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June 30, 2010
Vizada...I Say! IsatPhone Pro Launches Commercially
Vizada announces today the commercial service launch of the widely anticipated IsatPhone Pro from Inmarsat.
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June 29, 2010
SIA... Workshop For Warriors Of Commercial Ilk (Event)
[SatNews] The following industry speakers have been confirmed for SIA’s Third Army Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop, to be held on Monday, August 2, 2010, at the Tampa Convention Center, in Tampa, Florida...
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June 28, 2010
ViaSat... Speedy Sky Support (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) has upgraded transmission rates for its airborne broadband network to improve performance in the network being used by nearly 100 U.S. airborne military satcom systems.
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Thuraya... You've Got The Whole World In Your Hands (GPS Waypoint Navigation)
Thuraya’s XT handheld satellite phone offers a first by enabling GPS waypoint navigation services.
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June 25, 2010
U.S.A.F.... Spatial Bridge For MILSATCOM Now Operational
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has announced that U.S. Strategic Command operationally accepted command and control of its third Wideband Global SATCOM satellite, WGS-3.
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June 23, 2010
Israel's Ofek 9 Launches Spy In The Sky (Military Launch)
[SatNews] Israel on Tuesday launched a spy satellite from a base in the south of the country, the defence ministry said, with the device reportedly capable of monitoring arch-foe Iran.
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CapRock...Government's Sold — Buys In x4 (Contracts)
[SatNews] CapRock Government Solutions announced today that it has been awarded four multimillion dollar contracts to provide managed network services and more than 400MHz of commercial satellite capacity to four separate U.S. Government agencies. The contracts run through 2013 and include requirements for bandwidth, teleport and backhaul services on Ku and X-band networks.
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June 22, 2010
Vishay Intertechnology... Re-Qualification Success (IC Components)
[SatNews] Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH), a supplier of high-reliability discrete and IC components to military and aerospace customers, announced its Vishay Siliconix facility in Santa Clara, California, has been re-qualified by DSCC to manufacture analog switches and multiplexers with screening to MIL-PRF-38535.
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June 21, 2010
Thales Alenia Space... Altimeter Acceptance (Satellite Mfg.)
[SatNews] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Ball Aerospace covering the preliminary phase for the GFO-2 RA altimeter, which will equip the new-generation Geosat Follow-On 2 (GFO-2) satellite.
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Harris... Long Range LOS Leader (MILCOM)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received a significant certification from the U.S. government for its RF-7800W High-Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio — which transmits high-bandwidth data over long-range wireless battlefield communication networks.
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Lockheed Martin... IIIB Review Rolls Up (GPS)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed a key requirements review for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite series under the U.S. Air Force's GPS III Space Segment program.
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June 18, 2010
Harris... Falcon Multiband Makes African Headway
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received a $6 million order to supply an African nation with Falcon III(r) RF-7800M multiband networking radios, universal remote controls and other tactical communications equipment.
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June 16, 2010
SpaceX Takes Care Of Iridium And Iridium Takes Care Of SpaceX — Biggest Contract Ever . . .NEXT
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) are pleased to announce that the Falcon 9 will be a major provider of launch services for Iridium NEXT, Iridium's next-generation satellite constellation.
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iDirect, Cobham + ASC... Ready, Willing, + Able...
[SatNews] iDirect, Inc.has launched ReadyCONNECT(tm), a portable emergency response satellite communications system developed by global satellite equipment leader Cobham Satcom and partner Australian Satellite Communications (ASC).
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iDirect Government Technologies... NOC, NOC, Who's There?
iDirect Government Technologies (iGT) has released a new line of software packages for its SatManage network management system.
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Euroconsult... Intelligence's Imagery Infusion Investigated
[SatNews] Euroconsult has released a comprehensive study analyzing the mechanisms defense and security agencies will use to satisfy their image intelligence (IMINT) requirements over the coming decade.
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June 15, 2010
Harris... Communicating Combat Clothing
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has introduced FalconFighter(tm), a new modular soldier system that integrates a variety of advanced technologies into a single wearable uniform.
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June 14, 2010
Aid and Trade and GVF — This Meeting Will Be A Disaster!
[SatNews] All parties involved in an upcoming meeting will be directing their energies and attentions to disasters — Aid and Trade and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) have come together to strengthen multi-sector disaster preparedness efforts that will transpire during the 2010 Aid & International Development Forum at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., July 22.
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ITT Corporation... MDU Makes The Grade...
[SatNews] ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) has passed a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Mission Data Unit (MDU) the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) program, GPS III.
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June 13, 2010
Raytheon... Imaging Of A Hyperspectral Nature
[SatNews] Raytheon Company's hyperspectral imaging sensor, called ARTEMIS, is being prepared for a first-of-its-kind tactical military role in support of the Air Force Space Command.
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June 10, 2010
Alliant Techsystems... Happy Hyperspectral Happening
[SatNews] Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) joins the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in marking the one year anniversary of a successful mission for the Tactical Satellite-3 (TacSat-3).
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Space + Missile Systems Center... L5 Learning Mode For GPS IIF
[SatNews] Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced that the first GPS IIF satellite, launched May 27, 2010, has started test transmissions of the new Safety-of-Life (L5) navigation signal.
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Comtech Mobile Datacom... Transciever Tie-In
[SatNews] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totaling $6.1 million under its IDIQ contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM).
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June 9, 2010
Aerospace Corporation... Tech Talent Wins SecDef Praise + Award
[SatNews] Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley presented The Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service to The Aerospace Corporation today in recognition of 50 years of service.
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Lockheed Martin... Dismounted Warfighter Awareness Improved
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has developed a ruggedized, tactical handheld device for dismounted Soldiers.
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exactEarth... Nano Knows Maritime Movements
[SatNews] exactEarth Ltd., the data services subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), announced that maritime traffic data collected by its NTS nano-satellite made an important contribution to the marine security program created for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
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June 8, 2010
NASA... FASTSAT Flies To Kodiak — And Then LEO
[SatNews] NASA has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review of the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, or FASTSAT, a small, microsatellite class spacecraft bus that will carry six experiment payloads to low-Earth orbit.
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NASA's IRIS Will Blossom With Orbital Sciences Launch
NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Virginia, to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph spacecraft known as IRIS.
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June 7, 2010
KVH Industries... Forceful Presence
[SatNews] KVH Industries invites all to join the company at the 2010 Eurosatory International from June 14-18 at the VIPARIS Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris, France.
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ARINC... Expanding Ops At Huachuca
[SatNews] ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, announced its Interoperability Test Engineering group at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, has expanded its range of activities and taken additional office space in nearby Sierra Vista.
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June 2, 2010
XipLink... Optimization Overtures
[SatNews] XipLink has announced that Level 421 GmbH, a Germany-based satellite internet provider, has selected XipLink’s optimization technology to be implemented for a government SCPC VSAT network, providing mission critical service while optimizing TCP traffic at the lowest possible cost.
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June 1, 2010
EADS... Ten Years In The Making...
[SatNews] EADS resulted from a merger, in July 2000, between the French Aerospatiale-Matra, the German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) and the Spanish CASA companies.
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Boeing... SBSS Ships, Set For July Launch
[SatNews] The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and its teammate Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced that the first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system satellite has been shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and is scheduled to launch on July 8.
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