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| 02.11.2011 |
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Raytheon’s Canty: GPS OCX Program Transforming How Military Acquires Systems 
[Satellite News 02-10-11] In February 2010, the U.S. Air Force entrusted Raytheon with the evolution of its GPS infrastructure by awarding the company with an $886 million to improve the accuracy of information from its satellites. Under...
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| 04.01.2010 |
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Harding: Addressing Satcom Demand
Col. William Harding, vice commander, Military Satellite Communications System Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, directs acquisition planning, programming, budgeting and operational support for a $46 billion portfolio for...
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| 04.01.2010 |
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Governments Seek New Ways To Meet Communications Needs
The cancellation of the TSAT (Transformational Satellite Communications System) military satellite program ushered in a new era for military satellite communications. As a harsh economic recession took root, governments suddenly found they no longer had the...
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| 04.01.2010 |
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Pace of Operations increases demand on Satcom on the move
To operate in today’s theaters — with 38,000 NATO and 47,000 U.S. troops in mountainous Afghanistan and 115,000 U.S. troops in the deserts of Iraq — the military needs even lighter and more capable ground systems that provide...
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| 04.01.2010 |
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Letter From The Editor
The military satellite communications landscape has undergone some fundamental changes throughout the last 12 months. As an economic recession took hold around the world, governments had to examine where they were spending their money and whether space...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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U.S. Military Officials Discuss Military Space Agenda
The United States remains the global leader in space-based military capabilities. However, with more nations than ever looking to develop these capabilities, the United States wants to foster greater cooperation when using these assets. In separate...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Future Military Communications: What Happens After TSAT?
In July, at the Seattle World Affairs Council, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, leader of U.S. Central Command, discussed how broadband IP network technology won the 2008 battle of Sadr City, Iraq, as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and warfighters using...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Higginbotham: Satellite Collision Shows Need For More International Coordination
Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham believes the Feb. 11 collision of an Iridium satellite with a defunct Russian military satellite will test global diplomacy, legal and unilateral military and commercial space issues for years to come. Higginbotham says...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Military Continues To Influence Commercial Operators
Faced with a shortage of military satellite communications capacity, the U.S. government has increasingly turned to commercial operators to close the bandwidth gap. Roughly 80 percent of all U.S. government and military traffic is carried over commercial...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Letter From The Editor
We live in a multimedia age where it seems as though information has become as important as oxygen, and the demand for satellite capacity for military purposes have increased by eye-popping amounts since satellite communications gave the United States a great...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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ITAR Dilemma: Finding The Balance Between Regulation And Profit
America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small suppliers maintain that the primary problem is the International...
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| 06.17.2008 |
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U.S. General Calls for Greater Space Cooperation
[Satellite News – 6-17-08] Space situational awareness is one of the key issues that countries around the world have to work on throughout the next 10 years in terms of improving the space landscape, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Thompson: TSAT Could Disappear
The unveiling of the Air Force budget request for fiscal year 2009 revealed that the service has cut funding to some programs such as the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) while increasing funding for programs like the Space Based...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Satellite Vendors Ready to Meet Military Challenges
With the United States and its allies embroiled in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the demands on technology to help warfighters has never been greater, particularly against an enemy that is more fluid and flexible than before. Demands Satellite technology...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Military Satellite R&D: All Eyes on Software
Military satellite designers rely on increasingly complex layers of software, and this means more vulnerabilities are lurking in space and on the ground. As more emphasis is placed on everything from real-time video transmissions to cyber warfare, the...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Letter From the Editor
As conflicts continue in Afghanistan and Iraq, the demands by military forces for advanced communications have never been greater. The nature of conflict seems to have changed in recent years, with the enemy becoming more sporadic and mobile than ever before...
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| 11.08.2007 |
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Satellites and Conflict: The Changing Conundrum (Part One)
[11-08-07 - Satellite News] The Global MilSatCom 2007 show in London from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7 saw a variety of speakers highlight the ever-increasing importance of satellite communications in the military arena, as well as the changing dynamics between the...
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| 10.29.2007 |
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EMS, Windmill Deliver GBS To Military
[10-29-07 – Satellite Today] EMS Technologies Inc. and Windmill International have turned their portable Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Receive Suite over to the military for evaluation, EMS announced Oct. 29. The suite is designed to...
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| 08.07.2007 |
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Executive Q&A: TCS Satellite Services Director Discusses WWSS
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) is one of six prime contractors in the U.S. Army's $5 billion Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract awarded in 2006. The contract provides users with a single-source, turnkey, rapid-response solution for U.S...
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| 06.25.2007 |
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Boeing, Lockheed Teams Face Approaching Deadline For U.S. Air Force's RFP On TSAT Space Segment
The U.S. Air Force has issued a July 30 deadline for its final request for proposals for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, a program that will provide the warfighter with a secure, interoperable...
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