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August 30, 2013
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS)—DISA Dishes Out CS2 Contract (Business)
[SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has entered into a contract with the...
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August 29, 2013
Raytheon—Scholarships Awarded To Veteran Students (STEM)
[SatNews] The company has awarded $10,000 scholarships to three military veterans pursuing...
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Northrop Grumman Australia—A Defensive Acquisition (Business)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Australia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), has signed a...
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C-COM + Vislink Form Success Strategies... Have Antenna Pointed In The Right Direction (Business)
[SatNews] "The combined resources and strengths of both companies should reduce overall costs for research and development and also reduce time to market..."
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August 28, 2013
COM DEV Offers Canadian Space Agency M&Ms—Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (Launch)
[SatNews] "The micro-satellite bus that we used has a great deal of potential for future space missions and it supports the most capable payload ever built for detecting ships through satellite-AIS."
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ULA’s Delta IV Lifts Their Heavy Load For National Security With Aplomb (Launch)
[SatNews] “The ULA Delta IV Heavy is currently the world’s largest rocket, providing the nation with reliable, proven, heavy lift capability for our country’s national security payloads...”
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U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Accepting Nominations For Intelligent Members' Awards (Deadline 8/30)
[SatNews] The deadline for awards nominations is 5 p.m. EST Friday, August 30. Yes, that's this Friday!
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KRYTAR Takes Coupling In A New Direction And Frequency
[SatNews] ...adds to the family of directional couplers offering a performance over the 4.0 to 20.0 GHz frequency range.
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August 27, 2013
Arianespace— This Duo Is A "Go" (Launch)
[SatNews] Arianespace’s fourth Ariane 5 mission of 2013 has been approved for liftoff on...
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August 26, 2013
Gilat Grabs The News And Cherry Picks Broadcast Solutions (SatBroadcasting™ @IBC)
[SatNews] The Company has acquired a reservoir of valuable information.
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Russia Plans For Unmanned Next-Gen Fighter...But First
[SatNews] “Russia will probably not be able to skip a generation and will need to complete all of its fifth-generation projects”
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ULA Preps For Heavy Lifting... NROL With The Punches (Launch)
[SatNews] to deliver the classified payload to orbit for the United States National Reconnaissance Office.
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August 22, 2013
Cree’s New GaN HEMTs... What The L- ?
[SatNews] ...new transistors are designed to enhance band-specific applications from UHF to 1800MHz, including systems such as: tactical air navigation (TACAN), identification: friend or foe (IFF) ...
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TeleCommunication Systems (TCS)—TROPO Is A SNAP (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] The company has received $2.8 million in incremental funding from the...
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August 20, 2013
ULA Honors Delta Clipper Experimental Team... Now Hall of Famers
[SatNews] ... DC-X ascended vertically, moved laterally, rotated to demonstrate flight up to an angle of attack of 70 degrees and then descended vertically to the same position it launched from...
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iDirect Government Technologies (iGT)—Speeding Up Innovation (Business)
[SatNews] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT) is increasing its investment in...
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August 19, 2013
NASA Celebrates A Golden Anniversary + Recalls Golden Opportunities
[SatNews] Fifty years in an industry that is still evolving sees this structure as homebase that preps spacecraft for launches that send satellites soaring.
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Vislink—Support For Surveillance & More (SATCOM—Terminal)
[SatNews] Immediately available is a motorized version of...
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August 15, 2013
A Final Salute In Honor And Memory Of Retired Gen. David C. Jones
[SatNews] Retired Gen. David C. Jones served his country through three wars, and was appointed by President Carter to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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August 14, 2013
Northrop Grumman—Hours and Hours Of Proven Worth (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed...
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Thales Alenia Space Signs On With Telebras For $400 Million...Create Geostationary Satellite
[SatNews] "High-speed Internet will be extended to the entire nation and will ensure the sovereignty of its civil and military communications."
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August 13, 2013
Indra—Terminals For The German Navy (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Indra has won a contract to install its...
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Array Wireless Enjoys An Infusion Of Both Cash And Expertise
[SatNews] “...proven superior linearization technology for use in mobile high speed video and data wireless communications systems.”
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August 12, 2013
Aerojet Rocketdyne—The Pad Pusher (Launch)
[SatNews] Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has revealed that its...
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Air Force Space Command—Space Surveillance System Suffers Sequestration Slicing (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] Due to resource constraints caused by sequestration, Air Force Space Command has directed the 21st Space Wing to prepare to discontinue operations at the Air Force Space Surveillance System...
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August 9, 2013
Harris Corporation and U.S.A.F.—NETCENTS-2 Win (Business)
[SatNews] The United States Air Force has awarded Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) the...
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions—Financially Speaking and Moving On Up, Admiral Beaman To President (Business)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has reported...
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August 8, 2013
Updates...ULA's Delta IV Sends USAF's WGS-6 Skyward, It's a Go! (Launch)
[SatNews] A perfect launch of ULA's Delta IV rocket that was dedicated to the memory of a friend and colleague.
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ATK—Putting Some Of The Important Pieces Together For The WGS-6 Launch (Satellite)
[SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) propulsion, composite and spacecraft technologies supported...
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SpaceX’s Flock of Falcon 9s to Replace German Constellation
[SatNews] “These missions are very meaningful as the first contracted for a European government.”
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Space Systems/Loral (SSL) and U.S.A.F.—Concept Exploration (MILSATCOM)
SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has been awarded a contract option by the...
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August 5, 2013
U.S.A.F., Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman—DMSP Delivered (Satellite)
[SatNews] For the past 50 years, the satellites have fulfilled the military's most critical requirements for global atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial and space environment information.
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DISA—Operational Capability Debuts In Europe (Comms)
[SatNews] The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Information Environment (JIE) Increment 1 reached initial...
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August 2, 2013
Rohde & Schwarz—Technology Showcase @ DSEI 2013 (Event—Comms)
SatNews] "Creating situational awareness" is the motto of the...
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August 1, 2013
TeleCommunication Systems—Rich Data Accomplices (SSDs)
[SatNews] Now available are the company's Proteus? 2 and...
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