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  • SES GS Secures Contract to Provide O3b Satcom Services to DoD End User - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES GS Secures Contract to Provide O3b Satcom Services to DoD End User

    The government services subsidiary of SES has landed a contract to provide O3b Networks‘ satellite communications technology to a Defense Department customer. The O3b satcom service uses a satellite beam that operates within 200 milliseconds per roundtrip and consists of a 155 Mbps link, gateway access, terrestrial backhaul, a 2.4m AvL terminal and installation, operations and maintenance services, SES said Monday. The company added the U.S. […] More

  • Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling

    Satellite operators have sent opinions to the Federal Communications Commission after an agency ruling that aims to make frequencies above 24 gigahertz available for fifth-generation wireless services, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, O3b Networks, OneWeb, SES, SpaceX and ViaSat are among the companies that have submitted their opinions to […] More

  • USAF Unveils First Operational Loss Replacement Pave Hawk Chopper - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Unveils First Operational Loss Replacement Pave Hawk Chopper

    The U.S. Air Force has unveiled its first fully built HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter under the Operational Loss Replacement program that works to bring the HH-60G fleet back to its authorized size and replace aircraft lost in previous combat operations. The Air Force said Tuesday 21 Sikorsky-built UH-60L Black Hawks will be integrated with modifications kits and additional equipment to build HH-60Gs under the OLR […] More

  • LMI Defense Sector Lead Mary Margaret Evans Named to NDIA Board of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Defense Sector Lead Mary Margaret Evans Named to NDIA Board of Trustees

    Mary Margaret Evans, vice president of business development for the defense sector at LMI, has been appointed to the National Defense Industrial Association’s board of trustees. LMI said Monday Evans will bring her defense industry and acquisition reform experience to her role at NDIA. NDIA aims to promote the development of weapons systems, technology platforms, training […] More

  • Harris CapRock’s Tracey Haslam Joins Global VSAT Forum’s Board; David Hartshorn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris CapRock’s Tracey Haslam Joins Global VSAT Forum’s Board; David Hartshorn Comments

    Tracey Haslam, president of Harris CapRock Communications, will serve for two years as a new member of the board of directors of the international satellite communications trade group Global VSAT Forum. Simon Gray, field support manager at Eutelsat, has been re-elected to another two-year term on the GVF’s board of directors, GVF said Dec. 15. […] More

  • SpaceX to Launch Two Satellites in December - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX to Launch Two Satellites in December

    SpaceX will return to flight in December with two scheduled satellite launches onboard the Falcon 9 vehicle, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes SpaceX plans to send 11 Orbcomm messaging satellites to low Earth orbit in mid-December and later the SES-9 telecommunications satellite into a higher orbit. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX will test reignition for […] More

  • SES GS Completes 2nd Satellite Demo of O3b System; Pete Hoene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES GS Completes 2nd Satellite Demo of O3b System; Pete Hoene Comments

    The government solutions business of SES has held the second demonstration of O3b Networks‘ satellite system for “fiber-like” connectivity at the SES Washington Media Port in Virginia. SES said Monday the O3b technology works as an alternative to fiber networks to provide high-speed communications capability for government operations in remote locations. Pete Hoene, president and CEO of SES Government Solutions, […] More

  • SES Taps Airbus, Boeing, Orbital ATK to Build New Satellites for Commercial, Military Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Taps Airbus, Boeing, Orbital ATK to Build New Satellites for Commercial, Military Markets

    SES has selected Airbus, Boeing and Orbital ATK to build satellites that will provide telecommunications services to the Americas, the north Atlantic Ocean region and Europe, Space News reported Monday. Peter de Selding writes that Boeing’s space and intelligence systems business and Airbus’ defense and space segment will provide all-electric-propulsion satellites for commercial fixed, mobile and aeronautical services. The […] More