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Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics-Built Comms Tech Aids Coast Guard in SAR Missions

A maritime communications technology developed byÂ General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has supported search-and-rescue missions of the U.S. Coast Guard since 2006. The service branch used the company-builtÂ Rescue 21 CoastalÂ system for command, control and direction-finding communications tasks in approximately 100,000 SAR operations, GDMSÂ said Friday. Chris Marzilli,Â GDMS president and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said the business has […] More

by Joanna Crews February 5, 2018, 12:53 pm
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Kratos Wraps Up 1st Phase of USAF Enterprise Ground Services Study

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has completed the initial phase of a study that seeks to demonstrate an approach to facilitate the transition of a command-and-control system for military communications satellites into the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s Enterprise Ground Services architecture. The company said Thursday EGS supports the service branchâ€™s Space Enterprise Vision that aims to […] More

by Jane Edwards February 2, 2018, 6:38 am
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DARPA to Use C-130 to Demo ‘Gremlins’ UAS Launch, Retrieval Operations in 2019

The Defense Advanced Research Project AgencyÂ plans to use a C-130 aircraft to demonstrate in 2019 the launch and recovery of unmanned aircraft systems in mid-air, Fire Aviation reported Thursday. DARPA plans to equip the drones with several payloads designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, signals intelligence and electronic warfare missions once deployed, according to […] More

by Jane Edwards February 2, 2018, 4:34 am
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SpaceX Launches Orbital ATK-Built GovSat Satellite Aboard Pre-Flown Rocket

A communications satellite that Orbital ATK built for GovSat â€“ a public-private joint venture of SESÂ and the government of Luxembourg â€“ took off Wednesday at 4:25 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard SpaceXâ€™s Falcon 9 rocket. GovSat-1 will be placed at 21.5 degrees East orbital slot to provide maritime […] More

by Jane Edwards February 1, 2018, 4:50 am
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Kratos Subsidiary Holds Spot on $998M Air Force TETRAS Contract

AÂ Kratos Defense and Security SolutionsÂ subsidiary has secured a positionÂ on a potential $998 million contract to develop range test and evaluation systems for theÂ U.S. Air Force. Kratos RT Logic is one of 14 contractors selected to participate in the Air Force’sÂ Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments and Spectrum program, the companyÂ said Wednesday. Frank Backes, vice […] More

by Neel Mehta February 1, 2018, 12:00 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Satcom as a Service, Wideband Global Satcom at Kratos Podcast

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government, said in a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions podcast aired Wednesday that satellite communications as a service works to provide military and commercial users with a â€œfull end-to-endâ€ communications capability. Cowen-Hirsch told Constellations podcast moderator John Gilroy that a satcom-as-a-service model is designed […] More

by Jane Edwards January 30, 2018, 8:14 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Industry Backs Military Via Protected Satcom Tech Investments

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government, has said warfighters seek and use protected tactical waveforms as adversaries target satellite communications through jamming. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a two-part blog postÂ published Monday that the private sector continues to invest in new technology capabilities that seek to provide protected satcom and anti-jamming […] More

by Jane Edwards January 30, 2018, 12:42 am
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Matt Desch Talks Iridiumâ€™s Partnership With SpaceX, Growth of Internet of Things

Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, told Motherboardâ€™s Daniel Oberhaus in an interview published Sunday about the companyâ€™s reason for partnering with SpaceX to launch its constellation of Iridium NEXT communications satellites into orbit. â€œIn many ways, the Falcon 9 was built around the Iridium payload because we were the first ones to work with […] More

by Jane Edwards January 29, 2018, 9:19 am
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Textron’s AAI Subsidiary to Provide Unmanned ISR Support for USAF’s Afghanistan Operations

Textron‘sÂ AAI Corp.Â subsidiary has received a potential $15.7 million contract to support the U.S. Air ForceÂ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan through the use ofÂ unmanned aircraft systems. AAI will also provideÂ a non-developmental contractor-owned and contractor-operated UAS ISR platform as well as support the service branch’s force protection efforts under theÂ firm-fixed-price contract, theÂ Defense Department said Friday. […] More

by Nichols Martin January 29, 2018, 3:39 am
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General Atomics Receives USAF MQ-9 Software Devt Order

AÂ General AtomicsÂ business unit has received a potential three-year, $49.3 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to develop, field and sustain the software forÂ MQ-9Â ReaperÂ unmanned aerial vehicles. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will develop the MQ-9 software for the Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Combat Command, the Defense Department said Friday. The Air Force […] More

by Joanna Crews January 29, 2018, 2:04 am
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Engineering Services Network to Help Develop Navy’s Combat System Operational Sequencing Tech

Engineering Services Network has won a potential five-year, $39.5 million to help the U.S. NavyÂ develop, modify and validate a combat systems operational sequencing system. The company said Friday it will deliver CSOSS for integration with shipboard sensors, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and weapon systems. ESN will also provideÂ CSOSSÂ analyses, technical and programmatic […] More

by Joanna Crews January 26, 2018, 1:05 pm
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Ka-Band Satcom Tech Essential for Airborne ISR Missions

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government,Â has said she believes the adoption of Ka-band satellite communications technology can help the military address interoperability requirements for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a two-part blog post published Thursday that Ka-bandâ€™s capacity to cover frequencies that civilian and military […] More

by Jane Edwards January 26, 2018, 10:30 am