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  • CommAgility to Supply LTE Systems for Lockheed Satcom Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CommAgility to Supply LTE Systems for Lockheed Satcom Project

    Lockheed Martin has selected CommAgility to supply integrated LTE hardware and software for the Bethesda, Maryland-based defense contractor’s ongoing satellite communications project. CommAgility said Tuesday it will provide a customized variant of its SmallCellPHY software and AMC-4C6678-Serial RapidIO module to Lockheed. SmallCellPHY functions as a LTE physical layer for small cells and designed to comply with 3rd Generation Partnership Project Release 10 standard. The […] More

  • Iridium Unveils 6 Initial Certus Ground Mobile Service Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Unveils 6 Initial Certus Ground Mobile Service Providers

    Iridium Communications has introduced the first group of six companies that will provide ground-based mobile services through its Iridium Certus broadband offering by mid-2018. The company said Wednesday Iridium Certus is powered by the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation and is designed to provide mobile communications services such as voice, cellular data, satellite internet and land […] More

  • SpaceX Launches Orbital ATK-Built GovSat Satellite Aboard Pre-Flown Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Launches Orbital ATK-Built GovSat Satellite Aboard Pre-Flown Rocket

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

  • General Atomics Demos Automatic Takeoff, Landing Capacity for MQ-9B RPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Demos Automatic Takeoff, Landing Capacity for MQ-9B RPA

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit showcased an automatic takeoff and landing capability for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft via a satellite communications datalink. The company said Monday operators of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian controlled the aircraft outside General Atomics’ Gray Butte Flight Operations Center in Palmdale, California while the platform flew out of the Laguna […] More

  • Effective Space Gets In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Effective Space Gets In-Orbit Satellite Servicing Contract

    U.K.-based spacecraft technology developer Effective Space has received a contract to perform in-orbit satellite servicing support for an unnamed regional operator, Via Satellite reported Wednesday. Effective Space will launch two Space Drone servicing spacecraft in 2020 to conduct station-keeping and attitude control support for two communications satellites. Daniel Campbell, managing director at Effective Space, told Via Satellite that […] More

  • SSL Ships Hispasat Satellite to Cape Canaveral Launch Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL Ships Hispasat Satellite to Cape Canaveral Launch Site

    A communications satellite made by Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary for  Hispasat has been delivered to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will lift off aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket. SSL said Tuesday the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite will provide communications services for television, broadband, corporate networks and other telecommunications applications in Europe, North Africa and […] More

  • Viasat to Help Modernize NATO Satcom Control Stations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat to Help Modernize NATO Satcom Control Stations

    Viasat has secured a contract to update NATO control stations for ultra-high-frequency satellite communications systems in an effort to help address the international alliance’s integrated waveform baseline requirement. The company said Wednesday it will modernize NATO’s UHF communications infrastructure to the Visual Integrated SATCOM Information, Operation and Networking software package designed to increase flexibility, interoperability and […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Warfighters Need Access to Integrated Satcom Architecture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Warfighters Need Access to Integrated Satcom Architecture

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said that it is crucial for U.S. service personnel to have access to an integrated satellite communications architecture to support military missions worldwide “across the full spectrum of engagement.” Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an article for MilsatMagazine that such an architecture requires the adoption of satcom-as-a-service model that […] More

  • Inmarsat's Kai Tang Highlights Global Xpress Satellite Connectivity Support for Mobile Govt Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Kai Tang Highlights Global Xpress Satellite Connectivity Support for Mobile Govt Users

    Kai Tang, vice president for commercial strategy and operations at Inmarsat‘s U.S. government business unit, has said Inmarsat’s Global Xpress commercial satellite network is designed to address the growing connectivity needs of mobile government users. Tang wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that Global Xpress works to eliminate complex tasks associated with the use of […] More

  • Comtech Gets Contract Modification for Navy Network Connection Device Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Gets Contract Modification for Navy Network Connection Device Engineering Support

    A subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications has secured a $1.9 million contract modification for engineering support services backing a U.S. Navy network connection device. Comtech EF Data will provide support for enhancements to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Interface Processor production terminals, the company said Wednesday. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Rick Lober, VP/GM of the Defense and Intelligence Systems Division at Hughes Network Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Rick Lober, VP/GM of the Defense and Intelligence Systems Division at Hughes Network Systems

    “I grew up as a kid watching the Apollo missions to the moon–what a great motivator to move into a career in engineering.” Space 2.0. The “new space.” What is really at stake for our place in space for 2018? With massive innovations in integrated technologies and satellite components, the community needs to come together […] More

  • Inmarsat's Peter Hadinger: Integrated Commercial Satcom Key to Support Military Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Peter Hadinger: Integrated Commercial Satcom Key to Support Military Operations

    Peter Hadinger, president of Inmarsat‘s U.S. government business unit, has said that ongoing military operations require an improved acquisition model for satellite communications and further integration of commercial satcom systems. Hadinger stated during a presentation at the Global MilSatCom 2017 event in London that military satcom challenges stem from budget, acquisition and cultural issues instead of technological capabilities, Inmarsat said Friday. […] More