Satellite communications (SATCOM)

Air Europe 

Diamond Aircraft Demos DA62 MPP Equipped with Thuraya SATCOM System

November 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments DA62 MPP Special Mission Aircraft, Diamond Aircraft Industries, Diamond DA62, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Scotty Group, Special mission aircraft, Thuraya

Diamond Aircraft in partnership with Thuraya and Scotty successfully conducted a live demonstration of its special mission flagship DA62 MPP

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Americas Space 

General Dynamics Receives $732 Million Contract for MUOS Ground System Sustainment

November 9, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments General Dynamics, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Military satellite, Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), Satellite communications (SATCOM), U.S. Navy (USN), US Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), USA

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) is awarded a contract, worth around $732 million, for ground system sustainment of the U.S.

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Americas Space 

U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System Declared Fully Operational

October 26, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Communications satellite, Enhanced Polar System (EPS), Military satellite, Satellite communications (SATCOM), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The Enhanced Polar System (EPS) was declared operational and handed over to operators at the U.S. Air Force’s 4th Space

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Americas Misc 

US Air Force Selects L3Harris to Develop Space Hub End Cryptographic Unit for Protected Tactical SATCOM Program

October 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments L3Harris Technologies, Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS), Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW), Satellite communications (SATCOM), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force has selected L3Harris Technologies to deliver the space hub end cryptographic unit (ECU) for the Protected

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Americas Space 

U.S. Navy MUOS Satellite Communications System Completes Key Test and Evaluation Phase

October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Communications satellite, Military satellite, Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), Satellite communications (SATCOM), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Navy’s next-generation narrowband satellite communications (SATCOM) system, called Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), completed a critical test and

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Americas C4ISR 

Serco Wins $49M Contract in Support of U.S. Navy’s SubHDR Program

October 16, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Satellite communications (SATCOM), Serco Group, Serco Inc., Submarine, Submarine High Data Rate (SubHDR), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Serco Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) to deliver system engineering technical

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Americas C4ISR 

Collins Aerospace Completes Voice Checks Over Live MUOS SATCOM Network

October 15, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airborne Radio, AN/ARC-210, Collins Aerospace, Manpack Radio, Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), Rockwell Collins TruNet AN/PRC-162, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Tactical communications, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), recently completed voice checks over the live Mobile User Objective

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Americas C4ISR 

U.S. Air Force Selects Hughes to Develop Enterprise Management and Control Prototype for SATCOM Resilience

September 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Hughes Network Systems, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced it has been awarded a $2.2M contract funded by the U.S. Air Force Space and

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Americas C4ISR Space 

Iridium Awarded 7-Year, $738.5 Million Contract by the U.S. Department of Defense

September 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS), Iridium Communications, Satellite communications (SATCOM), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Iridium Communications Inc.announced that it has been awarded a $738.5 million, seven-year, fixed-price contract with the U.S. Department of Defense

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Europe Space 

Airbus, Telespazio Join Forces to Sell Military Telecommunications Services on Syracuse IV Satellites

September 13, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, France, Leonardo, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Syracuse 4, Syracuse satellite (France), Telespazio, Thales, Thales Alenia Space

Airbus and Telespazio (Leonardo/Thales) have set up a partnership to market military telecommunications services using the future Syracuse IV satellites.

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