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The final Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] built satellite in support of the Defense Support Program for the U.S. Air Force will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday, November 10th, from Launch Complex 37.
Read MoreNorsat International Inc. [TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF] unveiled their GLOBETrekker X-Band at the 9th annual Global MilSatCom Conference, Europe’s largest independent military satellite communications conference. The Norsat GLOBETrekker X-Band terminal is available as a highly integrated system.
Read MoreIridium Satellite continues to relish the continued growth in the firm’s military sector business—they know have cumulative Department of Defense (DoD) subscribers reaching 31,000. Military traffic through Iridium’s satellite network is up more than nine percent (an increase of almost 10 percent over last year).
Read MoreThe third SAR-Lupe satellite was boosted into orbit today from the Plesetsk Space Center by a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket. The lift-off occurred at 1:51 a.m., CET. The satellite will provide high-res images to the German Ministry of Defense.
Read MoreThales Communications, Inc., has received, from the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JEPO JTRS), two awards for their AN/PRC-148 JTRS handheld radio. The award is under the Consolidated, Interim, Single-channel, Handheld Radio (CISCHR) contract.
Read MoreEMS Technologies, Inc. [NASDAQ: ELMG] and Windmill International, Inc. announced at MILCOM 2007 that the military has started their evaluation of the first fully portable Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Receive Suite.
Read MoreRaytheon Company [NYSE: RTN] will pursue the Army's next generation of satellite communications, the High Capacity Communications Capability, or HC3, with a team of com solutions providers. HC3, the next generation of Army SATCOM, is a family of reconfigurable communications terminals that will provide soldiers with high-capacity, multiband, multimode connectivity.
Read MoreSenior leaders from the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) will be participating in the 2007 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) Oct. 29 through Oct. 31 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
Read MoreComputers used in the field by warfighters have to be as rugged as those who use them… and that’s one reason GETAC Inc. will be showcasing their line of aptly-named Rugged notebook and tablet PCs during MILCOM 2007. The exhibition and conference, located at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida, will host the event and GETAC will be located in Booth #1508.
Read MoreRadyne Corporation [NASDAQ:RADN) has received orders totaling $1.6 million for modems in support of the Ground Multi-band Terminal (GMT) program as well as for another military communications program.
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