Military Satellite News (May & June 2015)Visit
www.satnews.com/military for today's military satellite news
June 30, 2015
Twenty Years Later, MILSTAR Time Capsule Is Opened @ Offutt AFB In Nebraska
To this day, the MILSTAR mission is still as vital as ever.
Full Story
Military Tests New Comsat With 300 Times The Bandwidth... O3b Networks Demonstrates The Technology
The military has tested a new commercial communications satellite system that potentially offers 300 times the bandwidth of current satellites.
Full Story
June 29, 2015
Lockheed Martin's Fourth MUOS Secure Communications Satellite Shipped For August Launch
MUOS-4 Extends U.S. Navy’s Smart Phone-Like Mobile Network to Near Global Coverage“MUOS-4 will complete our near global coverage, reaching further north and south toward the poles than ever before.”
Full Story
June 28, 2015
Harris' MNVR Testing Completed During U.S. Army's NIE Event
“The MNVR LUT is a great example of the benefits of defense marketplace competition because it demonstrates...”—George Helm, President, DoD Business, Harris RF Communications.
Full Story
ULA's Tightrope Act...Maintaining Industry's Lead Of 96 Missions 100 Percent Success + Achieving National Rocket Independence
"...if the current law is not modified, America will not have assured access to space and competition will have been unintentionally eliminated, giving the new entrant a monopoly,"
Full Story
June 25, 2015
Klas Telecom's Voyager ECK Checks Out On The DISA DoD + The DoD's Approved Products List
Government executives can connect to it whatever laptop computer or phone they are accustomed to using and aren’t constrained to interfaces of unfamiliar GOTS personal electronics devices.
Full Story
The U.S. Army's "Digital Guardian Angel," Win-T, Has General Dynamics Improving The Technology
"WIN-T Increment 2 puts the power of the Soldier's Network into soldiers hands down to the company level, which is vitally important as the Army evolves into a more expeditionary force."—Chris Marzilli, President, Missions Systems, General Dynamics.
Full Story
Soyuz-2.1b Booster Orbits The Russian Defense Ministry's Satellite
The Soyuz 2 Rocket is a three stage carrier rocket designed to put payloads into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Full Story
June 24, 2015
Mobile Classified Capability From The DoD Now Operational
“The operational mobile classified capability brings us one step closer to the Joint Information Environment vision, where our warfighters and national level leaders can access a secure infrastructure and applications from any device, anytime, anywhere."—Kim Rice, Mobility Portfolio Manager, DISA
Full Story
Gray Eagles + SATCOM Terminals In The Contract Mix For General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
The estimated completion date is September 30, 2018.
Full Story
Airbus Defence & Space Brings A Trio Of New Service Levels To Warfighters + Remote Workers
“Welfare communication is vital for military operations and humanitarian missions, but it’s impossible to have a one size fits all system."—Steve Kelly, WelComE Service Manager, Airbus Defence & Space.
Full Story
June 19, 2015
Final Chapter Of U.S.A.F.'s SBIRS... Northrop Grumman + Lockheed Martin's HEO-4 Ready To Integrate For Launch
This testing fully demonstrated that the sensor’s performance met or exceeded that of its predecessor, HEO-3.
Full Story
DoD Contracts w/ Boeing For U.S.A.F. Project
This DoD contract is for a project for the U.S.A.F.
Full Story
June 18, 2015
U.S.A.F. Space + Missile Systems Center Awards Raytheon US$39M Faster Fielding Of GPS Receivers To The Warfighter
Fiscal 2014 and 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $16,319,409 are being obligated at the time of award.
Full Story
LizardTech Conducts Defense-Oriented Demos Of MrSID + More @ The GEOINT 2015 Symposium
“Guess How Many Lizards"...There will be a large jar filled with lizards and the person with the closest guess will win a $100 gift card to amazon.com.
Full Story
June 16, 2015
All Together Now — Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, SMC + The SBIRS HEO-4 Payload
"HEO-4 will complete the replenishment of our polar missile warning capability."—Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, U.S.A.F. executive program officer for Space + commander of Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC).
Full Story
June 15, 2015
Space Debris Threats Mitigated By An Ohio Firm...
A small business located in Fairborn, Ohio has developed the JSpOC Mission System (JMS) User Definable Operational Picture.
Full Story
U.S.A.F. Baltops Mission Comms Commitment
"We handle completely different communication aspects here at Baltops, but those differences are what make us a well-rounded team."—Senior Airman Brendan Kennedy, a 1st CBCS satellite communications technician.
Full Story
Harris To Provide Support for Air Force Satellite Control Network Antenna Sites
Work is expected to be complete by Sept. 29, 2015.
Full Story
Improvements To GPS OCX Are Demo'd By Raytheon
"Once delivered, this pathfinding, cyber-hardened ground system will significantly enhance the capabilities GPS brings to military, civil and commercial users worldwide."—Dave Wajsgras, President, Intelligence, Information + Services, Raytheon.
Full Story
Returning To Colorado Offers Another Opportunity To Command...The Guidon Is Passed @21st Space Wing
A mentor once told him the more you talk, the less time you have in command, and Schiess said the clock is ticking.
Full Story
SMI Presents Global MilSatCom Returns To London ... Answers Challenges To Military, Business + Financial Issues
The three-day conference will identify new and emerging technologies to further enhance end-user capabilities.
Full Story
June 11, 2015
GeoNorth's Image Just Improved... With An Operational Ready Imagery Coordination Center
“The Imagery Coordination Center signals that GeoNorth has achieved a level of operating capability that only a handful of players in this industry can match.”
Full Story
June 10, 2015
Northrop Grumman Rolls Out The First Of Five NATO Global Hawk UAVs
"This marks a significant step forward in achieving NATO's goal of acquiring NATO-owned and operated AGS Core Capability."—Erling Wang,Chairman, NATO AGS Management Organization (NAGSMO).
Full Story
TASS Reports Successful Launch Of Russian Satellite...
Russia's space sector has seen a series of misfires lately...
Full Story
No Cost Involved To U.S.A.F. For SBIRS Update From Lockheed Martin
"The migration to the modernized A2100 will help keep SBIRS ahead of America's adversaries while dramatically reducing costs and cycle times."—David Sheridan, V.P. + SBIRS Program Manager, Lockheed Martin.
Full Story
General Dynamics Information Technology Presents @ Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit
Cyber security now protects and defends the critical intellectual property and business processes that drive profits and earnings.
Full Story
June 9, 2015
Naval Surface Warfare Center Has Iridium Support From NAL Research
Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by May 2020.
Full Story
A New COTM Link For Military Vehicles + UAS From CPI
The GMA-100QB includes a compact multiband high gain directional antenna array, enabling long range LOS datalinks, and a broadband omnidirectional antenna for close-in/overhead communications.
Full Story
June 8, 2015
Northrop Grumman + Partners Reveal NATO's First AGS Aircraft w/ISR Capability... To Protect + Serve
With the ability to fly for up to 30 hours at a time, the high-altitude long-endurance system will provide NATO leaders with persistent global situational awareness.
Full Story
Russian Soyuz-2 1A Pushes The Kobalt-M Into Orbit
The satellite was launched Friday from the Plesetsk launch pad in northern Russia.
Full Story
U.S. Army Approves General Dynamics For A Win-Win Situation... WIN-T Increment 2 Full Rate Production
provides commanders and soldiers with an unprecedented ability to communicate, share information and intelligence while on patrol, with connectivity rivaling that found in a stationary command post.
Full Story
Airbus Defence and Space Signs w/Norwegian Defence... Delivers Capacity To Skynet Military Satellite Constellation
"We will work closely together to ensure they gain the maximum benefit from the Skynet constellation which now provides secure X-band milsatcoms to multiple nations around the world.”
Full Story
June 5, 2015
A Sensory Acquisition For Logos Technologies Via The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
The research conducted will leverage previous quick reaction capability efforts in the domains of wide area airborne surveillance, hyperspectral imaging, high resolution imaging, and light detection and ranging.
Full Story
June 3, 2015
Lockheed Martin's MUOS-3 Satellite Gains Favor + Acceptance From U.S. Navy
“MUOS is a game-changer in communications for every branch of our military.”—Iris Bombelyn, V.P., Narrowband Communications, Lockheed Martin.
Full Story
June 2, 2015
U.S.A.F. Space and Missile Systems Center ...Call For Proposals To Transition Off Russian Propulsion System
This solicitation is part of a comprehensive Air Force plan to transition off the Russian supplied RD-180 propulsion system
Full Story
Return To Top
