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  • Lockheed Hands Navy 3rd MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hands Navy 3rd MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    Lockheed Martin has turned over a third Mobile User Objective System satellite to the U.S. Navy after the company completed on-orbit testing on the spacecraft. MUOS-3 is part of a network of satellites and relay ground stations designed to provide secure mobile communications to military users, Lockheed Martin said Wednesday. “This latest satellite will expand the MUOS network’s coverage […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Awards MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc a Satellite Ground Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Awards MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc a Satellite Ground Tech Contract

    DigitalGlobe has awarded MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates a contract to develop a ground infrastructure for an international user of DigitalGlobe’s Earth observation satellites. MDA said Tuesday the ground station platform will work to help the customer access data and imagery from the WorldView constellation. The ground station will be using an MDA multi-satellite architecture, according […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium to Use Radisys Servers for NEXT Satcom Ground Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium to Use Radisys Servers for NEXT Satcom Ground Network

    Iridium Communications has selected a Radisys telecommunication-grade appliance to manage ground system applications for Iridium’s NEXT satellite constellation. Radisys’ T-Series virtualized platform will work to help Iridium run multiple operational support apps on the satellite operator’s ground infrastructure, Radisys said Wednesday. The system is built with an advanced telecommunications computing architecture, silicon technology and open-source […] More