Boeing has received a $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide support for the wideband satellite communications operational management system. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur through Sept. 1, 2021 and that performance locations and funds will be determined with every order. The Army Contracting Command received one offer for …
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and XTAR have demonstrated a high-throughput intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance service on a C-130 hatch with the use of the former company’s AIRLINK X-1 antenna. AIRLINK X-1 was certified to access XTAR satellites after a terminal sent 4.5 megabits per second of data through the XTAR-LANT satellite …
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DigitalGlobe has said it believes the U.S. government should develop innovation and budget management strategies to ensure continued partnership between commercial satellite services providers and their public-sector customers. In a blog article published Tuesday, the company cited the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s EnhancedView program as one example of how industry can help address the earth …
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Northrop Grumman, ViaSat and Optus have partnered to offer a technology for Australian armed forces to leverage a wideband global satellite communications network. The alliance proposed to give the Australian military access to the Satcom Operations and Planning Element, a Northrop-built network management system designed to integrate with WGS, Northrop …
Read More » Boeing received initial on-orbit signals from its Wideband Global SATCOM 7 satellite following the spacecraft’s Wednesday launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company said Thursday it built WGS-7 to deliver 17 percent more communications bandwidth capacity to the U.S. military and allied forces. Dan Hart, vice …
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The U.S. Air Force has launched a Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 7 military communications satellite into space. Boeing said Thursday the satellite onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Delta IV rocket lifted off from a launch complex at Florida-based Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday. The company said the WGS-7 satellite has a digital …
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Remote field communications firm DataPath will act as a provider of Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress satellite communications service to U.S. military and government customers for expeditionary use. The companies said Monday a service provider agreement between DataPath and Inmarsat Government — the British satellite services firm’s U.S. government subsidiary — covers bundled offerings in cybersecurity, IT, global field …
Read More » A new Boeing technology has delivered protected military communications through a ground user terminal and a satellite network during government-backed tests. The company’s anti-jamming platform is designed with a tactical networking waveform that aims to protect signals from adversarial interference and cyber threats, Boeing said Tuesday. “We’ve confirmed this technology …
Read More » Boeing has transmitted a protected government signal through a military satellite by using new anti-jamming technology for a demonstration. The signal traveled through the company’s sixth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite with ViaSat's anti-jamming commercial modem during the test on Dec. 15, Boeing said Monday. “This technology boosts the ability of warfighters to …
Read More » The U.S. Air Force has assumed operational control of a sixth Boeing-made wideband satellite designed to facilitate military communications for the U.S. and its allies. Australia funded the latest satellite to enter service under the Wideband Global SATCOM program, Boeing said Thursday. Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of …
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Harris Corp. has delivered the first four satellite communications terminals to the U.S. Army for the intended backbone of the branch’s communications and missile defense systems. The company is the prime contractor for the Modernization of Enterprise Terminal program and is responsible for replacing up to 80 strategic satellite communications terminals around the …
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Aerojet Rocketdyne produced the propulsion system for a U.S. Air Force used to launch a military communications satellite Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Fla.. The company provided the Wideband Global SATCOM-6’s booster engine, upper-stage engine and multiple spacecraft attitude control thrusters, Aeroject Rocketdyne announced Wednesday. Boeing built the …
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