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  • Iridium Seeks to Provide Maritime Safety Comms Through IMO Recognition Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Seeks to Provide Maritime Safety Comms Through IMO Recognition Process

    The International Maritime Organization has issued a report that details requirements for Iridium Communications to address in order for the company to be recognized as a Global Maritime Distress and Safety System mobile satellite services provider. IMO’s navigation, communication and search-and-rescue subcommittee released the report after it evaluated Iridium as a potential GMDSS service provider, Iridium […] More

  • Iridium Awarded DoD Network Gateway Update Task Order; Scott Scheimreif Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Awarded DoD Network Gateway Update Task Order; Scott Scheimreif Comments

    Iridium Communications Inc. has received an $8.57 million task order to update the network gateway of the Defense Department in preparation for the military’s planned transition to the company’s next-generation global satellite constellation. DoD and its partners will gain access to airtime service for voice, data, paging and distributed tactical communications services under the contract, Iridium said […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Reschedules Initial NEXT Satellite Launch to April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Reschedules Initial NEXT Satellite Launch to April

    Iridium Communications has rescheduled the launch of the first pair of Iridium NEXT satellites to April to provide an additional four months to address an issue with the satellite’s communications payload, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. Stephen Clark writes Iridium CEO Matt Desch said Oct. 29 that prime contractor Thales Alenia Space found an issue inside the payload’s Ka-band […] More

  • Iridium Demos Certus Broadband Network; Brian Pemberton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Demos Certus Broadband Network; Brian Pemberton Comments

    Iridium Communications has completed a voice and data ground test call for the company’s Certus broadband network in an effort to demonstrate the performance of three new components. The test was meant for Iridium Certus’ broadband satellite terminal, Iridium NEXT satellites and updated terrestrial gateway systems, Iridium said Tuesday. Iridium’s Certus broadband core module produced the […] More

  • Iridium, Furuno Form Satcom Alliance for Japanese Clients; Bryan Hartin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium, Furuno Form Satcom Alliance for Japanese Clients; Bryan Hartin Comments

    Iridium Communications and Furuno Electric have inked an agreement to offer Iridium’s satellite services to customers in Japan. Furuno Electric will incorporate Iridium Pilot antennas, Iridium GO! smartphone access device, Iridium Extreme handset and the Iridium Short Burst Data service into the company’s satellite communications portfolio, Iridium said Monday. “Together, we’ll be enabling more ships […] More

  • Iridium Provides Developer Kits to Certus Broadband Terminal Manufacturers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Provides Developer Kits to Certus Broadband Terminal Manufacturers

    Iridium Communications has unveiled new broadband core transceiver modules that work to help the company’s manufacturing partners develop Iridium Certus broadband terminal prototypes ahead of end-to-end tests early next year. The company said Tuesday the modules are part of developer kits for the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation’s new broadband terminals. “Delivering these developer kits into the hands of our […] More

  • Iridium to Provide Global Satellite Coverage for MiX Telematics Fleet Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium to Provide Global Satellite Coverage for MiX Telematics Fleet Mgmt

    Iridium Communications and MiX Telematics have partnered to demonstrate global satellite communications coverage at the Bauma Conexpo Africa trade fair scheduled this week in South Africa. MiX Telematics said Monday the partnership works to expand its fleet and mobile asset management offering from terrestrial to satellite systems. “[Fleet] managers will be able to track and manage their valuable assets and […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Put $3B Toward 66-Satellite Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Put $3B Toward 66-Satellite Constellation

    Iridium Communications has spent $3 billion on its program to launch 66 satellites that will work to offer airline companies satellite-based air traffic surveillance services, CEO Matt Desch told The Globe and Mail for an article published Sunday. Eric Atkins writes those satellites will carry instruments to collect information such as aircraft speed and location in an effort to help airlines manage fuel usage and flight […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium Subjects NEXT Satellite Network to Compact Antenna Range Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium Subjects NEXT Satellite Network to Compact Antenna Range Test

    Iridium Communications has moved closer to the launch of the Iridium Next satellite network after the completion of the Compact Antenna Test Range test phase for the satellite constellation. The company said Wednesday it conducted the CATR test to evaluate the functionality of feeder link, crosslink and mission antennas of the satellites through a radiated environment. “The CATR testing ensures […] More

  • Diane Hockenberry: Iridium's Launch Plans With SpaceX is Flexible - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diane Hockenberry: Iridium’s Launch Plans With SpaceX is Flexible

    A spokesperson for SpaceX customer Iridium Communications said the explosion Sunday of the Falcon 9 rocket bound for the International Space Station will have little impact on Iridium’s plans for its own payloads, Reuters reported Monday. “It isn’t critical that they make the exact dates — there is some flexibility in our overall launch plans,” Iridium spokeswoman Diane Hockenberry told Reuters. […] More

  • Iridium Names Initial Service Providers of Push-to-Talk Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Names Initial Service Providers of Push-to-Talk Service

    Iridium Communications has selected seven businesses as the initial service providers to resell the Iridium Push-to-Talk service to military, search-and-rescue, law enforcement and other customers in the international market. The company said Monday the service works to support instant communication from any location via the Iridium low-earth orbit satellite system and operates as half-duplex communication. The following are […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Seeks Insurance on NEXT Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Seeks Insurance on NEXT Satellites

    Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, told investors Wednesday the company wants to insure its upcoming constellation of NEXT satellites against potential operational risks, Space News reported Thursday. “We have to place insurance before launch and we’re in that process right now,” he was quoted as saying. Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for […] More