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January 31, 2013
SMi... The Learning Never Ceases For MilSpace... (Event)
[SatNews] MilSpace 2013, which will occur from April 10th through the 11th at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London, will feature...
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Boeing... A FAB Time (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently achieved two important milestones on the...
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Look Who’s Chief Technology Officer + VP Strategic Initiatives @ Thales Communications (Executive Move)
[SatNews] ...responsible for management of a portfolio including sonars, ship combat management systems, helmet mounted displays, cyber security, training and simulation, and radars....
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January 30, 2013
ORBIT Communication Systems... Addressing Aeronautical Needs (Telemetry)
[SatNews] ORBIT Communication Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of ORBIT Technologies Ltd. (TASE:ORBI), has won a major contract from...
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ITT Exelis... Weather Watchers (Sensors)
[SatNews] ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has received a $3.2 million follow-on contract from...
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January 29, 2013
Orbital Sciences... A Big Boost For Defense System (Launch Vehicle)
[SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its Orbital Booster Vehicle (OBV), which is the...
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Agile Milcoms Certainly Is...Agile, Light And Compact W/Large Results (MILSATCOM | Event)
[SatNews] More mobile, Manpack Antenna options for warfighters in theater, on-the-move small form factors, high data rate, rugged systems with lower cost broadband connectivity.
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January 28, 2013
General Dynamics... Bringing MUOS To Their Manpack (SATCOM)
[SatNews] The U.S. Army ordered kits in December to upgrade 100 Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) AN/PRC-155 two-channel Manpack radios...
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Harris... Algerian Aviation Control (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has been awarded a contract to provide a voice communications system for...
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ASDReports... Global MilSats To Experience 3.9 Percent CAGR (Analysis | Reports)
[SatNews] According to the latest ASDReports analysis, in 2012, the global military satellite market was valued at...
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Thales... Performance + Cost Factors For NATO Face Improvement (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Thales has been awarded a contract by the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency to...
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TAI...Turkey Flies...ANKA’s UAV Acceptance Tests (UAV)
[SatNews] ...during the acceptance campaign, which has been in progress since Fall 2012, about 130 different ground and flight tests were successfully accomplished...
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NORAD...Not Just For Tracking Santa Claus...Rapid Response...And Super Bowl, Too (SATCOM)
[SatNews] The Falcon Virgo exercise is a series of training flights in coordination with the FAA, FBI, Customs and Border Protection, Civil Air Patrol, the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, and...
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January 24, 2013
Northrop Grumman Surpasses Its Lifetime + Celebrates A Celestial Retirement (Satellite)
[SatNews] It was placed into orbit by the space shuttle Endeavour (STS-54) in 1993.
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January 23, 2013
Harris... Extending Wideband Nets (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has introduced a new power amplifier that...
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Alion Science and Technology... Analysis Asset (Geospatial)
[SatNews] To help build geospatial battlefield intelligence, Alion Science and Technology will provide the U.S. Army with...
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ITT Exelis... Augmentation Investigation (GPS)
[SatNews] ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been awarded a $2.15 million contract by the...
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Harris In Latin America...Verifies Very High Frequency For Falcon III®
[SatNews] “...delivers continuous coverage in the 30 to 108 MHz frequency band, offering unique performance and flexibility for a combat net radio.’
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January 22, 2013
Ball Aerospace... Payload Placed... (Satellite)
[SatNews] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully integrated the fifth and final payload to...
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Raytheon... Battlefield Ops Improve Via Bird's Eye Views... (Satellite)
[SatNews] Small, “disposable” satellites launched from fighter jets could soon give soldiers a...
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Harris... Assisting With Anti-Narcotics Ops (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received approximately $11 million in delivery orders to provide...
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January 21, 2013
TeleCommunication Systems... Ruggedized Transportables For DSTO (VSAT)
[SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has received an order from the...
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Mobile Deployable Communications... From CIS to C4I + More... (Event)
[SatNews] Returning for the 6th annual presentation, Mobile Deployable Communications will feature...
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Bye Aerospace + BoldIQ...Speak Boldly About Silent Guardian Hybrid UAV
[SatNews] The first of its kind hybrid UAV concept utilizes a turbofan engine for initial high performance takeoff and climb.
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Sea Launch + Intelsat 27...On Its Way...Heats Up For Launch At Equator (Launch)
[SatNews] The launch will mark The Company’s completion of the world’s first global broadband mobility platform...
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January 18, 2013
a.i. solutions... Flight Dynamics Concentrations (SSA)
[SatNews] a.i. solutions has been awarded a contract to provide the company’s FreeFlyer software to support...
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Lockheed Martin + U.S.A.F... Travels Conclude @ Cape Canaveral For GEO-2 (Satellite)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have delivered the second...
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January 17, 2013
IMT + Department of Homeland Security’s... Covert Contract For Surveillance Specialists
[SatNews] The talents of this company are done so well no one knows...that they’re being watched...
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Harris Gets Orders From NATO Member... Send In The Falcons (SATCOM)
[SatNews] “This radio will enable personnel to maintain voice and data connectivity throughout their missions, even when operating in remote areas with limited line-of-sight.’’
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Harris Connects The Brass With The Field (MilSATCOM)
[SatNews] “This creates a mobile Tactical Internet designed to meet mission-critical requirements in harsh and rugged tactical environments, providing unprecedented situational awareness...’’
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January 16, 2013
U.S.A.F... Seeking ISR Solutions... (Comms)
[SatNews] U.S. Air Force communications experts are reaching out to industry for ideas on...
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U.S. Navy... Picture This Need (EO)
[SatNews] U.S. Navy electro-optics researchers plan to ask the industry to develop...
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Lockheed Martin... A Proper GPS Grounding (System)
[SatNews] Continuing a legacy of more than 30 years supporting the Global Positioning System, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract to...
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KVH... Armor Gets Dead Reckoning (Navigation)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has received two new orders for its...
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Russia... Three Sent To Space (Launch)
[SatNews] A Rokot rocket carrying three military satellites blasted off from the...
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China... 20 Are In The Hopper (Launches)
[SatNews] According to the Xinhua News Agency, China plans to launch...
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Lockheed Martin... Moving MUOS (Satellite)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed required system testing on the...
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January 15, 2013
Northrop Grumman + Cassidian... Test Flight Triumph (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, together achieved a major milestone...
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January 14, 2013
Harris...Special Ops Recruits A Special Falcon... $7M Contract (SATCOM)
[SatNews] “Widely deployed across all branches of the U.S. Department of Defense...meets emerging mission requirements by providing unprecedented situational awareness for dismounted and vehicular warfighters.”
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Space Foundation... Cyber Domain Expertise @ Cyber 1.3 (Event)
[SatNews] Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot, USAF, commander, 24th Air Force, and commander, Air Force Network Operations, will discuss...
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Northrop Grumman... The Early Birds (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has completed early delivery of two...
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U.S. Army Awards $248... Puts A Bird And A Cat In Soldiers’ Hands
[SatNews] Providing an advantage in wartorn situations is invaluable.
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U.S. Army + TeleCommunication Systems It’s A SNAP With $3.4 Million
[SatNews] “...our military must also have the knowledgeable support to ensure that those systems are always at peak performance levels for continuity of operations,"...
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Northrop Grumman... An Internal Build For Triton (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation is building a company-owned unmanned aircraft as a...
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January 10, 2013
Israel Aerospace Unleashes ATK’s PUMA Power...To Send AMOS-6 Solar Soaring
[SatNews] “Our tremendous success rate is a record we are proud of.”
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January 8, 2013
Coming In May...Milsatcom Middle East Joins Forces
[SatNews] A conference to be held in an area of the world that has garnered much attention.
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Astrium Services - Government Communications Provide Capacity...Dishes To Swedes
[SatNews] “...we are able to reliably meet FMV’s requirement for secure personnel communication between Sweden and Afghanistan and are keen to expand on our supply throughout the duration...”
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January 7, 2013
ATK... A Commanding Investigation For SMC (Analysis | Reports)
[SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) has just been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Defense Weather Systems Directorate...
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ViaSat... Up In The Air For Good Reason... (SATCOM)
[SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) has shipped its 500th VR-12 Ku-band...
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Raytheon... A New Mission With JAXA (Ground System)
[SatNews] Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) recently added...
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USAF Flies Ahead Of Deadline For AEHF = Fi$cal Efficiency
[SatNews] This satellite provides greater total capacity than the entire legacy five-satellite Milstar constellation
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Space Foundation Conference... Cyber Domain—Speaker's Expertise Offers New Angles (Event)
[SatNews] Should be compelling with topics such as: Cyber Pearl Harbor; Hackivists, Anarchists, and Mobsters...
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January 6, 2013
STATION 711..Seamless Mobility At Sea...Crews Talk About crewtalk
[SatNews] The art of voice.
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January 2, 2013
General Dynamics... Still Going Strong With More'n 30,000 Fielded (Comms)
[SatNews] General Dynamics C4 SystemsŪ recent delivery of 674 AN/PRC-112G? radios to the...
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Harris... Inbound + Outbound Facilitation + More Falcons Take Flight... (Business)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has been awarded the fifth option year of its...
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ViaSat... Airborne Access Renewed (SATCOM)
[SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) will provide broadband airborne SATCOM services for a..
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SATCON And CCW 2013... Change That Date!
[SatNews] Last year this event went on despite Hurricane Sandy’s attempt to shut it down, and now...
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Air Force Space Command (AFSC)... Advanced "Awareness" Acquisitions Announcement... (Space Fence)
[SatNews] The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, recently published ...
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Lockheed 2013...Off To A Propitious Start W/$1.9B for Two More AEHF Satellites
[SatNews] A single AEHF satellite provides greater total capacity than the entire legacy five-satellite Milstar constellation.
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