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April 30, 2019
C5ISR Award to Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Kratos supports C5ISR Systems that include Patriot, THAAD, other missile and radar systems, unmanned aerial systems, CBRNE and surface...
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April 25, 2019
Pentagon Wants to Test a Space-Based Weapon in 2023
Such weapons are needed to counter new missiles from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, but just figuring out what might work is a difficult technical
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China Exploits 9 U.S. Satellites in Space to Advance Their Military, Missile Guidance
it is illegal under U.S. law for private companies to send satellites to China for their use, but there aren’t any laws to prohibit how a satellite’s bandwidth is used
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Redesign of Military Space Architecture Includes GPS
We have to get out of golf and start playing rugby, Dickey said. “We have to be able to take a punch and keep doing what we do.”
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DoD Continues Push for Proposed Space Force
“The scope and scale of the threats to our space systems is at an all time high and expanding,”
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April 24, 2019
Spectra Group's (UK) Queen’s Award for Enterprise Provides Life Saving Capabilities
Life and death in the battlefield can be the result of visibility, whether from Line of Sight to Beyond Line of Sight, and when this is accomplished it
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Relativity Space to Launch mu Space's Satellite Using 3D Printed Terran 1 Rocket
Relativity’s patented 3D printing technology platform, together with Terran 1’s flexible architecture, provides mu Space a faster and more reliable ...
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April 23, 2019
Terrasat Communications' Newest ... IBUC 3 to be Revealed at Satellite 2019
This latest in Terrasat's technology is now an ultra-lightweight, super compact, available up to 40W and comes with a three-year warranty.
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Viasat's Key Milestone ... Ships 1,000 BATS-D Link 16 Radios
Viasat has steadily increased BATS-D production capabilities in response to growing demand. The BATS-D handheld Link 16 radio is part of Viasat’s...
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Airbus' New Head of Space Systems ... He is "One of Their Most Experienced Executives in the Division"
he is one of their most experienced executives in the division and with his extensive industrial expertise, accumulated over many years in our company,
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April 22, 2019
BAE Systems Makes Space Missions More Flexible with New Software-Defined Radio Assembly
provides multiple receive and transmit channels that can be configured for different applications, like weather sensing, flexible communications payload,
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The Pentagon is Investing in Space Robots to Repair Satellites
robots offer the best bet for inspecting and repairing high-altitude satellites, especially with the number of satellites set to skyrocket due to a budding
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Amid Worry Over Space Wars, America Already has Tools to Shoot Down Satellites
Russia and China, too, have anti-satellite technologies. They are including space in the future war plans.
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DISA Awards Iridium with EMSS Ground Site Contract
Dedicated for use by the U.S. DoD, their Iridium gateway serves as the uplink and downlink point for the DoD’s EMSS communications capabilities through
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Blue Canyon Technologies' New Mexico Expansion is One of the Largest to Create Some of the Smallest Satellites
The new space will be an advantage to support execution of the DARPA Blackjack Phase 1 program, as well as the AFRL ASCENT program.
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The Lockheed Martin Built AEHF-5 Satellite for the USAF Arrives in Florida for Launch
The satellite was transported from the Lockheed Martin satellite integration facility in Sunnyvale, California, via a C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft. The C-5...
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April 18, 2019
Northrop Grumman Now Engaged with U.S. Cyber Command's Cyber Mission Force to Provide ISR Support
Under the CES contract, Northrop Grumman will identify, develop and implement cyber capabilities on Unified Platform to further enable the...
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Poland and USSTRATCOM Agree to Share Space Services and Data
“Agreements like this one, between responsible nations, are critical to setting norms that encourage peaceful space operations.”
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DoD Defense Innovation Unit and Space and Missile Systems Center Awards Project to ATLAS Space Operations
The competitively awarded rapid prototyping program will run for 12 months and will deliver a complete satellite communications platform tailored to the...
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April 17, 2019
India’s DRDO Head Suggests Test Was Not a 'One-Off' and Outlines Counterspace Capability Ambitions
Reddy’s comments suggest that its March 2019 ASAT test was not a one-off, at least under the leadership of current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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April 16, 2019
The Innovative ThinSat Program to be Powered by Alta Devices Solar Cells
ThinSats are part of a program to set a new standard for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) education in the U.S...
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April 15, 2019
Boeing to Outfit U.S.Navy Poseidon Aircraft with WGS Comms Kits
Fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $19,118,429 are being obligated on this award, none of which will...
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April 14, 2019
Kubos Receives SBIR Award from U.S. Air Force
Kubos has developed a spacecraft software framework and development infrastructure using a tailored version of Kubos commercial products. This...
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The Competitive DARPA Launch Challenge is... Launched
The commercial small-launch (10 to 1000 kg.) industry has embraced advances in manufacturing, micro-technologies, and autonomous...
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April 11, 2019
Hughes Awarded Contract by Boeing for the USAF's Protected Tactical Enterprise Service Program
The PTES program will provide tactical warfighters with a joint ground platform designed to deliver protected communications services through...
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April 10, 2019
Harris is Contracted by Lockheed Martin for Stronger and More Flexible GPS III Digital Navigation Signals
Harris’ GPS IIIF fully-digital Mission Data Unit (MDU), the heart of the satellite’s navigation payload which generates the GPS signals, will provide...
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MOU Signed Between General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and TESAT-Spacecom for Laser Comms Tech Development
The companies will focus on developing solutions that enable secure, reliable on-orbit laser communications to meet specific government mission...
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Concurrent Multiple Reception Capabilities Infused into Viasat's Link 16 Products to Address U.S.Military Needs
The CMR features have now been implemented in the latest version of the KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal (STT), of which over 1,400 units have...
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The Future of Combined Space Ops Discussed at U.S. Air Force Space Command HQ with Multi-National Senior Officials
“As defense leaders in our respective nations we unequivocally recognize the strategic importance the space domain has on our economy, technology...
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April 9, 2019
Encore ... as U.S. Air Force Selects Harris Corporation, Again, to Support Ground-based Electronic Warfare Systems
This includes most recently executing the Space Control Depot Support 2008 contract that exceeded $500 million in award value over 10 years.
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April 8, 2019
Harris Selected for Navigation Technology Satellite-3 Build
The Space Enterprise Consortium selected Harris as the prime system integrator to design, develop, integrate and test NTS-3, including ground...
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Peraton Launching COSMOS 360 at 35th Space Symposium
From mission planning to battle management command and control and beyond, the immersive 360-degree exhibit will showcase an integrated...
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April 7, 2019
Roccor's New COO is Promoted from Within ... She Will Help With Company's Transition to High Growth
she will lead in the introduction of an Enterprise Resource Planning platform and create a visual manufacturing environment for the company.
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Pentagon To Explore Potential of 5G — and Its Made-in-China Hazards
Last week, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford called 5G a “critical national security issue.”
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April 4, 2019
USAF's Space Defense Operations Center to be Modernized by Raytheon and AFLCMC
The SPADOC system reached the end of its planned service life. The U.S. Air Force is planning to replace it with modern systems that will simplify...
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Hughes Network Systems to Recommend Modernization of U.S. Army's Blue Force Tracking Program
Under the agreement, Hughes and other industry participants will conduct research studies to deliver a series of recommendations for modernizing the ...
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Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies Stockholders Approve Merger
Today’s vote clearly supports their view that this merger will unlock additional growth opportunities and generate value for their customers, employees and shareholders.
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April 3, 2019
Curtiss-Wright Procures Tactical Communications Group
Curtiss-Wright’s Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) customers are expected to benefit from the addition of TCG’s TDL communications software into...
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April 2, 2019
‘Be Prepared to Fight Wars... In Outer Space'
So will the successful test of A-Sat spell an end to criticism of DRDO’s performance and stop the organisation from being hauled over hot coals?
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