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November 29, 2012
ViaSat + USMC... A Smart Move (Comms)
[SatNews] To help bring smartphones and tablets to the battlefield, the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has selected ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) to engineer...
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Track24 Defence... To Track Correctly, Whisper... (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Track24 Defence, TekTrap and Canadian Operational Support Command (CANOSCOM) have won the...
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November 28, 2012
MILCOM’12 Post Hurricane Sandy’s Post-Mortem Follow-up + Questions
[SatNews] Canceling a trade show doesn’t happen very often, and as might be expected it involves a phenomenal amount of logistics.
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Harris... This Framework Calls For Falcons... (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received an $11 million order from the Ministry of Defence of a NATO country for the...
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November 27, 2012
General Dynamics... An Important IDIQ Gain (Comms)
[SatNews] General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) was recently awarded a contract under the U.S. Army's new...
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ITT Exelis... An Important GTACS Gain (Comms)
[SatNews] ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been selected as an awardee on the GTACS (Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems and Services)...
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Astrium Services... Make Mine X-Band (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Astrium has received an order to fit six UK Royal Navy mine countermeasure vessels with a military X-band...
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ARINC Takes Their Task Orders Seriously Enabling Army Of Won A Win-Win
[SatNews] “...to enable the U.S. Army to move to a real-time, global, in-transit visibility capability...to support the Defense Department’s massive logistics requirements for deployed U.S. Forces and drawdowns..”
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November 26, 2012
Russia + Ukraine... Combo Space Program...Hither or Thither? (Launch Vehicle)
[SatNews] The implementation of a Russian-Ukrainian space launch program now depends on the...
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Blue Sky Network + Southeast Aerospace... Meet In The Air To Provide Solutions (Business Partnership)
[SatNews] Partnership provides a one-stop global shop for advanced satellite tracking, professional installation, and certification for aerospace applications with...
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Seatrade Middle East ...Astrium Shows And Tells New Brand Image (Event)
[SatNews] Opening tomorrow at another show, this one in the Middle East...
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November 21, 2012
Rockwell Collins... Signing On For Services (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Rockwell Collins recently received a $35 million award for satellite communication services from...
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November 20, 2012
Hughes... Finds Solutions In The Air In London At MilSatCom
[SatNews] At a time of continuing budgetary constraints, the Company reduces operational costs and supports land-mobile, maritime and airborne network-centric communications.
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GMV Wows ‘Em...3x50!
[SatNews] With a 28-year track record, the Company’s technology is the only one that simultaneously supports the operations of the NASA, ESA, CNES, NOAA, EUMETSAT, and the USGS.
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Global MilSatCom...One Week To Go...In London (Event)
[SatNews] Those in attendance in New York City last week, just have enough time to get their clothes back from the cleaners, and then head out again, this time to London!
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November 19, 2012
Spacecom... Due Diligence For The DoD (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Spacecom (Space-Communication Ltd., Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has been awarded two contracts by...
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China’s Long March-2C Sends Sat Soaring Joins Up With Family (Launch)
[SatNews] Guess you could call it a Chinese family reunion, of sorts...
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November 16, 2012
Northrop Grumman... X-47B Goes Wireless (UCAS)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy have taken a first critical step toward...
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November 15, 2012
DARPA... From Down Under, Surveillance Is Looking Up (Spatial Encounters Detection)
[SatNews] DARPA’s ground-based Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) may soon head to Australia.
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November 14, 2012
Globecomm Systems... Traffic Tracking Time (GPS)
[SatNews] Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) has received a contract from NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) valued at...
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Hughes Network Systems... Waveform Win (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has been awarded a contract by the...
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Lockheed Martin + U.S.A.F.... On-Orbit Validation... (Satellite)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have completed on orbit testing of the..
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Arianespace... Delivered For A December Date (Satellite)
[SatNews] The fourth spacecraft to be orbited by Arianespace for the Skynet 5 military satellite constellation has...
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Arianespace + Russian Space Forces... Meridian Makes For Space (Launch)
[SatNews] Russia's Space Forces launched on Wednesday a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a...
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November 13, 2012
ViaSat... A Lot Of Terminals (SATCOM)
[SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) was awarded Lot 13 orders valued at $33.9 million for...
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Beam’s RapidSat 700... When Rapid Emergency Help Is Needed
[SatNews] Critical to any emergency situation...“The solution provides the only available rapidly deployable, portable high speed data communications anywhere.”
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Harris’ Falcon Keeps Africa In Touch With Top Notch Communications
[SatNews] This radio family covers the 30 MHz to 108 MHz frequency range and supports data rates up to 192 Kbps, making it the fastest combat net radio available today.
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Inmarsat Selects L-3 GCS Expressly For Global Xpress Services Of A Panther And Hawkeye
[SatNews] this product is the only global Ka-band system of its kind.
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Lockheed Martin... Fencing In Orbital Objects (Space Situational Awareness)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has submitted its final contract proposal to build Space Fence, an advanced...
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November 11, 2012
On Veteran's Day...
SatNews Publishers offers our thanks to those who have served, and those who are serving, this nation to preserve hard-won freedoms.
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Inmarsat...Getting To Know You...Invitation At SATCON 2012 (Event)
[SatNews] Excitement is mounting as SATCON 2012 draws near in post-hurricane Sandy New York City.
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CCW + SATCON ...Hurricane Sandy Huffed And Puffed, But The Shows Will Still Go On!
[SatNews] Stories of the amazing human spirit despite the hardships caused by hurricane Sandy are inspirational, and more good news is that...
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November 8, 2012
Raytheon... A Weather Win... (SATCOM)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) an $11.5 million contract to...
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Analytical Graphics Hires Respected Innovator
[SatNews] “...he is an innovator within the intelligence community recognized by General Bruce Carlson, previous director of the NRO, and Ms. Betty Sapp, current director, for his efforts to bring space reconnaissance into the 21st century.”
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ULA Selects Hensel Phelps Construction Co. = Hundreds Of New Jobs
[SatNews] The Company will help with the design and development of the crew access tower and the crew access arm...
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Northrop Grumman + SMC... Risk Reduction For Comms Selection + Moving On Up... (SATCOM + Business)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center will...
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ITT Exelis... Joining The GTACS Group (Business)
[SatNews] ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been selected as an awardee on the GTACS (Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems and Services)...
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November 7, 2012
Harris... Real-Time Data + Voice Going To U.S.A.F. (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $10.8 million order from the U.S. Air Force for additional...
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Harris Must Be Communicating Well...$10 Billion Worth!
[SatNews] Do something right and others will beat a path to your door, and so it is with...
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November 5, 2012
TeleCommunication Systems—Multiple Awardee For Turnkey System... That’s Some Ceiling...$10 Billion!
[SatNews] There must have been some celebrating when the company was notified of their awarded contract...
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November 4, 2012
ULA Erring On The Side Of Caution... X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Launch Postponed
[SatNews November 4, 2012] The Company’s leadership and the Air Force have decided to postpone the launch two weeks to allow for additional flight data anomaly investigation activities and a thorough crossover assessment.
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November 1, 2012
Harris... Smart Apps Support For Warriors (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has introduced a backpack version of its...
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Space Systems/Loral... Protected Communications (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) (NASDAQ: LORL) has been selected by the...
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SATCON 2012 GVF’s Efforts To Educate, Mingle, And Stop Interference (Event)
[SatNews NOVEMBER 1, 2012] Get in a year's worth of networking in just two days at...
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SATCON And CCW In New York City...The Shows Must Go On—New York Shows Their Strength! (Event)
[SatNews NOVEMBER 1, 2012] Strength and courage prevail as word comes from the SATCON show directors indicating...
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Towerstream®’s Good Deed After Hurricane...No Fee Fixed Wireless Broadband Assistance
[SatNews NOVEMBER 1, 2012] ... the company offers its coverage through the air and not in the ground...it is not affected by the flooding issues affecting many city businesses.
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