October 2019 Edition - Innovation2, MILSATCOM and more...
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September 30, 2019
National Geospatial Agency Inducts Four into the GEOINT Hall of Fame
NGA Director Vice Admiral Robert Sharp said that the four individuals being inducting into the GEOINT Hall of Fame this year have individually...   Full Story


September 27, 2019
Ceremony to be Held Recognizing Combined Force Space Component Command at Vandenberg AFB
space capabilities are space situational awareness, space electronic warfare, satellite communications, missile warning, nuclear detonation detection,   Full Story


September 26, 2019
The First to Sign ... Cal Poly Signs SSA Agreement with USSTRATCOM 
“This first-of-its-kind partnership will allow current and future Cal Poly students to gain hands-on experience working with our four CubeSats currently on orbit    Full Story

Satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense Successfully Launched
The satellite is the second "Tundra" spacecraft of the new early-warning system, known as EKS. The system is expected to include satellites in...   Full Story

GRC Debuts Their GRM 950 Rugged, Outdoor iDirect950mp Satellite Modem
In line with this innovation, satellite modems have progressed at rapid rate too, with leading developers like iDirect creating their most powerful range...   Full Story

Innovative Solutions in Space Receives Smallsat EO Contract from the Royal Thai Air Force
This will be the second Earth Observation (EO) satellite of the Royal Thai Air Force, with the objective to further strengthen their independent space...   Full Story


September 25, 2019
Britain Needs a 'Space Force' to Stop Enemy Forces Destroying Its Satellites, Industry Leaders Warn
'We have to be able to defend ourselves in space, if we know there are non-state and state actors who may be inclined to disrupt in the future the  ...   Full Story

'Shields Up': Defence Department Looks for New Ways to Protect Canada's Satellites, with a Nod to Star Trek
China conducted a military test ...to destroy one of its satellites. The warhead obliterated the spacecraft, creating an estimated 300,000 pieces of debris.   Full Story

KVH Industries Receives Military Customer Orders for their FOG-Based TACNAV® Systems
KVH’s FOG-based TACNAV® military vehicle navigation systems provide unjammable precision navigation, heading, and pointing data for vehicle...   Full Story

"Amazing Accomplishment" as 4th Space Operations Squadron Gains Enhanced Polar System
“We didn’t just throw a satellite up there and it was good to go. We had to put [the satellite] in space, see if it integrated with our systems and ensure we ...   Full Story


September 24, 2019
Thales Alenia Space, UK's New CEO ... He Comes from Inmarsat
25+ years’ experience of multi-disciplinary and international management skills, selling solutions to government and defense customers worldwide   Full Story


September 23, 2019
Intelsat's Webcast ... Keeping Ground Forces Connected with Reliable High-Speed Broadband Communications
It’s crucial for today’s defense and humanitarian agencies to be able to deploy ground forces quickly and stay connected to them wherever they are.   Full Story


September 22, 2019
A Conversation With ... Krystal Dredge, Director of Marketing, AvL Technologies
instead of thinking of a focus in terms of the small satellites themselves, they think about the industry's needs in terms of orbits.    Full Story

New Contracts Assigned — The Aerospace Corporation  — Iridium Government Services
New contracts assigned to the Aerospace Corporation and to Iridium Government Services...   Full Story


September 19, 2019
USAF Selects Ball Aerospace and Microsoft for LEO Constellation Cloud Processing Demo
The demonstration will show how simultaneous, worldwide data streams from large, distributed constellations of smallsats can be processed quickly...   Full Story

DISA Celebrates U.S. Air Force’s 72nd Birthday
The event, themed “Frontiers of Blue, This is 72,” featured guest speaker, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Jack Shanahan, director of Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)...   Full Story


September 18, 2019
Kleos Space's Contract from U.S.A.F.... Will Participate in Vehicle Directorates Catalyst Space Accelerator Program
The program is unique in connecting participants with customers and providing ‘sherpas’ to steermilitary and commercial engagement.   Full Story

U.S. Air Force Space Command's $738.5 Million Unlimited Satellite Service Contract with Iridium 
Iridium will continue to deliver access to global secure and unsecure voice, broadcast, netted or Distributed Tactical Communications System (DTCS)...   Full Story

Environmental Testing Completed on USAF SMC's WFOV Satellite by Millennium Space Systems
The geosynchronous satellite will support the next-generation overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) mission and provide critical risk reduction and...   Full Story

Hughes Realizes USAF Contract for Enterprise Management and Control Prototypes for SATCOM
The prototype will include the Hughes Flexible Modem Interface (FMI) which will enhance interoperability across military and commercial ...   Full Story

There's a New Space Safety Coalition that's Got Major Organizations Signing Up
The SSC will evolve and maintain these best practices, generally applicable to all spacecraft regardless of physical size, orbital regime and constellation size.   Full Story


September 17, 2019
iDirect Government Acquires Glowlink and Gains Satellite Interference and SATCOM Expertise and Technologies
The company will add intellectual property, engineering personnel and proprietary technologies to iDirect Government’s family and product...   Full Story


September 16, 2019
A Conversation With ... David Walton, V.P., and Ray Powers, Director of Sales and Marketing, Walton Enterprises, Inc.
it goes where no radome has gone before to help live broadcast remotes stay on air ... at a Winter Olympics, burning sun and dust storms at a Dakar Rally   Full Story

Yahsat and Thuraya: Military and Government Comms Spotlighted @ DSEI in London
During the four day event that has the UAE as its international partner, Yahsat Government Solutions and Thuraya introduced a number of end-to-end...   Full Story


September 15, 2019
Air Force Space Command's Space Settlement Study Applauded by the National Space Soceity
AFSPC’s report recommended that a U.S.-led coalition establish a preferred future where space is a major contributor to a human economy...   Full Story

New Partners... Geoforce and Miranda Solutions Group Bring Tracking Tech to Government Clients
Geoforce is investing in a focus on government and military opportunities. It has engaged Miranda to lead its strategic efforts towards federal, state and...   Full Story


September 14, 2019
USAF Ground Station Needs Research Contract Received by RBC Signals
RBC Signals provides space communication services to LEO, MEO and GEO satellite operators. The company’s network is designed to increase...   Full Story

Air Force Space Command Wargames Reach Successful Conclusion
The SW 19 scenario depicts a notional peer competitor seeking to achieve strategic goals by exploiting multi-domain operations. It included a global...   Full Story


September 13, 2019
Countering Commercial Technology Threats is the Basis of the U.S. Army Contract to CACI International
ACI will assist the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (CCDC) C5ISR Center in prototyping, replicating, and exploiting emerging...   Full Story


September 12, 2019
Five Eyes Coalition Forces See ... and Select Viasat's Suite of Network Encryption Products
Viasat is also currently the only U.S. company to support Type 1 encryption for both Layer 2 EDE[1] and Layer 3 HAIPE® network protocols.   Full Story

Eight Companies Selected for Inclusion in the Fourth Catalyst Space Accelerator Program
The Catalyst Space Accelerator (CSA), sponsored by Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, was created to advance...   Full Story

An NGA Contract to Monitor North Korean Military Facilities Awarded to AllSource Analysis
AllSource is providing a cost-effective and integrated approach to develop military-related GEOINT data sets specifically for North Korea. The NGA ...   Full Story


September 11, 2019
New Power Architecture Developed for Phasor's Electronically Steered Antenna Technology
While the technology represents a major breakthrough in delivering reliable satellite connectivity in aeronautical, maritime, land mobile and defense...   Full Story

Cubic Appoints New Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
In this role, he will oversee the daily operations of the CMS business to ensure effective execution performance. This includes implementation of...   Full Story

Airbus Awarded UK MoD Contract for Development of SAR Satellites
Called “Oberon,” the project will see Airbus develop the technologies that could lead to an on-orbit demonstration in 2022 and potentially an...   Full Story

Send in the Smaller Robot ... L3Harris Technologies' New T4™ Medium-Sized Robot Goes Where Bigger Robots Can't 
What happens when a robot that can help remove bombs or examine suspicious items is too large to fit into a particular space? BOOM!? Or worse?   Full Story

L-com's Got the Connections for both Military and Civilians with New Fixed RF Attenuators with SMA and Type-N Interfaces
"a comprehensive selection of off-the-shelf coax interconnects to address just about every RF connectivity application."   Full Story


September 10, 2019
The First Soon... USAF’s AF Space Pitch Day in San Francisco
AF Space Pitch Day is a two-day event designed to showcase the U.S. Air Force’s ability to partner and develop modern business practices that ...   Full Story

Leti and Orolia's Data-Fusion Engine Works Even with Jamming and Spoofing 
... is failsafe even in case of jamming or spoofing of GNSS data...   Full Story

News x 2 ... Xenesis' $212.5 Million Contract to 'Win the Battle' to Revolutionize Space Communications + USAF Contract
The CEO of Xenesis, Mark LaPenna, said the company is to satellite communications what broadband was to dial-up 30 years ago, which is at...   Full Story


September 9, 2019
Airbus and Telespazio Enlist Syracuse IV Satellites to Provide MILSATCOM Services
This partnership will lead to the creation of France’s leading private operator of military satellite telecommunications. It demonstrates the desire...   Full Story


September 5, 2019
EM Solutions Takes Two ... Secures Multiple Project Wins with Australian Department of Defence
Based on a novel low cost ‘leaky-wave’ antenna developed with researchers at the University of Queensland, this system is intended to provide improved    Full Story


September 4, 2019
Polish Navy's Minehunter Deploys Orbit Communications' OceanTRx 4 Systems
Supporting the mission-critical broadband needs of navy vessels, it was designed for one-day deployment and simple updates and maintenanc...   Full Story

On the DSEI Show Floor: The Teledyne Company Collective to Exhibit Military Defense Product Families
Teledyne offers a technology roadmap to enable missions in all domains through its European and North American operations, in both ITAR and ...   Full Story

Growth in Global Defense Sector and Improved Communication is Reflected in Demand for Military Antennas
A small piece of wrong information can put the life of the troops in danger and can even result in the loss of a war.    Full Story


September 3, 2019
General Raymond Names Two Subordinate Commands for U.S. Space Command
Combined Force Space Component Command and Joint Task Force Space Defense will focus the planning and execution of global space operations...   Full Story

Small Business is Big Business ... USAF Awards Kleos Space SBIR Phase 1 Contract
The multi-satellite Scouting Mission system will form the foundation of a constellation that delivers a global picture of hidden maritime activity,...   Full Story

On the IBC2019 Show Floor: Paradigm to Showcase New PIM-Enabled Terminals
SATCOM terminals on show are the new Communications-On-The-Move (COTM) MANTA® and the 'internet-in-a-backpack' SWARM®. The lates...   Full Story

On the DSEI Show Floor: Paradigm Showcasing Their MANTA® COTM Solution
The MANTA is the complete solution for ‘anywhere’ IP data connectivity via Wi-Fi and Ethernet — just by adding power...   Full Story

The 13th Schriever Wargame to Start on Behalf of USSPACECOM
The Schriever Wargame scenario, set in the year 2029, will explore critical space issues and investigate the integration activities of multiple agencies...   Full Story


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