Way To Go WGS-1 — Warfighter Win-Win
The United States Air Force declared Initial Operational Capability for Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS), its newest satellite communication system, as of January 26.
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TSAT Tech Milestone By Lockheed and Northrop Is Wired For Space
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)/Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) team has achieved a key design milestone for a high-performance technology solution that will dramatically increase data transfer speeds in the U.S. Air Force's Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) constellation.
Read MoreMilestone Accomplished for 80 x Faster Battlefield TSAT Communications from Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman
Safety is the most important element on the battlefield, and with that comes a new data "bus" technology known as SpaceWire that provides on-orbit satellite internal communications for box-to-box and system-to-system data transfer that is equivalent to a local area network (LAN) in space.
Read MoreDTECH’s Secure MILSATCOM Platform Eases Ops + Logistics
DTECH LABS has announced general availability and volume shipments of its nexgen secure mobile communications platform, the M3C4G (Mobile Modular Micro C4 Gateway).
Read MoreEncapsulation Up Next For WGS-2 Satellite
The U.S. Air Force's second Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft was shipped to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 20th.
Read MoreNorwegian Nansen Frigates Tap Thales For SATCOM Solution
The Norwegian Defence Procurement Division has awarded a contract to Thales to deliver a new satellite communications system for the five Norwegian Nansen class frigates.
Read MoreFrom Caves to Warships Raytheon Delivers the Super Bowl to Troops
Super Bowl Sunday, some treat it like a holiday, but when you are serving in the U.S. military it's not much of a holiday — until now due to the efforts of Raytheon [NYSE: RTN].
Read MoreU.S. Soldiers In Iraq To Get BGAN Services
TS2 Satellite Technologies has been awarded a contract to deliver mobile BGAN services for U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Iraq.
Read MoreBoeing Beaming, Building WGS-6 For SMC
The Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing, has authorized Boeing US$234 million to initiate production of the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite.
Read MoreThere’s Real Depth and SatCom With Deep Siren
The U.S. Navy has developed a system for nuclear subs to communicate with the rest of the world that formerly required the boat to navigate close to the surface in order to raise a radio antenna. The new system is called Deep Siren.
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