L.A.F.B. / SMC… ORS-1 Is Virginia-Bound (Satellite)
[SatNews] Another major milestone has been met as all get set to ship an important military satellite to its launch site...
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Scalable Network Technologies… Exemplary Emulation (Comms)
[SatNews] As a major stakeholder in keeping the United States at the leading edge of technology, the Department of Defense leans on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to stimulate innovation among entrepreneurial companies and research institutions.
Read MoreRaytheon BBN Technologies… Sustaining Superiority (C2)
[SatNews] Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $10 million in defense funding to develop technical solutions that will help maintain command and control systems’ superiority — BBN Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN).
Read MoreLockheed Martin… On The Move With WIN-T (MILSATCOM)
[SatNews] Additional equipment is being produced for the U.S. Army’s on-the-move, high-capacity communications network that brings high-bandwidth, mobile, two-way satellite communications and ad hoc mesh radio connectivity to all Army echelons down to the company level.
Read MoreHarris… Success With MRAP’ing (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $19.9 million order from the U.S. Army.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman… NATO Notified (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] The final proposal for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) has been submitted...
Read MoreStratos Government Services… SINs Received (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Just received is an award of governmental proportions.
Read MoreU.S.A.F. — Space & Missiles Center… Turning SATCOM Into MILSATCOM
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced has awarded two contracts totaling $788,000 as a result of a Broad Agency Announcement released in June 2010.
Read MoreU.S.A.F. — Financially Speaking…
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has requested a total of $150 billion in base discretionary spending for FY12, roughly the same amount the service requested the previous year.
Read MoreU.S. Navy + Northrup Grumman… Contract Obtained Then — BAM — Bye-Bye (UAV/UAS)
[SatNews] U.S. Navy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts are temporarily shelving plans to contract with the Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems segment in Bethpage, N.Y., to develop a common UAV ground-control station to fly the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk and Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) high-altitude, high-endurance surveillance UAVs.
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