June 2013 Edition - Payloads, Hosted + Otherwise...

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• Contents
• Dispatches
• Dispatches I
• Dispatches II
• Features...
• Missile Tracking Satellites Explore New Missions, by Rob Zmarzlak
• Cooperation For Tactical Edge Battle Space Communications' Interoperability + Excellence, by Karl Fuchs
• Case In Point: Afghanistan's NexGen Communication Moves
• Will Hosted Payloads Perform Demonstrations Or Operations? Working Out The Bugs, by Bob Bishop
• Command Center: David Helfgott, President, Inmarsat Government, and Andy Start, President, Inmarsat Global Government
• New Times + New Opportunities For The Space Foundation, by Elliot Pulham
• Command Center: Giles Peeters, Defence Sector Director, Track24 Defence
• Index to Advertisers
• Advertiser Index
• Calendar Of Events
• Past News

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May 30, 2013
SES Techcom DeSIREs Equal Treatment In Airspace For Remotely Piloted Aircraft
[SatNews] In the air the planes passed tests and are now equals...   Full Story

Harris Corporation... SDRs For The Middle East (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $23 million order from a country   Full Story


May 29, 2013
Exelis’ Speedy Mobile Platform Processess Imagery When Seconds Save Lives
[SatNews] “...solution provides warfighters one seamless user interface to search, discover and exploit still imagery, wide-area motion imagery and full-motion video... when seconds are critical.”   Full Story

Advantech Wireless’ Borders On Success With Brazilian Border Security (VSAT)
[SatNews] The Company will design, build and integrate a state-of-the-art, geographically redundant VSAT solution, including ...   Full Story


May 28, 2013
Advantech Wireless... @ CANSEC 2013 With... (Event—Products)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. will showcase its new Ruggedized SCPC/RCS VSAT Terminal, latest generation Discovery TDMA/SCPC VSAT HUB, its compact   Full Story

ATK... The Push Behind The Event (Launch)
[SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) propulsion and composite technologies supported the successful launch of a   Full Story

Boeing... Signal Satisfaction (Satellite)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received the first on-orbit signals from the fifth   Full Story


May 24, 2013
BAE Systems... Friend Or Foe System Certified By DoD (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] BAE Systems’ next-generation Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system has passed   Full Story

UPDATES FROM: USAF + ULA...It’s A Launch! WGS-5 Wends Its Way Upward (Launch)
[SatNews] The second successful mission for the U.S. Air Force in just nine days...   Full Story


May 23, 2013
Los Angeles Air Force Base... Event Assets Include Rescue Airmen (Launch)
[SatNews] Reserve Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, supported the successful launch of   Full Story

Northrop Grumman... Titan Test Totally Terrific (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built MQ-4C Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft successfully   Full Story


May 22, 2013
Rohde & Schwarz... Systems For Defense + CLIPSTER For The Gulf (Comms + Digital Cinema)
[SatNews] Rohde & Schwarz will provide state-of-the-art, fully IP-based R&S VCS-4G voice communications system to the   Full Story


May 21, 2013
Orbit Logic... Set To Prime A Prototype For U.S.A.F. (Planning)
[SatNews] Orbit Logic has signed a Phase II SBIR contract sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the development of   Full Story

Vishay Intertechnology... Safety-Critical Needs Met (Capacitors)
[SatNews] Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) has extended its TANTAMOUNT® 597D series of commercial   Full Story

Los Angeles Air Force Base... Date Set For WGS Lift Off (Satellite + Launch)
The U.S. Air Force has scheduled the launch of a WGS satellite aboard a Delta IV launch vehicle on   Full Story


May 20, 2013
United Launch Alliance... A Later Lift Off... (Launch)
[SatNews] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has just released info that the launch of a   Full Story

Pakistan... Shuns GPS, Goes For Beidou... (Navigation)
[SatNews] According to The News International, Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use   Full Story

U.S.A.F. SMSC...Every Flower Begins With A STEM (Education)
[SatNews] Due to the overwhelming success of the events held this year, the school district wants to make STEM nights part of its annual program.   Full Story


May 17, 2013
U.S. Strategic Command... Space Ops Coalition...
[SatNews] Recognizing the value of multinational coalitions for operations in the land, maritime and air domains, officials at   Full Story

ATK... A Shield Bearer For GPS IIF-4 (Launch)
[SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) provided critical hardware for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V that   Full Story

U.S.A.F. Los Angeles Air Force Base... A Safe Arrival (Satellite)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force's sixth Wideband Global Satellite (WGS)   Full Story


May 16, 2013
Raytheon... Jamming Up The Works (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] Raytheon Company (RTN) has delivered two electronic attack payloads in support of   Full Story

Northrop Grumman... B2 Gains AEHF Assistance (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed a ground demonstration of a   Full Story


May 15, 2013
U.S. Strategic Command... Space Domain Agreement
[SatNews] A new agreement made between the United States and Australia represents the first in what U.S. Strategic Command’s commander hopes   Full Story

Office of Naval Research... The Master Of All Remotes (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed a remote controller for military ground, air and undersea unmanned systems   Full Story

U.S. Marine Corps + Harris Corporation... To Deliver A Flock Of Falcon IIIs®
[SatNews] ...this radio provides unprecedented situational awareness on the battlefield by delivering critical real-time information to warfighters on the move...   Full Story

UPDATE: ULA + USAF = Dynamic Duo Send GPS IIF Soaring (Launch)
[SatNews] United Launch Alliance Launches 70th Successful Mission in 77 Months with the Launch of the GPS IIF-4 Satellite for the Air Force   Full Story

U.S. Navy + Lockheed Martin... MUOS-2 Makes Its Move... (Satellite)
[SatNews] The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] have delivered the second Mobile User Objective System   Full Story


May 14, 2013
Intelsat General... Connectivity For AWG... (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a contract to provide...   Full Story


May 13, 2013
USAF GPS IIF-4+ULA Ready For GPS Satellite To Join The Constellation (Launch)
[SatNews] The GPS IIF vehicle is critical to U.S. national security and sustaining GPS constellation availability for global civil, commercial and defense applications....   Full Story


May 10, 2013
ITT Exelis... @ SOFIC With... (Event—Comms + More...)
[SatNews] Global aerospace, defense, information and technical services company, ITT Exelis, will be...   Full Story

United Launch Alliance (ULA)... Flight Clearance Obtained For WGS-5 (Launch)
[SatNews] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has cleared the launch of the WGS-5 mission, after a...   Full Story


May 9, 2013
Gilat’s 1st Q Results...2013 Is A Very Good Year...So Far (Financial)
[SatNews] operating income for the first quarter of 2013 was $1.0 million compared to an operating loss of $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2012...   Full Story

Harris Corporation... Brunei Bound... (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $40 million order for ...   Full Story


May 8, 2013
Harris... Helping To Protect Brazil's Western Borders (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) was selected by SAVIS Tecnologia e Sistemas S/A to...   Full Story


May 7, 2013
Northrop Grumman... This UCAS Is Under Arrest (UAV | UAS | UCAS)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy have conducted the first fly-in arrested landing of the...   Full Story


May 6, 2013
World Surveillance Group Inc... Using A Better BiB... (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] World Surveillance Group Inc. (OTCQB: WSGI), a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAS), has announced that, with...   Full Story

iDirect Government Technologies (iGT)... Important Improvements For In-Flight Connectivity + Monitoring (SATCOM)
[SatNews] As the demand for airborne applications increases, iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), launches...   Full Story

Astrium Services Government + Yahsat... Greater Reliability + Coverage Gained (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Astrium Americas has announced that its subsidiary, Astrium Services Government, Inc...   Full Story

NATO... Defense Cuts Will Result In "Hot Air" (Government)
[SatNews] NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned that further cuts in defense spending...   Full Story


May 3, 2013
ATK Reports Full Year Sales $4.4B...It Was A Very Good Year
[SatNews] FY13 fourth quarter margins as adjusted were 10.5 percent compared to 8.0 percent in FY12   Full Story


May 2, 2013
DARPA... Mobile Ad Hoc Net Ideas Wanted... (Comms)
[SatNews] One of DARPA's many goals is to investigate radical concepts for a 20X increase in...   Full Story


May 1, 2013
Hosted Payload Alliance... Despite Anxieties, Good NSS Turnout (Event)
[SatNews] Despite anxiety regarding the effect on attendance because of the recent government sequestration, the HPA proceeded...   Full Story


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