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December 23, 2018
Russian Military Payload Lifted to Orbit via Proton-M Rocket
After entering orbit, the satellite will be tracked by ground-based equipment of the space units of the Russian aerospace forces...
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Navy Multi-Band Terminals $57 Million Contract Awarded to Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
NMT is a multi-band capable satellite communications terminal that provides protected and wideband communications. NMT supports extremely ...
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Pre-Christmas Gift ... Lockheed Martin's First U.S.A.F. GPS III Satellite is Launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9
Vespucci will be vectored to augment the current GPS constellation comprised of 31 operational spacecraft.
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December 20, 2018
U.S. Air Force Space Command Now In Charge of Commercial Satellite Communications Services and Procurement
This transfer means AFSPC will oversee procurement of nearly all military and commercial SATCOM for the DoD,and will allow it to manage SATCOM...
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Wideband Satellite Op Centers and Management Contract Awarded by U.S. Army to Harris
This contract leverages Harris’ 30-plus-year legacy of providing ground systems, on orbit assets and global communications networking to the Army...
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Gets the Go Sign with Advanced Propulsion Contract from DARPA
“We see great opportunity to field more capable and flexible systems in a few short years, not only for OpFires, but for other applications as well.”
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December 19, 2018
Viasat's Network Encryptor is Upgraded for MILGOV Customers
The upgraded KG-142 supports the shift to cloud-centered communications, providing added flexibility for customers and significantly reducing the size...
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Arianespace Launches the Airbus-Built CSO-1 Satellite for the French Armed Forces
CSO will provide very high resolution geospatial information intelligence to the French Armed Forces as well as to the organization's partners...
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December 18, 2018
Lockheed Martin Space Receives $7Million AEHF Satellite Contract Adjustment from the DoD
The contract modification is for Space Vehicle 5 Liquid Apogee Engine (LAE) 4-corners testing request for equitable adjustment. Work for this effort...
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Kratos Gets the Nod for C5ISR Development
Kratos’ C5ISR Modular Systems business specializes in the rapid development, demonstration and fielding of affordable products, hardware...
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December 14, 2018
Harris' CEO Named Chairman of AIA Board of Governors as AIA's Centennial Anniversary Nears
will remove barriers to innovation and promote STEM and other workforce elements, promote talent and build the best American workforce.
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December 13, 2018
Air Force Space Command Takes Responsibility of COMSATCOM Procurement for the DoD
oversee procurement of nearly all military and commercial SATCOM for the DoD, and will allow it to manage SATCOM as an enterprise, integrating ...
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Intelsat General and COMSAT to Offer Airborne Comms to U.S. Government and Coalition Partners
FlexAir is unique as it is the first commercially available aeronautical service for 45 centimeter-performance equivalent Ku-band antennas that is...
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New Launch Date Set by United Launch Alliance for NROL-71 Mission
The mission will lift off on a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle from...
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December 12, 2018
Harris Makes a Big $125 Million Commitment to Florida with Plans for R&D
The company pays an average salary of $95,000 in Florida and has about 375 openings in the state, primarily in engineering.
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December 11, 2018
Royal Australian Air Force's Mission 1 Smallsat Effort Heads to Orbit
The M1 and later M2 missions are being funded by the air force and conducted in partnership with the University of NSW Canberra, with the...
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Vespucci, Lockheed Martin's First GPS III Satellite for the U.S.A.F. is Encapsulated into the SpaceX Payload Fairing
Encapsulation of the satellite within its payload fairing serves to protect it against the impact of dynamic pressure and aerodynamic heating during its...
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Globalstar's SPOT Trace Being Used by NATO as an IoT Solution
Research teams from the NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), based in La Spezia, Italy, are embedding low-cost...
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December 10, 2018
Viasat's Airborne Modem Passes Military Certification to Operate on Wideband Global SATCOM Network
modem rapidly delivers solutions that integrate into a hybrid adaptive network architecture for rapidly evolving in-flight mission and communications needs.
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December 9, 2018
Aerojet Rocketdyne Preparing Power Pushers for ULA Delta IV Heavy NRO Payload Launch
The upcoming NRO mission marks the tenth operational launch of the Delta IV Heavy and the 38th overall for the Delta IV family, which debuted in...
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December 7, 2018
Deal of Fortune: Why Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies are Going All In on $33.5 Billion Merger
The combined company — L3 Harris Technologies Inc. — is expected to generate net revenue of approximately $16 billion for calendar-year 2018.
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December 6, 2018
ATLAS Space Operations Makes Contact with FalconSat-6 Smallsat
The FalconSat-6 will serve the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Department of Astronautics, as a key component of the Academy’s capstone course for...
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December 5, 2018
Contract for High-Power RF Amplifiers to be Fulfilled by Comtech PST
These amplifiers are used as part of satellite communications systems which provide commercial mobile airborne-to-satellite-to-ground...
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U.S.A.F. Academy Cadets' FalconSAT-6 Smallsat Leverages Zero-G's Weightless Lab for Testing
ZERO-G Weightless Lab provides a unique opportunity allowing researchers to conduct hands-on testing at a level matching NASA’s...
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National Reconnaissance Office Readies for Friday's Launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy Rocket
Delta IV Heavy is the nation’s proven heavy lifter, delivering high-priority missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, U.S. Air Force and NASA.
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December 3, 2018
U.S.A.F.'s Team Vandenberg Ready to Support ULA's Delta IV NRO Payload Launch
Colonel Bob Reeves, 30th Space Vice Wing commander, will be the space launch commander and he said Team V has put in a lot of hard work for this...
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December 1, 2018
UPDATE: A New Launch Date Set by ULA for the Delta IV Heavy's Launch of the NROL-71 Satellite
The NRO systems play a crucial role in providing global communications, precision navigation, early warning of missile launches and potential military...
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