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June 30, 2019
Lucky Seven ... Rocket Lab's Seventh Electron Launch Successfully Lifts-Off and Delivers Seven Satellites
At approximately 56 minutes after lift-off, the Make It Rain payloads were successfully delivered to their precise individual orbits by Electron’s Kick Stage...
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June 27, 2019
SATCOM Support Contract for the U.S. Army Won by IAP Worldwide Services
Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of...
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions New $4.1 Million C5ISR Contract
Work under this recent contract award will be performed in secure Kratos manufacturing facilities. Due to competitive, customer related and other...
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June 26, 2019
DRS Global Enterprise Solutions Obtains Task Order for U.S. Army's MILSATCOM Network
The face value of this action is $23,756,299 funded by fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance funds. The total cumulative face value of the...
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SSTL's Staff Celebrates at the SpaceX Launch in Florida as the FORMOSAT-7 Heads to Orbit
hot on the heels of TeleSat LEO Phase 1 satellites’ first ever demo of 5G connectivity, SSTL is delighted that the firm's smallsats expertise has...
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The Big Boom ... Maxar's Satellite Reveals Huge Ammunition Depot Explosion in Kazakhstan
Footage uploaded to the internet showed panic in the town as residents fled in desperation using all types of transportation. Military personnel stopped ...
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June 25, 2019
Colorado Springs-Controlled GPS Satellites Vital to U.S. Economy, Daily Life
One sector would be an unlikely loser if GPS went down: farmers. The report found that farms could lose millions of dollars in an outage because ...
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C5ISR Modernization and Maintenance U.S. Navy Contract Won by BAE Systems
BAE Systems has been supporting Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Special Communications Mission Solutions Division with mobile...
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SpaceX's Success With One of the Most Challenging Launches of the Falcon Heavy for U.S. Air Force
SpaceX posted a modest announcement regarding a successful launch for an extraordinary mission and a 'first-of' for the U.S. Air Force.
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The Sierra Nevada Corporation-Built DSX Satellite for the U.S.A.F.'s AFRL is now On-Orbit
The DSX platform provides a free-flying Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) platform for AFRL to ...
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General Atomics' OTB Satellite Placed into Orbit by SpaceX Falcon Heavy
The multiple hosted payloads launched on GA-EMS’ OTB spacecraft include: NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Deep Space...
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June 24, 2019
Iridium Receives Airtime Contract
The face value of this action is $8,579,000, funded by fiscal 2019 defense working capital funds. The total cumulative face value of the contract is,,,
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Comtech Systems Awarded Brazilian Military Satellite Network Contract
The company received a $4.0 million contract from the Brazilian military to expand their satellite-based network for its air traffic control system...
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June 23, 2019
Space Warfare: The Aspiration-Constraint Challenge For India – Analysis
Space warfare conjures up images of satellites and laser weapons... being used to obtain a significant military advantage against an adversary.
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Bad Batteries Cause Launch Delay of U.S.A.F.'s AEHF-5 Mission
Atlas V is tailored to the needs of its passenger by adding as many as five side-mounted solid rocket boosters for increased lift performance and a ...
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June 20, 2019
Canada's Department of National Defence Receives 16 Terminals from GigaSat
The terminals are designed to be deployed globally to access worldwide global MILSATCOM (WGS) military communications as well as commercial...
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Orbit Communication's Airborne SATCOM Solutions Ordered by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Orbit’s integrated solution of onboard Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT 87) SATCOM terminals and AL-4018 high-speed ground pedestals will provide...
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Avionica to Develop Lightweight Terminal for Inmarsat's SB-S Aircraft Operations and Platform and an Inmarsat Government Award
The new terminal will be available next year and has been designed for the retrofit market, providing an affordable option for airlines seeking to equip...
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Space and Missile Systems Center Reveals Many Firsts in the 'Summer of Launch' Program
Space Test Program-2, scheduled on June 24, will be the first DOD mission to fly on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and the first to use previously flown flight hardware.
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June 19, 2019
Newtec's MCC Factory of the Future Begins Projects with QinetiQ ... Enabling Softer Docking at Space Stations
Signs in stores say "You break it you buy it" are posted so that consumers won't mishandle merchandise. Likewise ensuring that spacecraft docking at
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June 18, 2019
Launch Complex 48 at Kennedy Space Center to be Developed
The NASA-developed complex will sit between KSC's pad 39A to the north and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 to the south,...
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Contract for Honeywell Canada for SATCOM Kits
This contract provides for the purchase of Honeywell Inmarsat satellite communication kits, interim contractor support, initial spares, data and...
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Peraton to Acquire Software Development and Systems Integration Firm Solers
The Solers acquisition will accelerate both near- and long-range growth opportunities and enhance Peraton’s ability to deliver highly differentiated...
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GA-ASI and L3 Technologies Develop and Successfully Fly Full-Band Signals Intelligence Solution for MQ-9 RPAS
L3’s SIGINT solutions were integrated into a wing-mounted GA-ASI pod and flight tested on the GA-ASI Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE)...
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Advantech Wireless Technologies' 'Bull-ish' SSPA ... Taurus-X GaN based SSPA/BUC for Harsh Military Applications
is perfectly suited for harsh environments and is both designed and manufactured by Advantech to meet stringent military requirements.
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Update: Delay Conflicting Reports Regarding SpaceX's First Falcon Heavy Launch
“It’s an exciting partnership with NASA, NOAA and SpaceX to provide space access for important military and civil experiments while demonstrating the Falcon Heavy launch
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June 17, 2019
Harris Wins Second U.S. Army’s Order with a Ceiling of $12.7 Billion on HMS Manpack IDIQ Contract
network modernization strategy and Integrated Tactical Network is designed to enable ‘fighting tonight,’ while seeking ...to stay ahead of potential adversaries.
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RBC Signals Honored ... Recipient of U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase I Award
provides U.S.A.F. with processing space-based data at the point of reception globally, improving resiliency and speed to deliver info to the warfighter.
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June 16, 2019
LinQuest Corporation Receives USAF SMC Award for MILSATCOM Solutions Support
The portfolio of SMC programs supported by MSEIT includes all satellites, terminals, and networks for worldwide tactical, strategic, and wideband...
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Airbus' Successful Network Test on MRTT ... First Balloons Now Aircraft
‘hybrid network’, the future of military communications with armed forces able to use a range of networks to be managed dynamically and transparently.
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June 13, 2019
Cubic Mission Solutions to Deliver SFF Radio Prototype to U.S. Air Force
Cubic’s state-of-the-art solution is a lightweight, airborne and ground radio system delivering SFF capability in the most compact tactical radio...
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Harris Earns $51 Million as Their Falcons Fly to a Central European Nation... Falcon III® Radios Enroute
delivering advanced narrowband and wideband networking ...greater interoperability with U.S. and NATO allies for coalition operations.
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June 12, 2019
U.S. Marines Now Fielding MUOS SATCOM System
Fielded in the first quarter of 2019, the Mobile User Objective System provides satellite communication capabilities to mobile or stationary...
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GigaSat and Inmarsat Provide Canadian Armed Forces with Satellite Terminals In Record Time
While the usual time period for supplying such an order is in the region of six to nine months, the DND terminals were built and delivered in just six weeks.
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June 11, 2019
The Seventh of 10 Advanced Navigation Payloads for the U.S.A.F.'s GPS III Delivered by Harris to Lockheed Martin
The GPS III navigation payload features a Mission Data Unit (MDU) with a unique 70-percent digital design that links atomic clocks, radiation-hardened...
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SpaceX Prepares for One of Their Most Challenging Launches for Space & Missile Systems
among the most challenging launches in SpaceX history with four separate upper-stage engine burns, three separate deployment orbits, a final ...
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Lockheed Martin's COps Software for USAF's GPS Ground Control System Satellites
November 2018, the company completed the AEP 7.5 upgrade, the largest architectural change in the systems history, replacing significant code, ...
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June 9, 2019
Esri Software Powers Location Intelligence in Microsoft's Defense System Demonstration
The platform is intended to demonstrate to defense and intelligence professionals how they can use connecting field sensor data and cloud...
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USAF SMC RS Embraces Rapid and Innovative Space Acquisitions
With its Ground and Data Exploitation Team, RS is embracing SMC 2.0 by implementing Agile program management methodology in its...
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June 6, 2019
Indra's Space Surveillance Radar Protects Spanish Military Satellites from Possible Attacks
Its dual nature, civil and military, enables the protection of military satellites in low orbits, alerting to hostile satellite damage, interfere with or spy on space
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Viasat Has the Only Authorized CBM-400 Software-Defined Modem to Operate on the WGS Network
By successfully completing the certification process, the Viasat CBM-400 modem is now the only software-defined modem authorized to operate on...
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Israel's Homeland Security ... Virtual Assistant Revolutionizing Maintenance Field
A new virtual assistant for defense systems maintenance uses augmented reality (AR) glasses to display repair information through holograms.
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Encapsulation of the U.S.A.F.'s AEHF-5 Satellite Completed by Astrotech Space Operations
The encapsulation of AEHF-5 in the United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle payload fairing is a significant milestone in AEHF-5’s launch process ...
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June 4, 2019
Maxar's $95 Million for Their Innovative Earth Intelligence Solutions from U.S. Government Agencies
As announced in January, Maxar is now fully domesticated in the U.S. and has a combined team of more than 1,550 cleared professionals...
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June 3, 2019
SOTM Terminal from Get SAT Gains Armed Force Tactical Coms Contract
Nano Sat-H is an ultra-portable lightweight, low-profile terminal optimized for 'on-the-move' applications and man-carried portability and mobility...
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June 2, 2019
USAF SMC Awards $20 Million with $100 Million Ceiling to Support EGS Satellite to Braxton Technologies
EGS was formed out of a mission need to address constraints, challenges and vulnerabilities derived from traditional isolated ground systems...
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