Wednesday morning UPDATE re: WGS-2 Satellite Mission Scrubbed
The launch of the WGS-2 satellite via Atlas V has been scrubbed.
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More On WGS — The Launch + The Future
As you probably already know, the U.S. Air Force will launch the second Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on March 17th at 9:24 p.m. EDT, from Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Read MoreWinning Ways For WGS To Continue On March 14th
The U.S. Air Force will launch the second Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, March 14th at 9:25 p.m. EDT from Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Notches ‘Nother AEHF Payload Delivery
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered the payload module for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite on February 27, marking three consecutive early deliveries by the company for the sophisticated flight hardware and software.
Read MoreUSAF Moves Wide to Encapsulate
Positive reports indicate that the launch of the U.S. Air Force’s second Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft (WGS-2) moved another step closer to reality February 26, when engineers completed the encapsulation procedure at Astrotech Space Operations Building 9 in Titusville, Florida.
Read MoreA Model Deployment By Boeing — Absolutely FAB-T
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has delivered the first Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) Engineering Development Model (EDM) to the U.S. Air Force B-2 Program — Boeing and the Air Force will use the EDM to initiate platform integration and test activities.
Read MoreBAMS Impact For U.S. Navy + Global Hawk UAV
The joint mission of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing expanded with the recent addition of the first operational Navy Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system, part of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program.
Read MoreWarfighter Comms Expanded With Harris Debut Of Falcon III VHF Tactical Radio
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has released their Falcon III nexgen VHF handheld, the new RF-7800V-HH VHF handheld tactical radio.
Read MoreYahsat Steering More With Ka-Band Capacity
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat) has debuted YahSecure, the highly secure and reliable satellite communications service to military, government agencies, and mission-critical commercial applications.
Read MoreIn-House Sats Can Save Defense Department Millions — Nexgov Report
The Defense Department could save a total of $600 million from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2016 by shifting much of the traffic currently handled by commercial communications satellite operators to Wideband Global System satellites, a top Pentagon official told Nextgov and columnist Bob Brewin in an article published at the publication's online site.
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