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Top Story
Satellite Industry Awaits Impact of Never-Ending U.S. Government Budget Battle

Industry Focus
Next Steps Revealed in DARPA's Phoenix Satellite Repurposing Project

Executive Q&A
Arabsat CEO Balkheyour: Hosted Payload Announcement Coming at SATELLITE 2013

Contracts
Lockheed Martin Grabs an Additional $342.6 Million in Military Satellite Deals

ADSB, YahSat Awarded UAE Navy Baynunah Satcom Contract

Harris to Modernize Air Force Meteorological Satellite Program

Millennium Space Systems, Air Force Sign Weather Satellite Gap Solutions Deal

Industry News
Boeing WGS-5 Arrives in Florida to Prepare for ULA Delta 4 Launch

TS2 Uses Hylas 2 to Expand Satellite Internet Access in Afghanistan

Inmarsat Expands Mobile Tactical BLOS Communications for Government Users

Janet Nickloy Named 2013 Hosted Payload Alliance Chair

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Comtech Inks Blue Force, Movement Tracking System Bandwidth Deals

Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a three-month indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to support the U.S. Army’s Blue Force Tracking 1 (BFT-1) and Movement Tracking System (MTS) programs, the company announced April 2.

The contract calls for Comtech to continue supplying satellite bandwidth for the BFT-1 and MTS platforms through the end of June 2012.

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This satellite bandwidth contract is separate and distinct from Comtech’s award of an $80.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity BFT-1 sustainment contract, also announced April 2. Comtech said the three-month satellite bandwidth contract was initially funded for $18 million and that the pricing for the satellite bandwidth has not yet been finalized. The contract also does not include any optional performance periods.