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October 30, 2018
Orange Business Services and Telespazio France to Provide Military and State Entities SATCOM to French Joint DIRISI
These services will facilitate communications when armed forces are involved in field missions, where end-to-end security is vital.
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Airbus Defence Assists French Navy Surface Fleet Transmit Data with 'Secret' Status on Secure Intranet System
It is designed to transmit data with various classification levels, ranging from ‘unprotected’ to ‘secret’ and ‘NATO secret’
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ORBCOMM and Savi's Multi-Million Dollar DoD Order Tracks and Monitors 24,000 Military Assets
Logisticians are able to receive Savi Visibility’s real-time alerts for anomalies, such as tampering, delays or cargo entering or exiting a geozone outside of
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October 25, 2018
Russian Aerospace Defense Forces Launch Spacecraft
According to the defense ministry, all pre-lauch operations were completed in the routine regime. The ground automated control complex oversaw the...
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October 24, 2018
Advantech Satellite Networks' ASAT II™ System a Plethora of VSAT Routers
Advantech has launched a series of VSAT routers for numerous applications including professional cellular and telecom, mobility and military-grade.
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MILSATCOM Services to be Supplied to French Armed Forces by Orange Business Services and Telespazio France
This offer relies on a comprehensive range of satellite telecommunications services and associated equipment which both partners have used to meet...
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October 23, 2018
Paradigm and Kymeta's Enhanced, Portable Terminal Solution for First Responders and Military
The MANTA, which integrates the Kymeta™ KyWay™ terminal together with Paradigm’s Interface Module (PIM®) controller, offers increased...
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October 22, 2018
United States Enlists Thales’ Advanced Ground Segment Technology to Respond to Distress Signals
MEOLUT Next is the only solution in the world capable of processing second-generation beacons in real-time.
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UltiSat to Provide Prime with MILSATCOM Services for USG Customer
The managed COMSATCOM services, which will be continuously accessible by Government-furnished VSAT operating across North America...
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U.S. Military Ambassador Jill Kelley To Outline New Satellite Cybersecurity Venture at DC5G
Jill Kelley became a focus of media coverage when her name was leaked as part of an FBI investigation that led to the resignation of CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus in 2012.
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October 18, 2018
SPAWAR Contract for Intellian for the SPL100 Antenna System for the U.S. Navy
This new antenna system provides enhanced capabilities in Ka- and L-band, depending on operational requirements. Intellian was...
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Viasat and MDA Partner Up for New Service Facility for Military Comms Terminals
The Halifax facility will be strategically located near the largest East Coast bases of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Does 'Double Duty' Powering the AEHF-4 Satellite and Atlas V Launch Rocket
Compared to all chemical propulsion, AR’s electric propulsion results in a savings of more than 2,000 lbs. of propellant, reducing launch costs.
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United Launch Alliance's Moment in the Sun ... Statement Following Successful AEHF-4 Launch
Air Force payloads into orbit from GPS to WGS, and SBIRS to AEHF and ULA’s 100 percent launch success has directly contributed to our national security.
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October 17, 2018
ULA's Atlas Rocket Shone Brightly in the Night with the Launch of AEHF-4 for U.S.A.F.
real-time video, battlefield maps and targeting data will be provided by the satellite to help support military communications.
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October 16, 2018
U.S. Coast Guard Awards AIS Contract to FLIR Systems
The indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a ceiling value of $9.9 million to provide second-generation Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders...
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October 15, 2018
Harris and L3 Technologies to Form Largest Merger in Defense History to Combine in 'Merger of Equals'
"we are confident in our ability to realize $500 million of annual gross cost synergies and $3 billion of free cash flow by year three.”
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Kratos' RT Logic Subsidiary Licenses Waveforms to Harris
The radio is part of Harris’ five-year, $130 million, single-award IDIQ from the U.S. Air Force to develop and deliver Hand Held Video Data Link (HH-VDL) radios...
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October 11, 2018
U.S.A.F.'s Three EELV Launch Service Agreements Go to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems and ULA
The Launch Service Agreements will facilitate the development of three domestic launch system prototypes and enable the future competitive...
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XTAR Provides High Data Rates for a SATCOM on the Move Even When the Going Gets Wet
demonstration was 38.2 MHz with bandwidth efficiency of 0.73 bits/Hz, as heavy rain began to fall, the satellite link held strong.
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Air Force Space Command's 12th Schriever Wargame Underway
The Schriever Wargame scenario, set in the year 2028, will explore critical space issues and investigate the integration activities of multiple agencies...
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October 10, 2018
Viasat's Successful Connectivity Demo at the AUSA Conference
By offering a secure, integrated network of cloud-enabled solutions, Viasat can reduce warfighters' cognitive loads in order to make more accurate...
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October 9, 2018
Maxar’s SSL's Portfolio Potential Includes Innovative Solutions with DoD and Other U.S. Government's Agencies
SSL is eligible to compete for multiple future awards over the five-year ordering period of the contract, up to a cumulative value of $750 million.
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October 8, 2018
Viasat's Multi-Mission Terminal Proven Battlefield Ready During 2018 Saber Strike Exercise
With the Saber Strike field validation, Viasat's MMT is now battlefield-validated for immediate use and purchase across all U.S. and other Five Eyes (FVEY) military branches,...
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October 5, 2018
Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace Team to Compete for the Lockheed Martin Next Generation OPIR GEO Satellite System
This payload competition between Raytheon and Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace will be executed as part of the Phase 1 contract for ...
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Raytheon's First SeeMe Satellite is Delivered to DARPA Assists Soldiers on the Ground
Assembled on the company's advanced missile production lines, the new SeeMe satellite will provide greater situational awareness to soldiers on the ground...
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October 4, 2018
COTS Solutions for the Battlefield Retooled by Draper
Additive manufacturing, also referred to as 3D printing, is versatile, flexible, highly customizable and, as such, can suit most sectors of industrial ...
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October 3, 2018
UK's Ministry of Defence Signs on with Elbit Systems Ensuring Management from Offices to Battlefields
will provide the British Army with an operationally proven battle management application for both headquarters and tactical units
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Maxar's SSL and Radiant Solutions Companies to Lead Critical U.S. Defense Concepts for the DoD's Missile Defense Agency
The award demonstrates how Maxar Technologies companies are working together to build a better world and maintain American leadership in space...
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October 2, 2018
NexGen Mission Tech DoD Contract Awarded to BAE Systems
The contract provides fast, flexible, low-cost solutions across technical disciplines to meet the current and future technology needs of...
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October 1, 2018
Northrop Grumman and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Shovel Sod to Begin Satellite Ground Station East
The SGS-E will be a major component of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) future satellite communications (SATCOM) capability,
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China's Newest Laser Satellite Developed for Anti Submarine Warfare is it a New 'Death Star' for Submarines?
it will make the upper layer of the sea “more or less transparent”.
“It will change almost everything,”
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