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  • Lockheed Encloses MUOS-4 Military Comm Satellite in Rocket Fairing; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Encloses MUOS-4 Military Comm Satellite in Rocket Fairing; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    Lockheed Martin has finished the encapsulation of a fourth Mobile User Objective System satellite for military communications into a protective launch vehicle fairing platform. MOUS-4 is scheduled to lift off Aug. 31 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard an Atlas V rocket and would be the newest addition to the U.S. Navy‘s […] More

  • Navy Orders General Dynamics Digital Radios for Ships, Subs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Orders General Dynamics Digital Radios for Ships, Subs

    General Dynamics has received a potential $29 million contract to supply digital modular radios and related tools to the U.S. Navy for new surface ships and submarines. The contract production of 56 units of AN/USC-61(C) DMRs with the Mobile User Objective System waveform that is designed to help place voice calls with the Defense Department’s MUOS narrowband satellite communications platform, the company said […] More

  • 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

  • Harris Tests MUOS Waveform on Tactical Radios; George Helm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Tests MUOS Waveform on Tactical Radios; George Helm Comments

    Harris Corp. has demonstrated the company’s Falcon III tactical radios with a Mobile User Objective System waveform technology. The demonstration aimed to validate the ability of a multiband radio platform to deliver narrowband communications over the U.S. Defense Department‘s MUOS satellite network, Harris said Wednesday. “More than 30,000 AN/PRC-117G radios are already deployed and capable […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests MUOS Satellite Comm Functions With Digital Radios; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests MUOS Satellite Comm Functions With Digital Radios; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has tested the voice and data satellite communications between the U.S. Navy‘s Digital Modular Radios and the U.S. Army‘s AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios with the Mobile User Objective System. The company said Monday it conducted the test at its MUOS test facility in Arizona using satellite communications and ground station simulators. “The success of this test is important because it […] More

  • General Dynamics Adds MUOS Wireless Connectivity Testing Service; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Adds MUOS Wireless Connectivity Testing Service; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has introduced an “over-the-air” satellite connectivity testing service for companies that aim to link their radio or antenna products to the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System. The service is offered at General Dynamics’ MUOS radio testing laboratory in Scottsdale and allows radio vendors to evaluate data and voice transmission with the tactical […] More

  • General Dynamics Updates Software-Based Tactical Radio Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Updates Software-Based Tactical Radio Platform

    General Dynamics has updated the software of its radio system offering intended to help military users communicate over multiple networks. A new version of the company’s Digital Modular Radio product is designed to have a high-frequency routing software that will work to leverage up to eight virtual channels, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The company also […] More

  • Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed MUOS-3 to Expand Navy Satellite Comms Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed MUOS-3 to Expand Navy Satellite Comms Coverage

    The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team has encased the latest Mobile User Objective System satellite within its payload fairing ahead of the scheduled Jan. 20 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Iris Bombelyn, vice president of narrowband communications at Lockheed, said Friday the MUOS-3 satellite will work to expand the coverage of the MUOS mobile satellite communications network. She […] More

  • Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Lockheed Complete Third MUOS Delivery; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin moved closer to the completion of the Mobile User Objective System constellation with a new satellite delivery to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 5. MUOS-3 is the third spacecraft in the satellite array and is due for further tests before it is loaded onto an Atlas V rocket for  launch early next year. The […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Demos MUOS-Based Manpack Radio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Demos MUOS-Based Manpack Radio

    General Dynamics demonstrated the capabilities of its Mobile User Objective System-enabled AN/PRC-155 radio to military observers at a four-day exhibition held at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. “The Air Force reached out to General Dynamics asking us to demonstrate how the PRC-155 Manpack radio and the MUOS satcom system would work in an airborne C-17,” […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests 2,000-Mile Transmission Via MUOS Satellites; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests 2,000-Mile Transmission Via MUOS Satellites; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics C4 Systems has completed a 2,000-mile transmission test between Phoenix and Taunton, Massachusettsby using two-channel AN/PRC-155 manpack radios to communicate the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System satellite communications system. Chris Marzilli, the C4 systems unit’s president, said Wednesday that the test also sought to demonstrate how the handheld PRC-154A Rifleman radios could connect through the system for platoon-level communications. During the […] More

  • Raytheon to Add Software-Defined Radio on Army Helicopters; Scott Whatmough Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Add Software-Defined Radio on Army Helicopters; Scott Whatmough Comments

    Raytheon will update radio systems on U.S. Army helicopters with the RT-1987, a software-defined radio that is part of the company’s SkyFire product line and features both cryptography tools and Mobile User Objective System support. Raytheon said Sunday that it demonstrated the features of what the company says would be the first major upgrade of a radio system in nine years. Scott Whatmough, vice president […] More