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Lockheed’s Carl Marchetto: WorldView-4 Satellite to Provide Images to Govt Officials, Disaster Relief Workers

DigitalGlobeÂ has shown the first image from theÂ Lockheed Martin-builtÂ WorldView-4Â satellite that launched in November from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to join the geospatial content and imagery providerâ€™s satellite constellation. â€œSeeing these first images is only a glimpse of the value WorldView-4 will bring to the world,â€ Carl Marchetto, vice president and general manager of Lockheedâ€™s […] More

by Jane Edwards December 13, 2016, 6:14 am
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Lockheed Gets Air Force Nod to Modify GPS Satellite Ground Control System; Mark Stewart Comments

Lockheed MartinÂ will proceed on work to modifyÂ the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s existingÂ GPS ground control unit after the military branch approved the companyâ€™s upgrade design for the system. The company said Monday it completed a critical design review in November under the Contingency Operations contract and will move forward with software development and systems engineering tasks for […] More

by Jay Clemens December 12, 2016, 10:39 am
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CACI to Help Army Develop Payload Modeling, Simulation & Training Systems; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ has received a $31 million task order to help the U.S. ArmyÂ developÂ electro-optical/infrared and signals intelligence payload modeling, simulation and training systems for data collection efforts. The company said Monday it will support technology for the night vision and electronic sensors directorate of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Commandâ€™s communications-electronics research, development and engineering […] More

by Jay Clemens December 12, 2016, 10:30 am
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DARPA Begins Phase I of Data Link Restoration Platform Devt Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has commenced the first phaseÂ of a project that seeksÂ to buildÂ a deployable undersea network that would serve as a means to restore disrupted data links, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday. Adam Stone writes theÂ Tactical Undersea Network Architectures program drew various ideas fromÂ Harris, Northrop Grumman,Â Raytheon,Â LGS Innovations and theÂ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 12, 2016, 3:55 am
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BAE Plans $508M Investment to Support UAV Integration Into UK Airspace

BAE Systems will invest $508 million to revive an industry-led effort to establish regulations and technology for the integration of unmanned air vehicles into the U.K. national airspace, FlightGlobal reported Tuesday. Beth Stevenson writes the U.K. government’s business department previouslyÂ funded the Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment programÂ before it cancelled the effort to […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 9, 2016, 9:05 am
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General Atomics Starts Extended-Range Gray Eagle UAS Flight Test

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has begun flight testing an extended-range variant of the MQ-1CÂ unmanned aircraft systemÂ at the company’s El Mirage flight operations facility in California. The company said Thursday the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range series isÂ designed to increaseÂ endurance and payload capacity of the Gray Eagle UAS platform, whichÂ has recorded more than 300,000 flight […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 9, 2016, 7:57 am
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Air Force Sets Dec. 7 Launch for 8th Boeing-Built WGS Satellite

The U.S. Air Force has scheduled the launch of the Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite for Dec. 7 aboard aÂ United Launch Alliance-madeÂ Delta IVÂ rocketÂ from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, space and missile systems center commander and Air Force program executive officer for space, said in a statement released Monday […] More

by Jane Edwards December 6, 2016, 3:14 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Govt-Industry Relationship, Inmarsat 6 Satellite Fleet

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat,Â has saidÂ she believes the relationship between the government and commercial sector â€œwill continue to matureâ€ under President-elect Donald Trumpâ€™s administration. Cowen-Hirsch told Space News staff writer Caleb Henry in an interview published Tuesday that the company sees a â€œgreater geographically dispersed demandâ€ for commercial satellite […] More

by Jane Edwards November 30, 2016, 10:00 am
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Cambridge Awarded DoD C5ISR Support Task Order; Russell Thurston Comments

Cambridge International Systems has secured aÂ $19.3 million task order from theÂ Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic to support the Defense Department‘s command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissanceÂ systems. The contract coversÂ equipment and servicesÂ associated with full system lifecycle support such as research, development, test, evaluation, production and fielding of interoperable C5ISR, information […] More

by Ramona Adams November 30, 2016, 8:37 am
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Matt Desch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocketâ€™s Stage 1 Booster Arrives in California for Iridium Satellite Launch

IridiumÂ CEOÂ Matt Desch announced in a Twitter post Monday the arrival of the stage 1 booster for SpaceXâ€™s Falcon 9 rocket in California for the launch of Iridium satellites as part of the companyâ€™s NEXT constellation, Ars Technica reported Monday. Eric BergerÂ writes the rocketâ€™s first stage booster was spotted Sunday in Arizona en route to Vandenberg […] More

by Jane Edwards November 23, 2016, 7:57 am
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CACI Receives Defense Dept Travel Call Center Support Task Order; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI InternationalÂ has received a $26 million task order from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic organization to provide travel call center support to the Defense Department. The company will support all Defense Travel System components through customer service for DoD personnel that travel worldwideÂ and also offer outreach and training support services […] More

by Jay Clemens November 22, 2016, 10:26 am
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Echodyne Tests Detect and Avoid Radar on Commercial Drone; Eben Frankenburg Comments

Echodyne has completed an airborne test of a detect-and-avoid radar technology mounted on a commercial small unmanned aerial vehicle. The company said Nov. 8Â its radar is designed to helpÂ UAVs sense moving and stationary obstacles with radar vision when dronesÂ fly through the airspaceÂ beyond the operator’s line of sight. TheÂ tests were conductedÂ using Echodyne’s patented Metamaterial Electronically Scanning […] More

by Scott Nicholas November 22, 2016, 3:00 am