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| 05.03.2012 |
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iDirect CTO Bettinger Discusses Ka-band Challenges Beyond the Consumer 
[Satellite News 05-03-12] Like many other tech-focused executives in the satellite broadband industry, iDirect CTO David Bettinger is very familiar with what makes Ka-band so alluring – the bandwidth offers high performance for a high-demand market...
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| 05.01.2012 |
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ATK’s TacSat-3 Retires After Outlasting Expected Lifespan
[Satellite News 05-02-12] ATK has confirmed the retirement of the Tactical Satellite-3 (TacSat-3) spacecraft, which was de-orbited to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere on April 30 – nearly three years after its launch in May 2009. ...
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| 04.01.2012 |
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Military Briefs
Boeing, Artel Partner to Sell Inmarsat Bandwidth to U.S. Government Boeing Commercial Satellite Services has entered into a cooperative business agreement with Artel to distribute Inmarsat bandwidth to U.S. government customers via the Inmarsat-3, -4 and -5...
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| 04.01.2012 |
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Small is beautiful: Manpack Technology Offers More with Less
Infantry and Special Forces alike have long needed tactical communications-on-the-move manpack terminals that are flexible and quickly deployable to provide ground-based situational awareness. Used since just before World War II, tactical radios have evolved...
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| 04.01.2012 |
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Contraction, Reaction: Budget Cut Resistance Driving UAV Technology Initiatives
The U.S. Air Force received a vital boost to its satellite communications capacity supply on a clear evening in mid-January, when a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lofted its fourth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-4) satellite from the Cape Canaveral Air...
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| 04.01.2012 |
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Letter From The Editor
The milsatcom market could be an interesting one to watch this year given that governments around the world are still in the process of shaping their future plans. What is interesting is that there is much more talk of troop withdrawals and reducing military...
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| 03.12.2012 |
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Comtech Negotiating New BFT-1 Deal; Analysts See Promising Signs for 2012
[Satellite News 03-12-12] Comtech Telecommunications is currently holding negotiations with the U.S. Army for a new Blue Force Tracking 1 (BFT-1) contract that would sustain its business after losing its BFT-2 bid in 2010, Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg confirmed...
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| 02.14.2012 |
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Canadian Air Force Plans to Issue UAV Fleet Upgrade Contracts this Summer
[Satellite News 02-14-12] The Canadian military has launched a review of the country’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs in an effort to determine the right combination of unmanned planes, maritime patrol aircraft and satellites under...
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| 02.01.2012 |
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Satellite Executive of the Year 2011: The Nominees Are...
Businesses throughout the satellite industry performed admirably in the tough economic conditions of 2011. Many executives worked to push their company higher, and the following six stood out to be nominees for one of the industry’s most prestigious...
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| 02.01.2012 |
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The Side-Effect of the Hosted Payload Discussion: Commercial, Military Worlds Merge
With governments looking to find ways to both meet defense requirements and cut costs, it appears that the opportunity for creative “hosted payload” type deals has never been better. Can the satellite industry persuade key decision makers within...
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| 01.24.2012 |
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Inmarsat Working to Make Global Xpress Part of Long-Term Government Plans
[Satellite News 01-24-12] Inmarsat will focus efforts in 2012 on reaching out to government customers and forging a key role for its Global Xpress constellation in the government’s long-term plans, Inmarsat Government Services President Peter Hadinger...
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| 01.03.2012 |
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Military WGS Program Begins 2012 with New Infrastructure Support Contract
[Satellite News 01-03-12] The Pentagon has awarded a significant satellite ground infrastructure contract to aerospace, defense and information solutions provider ITT Exelis, which will provide mission support to its Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) operations...
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| 12.19.2011 |
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Raytheon Vice President Details SMART-T, NMT AEHF Terminal Breakthroughs
[Satellite News 12-19-11] Raytheon Network Centric Systems has developed several military terminals that have become the first to successfully test with the Pentagon’s on-orbit Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites...
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| 12.16.2011 |
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Lockheed Martin Makes Critical Progress on MUOS, SBIRS GEO-2 Programs
[Satellite News 12-16-11] Lockheed Martin reported that it has reached key milestones on two of its largest government/military GEO satellite programs, as the manufacturer delivered the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air...
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| 11.08.2011 |
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Cowen-Hirsch: Pentagon Needs to Deal with Spiraling Decision-Making Processes
[Satellite News 11-08-11] As budget cuts have become a standard issue in developing U.S. military communications strategies, the Pentagon has been searching for ways to improve the performance of its network infrastructure at a lower cost without sacrificing...
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| 10.28.2011 |
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Canadian Military Ready to Pledge $477 Million for U.S. WGS Participation
[Satellite News 10-28-11] Canada could be the United States’ latest Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) ally as the nation’s government revealed plans Oct. 28 to spend as much as $477 million to participate in the U.S.-led military program. The...
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| 10.24.2011 |
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South Africa Defense Official Sees X-Band as Key to Nation’s Milsatcom Strategy
[Satellite News 10-24-11] As one Africa’s main economic hubs, South Africa is looking to develop its milsatcom capabilities by working alongside NATO and other African Union Defense Forces on missions across the continent. Despite...
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| 10.05.2011 |
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Hosted Payload Summit Speakers Put Policy, Procurement Fears to Rest
[Satellite News 10-05-11] Hundreds of satellite executives, manufacturers, scientists and end-users from a wide variety of industry sectors packed into the Oct. 4 Hosted Payload Summit to address issues and voice perspectives surrounding the increasing use of...
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| 09.27.2011 |
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Orbital’s Minotaur 4 Sends Critical Navy Satellite Into Orbit
[Satellite News 09-27-11] Orbital Sciences Corp. completed its 23rd consecutive successful Minotaur rocket mission, launching the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Satellite-4 (TacSat-4) into an elliptical orbit, the company confirmed Sept. 27. Sponsored by the...
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| 09.01.2011 |
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Military Briefs
Integral Systems Issued DARPA F6 BAA Architecture Subcontract Integral Systems received a $468,000 contract from mZeal Communications to provide space systems expertise and Multi-level Secure (MLS) network architecture to support mZeal’s Mission-Aware...
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