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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Wideband Satcom AoA Needs ‘Commercial First’ Mindset

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the Defense Department should collaborate with the commercial industry to accelerate the “analysis of alternatives” for the wideband satellite communications program. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an article published Thursday on the National Defense magazine website that a cultural shift is needed to expedite AoA and […] More

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    Inmarsat to Provide Satcom, Manpower Support to Disaster Response Organization

    Inmarsat has partnered with the U.K. chapter of non-government disaster response organization Team Rubicon to provide satellite communications equipment and manpower support. The company said Thursday its employees will also be given an opportunity to become part of the trained Team Rubicon volunteers group called Greyshirt. Stuart Lane, field operations director at Team Rubicon UK, said Inmarsat will deliver […] More

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    Kratos Subsidiary Lands Contract to Support DoD Wideband Communications Architecture Study

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a contract to help define the Defense Department‘s future ground architecture under a Wideband Communications Architecture Study contract. RT Logic will work to develop satellite communications resiliency concepts in support of the federal government’s satellite and space defense program, Kratos said Tuesday. John Monahan, senior vice president […] More

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    Cubic to Showcase C4ISR Platforms at GEOINT Symposium in Texas; Mike Twyman Comments

    Two Cubic business units will demonstrate a range of cross domain, virtual training and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems at an upcoming U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation-hosted symposium in San Antonio, Texas. The company said Wednesday its mission solutions and global defense businesses will showcase the technology offerings at the annual GEOINT Symposium that will be held from […] More

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    BAE Subsidiary to Update Maritime SATCOM Terminals for Australian Navy

    BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has landed a four-year, $30 million contract to help the Australian navy update its maritime satellite communications terminals. The company said Thursday upgrade work on the Maritime element of the Advanced SATCOM Terrestrial Infrastructure System terminals will take place at BAE facilities in South Australia and Sydney. MASTIS is equipped with two antennas that work to simultaneously process data in X– and […] More

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    Rockwell Collins to Resell Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Broadband Service to Govt Aviation Customers

    Rockwell Collins has begun to offer Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress broadband service to the government aviation market through an expanded value added reseller arrangement. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins said Monday it currently delivers Inmarsat’s GX service and Jet ConneX in-flight connectivity offering to commercial and business aviation customers under previous VAR agreements. David Poltorak, Rockwell Collins vice president of business […] More

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    PAE Tests Resolute Eagle UAS’ Beyond-Line-of-Sight Mission Capacity

    PAE has tested the beyond-line-of-sight mission capacity of an unmanned aerial system at the White Sands Missile Test Range in New Mexico to demonstrate the platform’s ability to offer satellite communications and support large data transmission at an extended range. The Resolute Eagle system was able to receive command-and-control data from a tactical ground station during the test, PAE said […] More

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    Cobham, Inmarsat Launch New UAV SATCOM Service; Andy Start Comments

    Cobham‘s satellite communications business and Inmarsat have unveiled a new unmanned aerial vehicle SATCOM service designed to help boost operational capacity for users. Inmarsat said Monday the SwiftBroadband UAV SATCOM service was designed for use with Cobham SATCOM’s Aviator UAV 200 terminal which combines various technologies into a compact and lightweight box and offers SATCOM connectivity. The […] More

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    Cubic Units to Showcase C4ISR, Training Products Designed for Special Ops Forces

    Cubic‘s mission solutions and global defense businesses will participate in the upcoming Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Florida to demonstrate a range of C4ISR and training platforms designed for the SOF community. Cubic said Wednesday it will showcase products such as the Atlas Baseband Kit, satellite communications terminals, data links, networking systems and the Unified Video real-time streaming […] More

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    Lockheed Demos ‘Fury’ UAS in Long-Range Endurance Test Missions

    Lockheed Martin has conducted long-range endurance tests on a company-built tactical group 3 unmanned aerial system ahead of low-rate production of the drone. The company said Wednesday its Fury UAS has recorded a flight endurance time of 12 hours while the vehicle operated nearly 100 pounds of payload such as electro-optical/infrared surveillance and multiple signals intelligence systems, satellite communications links and voice […] More

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    Reports: NATO to Award $3B in Satcom, IT Contracts

    NATO plans to award up to $3.2 billion in contracts for satellite communications, air and missile defense, cybersecurity and software support services, Bloomberg reported Monday. Jonathan Stearns writes NATO officials will discuss the planned contracts at an industry conference to be held in Ottawa, Canada on April 24 to 26. The international alliance aims to gain approval from member countries on specific […] More

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    Report: Air Force to Release RFI on Commercial Satcom Tech

    The U.S. Air Force will release a request for information on commercial satellite communications offerings for the military within the next few weeks, Space News reported Wednesday. Col. George Nagy of the office of the Defense Department‘s principal space adviser has said the Air Force began a $7.8 million Wideband Analysis of Alternatives in December as part of […] More