Tag: BAE Systems
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BAE Systems Wins Space Force Contract for Compact Satellite Communications Terminals
The contract draws on the company’s history of delivering radiation-hardened hardware and communications systems, spanning from Apollo-era programs to current deep-space and airborne missions. BAE Systems will base its solution on its space-hardened family of software-defined radios. These radios are designed to ensure reliable performance in contested or degraded environments, including conditions involving jamming, electromagnetic…
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Two Paths to Reliable Space Computing
One approach relies on BAE Systems’ RAD750 family: expensive radiation-hardened processors with a long record of service on deep-space missions. The other uses commercial processors backed by redundant computers and fault-tolerant software, as demonstrated by SpaceX. The question is not simply which technology is more advanced. These approaches reflect two different ways of paying for…
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Space Force Clears Critical Design Review for 10 BAE Systems MEO Missile-Tracking Satellites
The U.S. Space Force has completed the critical design review for the first two orbital planes of its Epoch 2 medium Earth orbit missile-warning and tracking constellation, Space Systems Command announced Sept. 8. The review covers 10 satellites being developed with BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems and clears the program to begin spacecraft assembly,…
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BAE Systems to Build Satellite Buses for Vantor’s High-Resolution Vantage Imaging Constellation
BAE Systems will manufacture the satellite buses for Vantor’s new Vantage Earth observation satellites, with the first two spacecraft expected to begin operations by 2029 under a partnership announced by the companies on Wednesday. The agreement marks the latest collaboration between the companies as Vantor expands its commercial imaging satellite capabilities with a new generation…