May 2018 Edition - C5ISR (and derivatives), CyberSecurity, Space and Ground Networks
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April 30, 2018
Airbus Appoints Chief Technology Officer From Within and She Will Report Directly to CEO
She’s a great team worker and a very inspiring leader. And she is one of the most international top managers in Airbus.   Full Story

DoD's Cloud Fights ... ‘Dominate’ in Battlefield as Warfighters Gain Edge With Cloud Data 
That will allow the warfighters to “dominate in the battlefield,"   Full Story

Pakistan's Giant Step to Gain Independence in Their Space Program, Spying and Military Communications
“There are two unusual developments in the region affecting the strategic situation — first of all, Pakistan has to keep an eye on the Indian side and ...   Full Story

Space 2.0—Why it Matters for Australia’s Defence
Space 2.0 has transformed the global space sector. Its growing emphasis on the ‘small, cheap and many’ in terms of satellite design challenges ...   Full Story


April 26, 2018
Ball Aerospace Completes Second of Five Evaluations for DARPA and AFRL for SSA Misson
The role of the Hallmark program SEAC testbed is to support multiple tools and technologies developed by various companies and academic...   Full Story


April 25, 2018
Continuing Their 15 Year Tradition... Intelsat General Distributing American Forces Network U.S. Service Personnel
Intelsat General has been carrying the global satellite feed for the American Forces Network (AFN) for more than 15 years, bringing U.S....   Full Story


April 24, 2018
Rohde & Schwarz's Software Defined Airborne Radio is Exclusively Certified for Civil and Military Use
More than 7000 R&S M3AR radios from the independent European vendor are in use worldwide on over 70 different airborne platforms   Full Story

Connection Made by Caton Connector Corporation with U.S. Air Force for Milstar
testing at a simulated 50,000 feet altitude while at -55 degrees C is extremely difficult. The temperature alone is at the hairy edge for brittleness of silicone.   Full Story


April 23, 2018
Comtech Telecommunications Gains Contract from the Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Modular Transportable Transmission System (MTTS) troposcatter terminals will enable the Armed Forces to establish data links between...   Full Story

Full System and Pre-Flight Testing of Orbital Test Bed Satellite Completed by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
OTB will launch as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Technology Program (STP-2) flight on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The OTB hosts multiple...   Full Story


April 22, 2018
US$10 Million to be Awarded by DARPA with their Launch Challenge Program
The nation’s space architecture is currently built around a limited number of exquisite systems with development times of up to ten years. With the...   Full Story

iDirect Government Releases their Most Powerful Evolution 4.2
Evolution 4.2 unleashes the full capabilities of the 9-Series satellite routers, defense line cards and tactical hub. Evolution 4.2 also continues to support...   Full Story

Enlighten IT Consulting Introduces RADMF for Cyber Security Missions
The new release now incorporates operator feedback received over several years from multiple Department of Defense (DoD) customers, with more...   Full Story


April 19, 2018
An ILS Proton-M Rocket Launches a Russian Blagovest Military Satellite
The launch of the Proton-M rocket with Blagovest No. 12 aboard occurred at the Baikonur cosmodrome at 1:12 a.m. Moscow time on Thursday (2212 GMT on Wednesday)...   Full Story


April 17, 2018
Comtech Telecommunications' $59 Million Contract with U.S. Navy for Critical Applications
The commercially available modems will support satellite communications and interoperability across the Navy's platforms and shore sites.   Full Story

Lockheed Martin Charges Forward with Proposal for U.S.A.F.'s GPS IIIF Program
The U.S. Air Force’s first 10 GPS III satellites, currently in full production at Lockheed Martin, are already the most powerful GPS satellites ever...   Full Story

iDirect Government Improves Troops' Defense With New and Faster 4.2 Evolution Software
... greatly improves the availability of ultra-small disadvantaged terminals, improving reliability particularly for Communications-on-the Move networks.   Full Story

HawkEye 360 Signals the Expansion of Its Advisory Board with True Patriots
their advisory board’s experience in defense, space, security and spectrum will bring invaluable insights to help them evolve their product suite.   Full Story

Lockheed Martin's iSpace Selected by Commonwealth of Australia for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) System
Lockheed Martin is providing the Commonwealth of Australia with an iSpace Space Situational Awareness training and demonstration mission...   Full Story


April 16, 2018
During the 34th Space Symposium, Orbital ATK Updated Their Work on the U.S.A.F.'s OmegA Rocket
The company reaffirmed its commitment to the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program for national security space...   Full Story


April 15, 2018
Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo is Appointed to Senior Executive Service by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Assignment as Superintendent for Spacecraft Engineering at NCST
The Center’s mission is to preserve and enhance a strong space technology base and provide expert assistance in the development and...   Full Story

Comtech Xicom Technology Picks Up Two SATCOM Equipment Contracts
The company has received two contracts: one for Ka-band high-power amplifiers and the second for TWTAs.   Full Story

ULA Launches an EAGLE and a CBAS SATCOM as Critical Space Assets for the U.S. Air Force
AFSPC-11 is a multi-payload mission on a mission for the U.S. Air Force.   Full Story

Affordable Access to Space Demo'd by Orbital ATK Via the AFSCPC-11 Mission
The AFSCPC-11 mission included a second company designed satellite, Mycroft, which is among several Department of Defense (DoD) experiments...   Full Story

Aerojet Rocketdyne's Solid Rocket Boosters Launch the Most Powerful Atlas V Variant to Date
the launch will benefit from just over 1.74 million pounds of added thrust from five AJ-60A solid rocket boosters supplied by Aerojet Rocketdyne.   Full Story


April 12, 2018
Satcom Direct Communications to Provide Worldwide Voice and Data Connectivity for USG and DoD
The contract is also an important milestone in the military government market, as this will be the first U.S. government procurement contract in...   Full Story

Thursday UPDATE: ULA Preps for U.S.A.F.'s Launch of Multi-Faceted Mission 
EAGLE uses an ESPA Adapter with deployable solar arrays, Moog propulsion module and five slots for Space Test Program-sponsored payloads that will ...    Full Story

General Atomics' New Small Sat Paradigms at the Space Symposium... an Orbital Test Bed, and Ground-to-Space Solutions 
Their unique designs launch multiple payloads on a single platform, eliminating the expense for customers of a dedicated platform and launch.   Full Story


April 11, 2018
Kymeta Government Solutions and Nomad GCS to Deliver COTM to Comms Vehicles and Mobile Command Centers
Nomad will continue to lead innovation in the connected mobile operations center market by offering Kymeta™ KyWay™ terminals, KyWay™ Go...   Full Story


April 9, 2018
SES GS Contracted by DoD to Provide SATCOM for U.S. AFRICOM
SES GS will be delivering a highly complex customized end-to-end solution, which will provide dedicated, flexible and secure connectivity to end users...   Full Story

Mobile Satellite Users Association Awards Inmarsat Government LTAC Service
The L-TAC service provides an L-band satellite channel that can, in combination with the SlingShot system from Spectra Group (UK) Ltd,...   Full Story


April 8, 2018
Launch Base Testing of the USAF's CBAS Satellite is Completed and will Fly with the EAGLE in Mid-April
The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the CBAS satellite and the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA)...   Full Story

Comtech EF Data's SLM-5650B Modem Receives DoD Contract
The commercially available modems support satellite communications and interoperability across U.S. Navy platforms and shore sites. The contract...   Full Story


April 5, 2018
Northrop Grumman-Developed WGS Training System for SATCOM Operators Unveiled by U.S. Army
The WGS constellation of military satellites delivers secure, reliable, resilient communications worldwide for the United States and partner ...   Full Story


April 3, 2018
Rockwell Collins Receives USAF Space & Missile Systems Center Order for GPS M-Code Receivers
next major milestone for Rockwell Collins’ M-Code receivers is the 2018 completion of the GPS Directorate security certification.   Full Story


April 2, 2018
Microsemi Radiation-Tolerant Eight-Channel Source Driver is Qualified and Certified and Ready to Roll
projects require the DLA QML certifications and listings as assurance the product meets Military Performance Specification (MIL-PRF) requirements,   Full Story

Contract to Modernize U.S. Army Defense and Strategic Systems Now Underway by Raytheon
The $600-million, three-year contract was first announced last June and a protest was withdrawn in February. Within the next 30 to 60 days Raytheon will begin...   Full Story

Russian Military Space Forces Launch Cosmos-2525 Satellite
The spacecraft was deployed on an almost circular orbit with altitude of about 320 km. and inclination of 96.64 degrees. After deployment, the...   Full Story


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