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December 21, 2017
Orbit's US$1 Million Additional Service Contract Extension for the USAF's Airborne Digital Audio Systems 
worth approximately US$1 million, for service for maintenance, repair and support of systems aboard Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.   Full Story

Boeing's $10 Million Modified Work Order for U.S. Air Force
Work will be performed at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado; El Segundo, California; and Colorado Springs, Colorado, with an expected completion date ...   Full Story

U.S. Coast Guard Planning Launch of Satellites During Q3 of 2018
The Polar Scout program is one step toward a larger goal of the Coast Guard to develop a long-term plan for using satellite technology across a...   Full Story

The Advanced Technology Receiver Card from Raytheon Garners an SMC Contract
This is a four-channel receiver of simultaneous tracking patented direct measurement processing, ultra-tight global positioning system/inertial...   Full Story


December 19, 2017
U.S.A.F.'s GEO Flight-4 Satellite Arrives at the Cape for January 2018 Launch
Having verified satellite integrity after successful delivery from Sunnyvale, California, to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, the SBIRS team...   Full Story

Kratos Unmanned Systems Division Drones On and On...
USD is an industry leader in the rapid design, development and fielding of affordable high performance jet powered unmanned aerial drone systems...   Full Story


December 18, 2017
OHB and Arianespace Partner to Launch Heinrich Hertz for Germany's Civil and Military Telecommunications
"...we are responsible for implementing the entire mission including the satellite, the launcher and the related ground infrastructure."   Full Story

Trivec-Avant to Engage the U.S. Navy with a UHF SATCOM Antenna System
The SSV provides a UHF SATCOM antenna to coastal patrol craft, littoral combat ships, joint high speed vessels and other disadvantaged users that...   Full Story

Navy Multi-Band Terminals to be Built by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
NMT is a multi-band capable satellite communications terminal that provides protected and wideband communications.  NMT supports...   Full Story


December 15, 2017
Arianespace Plans for a Heavy Lift of Germany’s Heinrich Hertz Demonstrator Satellite
H2Sat will be used to test or flight-qualify some 20 different components or subassemblies, new technologies and transmission schemes ...   Full Story


December 14, 2017
Asian Defense Organization's US$7 Million Order for Orbit's Aeronautical Telemetry Systems 
“This order includes a unique collapsible, transportable antenna,”   Full Story


December 13, 2017
General Dynamics Mission Systems' Award of $198,082,976 to Continue Procurement of Digital Modular Radio
DMR is a modular, software reprogrammable radio system with embedded cryptography that provides all radio frequency (RF) to-baseboard and...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin's GPS III SV01 and Raytheon's OCX Complete Factory Mission Readiness Testing
During this end-to-end system demonstration, command signals were sent from the latest OCX LCS software installed at Lockheed Martin’s Launch...   Full Story


December 12, 2017
AQYR Supports GVF SATCOM Certification Program for the U.S. Army at Camp Roberts in California
The first milestone for the 302d Signal Battalion GVF Pilot Program was achieved on October 20, 2017, with 40 uniformed and civilian staff...   Full Story


December 11, 2017
General Atomics' Contract with Government Enables ARGOS to Provide Better Comms for Warfighters 
Not only will ARGOS support the needs of the U.S. Army, but also the Combatant Commanders and Partner Nations.   Full Story

Orbital ATK Signs on with U.S.A.F. SMC to Develop ESPA Space Platform
ESPAStar uses a modified EELV Secondary Payload Adapter ring as its structure and is capable of being launched aboard any launch vehicle that ...   Full Story

2017 Technology of the Year Award for SDR System Goes to Rohde & Schwarz
The objective of the SVFuA project was to develop a software defined radio (SDR) system for the German Federal Armed Forces for joint and...   Full Story


December 7, 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne Gets Heated Up and Achieves Milestone with Hot-Fire Test for Air Force
Post boost propulsion systems are a critical element of strategic and missile defense systems for final payload positioning and deployment.   Full Story


December 6, 2017
Harris to Provide U.S. Army Security Force Assistance Brigades with Comms Systems
Harris will provide a full battlefield solution including its Falcon III® AN/PRC-152A Wideband Networking Handheld Radios and AN/PRC-117G...   Full Story

Wolfspeed Debuts Manpack Power Solution
The CG2H30070 is designed to provide instantaneous continuous wave (CW) power output of 70W, enabling battery operation for power amplifiers...   Full Story

Indra's Systems Reduces Critical Surface to Transmit Time on Two Submarines by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
communications that reduces the time that vessels need to surface to transmit, increasing security and making them more difficult to detect    Full Story


December 4, 2017
Russia Launches a Military Satellite
The ministry stated that the Soyuz-2.1b carrier, at the designated time, successfully took to the target orbit the space apparatus for interests of the...   Full Story

Vandenberg's Commander's Concerns with Base's Shortcomings at a 'Critical Crossroads' for Commercial Launches
“SpaceX is already here, Orbital ATK is already here and Blue (Origin) is looking right now.   Full Story

ViaLite Communications' GPS Over Fiber Improves Timing Performance for U.S. Defense Contractor
from a point-to-point to a point-to-multi-point system that allows RF to be transmitted over longer distances with less loss and greater reliability.    Full Story


December 1, 2017
FACSAT-2 Smallsat Program to be Initiated by GomSpace for the Air Force of Columbia
The FACSAT-2 Project comprises the design, manufacture, test and operation of an advanced 6U remote sensing spacecraft. This new project will build on the technology transfer gained through the FACSAT-1 project, awarded to GomSpace in 2014. FACSAT-2 spacecraft is planned to be launched in 2019, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Colombian Air Force.
...   Full Story


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