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| 10.04.2011 |
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Report Urges FAA to Leverage Benefits of Satellite-Based Navigation Systems 
[Satellite News 10-04-11] Commercial airlines want the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to accelerate the implementation of onboard satellite-based navigation systems on airlines, according to an industry-government report issued Oct. 3. ...
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| 10.14.2010 |
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Glowlink Engineering Team Uses Math to Solve Interference Geolocation Obstacles
[Satellite News 10-14-10] Since military operations began in heated battle arenas such as Iraq and Afghanistan, military command centers using X-band to communicate with critical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have dealt with interference issues at a...
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| 12.02.2009 |
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GeoEye Vice President Outlines Imagery Sector’s Leading Role in Afghanistan
[Satellite News 12-01-09] As U.S. President Barack Obama announces his strategy to increase U.S. military presence in Afghanistan while focusing on optimized battlefield intelligence networks, the commercial satellite imagery sector, which has played a...
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| 05.26.2009 |
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Air Force Responds to GAO Report on Projected GPS Failure
[Satellite News 05-26-09] U.S. Air Force officials are claiming that a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which asserted that the U.S. military GPS system is experiencing serious degradation, is not accurate...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Lockheed Team Finishes GPS III Baseline Review
A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] finished the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) spacecraft integrated baseline review on schedule, the company announced. That effort with the Air Force leads toward a future preliminary design review. GPS III...
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| 05.14.2007 |
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Remote-Imaging Experts Dismiss NGA Director's General Concerns
Assertions made last week by the director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that some censorship of satellite imagery might be necessary for national or military defense stirred questions among experts of whether such restrictions...
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| 04.10.2007 |
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Air Force To Issue Final RFP For GPS 3
The U.S. Air Force will post the final request for proposal for the GPS 3 program April 19, according to the Federal Business Opportunities Web site. Teams led by Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing...
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| 01.15.2007 |
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Interstate Electronics Awarded Homeland Security Contract
Interstate Electronics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corp., has been awarded a pre-production contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for 3-dimensional locators using Integrated GPS Indoor...
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| 10.02.2006 |
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GPS Technology Helps Air Force Improve Resupply of Troops
If only the airlines managed passengers' luggage so reliably: The wireless Precision Airdrop System (PADS) -- developed by Reston, Va.-based Planning Systems Inc. -- is proving to be a soaring success in its early deployment for U.S. Air Force supply missions...
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| 08.21.2006 |
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Getting Satellite Imagery To The Front Lines Faster
Changes in thinking, along with technology advancements, are helping the U.S. Department of Defense deliver satellite imagery to the units in the field more quickly, helping to improve operations and save lives, officials with the Pentagon said. "Imagery...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Global Regulations: Where Is Galileo?
By Gerry Oberst In a June report, the European Commission reported that the Galileo satellite navigation program is the largest pan-European industrial project ever. European scientists and industry have been working on this project for almost 10 years, but...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Satellite Imagery: Enhancing Its Commercial Appeal
By Jason Bates When the first commercial imagery satellites were proposed, owners and investors had visions of billions of commercial dollars dancing through their heads. But the commercial market forecasts for the industry were proven to be wildly...
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