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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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Protecting the Warfighter Begins With Ground Terminals
Providing the best possible protection for warfighters could mean the difference between life and death. Here, we look at how satellite technology is evolving to protect warfighters, as they take-on missions in dangerous war zones across the world. From Blue...
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| 09.01.2011 |
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Commercial’s Growing Profile In the New MilsatCom Landscape
A new military satellite communications landscape is emerging. With budgets being cut, the door is being opened for greater flexibility and innovation as DoDs’ try and meet increasing bandwidth demands, but try and reduce costs at the same time. Faced...
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| 07.12.2011 |
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Leaked Report Claims Chinese Military Developing Advanced Military Reconnaissance Satellites
[Satellite News 07-12-11] Despite the Chinese government’s recent vocal opposition to the militarization of space, a U.K. Journal of Strategic Studies report leaked July 12 claims that the country is in the process of developing sophisticated...
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| 06.07.2011 |
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AIA Aims to Unify Industry Voice Against Congressional Cuts at Governors Meeting
[Satellite News 06-07-11] Speaking at the Aerospace Industries Association’s (AIA) Board of Governors meeting, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said her association’s Federal Budget Education Campaign – an initiative to educate U.S...
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| 03.08.2011 |
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Intelsat General Sees Major Increase in Throughput to Meet UAV Requirements
[Satellite News 03-08-11] The U.S. Department of Defense’s long-term strategy for acquiring more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), combined with the increasing sophistication of sensors employed onboard these aircraft, will drive a significant increase in...
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| 03.01.2011 |
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Satellite R&D Landscape Rich with Promise NASA Space Technology Focus, Military Requirements Driving Future Innovations
Read an exclusive, extended version of this feature here. The satellite sector is poised to see a period of rapid innovation and growth, spurred by the new U.S. National Space Policy, a broadband-hungry military and planned launches of more powerful and...
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| 02.22.2011 |
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Boeing’s Creates Commercial Satellite Unit to Capitalize on Hosted Payload Boom
[Satellite News 02-22-11] Based on recent growth in its hosted payload business, Boeing has established a unit within its Space and Intelligence Systems division to market commercial services to the private and public sectors, the company announced Feb. 22...
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| 02.16.2011 |
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Satellite R&D Landscape Rich with Promise NASA Space Technology Focus, Military Requirements Driving Future Innovations
The satellite sector is poised to see a period of rapid innovation and growth, spurred by the new U.S. National Space Policy, a broadband-hungry military and planned launches of more powerful and nimble satellites in the coming decade. Ever-smaller...
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| 01.18.2011 |
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Astrium CEO: Company ‘Overperformed’ in 2009; Looking at European Military Contracts to Maintain Growth Rate
[Satellite News 01-18-11] Despite meeting its targets in the space business in 2010, satellite manufacturer Astrium found it difficult to build off of a strong year in 2009 and saw significantly less orders for telecoms satellites, Astrium CEO François...
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