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Revisited Advice: How the NDAA Stacks Up to Industry Input

In January 2013, five companies — Eutelsat America, Intelsat General, Telesat, XTAR and SES Government Solutions (SES-GS) — submitted a white paper to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) titled “Seven Ways to Make the DoD a Better Buyer of Commercial Satcom.” The paper outlined goals… READ MORE »

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SES-GS Corporate VP Bill Flynn Sheds Light on Government Comsatcom Procurement

Military strategies for procuring commercial satellite capabilities are designed to provide the best resources possible to the warfighter. This process is complicated, however, and requires expertise from both the commercial side and the government side. SES Government Solutions found that combination in its corporate Vice President Bill Flynn… READ MORE »

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Boeing Receives First Signals from NASA TDRS L Satellite Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS L). As the fifth Boeing-built satellite to join NASA’s space communications network, the TDRS will assist in communication with orbiting spacecraft, studying the Earth’s changing climate and looking into deep space through… READ MORE »	Inmarsat Government Formalizes VAR Agreement for Global Xpress Inmarsat Government has finalized its agreement to be a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Inmarsat Global Xpress. As a cleared company under a proxy agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Inmarsat Government will provide assured access supported by a team… READ MORE »
ATK Demonstrates MegaFlex Solar Array for NASA ATK has deployed its Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) MegaFlex solar array under a NASA contract to further the development of a high-power system for future manned and robotic exploration missions. The MegaFlex solar array can generate 40kW of power when fully populated with solar cells, and has been… READ MORE »	Lockheed Martin Begins MUOS Testing Ahead of Schedule Lockheed Martin has begun the first system test of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for the U.S. Navy. Engineers and technicians recently mated its system module and core to the multi-beam assembly (MBA), which hosts 16 ultra-high frequency (UHF) antennas for distributed… READ MORE »

Top Story

Revisited Advice: How the NDAA Stacks Up to Industry Input

Executive Q&A

SES-GS Corporate VP Bill Flynn Sheds Light on Government Comsatcom Procurement

Industry News

Boeing Receives First Signals from NASA TDRS L Satellite

Inmarsat Government Formalizes VAR Agreement for Global Xpress

ATK Demonstrates MegaFlex Solar Array for NASA

Lockheed Martin Begins MUOS Testing Ahead of Schedule

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