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  • Speedcast, COMSAT Team to Offer Ku-Band Network Services in Govt, Maritime Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Speedcast, COMSAT Team to Offer Ku-Band Network Services in Govt, Maritime Markets

    COMSAT and Speedcast International have entered into a partnership agreement to offer global network services to government and maritime customers. The joint offering will combine Speedcast’s 8+ gigahertz of global satellite capacity with COMSAT’s U.S.-based teleports to provide Ku-band very small aperture terminal services for customers that need resilient connectivity, Speedcast said Thursday. COMSAT will also deliver hosting services as well […] More

  • Yahsat Seeks to Expand Y1B Satellite Broadband Services Via Hughes-Built VSAT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yahsat Seeks to Expand Y1B Satellite Broadband Services Via Hughes-Built VSAT Platform

    Al Yah Satellite Communications has placed an order for the Hughes Network Systems-built very small aperture terminal in an effort to expand Yahsat’s broadband services and other offerings delivered through its Ka-band Y1B satellite. The Hughes-built Jupiter System is a VSAT platform that integrates the DVB-S2X air interface standard through the company’s second-generation system-on-a-chip, a very large […] More

  • Army Orders Additional Comtech VSAT Satellite Systems; Fred Kornberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Additional Comtech VSAT Satellite Systems; Fred Kornberg Comments

    Comtech Telecommunications has received an additional $8.8 million order from the U.S. Army for very small aperture terminal satellite systems. The company said Tuesday its command and control technologies group will deliver Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point VSAT satellite systems to the military service. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications, […] More

  • Iridium Unveils New Aviation Broadband Connectivity Product, Services Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Unveils New Aviation Broadband Connectivity Product, Services Suite

    Iridium has unveiled its new suite of aviation broadband connectivity products and services that will work to provide global data communications for business and general aviation users. The company said Monday the Iridium Certus service portfolio features a variety of products from four avionics manufacturers. Iridium Certus is designed to utilize the company’s NEXT satellite constellation […] More

  • Army Orders Comtech VSAT Satellite Systems & Associated Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Comtech VSAT Satellite Systems & Associated Services

    Comtech Telecommunications has received a $13.4 million order to provide very small aperture terminal satellite systems and associated services for the U.S. Army. The company said Monday its government solutions segment will supply the military branch with secret internet protocol router and non-secure internet protocol router access point VSAT satellite equipment under the order. Comtech added the Army project manager for the […] More

  • Iridium to Launch Satellite Broadband Service in Q2 2017; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium to Launch Satellite Broadband Service in Q2 2017; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications will release a new satellite communications service offering for the government and enterprise sectors in the second quarter of 2017. The Certus service will be powered by Iridium’s NEXT satellite network and will work to deliver broadband connectivity to public and private sector customers as a standalone option or in conjunction with very small aperture terminals, Iridium said Tuesday. Iridium CEO Matt Desch said the […] More

  • Steve Brannan: Harris CapRock Helps Satellite Operator Build VSAT Hub in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Brannan: Harris CapRock Helps Satellite Operator Build VSAT Hub in Qatar

    Doha, Qatar-based satellite operator Es’hailSat has chosen Harris subsidiary Harris CapRock Communications to build a very small-aperture terminal hub to support the Qatari company’s government and corporate clients. Steve Brannan, a senior project manager at Harris CapRock, said Wednesday the business worked with multiple vendors to develop and install an “advanced” VSAT network for Es’hailSat under a tight deadline. Harris CapRock obtained a government license […] More

  • Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware

    A business unit of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $5.8 million in incremental funds to manufacture terminal hardware for the U.S. Army’s warfighter network infrastructure. The company’s government solutions segment will supply Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point VSAT hardware to the Army under the order, Comtech said Wednesday. This delivery order falls under the Army’s […] More

  • Comtech Subsidiary Gets Satcom Infrastructure Equipment Orders; Stanton Sloane Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Subsidiary Gets Satcom Infrastructure Equipment Orders; Stanton Sloane Comments

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received $1.6 million worth of orders for satellite communications infrastructure equipment to be used in a government network. Stanton Sloane, president and CEO of Comtech, said in a release published Thursday the company hopes to support mission applications through the orders received by Comtech EF Data. The orders include Up/Down Frequency Converters, […] More

  • Hughes to Help Indonesian Firm Install Satellite Broadband Gateway, Terminals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Help Indonesian Firm Install Satellite Broadband Gateway, Terminals

    Hughes Network Systems has secured a contract to supply a satellite broadband  gateway and very small aperture terminals to Lintasarta as the companies seek to help address a demand for managed enterprise networks in Indonesia. The Indonesian communications firm plans to install Hughes’ JUPITER System gateway and up to 5,000 VSATs designed to facilitate high-bandwidth connectivity for clients, […] More

  • Globecomm Builds Ground Satcom Terminals for Int'l Oil Exploration Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Builds Ground Satcom Terminals for Int’l Oil Exploration Project

    Globecomm has built and deployed ground-based satellite communications terminals for a European company that is exploring for oil and natural gas in Iraq. The client will use Globecomm’s very small aperture terminal network to help oil exploration crews access data and voice communications in the field, the satcom technology firm said Wednesday. Globecomm says the […] More

  • Inmarsat GX Terminals Complete Factory Acceptance, Over The Air Testing; David Schoen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat GX Terminals Complete Factory Acceptance, Over The Air Testing; David Schoen Comments

    Inmarsat moved closer to fully deploying its $1.6-billion Global Xpress satellite constellation with the conclusion of testing for land terminals from Paradigm Communications and Skyware Technologies. Paradigm met over the air testing and factory acceptance testing requirements for its GX core interface module and Connect 70, Connect 100 and Connect 180 fixed VSAT terminals, Inmarsat said […] More