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SES Taps ULA, SpaceX to Launch C-Band Satellites for FCC’s 5G Initiative
SES has selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX to help send C-band satellites to orbit in a push to achieve the Federal Communications Commission’s goals to accelerate 5G deployment.
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L3Harris Wins Potential $83M Contract to Build, Test Navy Wideband Satcom Modem
L3Harris Technologies has won a potential seven-year, $83.1M contract to develop, integrate and demonstrate an anti-jam modem intended for wideband satellite communications. The Navy Wideband Anti-Jam Modem contract, which has an initial value of $47.6M, includes options for the company to manufacture the hardware and perform engineering support work, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
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Peraton Secures $56M Centcom Satcom Task Order; David Myers Quoted
Peraton has been awarded a $56 million task order by the U.S. Space Force's Commercial Satellite Communications Office to provide satcom services to U.S. Central Command, the company announced Thursday.Â
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DARPA Taps Blue Canyon, SA Photonics for ‘Blackjack’ Satellite Bus, Payload Construction Contracts
Blue Canyon and SA Photonics have received contracts worth $30.4M combined to build payloads and platforms for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Blackjack program, Space News reported Wednesday.
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SpaceX Sends Test ‘Visor Satellite’ to Orbit for 8th Starlink Mission
SpaceX has launched another group of Starlink satellites along with a deployable visor satellite to low-Earth orbit as part of efforts to provide broadband services while reducing the impact of satellite brightness, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
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Army, SpaceX Sign Starlink Broadband Testing Agreement
SpaceX and the U.S. Army have signed a three-year agreement to test the capability of Starlink broadband in transmitting data across military networks, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
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Space Force Wants to Know Industry’s Plan for 5G Shift
The U.S. Space Force seeks industry input on the use of 5G connectivity as a replacement for C-band technology.
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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Industry-Government Partnership Key to Modernizing Military Space
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on Via Satellite that the modernization of military space calls for the government to strike a new level of partnership with industry and support “commercial first†innovation and principles.
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Space Force Taps Kratos for Satellite Monitoring Support
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a potential five-year, $19M contract to help the U.S. Space Force monitor the signal performance of leased satellites.
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Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Discusses Satcom, Mobile, 5G Tech Applications to Gov’t Sector
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2020 — Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, highlighted the company's push to support government customers through satellite communications, mobile connectivity and 5G technology advancements, GovCon Wire reported April 20.