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February 27, 2015
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp.'s Readiness Severely Suffers Under Sequestration... And More To Follow...
“This means longer timelines to arrive, less time to prevail, if we do, more ships and aircraft out of action when in battle, more sailors, Marines and merchant mariners killed.”—Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert.
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February 24, 2015
Thales' VENUS Satcom On-The-Move Terminals x 20... For French Forces' Syracuse III Program
By providing a permanent command communication capability in the theater of operations, the solution meets the requirements of ground force units on-the-move .
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Exelis' $7.6M Contract ...Keeps U.S. Army Armored Combat Vehicles w/Mission Command On-The-Move Systems
Exelis delivers a combat-proven, modular, reliable communications system that fully integrates into a variety of armored combat vehicles, commercial SUVs, and military platforms of all descriptions.
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February 23, 2015
SMi Gathers In London To Present Key Military + Industry Players Of Space Technology
Topics addressed will range from satellite communication, surveillance, missile defense as well as national updates.
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IBC2015 Just In... Deadline Extension For Innovation Awards Entries...Hurry Enter Now
Due to popular demand IBC has decided to extend the deadline for entries for the IBC Innovation Awards by one week to Friday 27, 2015.
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MDA + Airbus Defense and Space Contracted To Modernize U.S.A.F.'s Mobile Ground Stations
Once upgraded, the systems will be able to receive and process imagery from the RADARSAT-2 and RapidEye satellites...
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February 19, 2015
Editorial: ISRO's New Space Commission Member...India Is Waking Up To The New Realities In Space + National Security
The induction of the Foreign Secretary suggests a fresh impetus to space in India’s international engagements, both in the strategic and commercial spaces.
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February 18, 2015
GPS Source's Newest GNSS Antenna Can Take The Extremes + Still Deliver
The signal reception is unaffected by placement of the antenna. Designed to operate in the most extreme and demanding applications...
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U.S. Navy Decides On SBG Technology Solutions For Mission Critical Comms Support
“We will use our longstanding experience with the Navy and PEO SS to execute these mission-critical communications functions for the Navy.”—Vic Blanco, Director of Contracts, SBG.
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Space Foundation's Douglas S. Morrow Award Goes To The Super Orion Team...NASA/Industry EFT-1...Test Early, Test Often
"The world once again on a firm course of space exploration that will get us out of low Earth orbit, taking humans back to the Moon and on to Mars and beyond." Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham
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TE Connectivity... Who Knew?... New Light Coatings + Ink Reduces Antenna's Weight + Available For Aerospace and Defense
Conductive inks and coatings are key tools in lowering size, weight and power (SWaP) because they allow developers to replace metal components with coated plastic or composite parts.
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MilDef Systems Provides Cargo + Logistic Unit Monitoring + Tracking For FMV Sweden
It utilizes satellite communications infrastructure to ensure continuous secure operation, anywhere in the world.
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February 17, 2015
Protection Partnership Performed By Clavister
"Protecting against these threats will require security that is embedded into the devices themselves, to create distributed but secure environments."—Jim Carlsson, CEO, Clavister.
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SSPI Buy A Ticket, Make It A Better World + Maybe Win A Magnum Of Cabernet Sauvignon...It's A Win-Win
"...they have led the building of companies that are name brands in the business and whose best days are still ahead of them.”
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Kratos' Monics® Provides Capabilities For NewSat's Jabiru-1 Satellite
[provides] the ability to monitor payload traffic and to detect and analyze RF interference, even if that interference is hiding within the main carrier.
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February 16, 2015
General Dynamics Enables U.S. Military To Place Calls From Arizona To MUOS Satellite
With the new over-the-air test capability, radio products can make calls from the Scottsdale lab to an orbiting MUOS satellite to evaluate voice and data performance.
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NSR's Report...Satellite-Based Earth Observation...Don't Let The Clouds Get You Down
Initially devised to counter the testing by North Korea of missiles flying over its territory in 1998...
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General Atomics + U.S. Air Force...How Many Reaper Attack Drones Can Be Purchased w/$279.1?
The turboprop-powered, multi-mission Reaper armed drone can fly for more than 27 hours between refueling at speeds to 240 knots at altitudes to 50,000 feet.
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February 13, 2015
Massive Protected MILSATCOM Test Successfully Conducted By U.S. Air Force
The test also had to ensure the satellites' unique capability of operating autonomously during its transition period from IOE operations into the mobile units.
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February 12, 2015
Air Force General Marsh Surviving Budget Cuts Is Not An Option...It Will Be Painful...Airplanes Qualify As Antiques
..".in 1990 to that conflict, the United States Air Force had 188 fighter squadrons—188. In the FY ‘16 budget, we’ll go to 49; 188 to 49.”...Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III
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General Dynamics MUOS...A First...Only Facility To Connect To MUOS Ground System + An Orbiting Satellite
With the new over-the-air test capability, radio products can make calls from the Scottsdale lab to an orbiting MUOS satellite to evaluate voice and data performance.
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Norsat International Ships First Custom Prototype Of ATOM-25
... shipped the first customer prototype of its upcoming ATOM 25 Watt Ka-band Block Upconverter (BUC).
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February 10, 2015
Morphing Consumer Devices Into GPS Secure Systems Managed By Rockwell Collins
“RSR takes the mental and physical burden off the soldiers by providing them with worry-free confidence..."—Mike Jones, V.P. + G.M., Communication + Navigation Products, Rockwell Collins.
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Kratos' $2.6 Million For Unmanned Aerial System To Unknown U.S. National Security Program
The equipment to be provided by Kratos in support of this program will be produced in a secure Kratos manufacturing facility, no additional information is being provided.
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February 9, 2015
AssetLink Global Learns Iridium® Satellite Is An Asset... w/AssetPack-3 In Remote Locations
...as it provides the only two-way data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe with near-zero latency and offers the attributes...
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2015 Space Achievement Award Goes To...U.S.A.F. X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Team
...an unmanned space vehicle used by the United States Air Force to explore reusable space vehicle technologies in support of long-term space objectives.
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February 8, 2015
DARPA's Potentially Powerful Plan For Jetting Satellites Into Orbit...
“We’ve made good progress so far toward ALASA’s ambitious goal of propelling 100-pound satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) within 24 hours of call-up, all for less than $1 million per launch."—Bradford Tousley, Director, Tactical Technology Office, DARPA.
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February 5, 2015
New General Dynamics Software Brings A 4x Improvement To U.S. Navy Comms Capabilities
With the two new software upgrades, the U.S. Navy has four-times more capacity for secure HF communications without adding additional hardware or changing the configuration in space-constrained shipboard radio rooms.
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Boeing Tinkers At U.S.A.F.... Enters 21st Century...CONECTs w/B-52 Bombers
The B-52 Stratofortress bomber was built during the Cold War, but its digital capabilities have entered the 21st century thanks to...
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February 3, 2015
Student Satellite Build Competition Winners Announced By Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
"We had a remarkable field of competitors this year, and we commend the hard-work, passion and professionalism of these young great minds."—Dr. David Voss, University Nanosat Program Manager, AFRL.
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Northrop Grumman Ramps Up For Hawks... Production Of Global Hawks For Republic Korea's Air Force
...it represents the first time a Global Hawk has been sold to an allied nation in the Asia-Pacific region under the Foreign Military Sales process.
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ORBIT... OceanTRx™4 Maritime VSAT Ships Out To Asian Navy
maritime satellite communication systems are deployed at more than 20 navies worldwide, as well as being used in market segments such as homeland security, Oil & Gas, leisure and commercial shipping.
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February 2, 2015
Digital Globe + Enough Project Join Forces...Become A Game Changer For African Ivory Poachers
...the pace of poaching is putting pressure on a continental elephant population that has declined more than 50 percent in the past 30 years.
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U.S.A.F. Launches $383M Contract To ULA ...No Comment From SpaceX... After Dropping Lawsuit Against U.S.A.F.
...a joint venture of Boeing Co (BA.N) and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), bringing the total value of the contract to $4.08 billion.
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February 1, 2015
Sequestration Squelches Success For U.S.A.F.
“Pilots sitting in a squadron looking out at their airplanes parked on a ramp certainly feels like a hollow force, whether we define it that way or not.—General Mark A. Welsh III, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff.
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ULA Launches NASA's SMAP Mission + A Secondary Payload Of Educational CubeSats + Including A Second Stage Miniskirt
The SMAP mission is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite mission designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state...
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