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NOAA, NASA Launch Lockheed-built GOES-R Weather Satellite

The first of the four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationâ€™s geostationary weather satellitesÂ launched Saturday aboard aÂ United Launch Alliance-builtÂ Atlas VÂ rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 6:42 p.m. Eastern time. NOAA said Saturday the Lockheed Martin-built Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-RÂ system will be called GOES-16Â once it reaches the orbit within two weeks and will work to provide […] More

by Jane Edwards November 21, 2016, 4:36 am
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Millennium Secures Army Professional Services Support Task Orders

Millennium has secured two task orders worth $35.8 millionÂ combined to provide support for the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for intelligence electronic warfare and sensors as well as theÂ Distributed Common Ground System – Army project manager. The company said TuesdayÂ it received the orders under a potential $248Â million contract vehicle that covers technical, program, operations, acquisition […] More

by Ramona Adams November 17, 2016, 7:13 am
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Eastern Shipbuilding Group Taps Northrop to Design Coast Guard Cutters’ C4ISR & Machinery Control Systems

Northrop Grumman has secured a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group to design C4ISR and machinery control systems onÂ U.S. Coast GuardÂ Offshore Patrol CutterÂ ships for future vessels withÂ updated weapon systems, electronics, range and endurance capacities. Northrop said Monday the design will also haveÂ a larger flight deck to accommodate aircraft operations in severe weather and new systems will […] More

by Scott Nicholas November 15, 2016, 8:34 am
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Black Box to Update Marine Corps Facility’s Telecom Network Architecture, Systems

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Black Box a $17.9 million contract to update and develop telecommunications network architectures and systems at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Black Box said Monday it will engineer, furnish, deploy, secure and evaluate the base’s communication, network and collaboration infrastructures in an effort toÂ support a high availability unified communications […] More

by Dominique Stump November 15, 2016, 8:05 am
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DigitalGlobe Launches Lockheed-Built WorldView-4 Satellite; Rick Ambrose Comments

DigitalGlobe received initial signals from Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite 45 minutes after it launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. WorldView-4 with a Harris Corp.-made imaging payload took off aboard aÂ United Launch Alliance-madeÂ Atlas VÂ rocketÂ to join DigitalGlobeâ€™s satellite constellation, LockheedÂ said Friday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheedâ€™s space systems business, said the WorldView-4 […] More

by Jane Edwards November 14, 2016, 5:00 am
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Matt Desch: SpaceX â€˜Back on the Pathâ€™ for Iridium Satellite Launch After Rocket Explosion

IridiumÂ CEOÂ Matt DeschÂ has saidÂ he is confident that SpaceX is back on track to launch Iridiumâ€™s new fleet of satellites into orbit after Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, spoke about the cause of the Sept. 1 explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. â€œWeâ€™ve been privy to the thinking and the […] More

by Jane Edwards November 10, 2016, 9:53 am
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Inmarsat Introduces Updated Aeronautical Services in Support of Govt C4ISR Operations

Inmarsat has started to offerÂ updatedÂ aeronautical services meantÂ toÂ support command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions of government clients. Inmarsat said TuesdayÂ some government entities use the company’s globally available L-band space and ground network to manageÂ multiple platforms and missions. The company addedÂ its aeronautical services allow partners to offerÂ data transmission rates of up to 10 megabits […] More

by Scott Nicholas November 10, 2016, 8:38 am
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BAE Secures Australia Maritime RF Sensor Tech Devt Funds

BAE Systems has received a grantÂ from Australia’s defense department toÂ develop and demonstrate a radio frequency sensor technology forÂ maritime battlespace awareness efforts, Shepard Media reported Thursday. The report said the department issued the grant for the 18-month Maritime Composite RF Sensor Performance project throughÂ itsÂ Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program. Glynn Phillips, chief executive ofÂ BAE’s Australian subsidiary, said […] More

by Ramona Adams November 10, 2016, 6:26 am
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Canada Solicits Proposals for WGS Military Satcom Terminals Procurement Contract

Canada has asked industry to submit proposals for a potential $15 million contract to procure portable satellite communications terminals designed to facilitate the use of the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s Wideband Global Satcom system by Canadian military commanders deployed overseas, Space News reported Wednesday. Maj. Scott Spurr, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Air Force, said […] More

by Jane Edwards November 10, 2016, 5:05 am
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Intelsat Generalâ€™s Skot Butler Talks Multi-Band Satcom Services, Air Forceâ€™s Wideband Analysis of Alternatives

Skot Butler,Â president ofÂ Intelsat General, has said he thinks there will be a demand for multi-band satellite communications services within the Defense Department in an effort to provide users with more choices, Space News reported Tuesday. Butler told SpaceNews editor-in-chief Brian Berger in an interview that the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s Wideband Analysis of Alternatives seems to […] More

by Jane Edwards November 9, 2016, 5:11 am
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DARPA Taps Northrop for RF Signal Processing Tech Development Contract

Northrop Grumman has received a potential $7.8 million contract from theÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop new technology platforms for a program that seeks to facilitate radio and radar communications in contested radiofrequency environments. DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the contract awarded through the Signal Processing at RFÂ program has a base […] More

by Jane Edwards November 9, 2016, 3:59 am
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Air Force Seeks New Analytical Approaches to Boost Decision-Making Capacity

The U.S. Air Force looks to develop new approaches toÂ information fusion and analysis as well as new techniques to provide intelligence to decisionmakers usingÂ service-oriented architecture, open standardsÂ and analytical algorithms. A broad agency announcementÂ published WednesdayÂ on FedBizOpps calls forÂ analytic services that can helpÂ the military branch understand data sources such asÂ multi-intelligence and source fusion. The service branch also […] More

by Scott Nicholas November 8, 2016, 4:00 am