Plans On More Sophisticated, Resilient + Collaborative Unmanned Air Systems
CODE-equipped UASs would perform their mission by sharing data, negotiating assignments, and synchronizing actions and communications among team members and with the commander.
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Harris' Falcon III® Tactical Radio Family Adds A New Product Family
This unit will provide modern-day warfighters with secure networked voice, data and situational awareness in a single, lightweight, easy-to-use platform.
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USAF's SMC's CAMMO Contract Goes To L-3 National Security Solutions
This is a services acquisition effort integrating and consolidating AFSCN weapon system and operating location requirements into a single contract.
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Tactical Missions Now Come In Smaller Sizes + Competition Is Heating Up
Smaller and lighter tactical drones that have evolved in Israel in recent years support such capabilities.
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June 12, 2016
ULA's Statement...Delta IV Successfully Sends Secret Satellite Skyward ...Most Powerful Rocket Rocks 'n Rolls With NROL-37
“We are so honored to deliver the NROL-37 payload to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office during today’s incredible launch.”
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June 8, 2016
NATO Naval Comms Systems Completed By Hiltron Communications
Ship to shore communication is a vital aspect of naval operation and is much easier to achieve using satellite links than traditional radio technology.
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June 6, 2016
Russian Rokot Launch Vehicle Sends Defense Satellite To Orbit
Rokot is a space launch vehicle capable of delivering light and medium payloads to orbit.
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US Air Force Space Situational Awareness Contract Awarded To Orbit Logic
Orbit Logic is teamed with the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Texas at Austin for this effort.
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June 2, 2016
On The Show Floor... Thuraya Brings Their Military Defense Products To Kazakhstan Defense Expo
Visitors to the exhibition from June 2 to 5 can engage with senior leaders from both companies, who will answer questions on a robust and high-tech defense portfolio that includes Thuraya’s IP Commander broadband terminal.
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Keysight Technologies Lets It Flow... Gen 3 Improves Data Streaming... Doubles System Bandwidth
Doubling the system bandwidth, the new products improve data streaming for capture/playback applications, such as 5G and electronic warfare.
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June 1, 2016
DARPA Seeks The Ultimate In Making Satellite House Calls A Reality
The concept of servicing satellites in space has been studied and talked about for decades... But now with government funding, the concept is moving closer to reality...
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