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September 29, 2007
ORBIT News Brief : Agilent’s Powerful Power Purveyors Provided To USN -
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September 27, 2007
Down Under Surfacing As WGS Partner
Boeing is currently building a communications satellite network for the military and there’s a great deal of interest in this work by… Australia. The country may well join in with this effort and help with some of the monies necessary to fund the project.
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ORBIT News Brief : Chavez Chomping At Russian Jets And Chinese Satellite -
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September 26, 2007
Globecomm Gets Government Goodies
Globecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ:GCOM] has been awarded two contracts from U.S. Government agencies for Auto-Explorer(R) portable satellite terminals valued at $4.0 million.
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September 25, 2007
Award Winning Ways At MicroSat Systems
Receiving a prestigious award is always a boost for any company and cause for celebration. MicroSat Systems, Inc. [MSI] knows full well how such can be a joyful experience — Aviation Week has awarded the Small Company Breakthrough Award for their TacSat-2 satellite the company.
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Support Is A Worldwide Enhancement For Spirent + SDS Sims
Spirent Communications has made improvements to customer support capabilities across the world. In Asia, Spirent has added dedicated support facility for its Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) test systems, based out of the existing Spirent offices in Beijing, P. R. China. This new facility enhances Spirent’s existing support offices in USA and Europe.
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Juniper IPv6’ing With Lockheed Martin
Juniper Networks, Inc. [NASDAQ: JNPR] is going to team with Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT] to develop a pilot Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) transition test bed designed to simulate a government agency transition. Lockheed Martin will transition a portion of its global network to IPv6 for use during the simulation. To support this transition, Juniper Networks will contribute its high-performance IPv6-capable routers to the test bed for the simulation.
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September 24, 2007
General Dynamics’ STT & UHST For JNN-N, Acronymically Speaking
General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies is the recipient of a US$24 million contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J. The company will provide specialized satellite communications earth terminals and support services for the Joint Network Node-Network (JNN-N) program, now known as Increment One of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T).
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Comtech EF Data Enjoys SatCom Order Thanks To Broad Product Range
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] has announced their Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $3.6 million satellite communications equipment order from a U.S. government agency. The equipment will support the government agency's satellite-based communications network.
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September 22, 2007
ORBIT News Brief : WSJ Reports US SatProjects In Jeopardy -
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ORBIT News Brief : Cyber Cop Cuffs Obtained By Raytheon -
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September 20, 2007
More Than Money—IAI Critical To Israel’s Defense, Says Peres + Upcoming Launch
The President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, visited Elta Systems, a Group and Subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on September 19, 2007. The President's entourage toured the facilities and received briefings on IAI's systems and products that provide solutions to the operational needs of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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ORBIT News Brief : Signaling Stable Space Com For Brazil -
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ORBIT News Brief : Cyberspace As Important As Outer Space To USAF -
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September 19, 2007
System Architects Get A Softer Rack From Agilent
As most system architects are already aware, test-system creation and revision are made more difficult by typical star-shaped architectures in which every system connection and protocol conversion must be uniquely programmed. As a result, a change in one system element requires changes in every other connected element.
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September 18, 2007
Thales’ C4ISR And CNewVP Make Move Into U.S.
Thales Communications, Inc. has formed a new operating entity focused on broadening the company’s offerings to the U.S. Department of Defense. A wide range of C4ISR (part of the Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) domain technology, including optronics, will now be marketed and supported in the U.S. through an expansion of the Thales Communications organization.
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GPS => AEP => U.S.A.F. A-OK
On September 14th, the U.S. Air Force completed a four-phase transition of the Global Positioning System ground segment to the new Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP), which was delivered by the Space and Missile Systems Center's GPS Wing to the 50th Space Wing to replace the legacy 1970s-era mainframe computer at
Schriever AFB, Colo. SMC managed the development, integration and test with the Boeing Company, who led a joint Boeing-Lockheed Martin contractor team, to design and build the new system.
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A Solid Grounding For Comtech & U.S.A.F.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] has informed all that the company’s subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., was just awarded a $5.3 million development contract by the U.S. Air Force for the High Data Rate Radio Frequency (HDR-RF) Ground Modem. The HDR-RF Ground Modem will provide high data rate capabilities on nextgen Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites.
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ORBIT News Brief : Critical Communications For Warfighters -
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September 17, 2007
USAF Propels ATK Forward
Alliant Techsystems [NYSE: ATK] has announced the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, CA has awarded the company a $3.3 million contract. There are also options worth an additional $4.7 million.
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A Base For Success From OmniSTAR
OmniSTAR, a member of the Fugro group, launches a new VBS (Virtual Base Station) capable receiver this month. This receiver, the 5120VBS, has an excellent GPS measurement performance. The 12-channel receiver allows users to track up to 12 GPS satellites (when using OmniSTAR 11 GIS + 1 Geo stationary).
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Two For Arianespace’s Money
The second satellite for Arianespace’s upcoming dual-passenger mission has now completed its fueling at Europe’s Spaceport and is ready for integration on the Ariane 5 GS launcher. Optus D2 was “topped off” in the S5B hall, which is one of three primary clean room zones within the state-of-the-art S5 satellite preparation facility at the Spaceport.
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September 14, 2007
Navy Floats Sundance Digital’s Boat
The United States Navy offers a satellite television service to some 260 Navy, Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command ships on-duty around the globe. The service is called “Direct to Sailor” TV (DTS-TV) and the broadcasts are under the umbrella of the Naval Media Center (NMC). Sundance Digital has now reported they recently commissioned a Titan automation system for DTS-TV.
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WorldView Launch Set By DigitalGlobe
DigitalGlobe has announced that the launch of WorldView-1 from Vandenberg AFB in California will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, September 18 at approximately 11:20 AM PDT. The launch is scheduled for 11:35 AM PDT.
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September 13, 2007
Spacenet Drives Solutions To Emergency Situations
When it comes to disaster recovery and first-responder action, a vehicle outfitted with all of the necessary communication equipment is mandatory. To ensure such is part of their role in emergency events, Spacenet Inc. has intro’d their new mobile Emergency Communications Vehicle, which serves as a transportable command post typically deployable in ten minutes or less to provide converged data, voice and video communications.
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GPS Tests Next For Boeing
The Boeing Company successfully assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite. GPS IIF will bring new capabilities to the GPS constellation.
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Convergence Of NDS & Others Promulgates PC Convergence
NDS is working with VBox Communications [Vbox], Cyberlink and 'yes' to deliver on the promise of convergence. During IBC, the companies demonstrated the new, integrated solution, which included a DVB-S tuner from VBox integrated with the NDS VideoGuard PC software and Cyberlink’s PowerCinema. 'yes' is Israel’s premier satellite Pay-TV operator.
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ORBIT News Brief : SBIRS Mod For Lockheed Martin Sustainment Efforts -
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September 12, 2007
For Military Mastery, MilCom Matters
MILCOM, the Premier Military Communications Conference, to be held from October 29-31, 2007 at Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL, has updated the list of influential and knowledgeable subject-matter expert speaker list. They are as follow:
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Multi-National Battle Group Grouped With Iridium Services
The Swedish Armed Forces have purchased Iridium satellite services for the newly formed Nordic Battle Group. Service will be initiated at the close of this year.
The Iridium satellite services are being supplied under a service agreement with IDG Europe AB.
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NSSL’s Mod Nod
NSSL is an international satellite communications provider and the company has just been awarded an extension of a major contract to become the sole provider of commercial satcoms for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The contract, which comes under the umbrella of the Skynet 5 PFI, will run through 2020 and reflects the good relationship enjoyed between the Ministry of Defence and NSSL over the past 20 years.
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ELISA, ROEM, DGA, PLEIADES, MYRIADE Bring Astrium And Arianespace Together
ELISA (Electronic Intelligence by Satellite) satellites are going to map the entire globe using radar transmitters. ELISA is the first step toward the future ROEM (Renseignement d’Origine ElectroMagnetique) (Elint) electromagnetic reconnaissance program (language spell checker, don’t fail me now….). This is a demo project sponsored by the French defence procurements agency (DGA).
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September 11, 2007
ORBIT News Brief : Latest Russian Satellite Possesses Military Acumen -
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September 10, 2007
Artillery Rockets Benefit From Incorporated GPS System
On behalf of the German Federal Office For Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB), Rheinmetall Defence live fire tested their Corect guidance module with great success. Two test rockets were guided to a target 20 km away using the company’s new, satellite-supported flight path guidance modules.
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September 9, 2007
Marshall Marshals Hub Forces for DISN
Marshall Communications Corporation [MARSHALL] announced the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a contract to MARSHALL for the Tactical Service Provider (TSP) for the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD). The Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, in conjunction with the U.S. Congress, established the JCTD Program to rapidly place relevant, mature, technologies in the hands of the Joint Coalition Warfighters.
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Thales Sponsors USO-Metro Stars & Stripes, Diamonds & Clubs Benefit
Thales Communications, Inc. once again joins the USO of Metropolitan Washington (USO-Metro) to help support our troops and their families at the 4th annual Stars & Stripes, Diamonds & Clubs USO Benefit on September 21, 2007! The Stars & Stripes, Diamonds & Clubs benefit, with guest master of ceremonies Pat Sajak, is an evening full of opportunities to network and win at the Roulette Wheel, Texas Hold ’em, Blackjack, and Craps table. All proceeds support USO-Metro.
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September 6, 2007
Ultra Reliability Is Spacenet’s Offer To Retail Enterprises
Spacenet Inc. has introduced a new, affordable program specifically designed for retail enterprises to help reduce operational expenses and minimize lost revenue caused by network downtime. The program enables customers to leverage VSAT services as part of a hybrid network for ultra reliable networking and redundant communications for business continuity.
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September 5, 2007
Radyne’s Gateway To Lower Cost Hub And Spoke Networks
Providing full mesh, hub and spoke and hybrid network activities is the new MDX420 Satellite Network Gateway unveiled by Radyne Corporation [NASDAQ: RADN] at IBC in Amsterdam. The MDX420 applies Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and can operate in single channel per carried mode—all on the same platform.
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Agilent Offers Trusty Testing
In a communication system, transmission lines are usually the most common failure point. Cables and antennas are constantly exposed to the elements and they degrade over time. Mix in poorly tightened connectors or seals, and intermittent outages all the way to utter failure could be the result. Agilent Technologies [NYSE: A] to the rescue.
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August 23, 2007
Unique Alliance Could Offer Solution For Safer Air Flight
Probably one of the most exceptional alliances you’d ever expect to hear to hear about was one that finds Raytheon and XM Satellite Radio as the best of buds as they go all out and bid on a contract to re tune air traffic control (ATC) in the United States. The Boston Globe is reporting the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) will award the contract for this makeover shortly, perhaps as early as next week.
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August 22, 2007
More To See At IBC
Additional companies presenting their wares for industry purview include the following, International Datacasting and ND Satcom…
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August 21, 2007
ORBITS: News Briefs…
-- Add-On Info Re Apax Partners Acquisition -- Private Rocket Project Fizzles -- STS-118 Success -- Mining Satellite Network Data -- Easier Gate Array Use
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August 20, 2007
Monitoring Is At The Hub Of Glentel
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: August 21, 2007—Satnews Daily—A legacy system has been replaced by Glentel, Inc. The company has completed the acquisition, and installation, of a new satellite hub at their Edmonton, Alberta, facilities.
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More To See At IBC
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: August 21, 2007—Satnews Daily—With IBC ’07 rapidly approaching, we continue our coverage of companies and their exhibitions we feel might be of interest to our satellite and communications community.
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August 16, 2007
2-B-CN @ IBC
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: August 18, 2007—Satnews Daily—There are SO many new products being released for this year’s IBC exposition in Amsterdam that tie in with the satellite industry, we will present this information to our readers in our daily news in this IBC VIEWS section. Today’s product lineup includes:
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ORBITS: News Briefs...
-- Advantech's Sales Team Enhanced -- DirecTV & CURRENT -- Sonos & SIRIUS -- J.D. Power & Associates New Report --
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August 15, 2007
Everyone’s Gone To The Moon? No, But Japan Will Shortly…
JAPAN: August 16, 2007—Satnews Daily—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reported a rescheduling for the launch of the lunar Orbit Explorer KAGUYA to September 13, 2007.
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A World Of Ocean, Thanks To Thrane & Thrane
August 16, 2007—Satnews Daily—A DKK 20 million contract has been awarded to Thrane & Thrane by Inmarsat to supply and install two Radio Network Controller stations in Hawaii.
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ORBITS: News Briefs...
--Georg Kofler Steps Down -- Heat Shield Damage No Problem -- Big Turn For Phoenix -- Yang Liewei Had Real Problems! -- General Offers Insight Into China -- TerreStar Looks For Satellite $$$ --
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August 14, 2007
Momentum Mounts, DigitalGlobe’s Image To Improve
LONGMONT and BOULDER, COLORADO: August 15, 2007—Satnews Daily--Set for launch on Tuesday, September 18th, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, is the WorldView-1 satellite. This is but the first of two new, nextgen satellites DigitalGlobe plans to inject into orbit.
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Northrop Grumman Demos Satellite System With Aplomb
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA: August 15, 2007—Satnews Daily—The prime contractor for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) is Northrop Grumman Corporation.
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August 13, 2007
Orbits: News Briefs...
--5th World Satellite Business Week symposium -- Rural Alaska to Receive Satellite Direct Internet -- Satellite RF Contract Delivered to Calian Technologies -- More HDTV Sets En Route -- Jampro Antenna Contract Rec'd -- New VP at Harris Corp. -- Hughes Financials -- MDA Completes RADARSAT-2 Testing -- Perseid Meteor Shower -- STS-118 Mission Replaces Gyroscope -- Utah State University's Small Satellite Conference -- WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio Financials -- Tax Fight In Congress DirecTV & EchoStar--
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August 10, 2007
Satnews Daily Reaches New Orbit—Subscriber Increase of 30 Percent!
SatNews Publisher Silvano Payne is delighted to report the number of subscriptions to the already popular Satnews Daily email have increased by 30 percent in the past week!
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