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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat Government has said industry and military leaders have initiated several space-related measures in 2018 meant to establish a resilient, global and integrated satellite communication architecture. Those actions include the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, National Defense Strategy and the Joint Space Operations Center’s transition to the Combined Space Operations Center, Cowen-Hirsch, senior […] More

A Raytheon-built ground control platform has supported the launch of the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS III satellite. Raytheon said Sunday the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System will help steer the GPS III Space Vehicle 01 to its final orbit for approximately 10 days. “The GPS OCX Block 0 launch and checkout system is foundational to […] More

PAE ISR has selected a Persistent Systems-built radio for its Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system. The MPU5 radio has the Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network technology and is designed to run video, voice-over-internet-protocols and other applications, PAE ISR said Tuesday. The radio also uses an algorithm that helps users integrate several meshed devices into […] More

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat Government has said industry stakeholders are concerned about the lack of a long-term acquisition strategy for commercial satellite communication services within the government, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. “If they don’t have procurement and O&M [operations and maintenance] funds, then the $49.5M in [research, development, testing and evaluation] will not be enough to […] More