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Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), has successfully completed the Preliminary Implementation Review for the U.S. Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, next-generation military satellite communications terminals that will provide the worldwide backbone for high-priority military communications and missile defense systems.
Read MoreHarris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has announced the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) now has installed the OS/COMET? Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) software in its FLTSATCOM lab.
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ: GCOM], a global provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, announced today that the Company has received a contract extension from NATO valued at $9.1 million to extend communication services and onsite support for the Company’s previously deployed GPS-Based Force Tracking System (FTS).
Read MoreAstrium Services has been awarded a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) for a new preparatory study aimed at coordinating the future military communication needs of the European Union (EU).
Read MoreDecisions made by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center resulted in awarding United Launch Alliance a contract modification to perform the launch services for the Wideband Global SATCOM-4 (WGS-4) satellite aboard a Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.
Read MoreCOM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has been awarded follow-on contracts totaling more than CDN$7 million to provide passive microwave equipment for a military communications satellite.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force’s Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing Operations Support and Logistics office has implemented the first phase of a system modification to increase Global Broadcast Service full-motion video feeds to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the third of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites.
Read MoreFriday P.M. Update — JUST IN: The launch of the Air Force’s Delta IV Wideband Global SATCOM-3 (WGS-3) mission is now scheduled for December 5 with a launch window of 7:23-8:47 p.m., EST. The faulty electronics card in a piece of ground support equipment used to monitor telemetry data was replaced and the Delta IV and WGS-3 spacecraft are ready for flight.
Read MoreFor the second time in three days, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket with the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-3 (WGS-3) satellite sits poised on its Space Launch Complex-37 launch pad ready for flight.
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