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San Diego - Mar 23, 2004Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego will lead a six-university effort to enable troops to set up mobile communications networks on the battlefield, using lightweight wireless equipment during commando raids and in other hostile and rapidly changing environments. General Dynamics Awarded $6.7m Order for Baseband Node Extension 
Taunton - Mar 16, 2004General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics has received a $6.7 million delivery order as part of a $47.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for baseband node (BBN) large extension node (LEN) configuration and BBN-LEN configuration spares. The contracting agency is the U.S. Army Communications- Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, N.J. |
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Loral Offer Occasional-Use Service On Telstar 10 To The Asia Pacific Region
Bedminster - Mar 08, 2004Loral Skynet has announced the availability of occasional use services on its far-reaching Telstar 10 satellite, covering Asia, Australia, parts of Europe and Africa in C-band, and Korea, Taiwan, Macau and China, including Hong Kong, in Ku-band. Loral Skynet is a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications. ND SatCom Founds New Subsidiary Targeting The Defence Market 
Friedrichshafen - Mar 01, 2004ND SatCom, a leading global supplier of satellite based broadband, broadcast and military communication network solutions, today announced the foundation of ND SatCom Defence GmbH. Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Downlink Antenna For EHF Platform 
Redondo Beach - Feb 27, 2004Northrop Grumman has demonstrated electrical performance capabilities of the downlink phased array antenna for the Advanced Extreme High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications program, reaching a key company development milestone toward providing increased battlefield connectivity and protection for U.S. armed forces. Lockheed Martin Team Submits Narrowband Tactical Satellite Plan 
Sunnyvale - Feb 18, 2004A team led by Lockheed Martin has submitted its proposal to design and build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system for the U.S. Navy that will provide significantly improved and assured communications for the mobile warfighter. 22nd Northrop Grumman-Built DSP Launched Successfully 
Redondo Beach - Feb 14, 2004The 22nd Northrop Grumman-built Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite was successfully launched today by the U.S. Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Station. E-10A Aircraft Program Concludes System Requirements Review 
Melbourne - Feb 13, 2004The U.S. Air Force and the Northrop Grumman-led team developing the service's E-10A Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft (MC2A) have successfully completed the program's systems requirements review (SRR). First Lockheed Martin-Built Milstar Satellite Marks 10 Years In Service 
Sunnyvale - Feb 13, 2004The first U.S. Air Force Milstar communications satellite, built by a team led by Lockheed Martin, has achieved its 10-year design life of on-orbit service, providing our nation's warfighters with secure and reliable communications during military operations since 1994. |
Navy Takes Delivery of Boeing-Built UHF Follow-On Communications Satellite
St. Louis - Feb 09, 2004The U.S. Navy in late January accepted delivery of the 11th UHF Follow-On (UFO) spacecraft, built by Boeing, following the satellite's successful completion of its in-orbit test program. The satellite, which will provide secure mobile communications to military personnel worldwide, was successfully launched on Dec. 17. USAF Awards $472 Million Deal For Transformational Comms Program 
Sunnyvale - Jan 27, 2004A joint Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman team has been awarded one of two industry contracts valued at approximately $472 million to enter the Risk Reduction and System Definition phase of the U.S. Air Force's Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) Space Segment. TCM will provide thousands of users with significantly improved, highly mobile, beyond line-of-sight protected communications to support the future battlefield. Northrop Grumman Receives Milsatcom Network Study Contract 
Reston - Jan 19, 2004The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation's Mission Systems sector a contract to define the requirements needed to build a communications network for military, intelligence and space agencies. The Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) network, which will be based on a single, overarching communications architecture, will transform the way the Pentagon conducts its military operations. The European Tactical Military Communications Market 
New York - Jan 19, 2004Difficult battles loom ahead for the $1794.9-million European tactical military communications market. The inability of European governments to reallocate funding from platform-centric to connectivity-centric systems remains a matter of concern. Pockets of strong growth driven by technological advances and evolving military doctrines are, however, expected to sustain the market's steady expansion to $2249.3 million in 2013. Lockheed Built Communications Satellite Begins Operations For USAF 
Sunnyvale - Jan 05, 2004In late December a U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team successfully completed on-orbit checkout and testing of the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) spacecraft that was launched on Aug. 29, 2003 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. Aboard a Delta IV rocket. The satellite, the last of 14 DSCS III spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin, has now begun its controlled drift to its operational location. Eleventh and Final UFO Series Naval Communication Satellite Launched
St. Louis, Dec. 17, 2003A successful Atlas 3 launch Wednesday saw the 11th UHF Follow-On spacecraft lifted into orbit for the US Navy which will use the satellite to provide secure communications to the warfighter and other military personnel worldwide. |
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