French DPA Accepts The Syracuse 3 System Qualified By Alcatel Alenia Space

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Paris, France (SPX) Dec 19, 2005
Alcatel Alenia Space has announced the acceptance by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) of the Syracuse 3 spaceborne military communications system. Alenia Alenia Space has qualified the Syracuse 3 system two months after the Syracuse 3A satellite launch. Initial operation of the satellite telecommunications capabilities began mid-November.

The full-scale system tests used the Syracuse 3A satellite, the control and management center at Maisons Laffitte, the France South ground station in Bram, and other armed forces ground stations in France. System performance tests, carried out by DGA's technical experts and coordinated by CELAR (electronic warfare engineering center), met all specifications.

The qualification system review was successfully held on December 7, 2005, enabling DGA to deliver the Syracuse 3 system to the French armed forces by the end of the year, as committed.

"The Syracuse program has been both a major technical challenge, and above all a highly rich and unifying experience for our teams," said Pascale Sourisse, President and CEO of Alcatel Alenia Space.

"We are particularly proud of our ability to keep pace with the very tight deadlines for all phases of this program, from the launch of Syracuse 3A to today's qualification. Furthermore, our teams continue to be heavily involved in the integration of Syracuse 3B, scheduled for launch in mid-2006."

Syracuse 3 is a cutting-edge military satcom system, designed to meet the needs of France and allied armed forces for the next ten years. NATO's C3 agency recently chose the Syracuse system, together with Skynet (Britain) and Sicral (Italy), to provide SHF (super high frequency) communications for member countries, within the scope of the post-2000 NATO Satcom program.

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Integral CCS C System Declared Operational For Milstar Satellites

Lanham MD (SPX) Dec 16, 2005
Integral Systems have announced that the U.S. Air Force has begun Milstar satellite operations using the new CCS-C (Command and Control System - Consolidated) satellite control system. This event marks the completion of the transition of satellite operations for the Air Force's DSCS III and Milstar communications satellites from the legacy CCS (Command & Control System) to the new CCS-C system developed by Integral Systems.

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