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March 28, 2019
India Tests Nuclear-Tipped Ballistic Missile, Bold Orion, to Ultimately Destroy a Satellite
Launched from a bomber, the Bold Orion, a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile that was reworked to attack satellites actually passed the Explorer 6 spacecraft...
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Kleos Space and ImageSat International Sign MoU for Enhanced Geospatial Intelligence Analytics
Under the MoU, the companies will develop a value-add proposition for current and future iSi maritime customers using Kleos’ geolocation data...
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Union of Concerned Scientists, "Right Now We are Not Up to the Challenge" ... as India Destroys Satellite
“Right now we are not up to the challenge presented by the increasing spread and sophistication of anti-satellite and space weapons.”
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March 26, 2019
Israel's FirstPoint Announces $2.5 Million in Seed Funding for Cellular Cybersecurity Service
This military-grade, proven cybersecurity-as-a-service detects, alerts, protects and deceives, without requiring user intervention to install or update anything.
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UPDATE: SATCOM and Fiber Optics Support the Missile Defense Agency's Anti-ICBM Threat Test
This test was the first salvo engagement of a threat-representative ICBM target by two Ground Based Interceptors (GBI), which were designated...
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U.S.A.F. General John W. "Jay" Raymond Nominated by President Trump to be the Commander of the United States Space Command
If confirmed, General Raymond will lead the soon-to-be established USSPACECOM, which will focus on conducting all joint space warfighting...
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Lockheed Martin Ships GPS III SV02 to Cape Canaveral for an Expected July Launch
GPS III is the most powerful and resilient GPS satellite ever placed on-orbit. Developed with an entirely new design, for U.S. and allied forces, this...
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March 25, 2019
Planet Achieves Six Month $5.9 Million National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Imagery Contract
NGA exercised the option to continue development and evaluation of the broader National System for Geospatial Intelligence community needs for ...
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March 24, 2019
Comtech PST Receives RF Microwave Control Components Contract
These integrated microwave assemblies and limiters provide for very broad frequency coverage and are key components in an integrated electronic...
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March 22, 2019
Lepton Global Solutions' Case Study Reveals the Pacific is Gateway to Formidable Powers
Pacific as the gateway to East Asia ... and it is not unthinkable that a hot war could take place in that theater in the future....
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March 21, 2019
Northrop Grumman Systems' Support for U.S. Air Force's Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment
EPS for secure, jam-resistant, strategic and tactical communications to support peacetime, contingency, homeland defense, wartime operations, and
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Northrop Grumman Engaged by U.S. Army at a Maximum of $982 Million for Cyber Electromagnetic Technologies
The contract will enable the Army to procure an entire range of cyber electromagnetic activities (CEMA) aimed at advancing the force’s lethality in...
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March 20, 2019
Multi-Role Aviation Terminal from Orbit Communications to Support Inmarsat's "SATCOM as a Service"
The new compact Orbit terminal, GX46, features a 46cm (18-inch) antenna and will be delivered fully integrated with modems, electronics and related...
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Feat in Space ... as the U.S. Air Force, Education and Industry Partners REACH the NEXT Space Radiation Data
REACH, developed and fielded in less than three years at a fraction of the cost of a standalone capability, provides global space weather coverage.
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March 19, 2019
The Canadian Armed Forces Selects Viasat and MDA to Modernize Comms
Through the award, Viasat and MDA will support the Canadian Armed Forces’ efforts to modernize computer suite and data link radios. Viasat’s...
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Space-Based Lasers and Particle Beams, Part of Pentagon's $304 Million Funding Request for Missile Defense
Defense officials want to test a neutral particle-beam in orbit in fiscal 2023 as part of a ramped-up effort to explore various types of space-based...
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March 18, 2019
Northrop Grumman’s Technologies Protect the Warfighter on Both the Rocket and the Satellite
This exemplifies the breadth of our capabilities to protect the warfighter by contributing key technologies on both the rocket and the satellite.
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USAF Awards Saber Astronautics with Contract for VR Space Ops Center
Space Cockpit is a world first virtual reality space operations center that enables operators across U.S. services and allied partners to visualize the...
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March 17, 2019
ULA Successfully Launches WGS-10 Satellite, a 'Critical Asset', for U.S. Air Force
“We are very proud to deliver this critical asset to orbit in support of the U.S. and Allied warfighters deployed around the world defending our national security.”
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March 14, 2019
DISA is Preparing Warfighters for Future, Multi-Domain Conflicts
“Setting the globe” means anticipating warfighters’ future needs and approaching the agency’s combat support mission with global mindset instead...
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Maritime TVRO SATCOM Systems Support and Spares from Orbit Communications Ordered by a European Navy
Orbit’s maritime TVRO SATCOM systems have provided reliable and uninterrupted reception of TV and data services for NATO and international...
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Frequency Electronics is Clocking In with Lockheed Martin Space
The contract’s intent is to qualify FEI’s DRAFS for potential use on the new GPS IIIF satellites, securing the industrial base for high-accuracy...
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SPAWAR Delivers a Contract Mod to Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems for Navy Multi-Band Terminals
NMT is a multiband capable satellite communications terminal that provides protected and wideband communications. NMT supports Extremely High...
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March 13, 2019
USAF Proposed Budget Includes Space Force, GPS Satellite and Four Launches Funding
As written, the proposed budget attaches numbers to larger strategic goals that include the need to meet challenges posed by China and a resurgent ...
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March 12, 2019
Space Foundation Names Recipient of the Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr., Scholarship
(S)Sgt. Harper was nominated by his leadership at Fort Gordon, Georgia. He is fluent in Arabic and was recently selected for a promotion, taking over the...
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iDirect Government’s 9-Series Product Family Gains WGS Certification
The 9-Series Defense products underwent stringent evaluation and testing as part of the U.S. Army’s certification process. The WGS certification ensures...
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March 11, 2019
VORAGO Technologies Takes the Heat ... Grant for Rad-Hard Microcontroller for U.S. Department of Defense and Air Force
can be used for many years by the U.S.A.F. in various platforms with significant software reuse that shortens development and reduces costs.
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Ball Aerospace is Selected for the Second Phase of DARPA's Hallmark Program
The Hallmark program is advancing technologies that deliver real-time space-domain awareness informing the command and control and protection of...
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Rocket Lab's Launch for DARPA ... New Projected Launch Date ... Best Case Scenario
DARPA's Radiofrequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration is a prototype reflect array antenna that improves radio communications in small spacecraft
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March 10, 2019
Aerospace Provides Urgent Information to Assist with U.S. Defense and Space Development
“This year, we saw numerous government mandates to treat space programs uniquely with more resources.”
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March 8, 2019
The Build is On for Northrop Grumman's OmegA Rocket
Northrop Grumman is building OmegA in partnership with the U.S. Air Force through a shared cost program that enables the government to gain the best...
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March 7, 2019
Critical Design Review Successfully Completed by the Air Force Research Laboratory for the X-60A Hypersonic Rocket
A key part of the X-60A program is that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration-licensed Cecil Spaceport provides a diversification in...
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The Fifth MUOS Satellite is Ordered by the U.S. Navy from Lockheed Martin Space Systems
MUOS is a narrowband military satellite communication system that supports a worldwide, multi-service population of users, providing modern netcentric...
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March 6, 2019
U.S. Air Force's ISR and Cyber Effects HQ Staffs to Merge for Coordinated Ops
The USAF is realigning the staffs and streamlining oversight, policy and guidance functions to create greater integration and effectiveness to be more ...
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March 5, 2019
Consortium to Build Secure Network for the French Navy for Maximum 150 Million Euros
The contract covers work to maintain and adapt the existing IP network for the French naval forces, RIFAN 2 (Réseau IP de la Force Aéronavale étape 2), to...
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March 4, 2019
Indian Satellites Can Map 87 Percent Land Area of Pakistan
An Air Marshal at a top facility said, “Do we need more satellites? Yes. But nearly 70 percent of our demand has already been met and we are on track.”
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March 3, 2019
Hexagon's Acquisition of Thermopylae Sciences and Technology Furthers Its 5D Visualization Portfolio
its defense and intelligence solutions are targeted at the challenges in working with critical problem sets in secure or classified government environments.
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The National Security Space Launch Program is Established by the U.S. Air Force
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) directed the name change from EELV to NSSL effective March 1, to reflect consideration of both...
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