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September 29, 2012
Harris... Better BLOS Deliveries For Manpack (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received initial orders totaling $5.6 million for its newly introduced...
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NSR Reports Pause In Government/Military Projects With Burst To $9.7 Billion by 2021
[SatNews] The growth in the equipment side is driven by land-mobile units, but the UAV market will absorb the largest portion of commercial satellite capacity in the coming decade.
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Astrium Initiates European Military Pooling Scheme...So What Countries Made The Dive?
[SatNews] ...”we are very proud to be the first to provide commercial satellite communications to the European Defence Agency through such an innovative scheme.”
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September 27, 2012
Communications & Power Industries (CPI)... Amplification For Worldwide Communications (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has received initial orders totaling more than...
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September 26, 2012
TCS, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Collaborate On Critical Command, Control Communications
[SatNews] The shortage of SATCOM systems has been a perpetual complaint heard from military commanders during the wars of the past decade, as troops demanded more capacity not just for voice communications but also to share imagery and video.
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Air Force Space Command Celebrates 30 With An Interesting Twist In The Beginning
[SatNews] Throughout the 30 years of this operations center, much has been accomplished, and the origin is even more intriguing...
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September 25, 2012
Lockheed Martin... GPS III Makes It To GPF + A NEXT Milestone (Satellite)
[SatNews] The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has delivered...
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Northrop Grumman... BLOS Benies For BACN (Comms)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $20 million contract modification to add...
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U.S.A.F... Please Fence Us In... (Tech + Satellites)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force will base a Space Fence radar site on Kwajalein Island...
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Cobham’s Two New Products—Audio Controller Upgrade Do It Yourself + Digital Audio Control System Fits On Any Aircraft
[SatNew] Do it yourself is sometimes intimidating, but not so...
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Bentley Walker... Making Fast Headway In Iraq + Afghanistan (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Bentley Walker has unveiled their new Freedomsat service to...
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Satellite Industry & Pacific Militaries Collaborate Prepare For The Worst And Provide The Best
[SatNews] "Military leadership in the Pacific, combined with the satellite industry's latest communications capabilities, are poised to more effectively respond in a region where most of the world's major natural disasters occur each year."
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September 24, 2012
United Launch Alliance... More Than 50 Successful Deliveries... (Launch + Satellites)
[SatNews] United Launch Alliance (ULA) is commemorating a decade of...
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Harris Starts The Week Off With Hefty Contracts...FAA And Middle East
[SatNews] FTI securely connects more than 4,300 national and international FAA and DoD facilities,?manages over 26,000 services, and supports more than 50,000 users.
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September 23, 2012
SATCON... Heading Your Way In November... (Event)
[SatNews] SATCON has designed a comprehensive conference program for government and military professionals, covering...
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September 20, 2012
SMi... Interoperability, TacComms, And More... (Event)
[SatNews] SMi wish to invite all to attend the 6th annual Mobile Deployable Communications conference...
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MILCOM ‘12 Gathers At The Palms (Event)
[SatNews] Trusted communications...awareness to action...
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September 19, 2012
Industrial Computing... Rugged PDA Handles GPS + Galileo (Comms)
[SatNews] The new Model 37 is a Military / Industrial PDA, which is ideal for...
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Harris... Manpacks Make Their Move To Poland (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $10 million order to supply the...
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September 18, 2012
Thales Communications... Body Worn + Lightweight (Comms)
[SatNews] Thales Communications, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the...
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Harris... Signing On For Modernization Program (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $25 million order from a government in the Middle East for...
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions... Interference Negation (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that its SAT Corporation subsidiary has been awarded...
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September 17, 2012
Space Foundation... Air Force Space Command Honored (Event)
[SatNews] A crowd of almost 600 celebrated Air Force Space Command's birthday last Friday night at...
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Intelsat General... Making The Grade With CS2 (Business)
[SatNews] Intelsat General Corp. has been selected as a prime contractor under the...
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NASA Uses SDA’s Info To Keep Space Safe...No Air Bags In Space
[SatNews] Space can be a dangerous place, no traffic lights, no air bags in the event of a collision, and so to ensure safety...
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USC’s CubeSat Is Anything But Square..Big News, Small Sats (Launch)
[SatNews] “You can’t fly something in space unless it’s flown in space.”
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Boeing Listens And Presents @ AFA Air And Space Conference & Technology Exposition (Event)
[SatNews]...” conference gives us an opportunity to hear from airmen about ways to improve our products and services to meet their evolving needs,...”
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Hughes Wins GSA Award...SATCOM Safety End-to-End Communications
[SatNews]...”to enhance communication and security both within and across federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies.”?
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September 14, 2012
Harris Corporation... Seven Separate Requirements Met + Major Certification Now Received (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Certification for its...
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September 13, 2012
Boeing...Wins Stamp Of Approval For COMSATCOM Services Acquisition Program
[SatNews] This is “...another way to provide customers with exceptional satellite communication services using a variety of frequencies, including Inmarsat-5 Ka-band services...”
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SES-GS... CS2 Approval Gains Government Access To All (Satellites)
[SatNews] SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that...
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ULA’s Atlas Launches NROL-36 For National Defense..And Sends Up The Cool Cubes! (Launch)
[SatNews] Atlas Mission Control says, “It’s a lift off!”...
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September 12, 2012
Loral And MDA...DOJ’s Request x 2 Before They Seal The Deal (Company Purchase)
[SatNews] The paperwork created by the legal teams must be phenomenal before the sale of such a large company...
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Cobham Serves Up Solutions At This Air & Space Conference
[SatNews] This Company will present situational awareness, force protection, and safety and survivability solutions...
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September 7, 2012
Agilent Technologies... Speedy Signals (VSG)
[SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has debuted the world’s fastest...
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Teledyne Paradise Datacom’s X-Band PowerMAX™= Xtra Power To NATO
[SatNews] “The power-levels and efficiencies we’ve been able to achieve with this product has enabled us to address applications that, until recently, were reserved exclusively for tube-based technology.”
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September 6, 2012
Air Force Space Command... ORS-1 Is An Awarding Mission (Satellite)
[SatNews] Operationally Responsive Space-1 has become a familiar name at Schriever.
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September 5, 2012
SES Government Solutions... Memorial Services for Dr. James Scheimer
[SatNews] The passing of a member of our community/family serves to remind us of not only their talents and integrity but the humanity that has been touched through their life, and so it is with...
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DISA... The Plan's Afoot... (Report)
[SatNews] The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has released the agency’s new Strategic Plan.</b
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Lockheed Martin + Raytheon... All Is In Readiness (Satellite)
[SatNews] Raytheon Company [NYSE: RTN] and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have successfully completed...
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September 4, 2012
Intelsat General... Turnkey Coverage (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Intelsat General Corp., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat S.A., has been selected as a prime contractor...
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September 3, 2012
U.S.A.F.—L.A.F.B.—SMC... 50 Years Of Stellar Operations (Satellite)
[SatNews] The Defense Weather Systems Directorate is celebrating 50 years of the...
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Agilent Technologies... Into Deeper Analysis (SATCOM—Analyzers)
[SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced 14 FieldFox handheld analyzers that deliver...
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