C4ISR

Senior officials at Iridium Communications said the U.S. Space Force is interested in adopting the company’s satellite broadband communications services as the military branch advances the Joint All Domain Command and Control concept, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Scott Scheimreif, executive vice president for government programs at Iridium, said the company intends to provide the Space […] More

Northrop Grumman has delivered an MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system in multi-intelligence configuration to a U.S. Navy air base in Maryland. The Integrated Functional Capability-4 variant, also known as B8, arrived Feb. 1 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River and is the first production unit of the MQ-4C platform with sensor technology designed for the […] More

Marine Corps Systems Command plans to award a potential 10-year, $249 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support analysis, troubleshooting and fielding of tactical systems. According to the SAM.gov solicitation notice, the Tactical Systems Support-3 contract will provide for technical expertise, help desk services and other related support required by the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity. […] More

HawkEye 360 is using BitRipple‘s networking technology to allow for large data deliveries from low Earth orbit satellites to ground units. BitRipple said Tuesday its Liquid Networking technology works to enable HawkEye 360’s geospatial satellites to send large volumes of data without requiring a backchannel. The technology converts data into a digital “liquid” form intended […] More