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'Space bubbles' may have aided enemy in fatal Afghan battle
Sep 25, 2014 (SPX)
In the early morning hours of March 4, 2002, military officers in Bagram, Afghanistan desperately radioed a Chinook helicopter headed for the snowcapped peak of...
Russian Aerospace Defense Forces Again Dismiss Satellite Explosion Rumors
Sep 18, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces again dismissed US media rumors of a Russian military satellite allegedly exploding above the United States. "These stateme...
Space control Airmen ensure constant communication
Sep 18, 2014 (SPX)
Air Force Space Command's 16th Space Control Squadron in partnership with the Air Force Reserve Command's 380th SPCS is responsible for ensuring the Defense Dep...
Harris Corporation supplying radios to Air Force Special Operations Command
Sep 17, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has given the Harris Corporation an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for tactical radios. Under th...
Harris Corporation supply Falcon III RF-340M radios to U.S. military
Sep 14, 2014 (UPI)
Falcon III RF-340M multi-channel manpack radios, which provide enhanced command-and-control, have been ordered from Harris Corporation by the U.S. military. "Th...
Middle East entity orders Harris tactical radios
Sep 12, 2014 (UPI)
Tactical radios for voice and high-bandwidth data communications have been ordered from Harris Corporation by an unidentified customer in the Middle East. The c...
FirstNet-related Tactical LTE Communications System at Urban Shield Exercise
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
At Urban Shield 2014, Mutualink, Sonim and Oceus will participate in a FirstNet-related deployment of an Enhanced System on Wheels (ESOW). The exercise will giv...
Intelsat General Extends Contract to Provide Satellite Capacity to Forces in Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
Intelsat General has confirmed that it had received a one-year contract renewal for satellite capacity from DRS Technologies, one of several previously referenc...
UAE contracts for enhanced tactical communications
Aug 28, 2014 (UPI)
The United Arab Emirates has ordered data link hardware and software components from Tactical Communications Group for its armed forces. The Massachusetts-headq...
Harris' tactical manpack radio gets NSA certification
Aug 20, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. National Security Agency has given its Type-1 certification for Harris Corporation's Falcon III RF-340M multi-channel manpack radio. Receipt of the cer...
Saudis seek to upgrade AWAC planes
Aug 18, 2014 (UPI)
U.S. allies are asking the United States for modernization of airborne warning and control aircraft and procurement of air-to-air missiles. The separate request...
General Hyten takes control of AFSPC
Aug 18, 2014 (SPX)
General John E. Hyten became the 16th commander of Air Force Space Command, in a change-of-command ceremony, replacing General William L. Shelton. General Mark ...
ADS will bid for USAF order for commercial satellite bandwidth
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
Airbus Defense and Space has ben awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantiy (IDIQ) contract o provide services related to hosting United States Air For...
RRC supports Navy's Satellite Communications Facility in Virginia
Aug 08, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has tapped a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation to operate and maintain a satellite communications facility under a firm-fixed-price contrac...
Communications system used in Afghanistan gets Northrop support
Aug 07, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force has exercised a contract option with Northrop Grumman for operational support of a battlefield communications system. The system is BACN, or ...
US looks to Japan space program to close Pacific communications gap
Aug 07, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Tokyo's space initiative, set for launch in 2019, is turning into an effort to enhance ties with Washington in the cosmos. The US, shifting its military strateg...
Fourth MUOS Communication Satellite Clears Launch-Simulation Test
Aug 06, 2014 (SPX)
The fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite in the launch order is progressing in its final testing phase, having successfully cleared acoustic tes...
Lockheed Martin Selected For USAF Satellite Hosted Payload Initiative
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has been competitively selected for the U.S. Air Force's Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) initiative, which is aimed at integrating some governme...
AF satellites to contribute to space neighborhood watch
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
The Air Force plans to launch two operational satellites and one experimental satellite into near-geosynchronous Earth orbit July 23. According to Secretary of ...
Northrop Grumman Receives Funding for Electronic Warfare Systems for US Army and Navy
Jun 12, 2014 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has received funding to produce pre-production units of the APR-39D(V)2 radar warning receiver (RWR)/electronic warfare management system (EWMS...
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