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Military
Honeywell’s Satellite + Ground Station Tech To Coordinate The Peruvian Navy’s Search + Rescue Ops
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) recently signed an agreement with the Peruvian Navy to enhance their search and rescue capabilities using the company’s next-generation satellite tracking technology. The Navy is tasked with monitoring and performing rescue operations and track and locate important assets including downed planes and missing ships for nearly 6.3 million square kilometers of the […]
Raytheon I&S Selects CAES Technology for LEO Satellite Demo
CAES has partnered with Raytheon Intelligence & Space to develop and provide RF signal conversion technology for use in a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program. The Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) or Global Lightning program seeks to connect military aircraft to emerging commercial satellite internet constellations in LEO. CAES will provide […]
Integrasys Mitigates Threats @ Sea With RANMONITOR
Government and military forces around the globe that make use of ubiquitous civil GSM networks are being jeopardized when sailing from port to port — fraudulent cell towers are able to intercept and spoof messages and calls, resulting in personnel privacy and mission operations being compromised. These kind of events typically occur in frontiers between […]
Three Requests For Prototype Proposals Released By SMC + Space Enterprise Consortium
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise, in collaboration with the Space Development Corps’ Space Enterprise Consortium, has released three Requests for Prototype Proposals to industry. SMC intends to partner with industry to invest in next generation rocket engine testing, upper stage resiliency enhancements and orbital transfer and maneuver capabilities. These RPPs represent the […]
Encapsulation Completed For The SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite By United Launch Alliance For Mid-May Launch
The United States Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-5 satellite was encapsulated on April 30 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Florida. The satellite’s encapsulation within the United Launch Alliance‘s payload fairing represents completion of the final major testing milestone before launch, as well as a key protective measure for the satellite […]
Model Of The Vela Satellite Received By The Space & Missile Systems Center from Northrop Grumman
Representatives from Northrop Grumman presented a full-scale Vela satellite model to the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California on May 4, 2021. During the unveiling event, Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, Commander of SMC and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, thanked Northrop […]
USAFA’s TDO-3 + TDO-4 Smallsats Ready For Integration Aboard USAF’s SBIRS GEO-5 Mission
On May 4, the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office (MMO) has delivered two, fully tested and integrated, multi-manifest satellite vehicles, Technology Demonstration Orbiters (TDO-3 and TDO-4), to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, for integration aboard the SBIRS GEO-5 mission. The MMO is increasing space warfighting domain flexibility […]
OneWeb To Acquire TrustComm
OneWeb has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TrustComm Inc. which will enable OneWeb to offer its LEO network and connectivity services to U.S. government clients and TrustComm customers. Based at the highly secure Ellington Joint Base in Houston, Texas, TrustComm was established in 1999 as a provider of managed satellite communications and professional […]
Paradigm’s SWARM950 Now Intelsat Flex Service Certified
Paradigm’s SWARM950 is now an Intelsat certified terminal, offering greater flexibility to operatives who need high performing, ultra-portable VSAT terminals with military-level security. Authorized to operate on the Intelsat Flex service, this latest qualification complements Paradigm’s existing range of terminals with TRANSEC/FIPS140-2 capability, which includes the compact, rugged HORNET950, popular with military units and special […]