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    ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a five-year, $16 million task order to provide logistics services for the AN/TSC-168 TDC Quad-Band  satellite communications terminal of the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. ACT I said it will also provide technical and operational assistance as well as warehouse operations support to SMC personnel under the task order. Jeffery Earley, executive […] More

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    Report Predicts US Govt, Military Satellite Market CAGR of 3.6% Through 2022

    A Frost & Sullivan report, released by Research and Markets, forecasts the U.S. government and military satellite market will reach an average of $53.78 million in value at a compound annual growth rate of 3.6 percent over the next five years. Research and Markets said Friday the U.S. government accounted for approximately $1.34 billion of the overall global spending on commercial satellite […] More

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    UltiSat Awarded DISA Task Order to Support NGA Deployable Comm Systems

    UltiSat has received a task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide Ku-band bandwidth capacity to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s deployable communications systems. The company said Friday it will offer Ku-band bandwidth and backhaul services in both continental and outside continental U.S. to support NDCS GEOINT operations around the world. The commercial satellite communications […] More

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    Hughes’ Rick Lober on Commercial Satcom Trends Agencies & Company’s Airbus Partnership

    Rick Lober oversees Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division as its vice president and general manager with responsibility over sales of satellite communications technologies and services to military and other national security agencies. Lober has advocated for government customers to increase their adoption and usage rates of satcom tools from the commercial arena […] More

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    Air Force Taps Raytheon to Demonstrate New SATCOM Tech to Link Users with Military Personnel

    Raytheon has landed a $37 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate new satellite communications technology designed to link tactical users with military personnel in contested environments. The company said Wednesday the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base will manage the Protected Tactical Services Field Demonstration that will […] More

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    ULA’s Delta IV Rocket Sends 8th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Orbit

    The Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite launched aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Delta IV rocket Wednesday to support global military communications. WGS-8 is equipped with a digital payload technology designed to offer almost twice as much bandwidth capacity as previous WGS satellites, Boeing said Wednesday. ULA said the satellite lifted off Wednesday from Space Launch Complex-37 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at […] More

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    Report: UAS Satcom, Imaging Markets to Hit $19.9B & $3.7B by 2025

    A new Northern Sky Research report predicts the unmanned aircraft system satellite communications and imaging markets will respectively reach $19.9 billion and $3.7 billion in cumulative revenues over a 10-year period ending 2025. NSR said Monday the defense and intelligence community’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements for operations in hostile areas spur the demand for unmanned airborne […] More

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    Iridium Secures Follow-On DoD Satellite Network Support Contract

    Iridium Communications has been awarded a potential five-year, $45.8 million contract by the U.S. Navy to continue to provide communication services in support of the Defense Department‘s tactical, operational and strategic operations. DoD said Tuesday the follow-on contract has a base value of $8.7 million and covers satellite-based network services in the satellite, ground node, user equipment/terminal software and hardware development, integration […] More

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    SES Lands Managed Satcom Services Contract With Broadcasting Board of Governors

    A U.S. subsidiary of geostationary satellite operator SES has received a potential five-year, $15 million contract to provide managed satellite communications services for the Broadcasting Board of Governors. SES’ government solutions business will use its network of satellites to help BBG broadcast U.S. civilian content to international audiences as well as provide satellite connectivity to news […] More

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    Airbus’ Defense & Space Business to Update Comms Network of UK Navy Warships

    Airbus‘ defense and space segment has received a $45.5 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to update the British navy’s warships. The Maritime Network Evolution contract covers support for 20 warships such as Type 45 destroyers and Queen Elizabeth Class carriers, Airbus said Tuesday. Airbus will remove obsolete equipment and serial services as well as support platforms’ capacity […] More

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    SES-Luxembourg JV Secures Contract for NATO Ground Surveillance System Support

    A public-private joint venture of SES and Luxembourg has secured a contract to provide commercial satellite communications services for NATO‘s ground surveillance system. GovSat will deliver commercial Ku-band satellite capacity and capacity management services to support the command and control and sensor data communications needs of NATO’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles across the AGS operational area, SES said […] More

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    SpeedCast, Airbus Ink Satcom Anchor Station Service Agreement

    SpeedCast International has agreed to provide support services for the satellite communications anchor station of Airbus‘ defense and space business under a six-year, multimillion dollar agreement. The companies said Monday the deal covers maintenance, training, security and infrastructure management services for Airbus’ Skynet East anchor station that is located at SpeedCast’s Adelaide, Australia-based teleport facility. Pierre-Jean Beylier, SpeedCast CEO, said the company’s […] More