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May 30, 2016
US Army's SMDC Provides Ukrainian Soldiers With Specialized Space Training In Dealing With Disrupted Space Operations
"... told us they were experiencing a lot of denied, degraded and disrupted space operations in their conflict with Russian separatists in the Ukraine."
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Raytheon + Israel's UVision Will Develop Loitering Airborne Solutions
The adapted system will meet the US Army's requirement for Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems, also known as LMAMS.
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May 27, 2016
Russia Successfully Tests An Anti-Satellite Missile... For The Second Time
American defense officials said Russia conducted a successful flight test of a developmental anti-satellite missile on Wednesday that is capable of destroying satellites in orbit.
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May 26, 2016
Microsemi's Latest Release Accurately Synchronizes Mission Critical Instrumentation Systems
This new offering flexibly delivers "any signal, any connector" time and frequency signals to mission-critical instrumentation systems.
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May 25, 2016
GeoSync Microwave™ Has Hot Offer... A Variety Of 'Hot Swappable' Options In Their New RD Series
The two independent converter assemblies are “hot swappable” through the rear of the chassis.
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Heading Into US Army Evaluation Are General Dynamics Mission Systems Manpack Radios
The digital radios are based on the rigorously tested, evaluated and fielded AN/PRC-155 two-channel networking radios.
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Harris Garners Follow-On Support Contracts With US Air Force
This award represents the tenth option year.
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US + US Military As Well As Norway Will Seek Access To Secure Signal Of Galileo Constellation
At a Galileo meeting this month, those in attendance shared that Galileo's owners were uncomfortable that the largest user of the PRS signal would be the European national military forces.
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May 24, 2016
Schriever Wargames Are Set In The Year 2026 For Air Force Space Command
The Schriever Wargame, set in the year 2026, will explore critical space issues and investigate the integration activities of multiple agencies associated with space systems and services
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General Dynamics Mission Systems Celebrates Its 5,000th...Delivery Of Radios
...replacing outdated, ground-to-air, air traffic control radios, some of which are almost 50 years old.
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May 23, 2016
China Has Plenty Of Plans With Launching Of 30 BeiDou Navigation Satellite Systems Now + In The Future
According to China daily. Fifteen years after the satellite system was launched, it is now generating $31.5 billion for major companies such as...
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May 19, 2016
Lockheed Martin Factors For The Future... Building GPS With Evolution In Mind For US Air Force
...the Air Force’s next acquisition will be able to offer on-orbit re-programmability so they can be upgraded in space to add new signals or missions, a first for the GPS constellation.
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COMSAT And Inmarsat Support US Marine Corps Forces Mission In Pacific, Balikatan 2016 Exercise
Balikatan is an annual military exercise between US joint forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with multinational participants such as Australia.
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May 18, 2016
The Secure World Foundations Asks How To ... Deal With "Contested, Congested, And Competitive" Space Environment
Outsiders have criticized the current approach as both too weak and too aggressive.
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Mercury Systems' $4.2 Million Order ...Unmanned Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
Mercury’s solutions power a wide variety of critical defense and intelligence programs.
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May 17, 2016
Haigh-Farr Goes Far And Wide... Their Wide Variety Of Antennas Will Be Showcased At Space Tech Expo 2016
A major gathering place where those involved in both defense and space technology and engineering is a terrific way to share, show and save.
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May 16, 2016
Advantech Wireless' New GaN S-Band Pulse Amplifier
The new 10kW S-band Solid State Pulse Amplifiers from Advantech Wireless are fully modular and operate over the band of 2.9 to 3.1 GHz.
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Ground Station In Adelaide To Support Skynet Opened By Airbus Defence & Space
This worldwide teleport network provides global coverage for connectivity services.
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A Game Changer In Global Intelligence Community...Fusion Of Satellite Imagery IHS Jane And Airbus Defense And Space
IHS Jane’s has been using imagery from Airbus Defence and Space for over two years, breaking significant news stories on a second Russian base in Syria, new developments in North Korea’s nuclear program as well as island building in the South China Sea.
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May 12, 2016
Global SATCOM Connectivity To Be Provided To Danish Defence Forces By SES
SES Techcom Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will provision and maintain two Wideband Global Satcom system (WGS) anchor stations.
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May 9, 2016
SSL's New VP Of Washington DC's Operations... He Will Expand Business In US Government Sector
SSL is currently working on projects with several US government agencies, including on-orbit robotic satellite assembly with DARPA and NASA.
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SpyMeSatGov... Mobile Satellite Imagery App Developed Specifically For US Government
The mobile app includes the ability to browse and select available commercial satellite images for any location.
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May 6, 2016
Boeing, Lockheed & Northrop Grumman Awarded GPS III Contracts By Space & Missile Systems Center
The periods of performance are 26 months for the basic contract, and six months each for the two options, for a total possible period of performance of 38 months.
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May 5, 2016
AFCEA International's Critical Issues In C4I Symposium Is Upcoming...
This event will take place at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, from May 18th through the 19th.
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Modernizing Military Enterprise SATCOM Terminals Is Harris Goal
Harris fixed-site terminals and hardened transportable terminals provide dual X- and Ka-band access to the new Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) network...
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May 3, 2016
Comtech Xicom Technology's New Compac GaN Solid-State X-Band SATCOM Block Upconverter
"With limited budgets and increasing bandwidth demands for both commercial and military SATCOM systems, users are looking to benefit..."
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May 2, 2016
Space Tech Conference... Bringing Together Experts + Their Expertise In A Convenient One-Stop Event
The Space Tech Conference agenda examines how military and government organizations can deliver space missions by working closely with the commercial sector to...
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Harris Falcon Radios To Bring Comms Interoperability To European Customer
Harris will supply AN/PRC-152A Wideband Networking Handheld Radios, which provide simultaneous, secure voice and high-speed networked data and other units...
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Anomaly Determination Completed By ULA... MUOS-5's May Mission Moves On...
The next launch is now scheduled for around May 12 for the US Navy's Mobile User Objective System, known as MUOS-5, into orbit.
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NSR's Satellite Manufacturing + Launch Services Analyzes The Design, Construction + Launch Of New Satellites
Encompassing global demand across all satellite applications and from LEO to GEO and beyond...
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First Global Hawk Components Manufactured In Korea Delivered To Northrop Grumman
This spring, Korean Jig and Fixture (KJF) delivered build-to-print aerospace grade precision machine parts for the first Republic of Korea Global Hawk.
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Mercury Systems Finalizes Microsemi Acquisition... On Schedule
“We’re pleased that this transaction was completed on schedule,"
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