Tag: SATCOM
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Impulse and Space Network Services Signs GEO Rideshare Agreement at WSBW Paris
Impulse Space announced at the World Space Business Week conference in Paris, France, the signing of a GEO Rideshare agreement with Space Network Services, a French developer of small GEO satellites. Space Network Services’ GEO satellite, called Kaon, is a small and versatile telecommunication satellite designed for government and commercial customers that want to establish…
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SES Secures NATO Contract for High-Performance Satellite Services via MEO Constellation
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded SES a contract to deliver secure high-performance low-latency satellite services via its medium earth orbit (MEO) constellation, enabling global missions for NATO member government organizations, agencies, and the military. The MEO Global Services (MGS) award represents a three-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at USD 200M, with two…
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Comtech Introduces Digital Common Ground Modem Product Line for DoD and Coalition Partners
Comtech, a global technology company, announced the launch of the Company’s new Digital Common Ground (“DCG”) portfolio of modems. Comtech’s DCG product line is designed to enable the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) and coalition partners to move to digitized, hybrid satellite network architectures, which will bring forward a new era of secure, resilient, interoperable,…
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PathFinder Digital Secures US Air Force Contract for Satellite Terminals
PathFinder Digital was awarded a contract by the United States Air Force for the delivery of PathFinder’s Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellite terminals. PathFinder’s solution is the BAT-GBS-85; a Ka/Ku band, airline checkable, flyaway terminal. The BAT-GBS-85 has completed Army Strategic Command (ARSTRAT) Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) testing and is certified for operation on the…
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Gilat Telecom Enhances Africa’s Cellular Connectivity Using NOVELSAT Technology
NOVELSAT, a global company in content connectivity, announced that Gilat Telecom, a global satellite services company operating mainly in Africa, will undertake a major expansion of a Tier-1 cellular network’s capacity and reach in Africa with NOVELSAT’s satellite modems. This initiative aims to significantly enhance high-speed connectivity for both existing and additional locations in Africa.…
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Viasat Secures $153M Contract to Support U.S. Army’s Blue Force Tracker Program
Viasat, Inc., one of the global leaders in satellite communications, announced it has received a five-year, $153 million dollar contract at full value potential from the Defense Information Services Agency to provide network services and support for the U.S. Army Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC) Blue Force Tracker (BFT) program. The period of performance…
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General Dynamics Wins $491.6M Contract from SDA for Tranche 2 Ground System Development
General Dynamics Missions Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced it was awarded a $491.6 million contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to perform design, analysis, engineering studies, and technical augmentation for their Ground Management and Integration (GMI) program’s integrated ground system. General Dynamics and teammate Iridium build upon the Tranche 1 (T1)…
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Viasat Launches Enhanced LAISR On-Demand Global L-Band Service for Air, Sea, and Land Users
Viasat Inc., a global company in satellite communications, introduced Enhanced LAISR, its global mobility, on-demand managed L-band service offering communications flexibility for airborne, maritime, and land users worldwide. It will deliver highly available, flexible, on-demand capabilities enabled by Viasat’s seamless, global L-band space and ground network. The award-winning L-band Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (LAISR)…
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Ovzon Secures Second U.S. Department of Defense Order for T7 Satellite Terminal
Ovzon has received a second order from the United States Department of Defense for the company’s most recent mobile satellite terminal, the Ovzon T7. The order value amounts to 0.4 MUSD. In February of this year, the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DOD) became the first customer to place an order for Ovzon T7,…
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Atheras Analytics to Analyze Ka-Band Propagation for Ground Station Placement for Military Satellite Networks
Atheras Analytics will provide Ka-band propagation analysis to enable the UK MoD to determine the location of new Ka-band ground infrastructure to support the upcoming SKYNET 6 secure military satellite network. SKYNET is the MoD’s satellite communications (SATCOM) capability and is a family of military communications satellites which will provide strategic communication services to the…