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Lockheed Completes Thermal Vacuum Chamber, Acoustic Tests of USAF AEHF-5 Satellite

Lockheed Martin has completed a series of launch environment tests for its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite designed to provide protected communications capabilities for U.S. and allied warfighters operating on maritime, aerial and ground platforms. Lockheed said Monday it subjected the AEHF-5 satellite to extreme heat and cold temperatures as part of the 39-day […] More

by Jane Edwards May 22, 2018, 4:37 am
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Cubic to Demo C4ISR Platforms at SOFIC 2018; Mike Twyman Comments

Cubicâ€™s mission solutions businessÂ will exhibit expeditionary command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms at the four-day Special Operations Forces Industry Conference that will kick off Monday, May 21, in Tampa, Fla. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions, said in a statement published Monday that the company will showcase at SOFIC its C4ISR […] More

by Jane Edwards May 21, 2018, 5:35 am
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NATS Invests in Air Traffic Surveillance Tech Firm Aireon

U.K.-based air traffic control services provider NATS has made a $69 million equity investment in Aireon in order to help speed up the development of technologies for aviation surveillance. NATS said Wednesday its decision to buy a 10 percent equity stake in Aireon comes as the latter prepares to offer a space-based service â€“ Aireon […] More

by Jane Edwards May 17, 2018, 6:15 am
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Battelle to Fund 2 Tech Projects Through R&D Challenge

Battelle has announced plans to select technology research-and-development projects to receive funds through the nonprofit company’s inaugural R&D Challenge. The company said Wednesday it will introduce the competition during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference that is scheduled to take place at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Florida fromÂ May 22 to 24. Mike Kuhlman, […] More

by Joanna Crews May 17, 2018, 5:32 am
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Matt Desch: Iridium Eyes â€˜NEXTâ€™ Satellite Deployment Completion by Q3 2018

Iridium Communications CEO Matt DeschÂ has said the company expects the remaining three Iridium NEXT satellite launches to conclude by the third quarter of 2018, SpaceNews reported Monday. â€œAll of the satellites are going to be in place within probably about 30 days of our final launch,â€Â he told reporters Monday in a conference call Monday. Desch […] More

by Jane Edwards May 15, 2018, 4:46 am
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Alta Devices to Provide Solar Power Tech for Naval Research Lab’s ‘Hybrid’ UAV

TheÂ Naval Research Laboratory has chosen aÂ solar technology fromÂ Alta DevicesÂ to help power a small unmanned aerial vehicle designed to fly for a minimum of 3.5 days. Alta Devices said MondayÂ it will provide the company’s technology to theÂ Hybrid Tiger project that aims to demonstrate long-range UAV operations by combining solar and hydrogen fuel cells with guidance algorithms. […] More

by Joanna Crews May 15, 2018, 1:10 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Kai Tang: First Responders Need â€˜Reliableâ€™ Satcom Services in the Aftermath of Disasters

Kai Tang, chief commercial officer at Inmarsat Government, has said first responders and other public safety officials should have access to â€˜reliableâ€™ satellite communications services following an earthquake and other major natural disasters. Tang wrote in an article published Wednesday in the Disaster Recovery Journal that first responders seeking to offer humanitarian assistance and disaster […] More

by Jane Edwards May 11, 2018, 8:57 am
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Air Force Taps Raytheon to Sustain Cross-Domain Multinational Data Sharing Platform

Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business has received a potential five-year, $37.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to sustain a technology platform that helps multinational forces share intelligence data. The company will continue to perform sustainment work on the Cross Domain Enterprise All Source User RepositoryÂ architecture and further develop the NGA Coalition Data […] More

by Nichols Martin May 11, 2018, 8:50 am
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Coast Guard Seeks Proposals for Long-Range/Ultra-Long Endurance Drone Tech Demonstration

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a request for proposals for a program to conduct a demonstration of long-range/ultra-long endurance unmanned aircraft systems designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the LR/U-LE UAS Technology Demonstration Plan seeks to evaluate the performance of drones through a six-week, four-phase demonstration […] More

by Jane Edwards May 11, 2018, 4:55 am
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Former FirstNet Execs Form New Consulting Firm to Advance Public Safety App Devt

Former senior executives at the First Responder Network AuthorityÂ have established a new advisory firm that will provide venture capital, consulting support and technology business accelerator services to companies in the public safety sector. The Public Safety Network will provide access to technology resources and exposure to LTE initiatives to help organizations develop and bring new […] More

by Jane Edwards May 11, 2018, 2:50 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: DoDâ€™s National Defense Strategy Calls for â€˜Resilientâ€™ Satcom, Space Tech Investments

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat Government, told C4ISRNETÂ in an interview published Wednesday that the Defense Departmentâ€™s National Defense Strategy highlights the need to build up space-based threat awareness and safeguard military and commercial space assets from adversaries. Cowen-Hirsch said the space sector should bolster support for military and enterprise […] More

by Jane Edwards May 10, 2018, 5:30 am
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Intelleuron Secures DHS Funds to Build, Test UAS Reconnaissance Tech

IntelleuronÂ willÂ design, build and test a reconnaissance technology to aid inÂ Customs and Border Protection operations as part of aÂ $199,977 contract from the Department of Homeland Security. DHSÂ said TuesdayÂ the company aims to produce a portable small UAS designed to helpÂ CBP agents detect potential threats across different types of terrain and weather. The department awarded the project using […] More

by Nichols Martin May 9, 2018, 1:58 am