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February 28, 2011
MITEQ... My, My... Lots Of New Goodies
[SatNews] Perpetual motion best describes this industry with new offerings always in the works.
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Lockheed Martin + Global Aerospace Logistics... Teaming Up For UAE (ISR)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Gyrocam Systems, LLC, and Global Aerospace Logistics, LLC, have signed a teaming agreement.
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TeleCommunication Systems... GSM For Guard (Comms)
[SatNews] Looks like a new GSM systems will soon be en route to the National Guard in Florida.
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Harris... Brazilian Bandwidth (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] Brazil's armed forces are going to be the recipients of new communication capabilities, thanks to Harris.
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February 25, 2011
AAI... A Radar Ramble (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has completed a fee-for-service operation.
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February 24, 2011
Kaman + Lockheed Martin... Slinging It (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation [NASDAQ GS: KAMN], and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), recently made aviation history.
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February 23, 2011
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems... Potentially A Lot Of UCLASS For U.S. Navy (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) has successfully completed a key wind tunnel test on a model of its Sea Avenger(tm) UAS.
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ALAS Defense Systems... Live Demo Decision (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] ALAS Defense Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:VDSC) has initiated scheduling live demonstrations for early March of its UAV and service to Military and Commercial users.
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Harris... Logistically Speaking (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has introduced the RF-5410-FC FalconCommand(tm) system, a portable software application that provides advanced tools for managing and synchronizing data across the battlefield.
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Segovia... Afghanistan Accomodations (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Segovia, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat plc., has been awarded NATO's Communication Information Services (CIS) Consultant Support Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide professional and technical services support to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The IDIQ has a four-year period of performance if all option years are exercised.
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ViaSat... Tactical Moves For SDR (Comms)
[SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) has been awarded a Limited Production order valued at $6.8 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) terminals for the U.S. government.
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Bentley Walker... NOC NOC, SatManage Passes (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Bentley Walker Ltd. has completed a successful evaluation of the SatManage network management system from iDirect.
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UAE...Astrium Wins Comprehensive Confidence
[SatNews] A five year contract for tens of millions of euros is validation that a job will be completed successfully. Astrium Services has signed end-2010 a five year contract for tens of millions euros with Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat) to provide comprehensive support to manage and control the operations, training and maintenance of the Civil Ground and Management Segments of the UAE’s Armed Forces new, state-of-the-art, military satellite communications system.
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February 22, 2011
Sagem... Flying For The French (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] French defense procurement agency DGA has awarded Sagem (Safran group) a contract for the modernization and expansion of the French army’s fleet of Sperwer tactical drones and associated equipment.
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U.S.A.F. ... Over The Air With FAB-T (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has successfully demo'd over-the-air, low-data-rate communication between an orbiting Milstar satellite and the family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals.</b
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February 21, 2011
Northrop Grumman... Collision Control (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designers at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems sector in Bethpage, N.Y., will enable the U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) UAV to autonomously sense and avoid other nearby aircraft to maintain safe separation and avoid mid-air collisions under terms of a $25.6 million contract announced Friday.
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U.S.A.F. — Space & Missiles Center... Turning SATCOM Into MILSATCOM
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced has awarded two contracts totaling $788,000 as a result of a Broad Agency Announcement released in June 2010.
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U.S.A.F. — Financially Speaking...
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has requested a total of $150 billion in base discretionary spending for FY12, roughly the same amount the service requested the previous year.
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U.S.A.F. — A Most Beneficial and Supportive Look (Imagery)
[SatNews] An Electronic Systems Center program has been named the winner of a prestigious award presented by officials from NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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USAF/Lockheed Martin SBIRS Passes In Confidence (Launch)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin-led Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has finished final installations on the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite and successfully completed the spacecraft's final factory confidence test in preparation for delivery to the launch site.
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Harris... Video For Victory (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has delivered its first FalconFighter™ Modular Soldier System to a nation in Asia with emerging requirements for video on the battlefield.
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Harris... High Data Rates Combo'd With Mobility (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has introduced the newest member of its Falcon III? tactical radio family -- the Falcon III? Low Profile RF-7800V-V511 vehicular/base VHF radio system.
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Astrium... Canadian Demo To Rely Upon Air Patrol (ISR)
[SatNews] Astrium Services has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) to deliver the AirPatrol airborne SATCOM terminal to support Canada’s Radar and Imaging for the Land/Littoral Environment (RIFL2E) Technology Demonstration Project (TDP).
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February 18, 2011
U.S. Navy + Northrup Grumman... Contract Obtained Then — BAM — Bye-Bye (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] U.S. Navy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts are temporarily shelving plans to contract with the Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems segment in Bethpage, N.Y., to develop a common UAV ground-control station to fly the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk and Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) high-altitude, high-endurance surveillance UAVs.
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February 17, 2011
Northrop Grumman... Net-Centric Conditions (Comms)
[SatNews] A team led by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has submitted its bid for the U.S. Air Force's Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) modernization program.
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February 15, 2011
Lockheed Martin... Lynx Link-Up (Comms)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently demonstrated the integration of the MONAX 3G wireless communications system with an aerostat platform demonstrating the ability to deliver real-time video and data directly to soldiers on the ground.
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Space Foundation... CyberConfab (Event)
[SatNews] Space and cyberspace will intersect at the Space Foundation national conference, Cyber 1.1, to be held Monday, April 11, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Elbit Systems... Single Control Station Offers Dual Control (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] Elbit Systems claims to have successfully flight-tested its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicles from one ground control station, greatly enhancing the operational flexibility of the long-range drones amid a growing global market for the aircraft.
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Lockheed Martin... 10 Years Of PNT Pride (Satellite)
[SatNews] The seventh Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-7/SVN-54) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has reached 10 years of successful on-orbit operations, and continues to deliver critical position, navigation and timing (PNT) signals to nearly one billion GPS users worldwide.
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February 14, 2011
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)... FOG — Aviation's Friend (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has debuted a new airborne navigation system called TNF- Tamam Navigation FOG (Fiber Optic Gyro).
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February 11, 2011
Comtech Xicom Technology... X Marks The New BUC (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Comtech Xicom Technology has debued a new 50 watt solid-state X-band SATCOM BUC, the Model XTS-50X1-B1 X-BUC, which takes advantage of new X-band capacity on Xtar and Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites.
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February 10, 2011
Northrop Grumman... Group Work (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $3.3 million contract to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Control Segment (UCS) Architecture Working Group (UCSWG).
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Encompass Digital Media... Super Bowl For Leathernecks (Content)
[SatBroadcasting(tm)]Encompass Digital Media, Inc. joined forces with the U.S. military’s Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) for the first, HD satellite feed from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.
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Boeing... COTM + AISR + More... (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $900,000 study contract from the Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Systems Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
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U.S.A.F. — Space & Missile Center... Pumping Up The Perigree For AEHF-1 (Satellite)
[SatNews] AEHF-1 orbit raising activities are successfully continuing per plan, according to Space and Missile Systems Center officials.
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February 9, 2011
Harris... Presence + Notification (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $9 million order from the U.S. Army for high-frequency radios for use in the Army's Joint Biological Point Detection System (JPBDS).
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Globecomm Systems... Extended NATO Traffic Control (Comms)
[SatNews] Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a global provider of communications solutions and services, has announced the Company has received a contract extension from NATO valued at $8.5 million to extend communication services and onsite support for the Company's previously deployed GPS-Based Force Tracking System (FTS).
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February 8, 2011
Hirth Motors... A Lift From Hirth (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] Goebler-Hirthmotoren KG (Hirth Motors) has been working with Saab on the propulsion system for Saab’s Skeldar V-200 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
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Norsat... Super Day For Super Troops (Content)
[SatBroadcasting(tm)] Norsat International Inc. (“Norsat") (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) and the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS), helped Marines stationed at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, participate in FOX’s coverage of Super Bowl XLV.
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Harris... Of Multi-Level Interest (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $10 million order to provide a unique secure tactical networked communication system to an international government in support of safety and security.
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Arqiva... A Sky Sports Soldier Salute (Content)
[SatBroadcasting(tm)] Sky Sports selected Arqiva’s SNG and teleport services for its HD broadcasts from Camp Bastion, the British military’s main base in Afghanistan.
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February 7, 2011
Lockheed Martin... Enjoying A Fifth... & A Sixth (Satellite)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $339.6-million contract option from the U.S. Navy for the fifth satellite in the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation.
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Iran... Posing A Credible Threat To The U.S. Navy (Missile)
[SatNews] Iran has demonstrated a new type of short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) based on the Fatah 110 platform, capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 250-300 km with high precision.
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February 4, 2011
India... Runway Negated With Nishant (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] After completing successful flight trials in Rajasthan, Indian Army recently took delivery of four indigenously designed and developed ''Nishant'' Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV).
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USAF Hosts STEM Symposium For Bright Futures
[SatNews] Los Angeles Air Force Base hosted a gathering of more than 150 business persons and educators for a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to Career Symposium...
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February 3, 2011
Comtech EF Data And Tachyon Soar With Highest Airborne Bandwidth Solutions
[SatNews] Win win when two companies work together to combine their expertise... today Comtech EF Data and Tachyon announced their agreement to jointly develop airborne COTM solutions, which will deliver the highest bandwidth airborne terminals available in the industry. This cooperation will focus on the integration of Comtech EF Data waveforms into Tachyon’s aXiom 7000 Series of Integrated Mobile Network Solutions.
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February 2, 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation... Interoperability Investigations (IT)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract to demonstrate information interoperability among different implementations of service-oriented architecture (SOA) information technology (IT) systems across the air and space command and control domains.
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U.S.A.F. — Surging Forward (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] U.S. Air Force researchers are asking industry to build a hybrid-powered manpackable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that weighs less than 20 pounds and is able to carry a 4-pound electro-optical payload on missions over rough terrain lasting at least four hours. This small UAV must be able to be carried and operated by only one person on battlefield situational awareness missions.
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U.S.A.F. SMC... Generally Speaking...
[SatNews] Air Force Space Command's new commander, Gen. William Shelton, visited the Space and Missile Systems Center, Feb. 1, for the first time since assuming command last month.
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Gilat Satellite Networks... Strike Up The Multi_Band (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT) has been selected by a defense agency to provide a SkyEdge(TM) II broadband network for military communications.
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February 1, 2011
AeroVironment... USMC Recipient Of Modular Moments For Ravens (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) has received a firm fixed-price order valued at $7,800,003 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army for 919 digital module upgrade kits for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Lockheed Martin... GOES-R-Us (Satellite)
The Lockheed Martin team designing NASA and NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series (GOES-R) weather satellite has successfully completed its system Preliminary Design Review, a major milestone in the program’s development. GOES-R is the nation’s next generation geostationary weather satellite.
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