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May 30, 2019
Viasat's 18-Inch Ka-band Antenna Offers Highest Connectivity Data Rates for Government UAVs and Business Aviation
includes commercial and Mil-Ka frequency bands; across varying polarity layouts; multiple orbital regimes, medium Earth orbit and geosynchronous ...   Full Story

U.S. Air Force Now Responsible for Future Narrowband MILSATCOM
The memo calls for the establishment of a working group that will report on the joint force requirements, required resources and identification of risk...   Full Story

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions' $5 Million C5ISR Contract
Kratos C5ISR Modular Systems provides products, hardware and solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other National Security...   Full Story


May 28, 2019
Comtech Telecommunications' Command & Control Technologies' $3.5 Million Satellite Service Order
The Command & Control Technologies group is a provider of mission-critical, highly-mobile, C4ISR solutions...   Full Story

Launch Site Flagged for Australian Electronic Warfare Satellites
It aims to provide the first fully Australian developed, owned and operated space based Electronic Warfare capability.   Full Story

Elbit Systems' $127 Million Contract to Provide Tactical Radio Systems to an Army in South Asia
The radios to be supplied will include several configurations for integration onboard a range of armored fighting vehicles and tanks at the battalion and company levels.    Full Story


May 27, 2019
Collins Aerospace Systems Receives GPS-D Security Certification from SMC for their Common GPS Module
Security certification validates compliance to the stringent Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) hardware and software security design specification...   Full Story

Northrop Grumman and AFRL's Sensors Directorate Demo the First SDR-Based, M-Code, GPS Receiver
Using a system-on-a-chip SDR approach, in lieu of the traditional fixed application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design, enabled the platform to...   Full Story


May 23, 2019
Air Force Research Lab Awards Viasat a Contract for the First-Ever Link 16-Capable LEO Spacecraft
The Viasat-designed spacecraft is intended to enhance warfighters' situational awareness by extending the range of Link 16 networks — using...   Full Story


May 22, 2019
Space Flight Laboratory Heading into CANSEC 2019 to Highlight their Gray Jay Pathfinder Smallsat Project
Gray Jay is a formation flying smallsat constellation being developed by SFL for the Department of National Defence’s science and technology...   Full Story

U.S. Army Contracting Command Soliciting for JTT-NG Production and Services via UHF SATCOM
JTT serves as the primary radio communications component of the Joint Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) enterprise that allows Warfighter access to...   Full Story


May 21, 2019
Fourth BeiDou Backup Satellite Launched by China
After being sent to the geostationary earth orbit and on-orbit tests, the satellite will be connected to the BDS to provide users with more reliable...   Full Story

Spectra Group, Winner of the Queen's Award for SlingShot Systems are at the SOFIC Exhibition in Tampa 
a low size, weight and power system enables UHF and VHF tactical radios to extend into the realm of Beyond Line of Sight  Communications on the Move   Full Story

U.S. GSA Awards Maximum $450 Million to Viasat to Ensure Warfighters' Security Across Battlespace
Through this award, Viasat will deliver a diverse portfolio of technologies and services to advance communications, intelligence, security and...   Full Story


May 20, 2019
Honeywell's BLOS System to Provide Airborne SATCOM Connectivity for the DoD
The Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) communications system will support and improve the en route communication capabilities for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet...   Full Story

First-if-its-Kind ... Paradigm, Kymeta and Lepton Global Solutions' COTM Terminal for U.S. Special Forces
The first-of-its-kind product integrates Kymeta’s breakthrough flat-panel antenna with Cradlepoint cellular technology and Paradigm’s PIM®...   Full Story


May 19, 2019
Peraton Government Services Receives Commercial SATCOM Service Contract For U.S. Central Command
solicited via the GSA's Federal Supply Schedule, Information Technology Schedule 70, and one quotation was received from 25 offerors solicited.   Full Story


May 16, 2019
Kratos to Evaluate System to Defeat sUAS Incursions
The THREAT system will be used to evaluate High Power Microwave (HPM) system capabilities necessary to defeat small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)...   Full Story


May 15, 2019
Comtech EF Data's Expansion of the Satellite Modem Product Line ... More Form and Performance
The SLM-5650C and SLM-5650C ODU CyberLynx Software Defined Modems are the latest generation modem solutions featuring extremely ...   Full Story

U.S.A.F.'s 4th Space Ops Now In Control of the AEHF-4 Satellite
The squadron increased their capability with the addition of AEHF-4 and the satellite has increased the coverage over the Milstar satellites as well...   Full Story


May 14, 2019
Russia's Fourth Blagovest Military Satellite Launch Originally Set for May Now Pushed to July
Earlier reports said that the launch of the fourth Blagovest satellite was planned for the first quarter of 2019 but was later postponed to the first...   Full Story

Raytheon Starts Their Global Installation of GPS OCX Modernized Monitoring Station Receivers
The modernized receivers will measure and monitor legacy military and civilian signals sent by the current GPS satellite constellation plus the new...   Full Story

Rocket Lab to Launch Rideshare Mission for Spaceflight
The mission is Rocket Lab’s seventh Electron launch overall and the company’s third for 2019, continuing Rocket Lab’s average monthly launch ...   Full Story


May 13, 2019
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicle Readies to Perform 'Firsts' for DoD/NASA/NOAA Mission 
STP-2 will mark the first-ever DOD launch using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, as well as the first-ever DOD mission with re-used rocket ...   Full Story


May 12, 2019
USAF's SMC Awards ULA the Launch Contract for the NRO's NROL-68 Mission
The launch will be conducted using a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle, with a projected launch scheduled to occur in 2023 from the Cape Canaveral ...   Full Story

From NATO to Horizon Technologies... Two Major End User Orders for FlyingFish™
These orders are significant because they include new fixed and rotary-wing platforms as well as new government end users. The units were ...   Full Story


May 9, 2019
Five Russian Satellites Scheduled for Launch in 2020
Five satellites will be delivered to the orbit by rocket carriers in 2020 — one Glonass-M, one Glonass-K2 and three Glonass-K satellites...   Full Story


May 8, 2019
Comtech Xicom Technology's New Highs and Lows ... High Power, High Efficiency and Very-Low Leakage X-Band SSPAs and BUCs
X-Band is one of the most difficult satellite communications bands to operate in because the transmit and receive bands are directly adjacent.   Full Story

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s $5.5 Million Contract for Upgrades to U.S. Missile Defense System
received a contract valued at more than $5.5 million for high-power satellite communication amplifiers to relay data for early detection of missile launches.   Full Story

Critical Smallsat Development Successfully Demo'd in Record Time by Northrop Grumman for DARPA Program
Northrop Grumman led a unique team of commercial suppliers to deliver a 150 kg. smallsat from concept to orbit in 20 months. Traditional satellites of ...   Full Story

iDirect Government Awarded Top Cybersecurity Solution by Mobile Satellite Users Association
To mitigate cyber threats, iDirectGov provides enhanced TRANSEC capabilities with the Evolution 4.2 software, building upon the company’s...   Full Story


May 7, 2019
Kratos Introduces Cloud-Enabled Ground Technologies at Satellite 2019
Although the satellite world has been a bit slower to fully adopt them it's not for lack of interest, but because of the unique technical difficulties associated    Full Story

ThinKom's New Antenna Achieves Success Using Newtec Satellite Modems with the HYLAS-4 Satellite
ThinKom confirmed that the on-air tests achieved data rates up to 260 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink error-free at elevation angles from 27...   Full Story

Walton De-Ice Ships New Portable Radome to U.S. Government and European Defense Agencies
The lightweight, rapidly deployable Walton Portable Radome protects VSAT, transportable, or fixed antennas and equipment from rain, snow, ice...   Full Story


May 6, 2019
CopaSAT and Kymeta™ Have Flat Solution to Disruptive SOTM ... Flat Panel Satellite Antenna
The CopaSAT STORM is a mission-ready, ruggedized, fully-integrated, Ku-band flat-panel terminal that includes a Kymeta u7 antenna, iDirect 950mp...   Full Story

Rocket Lab Successfully Launched Three USAF Satellites
Rocket Lab successfully launched their STP-27RD mission on their Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand...   Full Story

Analytical Space Receives SBIR AFWERX Contract from U.S. Air Force
The award is a multi-year agreement that will provide ASI with USAF resources of undisclosed value to support the development of ASI’s data...   Full Story

Orbit Communication Systems Uncovers Their New Airborne Terminal at DC Show
This advanced, MIL-STD qualified terminal initially features a high gain 87 cm. (34-inch) hybrid, Ku-band antenna, with a Ka-band configuration in ...   Full Story


May 5, 2019
GetSAT's MilliSAT Terminals Pass Muster ... Inmarsat's Type Approval for Global Xpress Service
These new terminals, according to the company, are the lightest and most compact all in one on-the-move solutions serving the Global Xpress ...   Full Story

Spectra Group Bringing SlingShot to DC Show for AEWE 2019 Participation and Presentation
Spectra’s SlingShot is a unique, lightweight frequency conversion device that enables existing, in-service tactical military and commercial VHF/UHF ...   Full Story

Walton De-Ice Goes Portable ... New Radome Design for Extreme Environments and Savings
antenna radomes aren't built for transportable operation, yet many of today's military, first-responder, and oil & gas applications on land can require   Full Story

Comtech Telecommunications Corporation Contract for SNAP Terminals is Upped
SNAP terminals provide quick and mobile satellite communications capabilities to personnel in the field. The contract has been funded $50.6 ...   Full Story


May 2, 2019
On-Orbit Test of the AEHF-4 Spacecraft is a Success for Lockheed Martin
A4 OOT was the first test to have all six AEHF operational terminals communicating over XDR. The terminal types include...   Full Story


May 1, 2019
Mission Microwave's High Power BUCs Go Into Battle to Support Warfighters
Mission’s Stinger, Javelin and Titan products have been designed into families of terminals across X-, Ku- and Ka-band frequencies. The common...   Full Story

First Production Representative of Northrop Grumman's Engagement Operations Center Delivered to the U.S. Army
IBCS is a paradigm shift for IAMD by replacing legacy stove-piped systems with a next-generation, net-centric approach to better address an evolving...   Full Story


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