ThinKom Solutions, Inc., has been selected to supply phased-array satellite terminals for a pilot program evaluating Communications-On-The-Move (COTM) options for U.S. Army Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT). The ABCT COTM solution will integrate enhanced mobile network solutions directly onto select vehicles to make command posts more expeditionary, while enabling soldiers to retain network connectivity as […]
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Cubic’s Nuvotronics To Develop HAB To Support WGS-SP For The US Army
Cubic Corporation (NYSE:CUB) has announced Nuvotronics, which operates within the company’s Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) business division, was awarded a contract worth approximately $5 million to develop a Wideband Global Satellite Surrogate Payload (WGS-SP) for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) C5ISR Center and Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD). Nuvotronics […]
UPDATE: They Go Up So Fast… Rocket Lab Enjoys A Six Smallsat Launch Success…
Rocket Lab has successfully launched their 19th Electron mission and deployed six spacecraft to orbit for a range of government and commercial customers. The mission, named ‘They Go Up So Fast,’ also deployed Rocket Lab’s latest in-house manufactured Photon spacecraft to build flight heritage ahead of the upcoming CAPSTONE mission to the Moon for NASA. […]
Maxar Funded By U.S. Army For 3D, One World Terrain Geospatial Prototype + Partnering With The New Zealand Space Agency
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) has announced that Vricon, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Maxar Technologies, Inc., was awarded Phase 2 of the U.S Army’s One World Terrain (OWT) prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract worth $39.3 million. The OWT program delivers 3D global terrain capability and associated information services that support a fully accessible […]
USSF’s SMC WGS MAJE Program’s Trio Of Virtual Tests Successful
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) program successfully conducted three virtual system tests during the last quarter of 2020. The tests verified system design and MAJE’s ability to provide telemetry and successfully locate signals interfering with WGS satellites. With the support of MAJE prime contractor Boeing, […]
ORBCOMM Wins IDIQ Contract For Army Assets Tracking Program
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) has won a single-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract of up to $45.6 million with the U.S. Army for its Next Generation Tag (NGT) program, which will extend through December 9, 2024. Through this multi-year NGT contract, ORBCOMM will provide cellular, satellite and dual-mode devices and connectivity to support the […]
TriSept Scores Launch Services Agreement With U.S. Army
TriSept Corporation has signed a launch services contract with the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) unit to broker and integrate a milestone cubesat technology demonstration mission scheduled to launch aboard a Rocket Lab Electron early next year. As part of the demonstration mission, the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command will […]