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Russia to Complete Military Satellite Constellation Blagovest in April
Jan 15, 2019 (Sputnik)
The launch of the fourth and last military communications satellite of Russia's Blagovest constellation is tentatively planned for April, a source in the space ...
BAE signs $79.8M contract with Navy for Pacific comms support
Jan 15, 2019 (UPI)
The program, which supports the Pacific's Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master, will continue to provide continuous operations and maintenance supp...
Honeywell and GetSAT win multi-million dollar deal with US Government
Jan 09, 2019 (SPX)
The agency selected GetSAT's MilliSAT L/M (land and maritime) KA and KU-band versions to provide maritime and ground-based high-data rate, secure communications...
Hughes to supply BGAN terminals for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
Jan 09, 2019 (SPX)
Placed through Hughes partner Marshall Communications Corporation, the order outfits SSC Atlantic with the world's smallest and lightest High Data Rate (HDR) te...
Hughes India and Sterlite Tech enable Satcom connectivity for Indian navy
Jan 06, 2019 (SPX)
Sterlite Tech, a global data network solutions company, chose the Hughes system to deliver C- and Ku-band satellite services as part of its hybrid IP-MPLS (Inte...
Military Santa tracker live despite US government shutdown
Dec 25, 2018 (AFP)
Just as it has since the 1950s the Canadian and American defense agency NORAD delivered live updates on the man in the red suit's international gift delivery ro...
DARPA awards 6 teams during final Spectrum Collaboration Challenge Qualifier
Dec 24, 2018 (SPX)
At the event's conclusion, six of the eight top-scoring teams walked away with $750,000 each in prize money. While not all competitors received interim prizes, ...
India launches military communications satellite
Dec 21, 2018 (Sputnik)
In a major boost to network-capable surveillance capacity of the IAF, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a dedicated communications satellit...
Satellite study proves global quantum communication will be possible
Dec 21, 2018 (SPX)
The milestone experiment proves the feasibility of secure quantum communications on a global scale, using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). It is r...
US Army awards Harris Corp nearly $218 million contract to provide Wideband Satellite Communications Mission support
Dec 21, 2018 (SPX)
The Wideband Satellite Communications Operations and Technical Support II (WSOTS-2) contract will support global networks and operations centers at 21 sites, pr...
AFSPC assumes COMSATCOM procurement responsibility for DoD
Dec 14, 2018 (AFNS)
This transfer means AFSPC will oversee procurement of nearly all military and commercial SATCOM for the DoD, and will allow it to manage SATCOM as an enterprise...
US Space Force Takes Over Satellite Purchases to Boost Warfighter Communication
Dec 13, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The new acquisition authority better integrates our military and private SATCOM [satellite communication] sectors, ensuring our warfighters have the communicat...
Shape-shifting origami could help antenna systems adapt on the fly
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
The new approach to creating these tunable filters could have a variety of uses, from antenna systems capable of adapting in real-time to ambient conditions to ...
Global Ku-Band HTS platform provides government customers with unprecedented solutions
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
The sixth and final of the first-generation Intelsat EpicNG satellites, Horizons 3e, brings the most advanced digital payload, C- and Ku- band interconnectivity...
Boeing tapped by Air Force for jam-resistant satellite comms terminals
Nov 27, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will provide ground satellite communications designed to be highly resistant to jamming and signals...
Navy nanosatellite launch delayed for further inspection
Nov 19, 2018 (UPI)
The delayed launch is part of the Integrated Communications Extension Capability program under the Navy's Program Executive Office Space Systems and the Space a...
Rockwell Collins airborne radio certified by NSA
Nov 16, 2018 (UPI)
"This NSA certification is one of the final steps in getting our latest-generation airborne radio technology into the field," Troy Brunk, vice president and gen...
NSA certifies Harris AN/PRC-163 radio for top secret intelligence
Nov 07, 2018 (UPI)
The certification, announced Tuesday by Harris, permits the radio to transmit voice and data including full motion video up to top secret level on both channels...
Raytheon tapped by DARPA for high frequency digital communications research
Nov 06, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will see Raytheon focus on digital tile architecture and scalable apertures with transmit and recei...
Laser technology could be used to attract attention from aliens
Nov 06, 2018 (UPI)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, published in Astrophysical Journal, proposes the idea of focusing a high-powered 1- to 2-megawatt laser through...
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