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SpaceX Looks to Launch Starlink Satellites Next Week
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 units of the Starlink communications satellite next Monday, Florida Today reported Thursday.
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Kratos’ Frank Backes Talks Modernization of Air Force’s Enterprise Satcom Infrastructure
Frank Backes, senior vice president for federal satellite solutions at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has said the company is integrating an open software approach to the U.S. Air Force’s Enterprise Management and Control infrastructure.
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Inmarsat Gov’t Arm Places Initial Order for Orbit’s Airborne Satcom Terminals
Inmarsat's government subsidiary has ordered an undisclosed quantity of multirole aviation terminals from Orbit Communication Systems after the two companies reached a milestone under a co-development agreement signed in March.
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Envistacom to Deliver, Update Army’s Deployable Satellite Terminals
Envistacom has received a three-year, $47.8M task order to integrate multi-band features and other modifications into the U.S. Army’s satellite communication terminals designed to support the U.S. Central Command and African Command’s international communications.
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Centurum to Update Satcom Tech for US Military, DHS Programs
Centurum Information Technology has won a potential five-year, $59.4M contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize and engineer satellite communications systems for five military services and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Intelsat Invests in BlackSky to Help Advance Earth Intell Work; Stephen Spengler Quoted
Intelsat has invested in Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky subsidiary as part of a transaction aimed at integrating Earth observation services and global satellite communications infrastructure.
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Air Force, SpaceX Test ‘Starlink’ Smallsats to Support C-12 Aircraft; Gwynne Shotwell Quoted
The U.S. Air Force and SpaceX are testing the capacity of the latter’s Starlink satellite constellation to provide encrypted broadband connectivity to military transport planes, Reuters reported Tuesday.
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Serco to Restore Navy Submarine Antenna Pedestal System; Dave Dacquino Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 23, 2019 — Serco Inc. received a potential five-year, $49M contract from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center to provide repair and overhaul support for the antenna pedestal group of the U.S. Navy's Submarine High Data Rate system, ExecutiveGov reported Oct. 15.
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Lockheed-Built Tactical Satcom Network Authorized for Warfighting Operations
A Lockheed Martin-built satellite communications platform has completed multiservice operational test and evaluation and is slated to become fully available across tactical warfare systems.
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Collins Aerospace Demos Air-Ground Radio Communications With MUOS Satellites
Collins Aerospace has tested voice communications with the Mobile User Objective System satellite network.