The Army Forces Strategic Command has cleared Viasat's software-based modem technology for U.S. military use on a satellite network built to support communications across land, air and sea domains.
Read More »Army Certifies Viasat Airborne Modem for Wideband Global Satcom Network; Ken Peterman Quoted
Viasat has received Army Forces Strategic Command authorization to operate a dual-band internet modem on the U.S. military’s Wideband Global Satellite Communications network. ARSTRAT certified the Mobile Broadband Router-4020 platform for military users to connect when they perform airborne missions, Viasat said Tuesday. Ken Peterman, president of Viasat’s government systems business, said that …
Read More »Lockheed Hands Over 5th MUOS Satellite to Navy
The U.S. Navy has assumed full operational control of the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite. Lockheed said Thursday the Naval Satellite Operations Center took control of MUOS-5 on Oct. 11 following the satellite’s on-orbit test and the delivery of equipment needed for satellite operations. The MUOS constellation of five satellites is …
Read More »Lockheed-Built MUOS-5 Delivers Beyond-Line-of-Sight Comms Service to Soldiers
The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Navy has begun to provide beyond-line-of-sight communications capability to warfighters with ultra-high frequency radios. Lockheed said Monday the Navy collaborated with the Army Forces Strategic Command to configure the UHF payload of the MUOS-5 satellite to provide UHF …
Read More »BAE Eyes Prototype Design, Test, Integration Task Orders Under Army Contract; DeEtte Gray Comments
BAE Systems is in line to provide design, test and integration support for space, high-altitude and missile defense technology prototypes to the U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command. The company said Wednesday it will bid on task orders to provide the required services under a potential $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract …
Read More »Orbital ATK Demos Short-Range Ballistic Missile Target; John Pullen Comments
Orbital ATK has demonstrated the first type of its Zombie Pathfinder short-range ballistic missile target designed for future interceptor tests of the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it launched the Zombie Pathfinder guided target from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to test the updated single stage …
Read More »BAE to Compete on $220M Army Tech Testing IDIQ; Tom White Comments
BAE Systems holds a position on potential three-year, $220 million contract covering assessment work for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command. The contract’s five awardees will compete for task orders to help evaluate technologies in areas such as weapons development, integrated missile defense, cyber technology and homeland …
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