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Harmonic Brings More To Pentagon’s Headend

September 11, 2007 / MILSATCOM

Harmonic Inc. [NASDAQ: HLIT] has announced that General Dynamics [NYSE: GD] is implementing Harmonic’s IP-based digital video and HFC broadband access solutions to upgrade the cable video system operated at the Pentagon. The project included an upgrade of the entire video headend and expansion of the transport infrastructure to support more standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) video channels, as well as on-demand video applications.

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Modem Government Work For Comtech EF Data

September 3, 2007 / MILSATCOM

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., has garnered a $1.2 million order from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for satellite communications infrastructure equipment. The equipment will be deployed to support a new, managed satellite-based communications network.

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Milstar Milestone For Rockwell Collins

August 27, 2007 / MILSATCOM

Rockwell Collins successfully completed over-the-air downlink acquisition tests with the U.S. Milstar satellite constellation as part of the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-Of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program. This milestone is the initial step in demo’ing compatibility with legacy Milstar Army, Navy and Air Force terminals and ensuring future operations with the DoD's Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite system terminals.

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Down Under Surfacing As WGS Partner

August 27, 2007 / MILSATCOM

Boeing is currently building a communications satellite network for the military and there’s a great deal of interest in this work by… Australia. The country may well join in with this effort and help with some of the monies necessary to fund the project.

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General Dynamics’ STT & UHST For JNN-N, Acronymically Speaking

August 24, 2007 / MILSATCOM

General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies is the recipient of a US$24 million contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J. The company will provide specialized satellite communications earth terminals and support services for the Joint Network Node-Network (JNN-N) program, now known as Increment One of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T).

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Navy Floats Sundance Digital’s Boat

August 14, 2007 / MILSATCOM

The United States Navy offers a satellite television service to some 260 Navy, Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command ships on-duty around the globe. The service is called “Direct to Sailor” TV (DTS-TV) and the broadcasts are under the umbrella of the Naval Media Center (NMC). Sundance Digital has now reported they recently commissioned a Titan automation system for DTS-TV.

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