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November 30, 2015
Hughes DISD Teams Up w/Aussies... Tests Advanced TDMA Waveform In Talisman Sabre Exercises
Hughes HX System with advanced waveform technology delivers higher performance satellite connectivity than ever before ...
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TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 Improve North Canadian Region Monitoring For Emergency Response + Safety Operations
...investigate the synergistic use of X- and C-band SAR-data for tactical ship route planning in Arctic Waters, its objective being to monitor the sea ice situation along shipping routes in the north.
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November 27, 2015
Bundeswehr's Use Of TanDEM-X Global Elevation Data OK'd By Airbus Defence and Space
The TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model was acquired by the TanDEM-X Mission realized as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Airbus Defence and Space and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
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November 24, 2015
GaN Family Of Amplifiers With Optimal SWaP Roll-Out From Teledyne Microwave Solutions
With a calculated MTBF of over 40,000 hours @ +85 degrees C, these units are suitable for airborne applications as well as challenging land based environments.
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November 23, 2015
AFCENT To Obtain MILSATCOM Services From Intelsat General Corporation
Intelsat General will provide coverage all across the Middle East as far eastward as Afghanistan and Pakistan, including reach-back to European teleport facilities.
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ETL Systems' Ruff + Tuff RF Power Amplifiers For Military + Protection Of Citizens...Broadband Frequency Jamming
The range is designed for electronic warfare applications such as broadband frequency jamming or EMC testing.
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November 20, 2015
XCOR Develops Lynx Simulator In Partnership w/Protobox + Air Force Research Lab
"This is just the beginning."
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November 16, 2015
GLOBAL THUNDER Exercise Ensures Lightning Fast Response To Attacks Across USSTRATCOM...
...strengthening existing international partnership as both Canadian and United Kingdom officers integrated and embedded into operations and planning cells at various locations including USSTRATCOM headquarters
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November 12, 2015
New HM Satellite System for Mobility & Portability Applications Debuts From Hughes
The HM System provides satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) capabilities for airborne, maritime and land mobility solutions.
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Foxcom DSA Debuts To Address Military + Aeronautics Markets
Foxcom’s capabilities, which cover 1 KHz to 18 GHz, have been deployed around the world on numerous military platforms.
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November 11, 2015
Support Of The USAF's Satellite Control Network Goes To Harris Corporation
Harris will provide operations, maintenance and logistics support to Air Force satellite operations at the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, and other worldwide locations.
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Live From New York It's Satnews!
Satnews in New York City .... Publisher Silvano Payne and Jill Durfee Director of Marketing and Sales are attending SATCON...
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November 10, 2015
McMurdo Bumps Up Satellite-Based S + R Ecosystem... SARBE CommLink Includes Military...Saves More Lives
This helps to streamline the entire rescue process, resulting in faster casualty analysis, expedited medical response and more lives saved.
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November 9, 2015
Arianespace's Record Year Just Keeps Getting BADR + Better
Arabsat-6B, to be renamed BADR-7 once in orbit, will be the ninth satellite orbited by Arianespace for use by the operator Arabsat, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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SMC 45th Anniversary Recalls 45 Year History Of Defense Support Programs ...Testament To Safety Of US
Veterans will be honored this week on November 11, and there is also an anniversary of another important branch of the military...
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A FAB-T Day For Raytheon
"Starting low-rate production is a significant achievement for the FAB-T program."—Scott Whatmough, V.P., Integrated Communications Systems, Space and Airborne Systems, Raytheon.
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November 6, 2015
Arianespace's Flight VA227 In Payload Integration Phase ....India's GSAT-15 Installed On Top Of A Cone
GSAT-15 is to provide telecommunications services, as well as dedicated navigation-aid and emergency services for India
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November 5, 2015
The Unfurling Of Harris' Mesh Antenna Reflectors Aboard The Lockheed Martin Built U.S. Navy's MUOS-4 Satellite
This represents the seventh and eighth successful Harris reflector deployments in the five-satellite MUOS constellation.
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A Boost To John Hopkins University From The U.S.A.F.'s Space & Missile Systems Center
"The end goal of our strategy is to have two or more domestic, commercially viable launch providers that also meet national security space requirements."—Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Executive Officer for Space + SMC Commander, U.S.A.F.
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Harris Falcon Tactical Radios Winging Their Way Into Eastern European Nation
“The Harris radios will enable the nation’s Ministry of Defense to field secure communication networks that interoperate with their existing equipment, as well as with those used by coalition forces."—Chris Young, President, Harris Communication Systems.
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KVH's Stabilization + Security For A Price = $2.7 Million As Middle Eastern Military Ally Enlists TACNAV's Support
...will deliver a tactical navigation system designed to help military vehicle crews maintain 100 percent situational awareness with or without GPS
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US Air Force Loses Its Stripes... The Super Strypi Launch Vehicle Failed Taking Small Sats With It
Additional information will be released as it becomes available
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November 4, 2015
VADM Richard H. Truly Named By Space Foundation To Receive The General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award
Named for the Space Foundation’s former, long-time chairman, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award is one of the global space community’s highest honors.
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A Danish Evolution... From iDirect
iDirect’s TRANSEC capabilities will help to build added security into their networks, and the technical expertise of the 24/7 iDirect Technical Assistance Center (TAC) provides a high level of reliability to the Danish Armed Forces.
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November 3, 2015
Airbus Defence and Space Soar On A Space Safari w/XEBRA...Military SatCom Service w/Small + Light X-band Terminal
The Skynet satellite network consists of eight satellites and associated ground segment, and is the world’s only commercially owned military satellite communications system.
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November 2, 2015
Airbus Defence & Space Selects Advantech Wireless... Provides Security Beyond Line Of Sight
"...results do not happen overnight and Advantech Wireless has remained consistently committed throughout, frequently going that extra mile to keep the project on track.”
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