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SpaceDev, Inc. (OTCBB: SPDV) has been notified that the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), after the completion of a successful Critical Design Review (CDR), has elected to exercise its option for continuation of SpaceDev’s High Delta-V (HiDVE) Satellite program.
Read MoreFailure Analysis has been contacted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to start work on the Defense Underground Mapping Satellite Tracking and Ranging (DUMSTR) system that the Company proposed to the National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, D.C.
Read MoreOfficials from the Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Wing have just announced the award of the nexgen GPS Space System (GPS IIIA) prime contract—it's Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Newton, Pennsylvania, with a period of performance of FY 08-17 and valued at $1,463,969,301
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] reports the U.S. Air Force has placed the first Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite into operation over the Pacific region.
Read MoreObtain the latest updates on recent developments in the field of military satellite communications in the UK and US markets at the upcoming Military Satellite Communication Systems event.</b></font> <b>The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Read MoreChange happens, as evidenced at the Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Wing at Los Angeles Air Force Base.
Read MoreLockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has achieved a major integrated test milestone on the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft.
Read MoreProactive Communications, Inc. (PCI) now has an agreement with the Joint Contracting Command Iraq (JCC-I) for Task Force Iron (TFI), a military force operating in northern Iraq consisting of soldiers from multiple units based in Germany and United States, to deploy a satellite Internet and voice solution.
Read MoreRaytheon Company [NYSE:RTN] has won an $86.7 million contract to produce and install upgrade kits for the Army's Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, otherwise known as SMART-T.
Read MoreThe Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) System Block 10 team, led by Boeing [NYSE: BA] with Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. [NYSE: BLL] providing the space vehicle, have completed the payload electronics, high-speed gimbal, and testing of the space vehicle's visible sensor.
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