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March 28, 2017
NATO Digging Into Their Wallets for Global Hawk SATCOM and More...
The treaty alliance was slated to have all five of their US-made Global Hawk drones delivered by the end of 2017.
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Russia's Top Military Brass Warns Nearly All Low-Orbit Satellites Within Reach of US Missiles
Russia's General Staff says practically all low orbit spacecraft will be within the missile defense’s killing zone
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March 27, 2017
A Wireless Underwater Charge from Aerojet Rocketdyne for US Navy
The Navy will be able to prioritize and schedule fielded UUVs that require remote recharging...
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Airbus Defence and Space Introduces Four New Executive Committee Members
Airbus Defence and Space has undertaken a strategy update with a clear focus on growth after years of consolidation.
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March 22, 2017
First Images from SBIRS GEO-3 Received
The Lockheed Martin team is also working to modernize the fifth and sixth SBIRS satellites under a no-cost contract modification for the US Air Force.
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Disaster Response and Connecting Affected Communities Enabled by SES
The plug-and-play modular RRV solution can easily integrate and deploy an array of communications technologies and devices aboard its mobile vehicle...
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March 20, 2017
Japan's New Satellite to Keep an Eye on North Korea
The Radar 5 unit was carried into space on Japan’s mainstay H-IIA rocket from a launch site in the country’s southwest.
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Satellite and Cell Services Contract in Support of VA Transportation Services Through Kevadiya Gained by ORBCOMM
The VA recently extended the VTS program based on the success of the ORBCOMM-Kevadiya telematics solution.
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Orbital ATK Adds Their Expertise and Technologies to ULA's WGS-9 Launch
Both the satellite and Delta IV launch vehicle use cutting-edge technologies from multiple Orbital ATK facilities.
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March 19, 2017
A Double Celebration as USAF's WGS-9 Launches on the Air Force's 70th Anniversary
What a day, a launch and an anniversary celebration for the USAF.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Gets All Fired Up ... Engine Launches WGS-9 for USAF
RS-68A booster engine, the RL10B-2 upper-stage engine, 14 helium pressurization tanks, and a 100 lbf bipropellant apogee-raising engine...
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Cheers! to USAF On Its 70th Anniversary and Launch of WGS-9 Satellite
... Wideband constellation as it is a major milestone in a 20-year partnership with Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
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March 18, 2017
USAF Prepares for Launch of WGS Which Many Nations' Military Support
Lieutenant Colonel James Dryburgh, New Zealand Deputy Director C4 Operations stated, "WGS has provided the cornerstone of the New Zealand Defence Force's...
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March 16, 2017
Contract Mod Received by Lockheed Martin for SBIRS Constellation Ground Works
The integrated system supports multiple missions simultaneously, while meeting stringent availability requirements.
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March 14, 2017
COMSAT Awarded Contract to Provide Department of Defense with Global Xpress SATCOM as a Service (SaaS)
Global Xpress SaaS provides 24/7/365 management, monitoring and support globally and delivers guaranteed data rates to satisfy mission requirements...
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Harris Falcon III® Manpack Gains NSA Type-1 Certification
The Harris RF-300H manpack delivers data up to 10 times faster and is 20 percent smaller and lighter than previous radios.
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USAF Delivers GPS III Launch Contract to SpaceX
SpaceX will provide the Government with a total launch solution for the GPS-III satellite...
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Israel Aerospace Industries' ELM-2112 Radar ... Sees Despite Trees ... Penetrates Dense Foliage
the new radar can penetrate from several kilometers away into dense vegetation, detects moving targets in dense shrubs, forests, and jungles...
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March 10, 2017
Micro-Hyperspec enables GHGSat's Claire to capture 500th measurement of green house gas emissions
A sensor proven for military/defense applications, Headwall’s Micro-Hyperspec is small, light, and robust spectral imager for LEO satellite use.
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March 8, 2017
Channel partners across the Channel ... Airbus and Intelsat General deliver flexible MILSATCOM
What happens when you move a satellite? You can extend X-band and UHF coverage in a different region... and they did.
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March 7, 2017
A plethora of products from Teledyne Microwave Solutions (TMS) presented at D.C. show...
Products and capabilities are available for both Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Near COTS applications, but also for full Mil-Spec requirements.
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Hughes DISD wins General Atomics SATCOM contract and Hughes Network Systems releases HughesNet® Gen5
The new SkyGuardiantm aircraft will provide a next-generation capability...
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Thales’ first for land-mobile community and military... MissionLINK's complete broadband connectivity
Iridium Certus broadband services over a network of 66 satellites that cover 100 percent of the globe, and the most difficult to service, remote locations.
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March 6, 2017
This booster needs a boost...delay called WGS-9 SATCOM mission for the US Air Force
WGS has 19 independent coverage areas, 18 of which can be positioned throughout its field-of-view.
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On the show floor... Kratos to debut new ground system capabilities...
These new ground system capabilities to help operators respond to a changing satellite environment.
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On the D.C. show floor... iDirect Government debuts airborne satellite routers for military missions...
The Airborne Satellite Routers are compatible beginning with iDirect Evolution and Velocity 1.3.
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March 4, 2017
ACR's distress beacon, capsize survivor and USCG offer advice
Nethersole related his harrowing story from the recent incident when the 2008 Atlantic 57 catamaran was suddenly lifted and flipped over by a likely tornadic waterspout...
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March 1, 2017
It Takes a Team Including the US Air Force as Mission Partners to Launch NRO Payload
“This launch is a testament to the teamwork between the Air Force and its mission partners."
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