News About MIlitary Space 16-MAY-08 en-us St. Louis MO (SPX) May 13, 2008 - Boeing has announced that the U.S. Air Force has placed the first Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite into operation over the Pacific region. The Boeing-built satellite transitioned to operations on April 16, following extensive satellite and ground system tests conducted by the government with support from Boeing engineers.]]> ]]> Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2008 - Japanese lawmakers voted Friday to allow the military use of space, breaking a decades-old taboo in the officially pacifist country which has an increasingly ambitious space programme.]]> Reston VA (SPX) May 07, 2008 - The Warrior Training Alliance, led by Raytheon Technical Services, has begun integrating the U.S. Army's live, virtual and constructive training under the Warfighter FOCUS (Field Operations Customer Support) program. RTSC, a subsidiary of Raytheon, won the 10-year, indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract last summer.]]> Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2008 - An updated version of the Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM) model went operational at the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) on February 22, 2008. The operational GAIM program has been under development since 1999 by the U.S. Department of Defense and is managed by the Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Space Science Division. This new version of GAIM is capable of ingesting ultraviolet (UV) data sets from DMSP satellites.]]> ]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 24, 2008 - The Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) System Block 10 team, led by Boeing with Ball Aerospace and Technologies providing the space vehicle, has announced completion of the payload electronics, high-speed gimbal and testing of the space vehicle's visible sensor, enabling the start of payload integration and test.]]> Tewksbury MA (SPX) Apr 17, 2008 - Raytheon is developing transmit-receive modules based on the advanced semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) for use in future radar upgrades. "This transmit-receive module demonstration and parallel reliability testing show that GaN will soon be ready to take over where increased power and advanced capabilities are needed," said Mark Russell, vice president of Engineering at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS).]]> Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2008 - by Ed White
Air Force Space Command Public Affairs A new satellite is circling the Earth. The Wideband Global SATCOM satellite is a reality. This is the most powerful communications satellite in the Department of Defense inventory. It is the first of six satellites that will take over long-haul communications from the legacy constellation, the Defense Satellite Communications System. WGS went operational April 15.]]> ]]> Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2008 - The Lockheed Martin team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully delivered two key blocks of ground software integral to supporting the program's geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and highly elliptical orbit (HEO) constellation.]]> Washington (UPI) April 14, 2008 - High-tech military systems are vital, but very often policymakers and politicians are blind to the inevitable weak points or limitations in the programs they commission.]]> Washington (RIA Novosti) Apr 10, 2008 - United States Senator Wayne Allard has called for interceptor missiles to be deployed on satellites in permanent orbit, so that the U.S. can rapidly respond to threats anywhere on Earth. Washington has not given serious consideration to deploying weapons in space since the Strategic Defense Initiative proposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, nicknamed Star Wars. The idea was finally scrapped under Bill Clinton.]]> SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE
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]]> ]]> Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Apr 09, 2008 - Air Force Reserve Command officials stood up its first space wing, the 310th Space Wing, April 4 at Peterson Air Force Base. The 310th SW expanded from a group to a wing March 7 and was officially recognized at the ceremony attended by Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler, the commander of Air Force Space Command, and officiated by Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command.]]> Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 27, 2008 - The launch of a Russian carrier rocket with a German satellite from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia has been postponed until March 26 due to poor weather, a spokesman for Russia's Space Forces said on Tuesday. The German SAR-Lupe satellite is designed to provide high-resolution radar images to NATO military commanders in Europe. It offers spatial resolution of less than 1 meter, and allows imaging at night and through clouds.]]> Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008 - Lockheed Martin has announced that the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft is progressing through a series of key tests that will demonstrate the integrated satellite's readiness to enter the critical environmental test phase in preparation for launch in late 2009.]]> Advertise in Space War and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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