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Communication is one of the most critical needs of first responders in any emergency situation. The Sate of Louisiana has announced they have completed the deployment of BGAN from Stratos to support the statewide emergency communication applications.
Read MoreWhen you discuss launch with E’Prime Aerospace, the discussion will turn to their “cold launch” and “canister” technologies. Light to medium lift single core vehicles will launch from a launch tube that propels the rocket approximately 200 feet into the air before the first stage is ignited.
Read MoreIn support of the satellite-based communications of a U.S. government agency is the reason for a $1.5 million order for such equipment, awarded to Comtech EF Data Corporation, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corporation (NASDAQ:CMTL). This order includes the company’s CDM-600L and CDM-710 Satellite Modems with bandwidth-efficient technologies.
Read MoreThe key technologies and work on reducing the technological risk to allow autonomous spacecraft rendezvous and docking to become a reliable reality are being worked on currently by the Naval Research Laboratory’s Naval Center for Space Technology NRL and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DRPA). As a matter of fact, the NRL achieved a key milestone toward this development of autonomous servicing of unaided spacecraft.
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Read MoreClass K certification – no, this is not a substitute classification for a high school diploma, nor is it a special group of marathon runners… Class K certification is the highest reliability level prescribed by MIL-PRF-38534.
Read MoreThe Hartinger Medal is presented annually to the person selected by NDIA Rocky Mountain Chapter members to the individual who has made a significant contribution to the military space mission of the United States. From the Los Angeles Air Force Base, Lt. Gen. Michael Hemel, Space and Missile Systems Center commander, was the recipient this year at the National Defense Industrial Association Rocky Mountain Chapter Ball in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Read MoreThere’s certainly more than one player in the hunt to build the GPS Block III program for the U.S. Air Force’s nextgen global positioning system. With a proven track record of providing progressively advanced spacecraft for the current GPS constellation, why, it’s only natural that a Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT]-led team would toss their hat into the ring.
Read MoreEn route to the Red Planet is the Mars Phoenix Lander. And we’ve learned today that SpaceDev (OTCBB:SPDV) provided key hardware and instruments for this endeavor that included five flight actuator assemblies, key components of the Wet Chemistry Laboratory for the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument that’s aboard NASA’s craft, all via contract to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Read MoreThe commercial space products and services endeavors by SPACEHAB, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAB) have certainly won additional acclaim… and revenue. The company has announced their Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has won the first fully funded task order under the recently awarded Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quality (gasping for breath…) indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2. (Phew!)
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