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  • Matt Desch: Iridium Sees Internet of Things Business Growth
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Sees Internet of Things Business Growth

    Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, has cited internet of things as a growing business area for the Virginia-based satellite company during a panel discussion at the Summit for Satellite Financing that, Via Satellite reported Monday. He told audience at the Euroconsult-hosted forum that Iridium is focused on business cases instead of satellite frequency bands and that […] More

  • Harris Adds Encryption Feature to Falcon III Radios
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    Harris Adds Encryption Feature to Falcon III Radios

    Harris has unveiled a communications security feature for the company’s Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio system. The Suite B encryption tool is designed to help military users of Falcon III switch between independent and U.S. or NATO networks, Harris said Tuesday. The company developed the technology to also integrate with additional waveforms designed for individual and joint missions. Chris Young, […] More

  • AeroVironment Unveils New Puma UAS Tracking Antenna
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    AeroVironment Unveils New Puma UAS Tracking Antenna

    AeroVironment has introduced a long-range tracking antenna the company designed to increase the data transmission capacity of its Puma AE unmanned aircraft system. The company said Tuesday the LRTA upgrade supports Puma systems equipped with Digital Data Link technology and seeks to help operators collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data at a range of approximately 37 miles. […] More

  • USCIS Seeks Info on Potential Sources of Employee Identity Verification System
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    USCIS Seeks Info on Potential Sources of Employee Identity Verification System

    The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wants information on industry vendors that can help develop and implement an “employee-centric” employment verification process. USCIS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday that it aims to partner with industry on the development of identity verification and management tools that will help individuals validate their identity and work authorization status. […] More

  • Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: IT Network Simplification Key to Federal Shared Services Adoption, Cyber Efforts
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    Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: IT Network Simplification Key to Federal Shared Services Adoption, Cyber Efforts

    Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said the move to centralize nonmission-critical information technology systems would help the federal government build up its cybersecurity posture through a reduction in the network’s attack surface, MeriTalk reported Monday. His remarks are in response to the August release of an IT modernization report by the White […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Installs Avionics System on French Air Force C-130H Aircraft
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    Rockwell Collins Installs Avionics System on French Air Force C-130H Aircraft

    Rockwell Collins has integrated a new avionics system for the French air force’s C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft as part of a modernization contract from France’s defense procurement agency. The company said Monday that the Flight2 avionics system offers communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management capacities that comply with International Civil Aviation Organization standards. […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft to Bring Back Science Samples From ISS
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    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft to Bring Back Science Samples From ISS

    A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to leave the International Space Station on Sept. 17 to bring approximately 3,800 pounds of cargo back to Earth. NASA said Monday the cargo will include science samples from human, animal, biology, biotechnology and physical science studies as well as education activities. SpaceX launched Dragon from the Kennedy Space Center […] More

  • Comtech Helps Civil Air Patrol Develop Web-Based SAR Aircraft Monitoring Portal
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    Comtech Helps Civil Air Patrol Develop Web-Based SAR Aircraft Monitoring Portal

    Comtech Telecommunications‘ enterprise technologies unit has created an online portal designed to help the Civil Air Patrol simultaneously track search-and-rescue aircraft in real time. The company said Monday it used the Location Studio technology to develop the web-based CAP platform that works to monitor flight patterns, altitude, speed and global positioning system location of SAR planes. […] More

  • Boeing to Help SES Build 7 Medium Earth Orbit Satellites
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    Boeing to Help SES Build 7 Medium Earth Orbit Satellites

    Boeing has signed a deal to design and build seven medium earth orbit satellites for SES to deliver data communications services for clients worldwide. O3b mPOWER satellites will feature Boeing’s digital payload technologies along with customized electronics from the 702 satellite platform, the company said Monday. Paul Rusnock, chairman and CEO of Boeing Satellite Systems International, […] More

  • Report: Lockheed’s Sikorsky Links Raider Aircraft Hard Landing Incident to Flight Software Issues
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    Report: Lockheed’s Sikorsky Links Raider Aircraft Hard Landing Incident to Flight Software Issues

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has found that issues associated with the flight control software caused the Aug. 2 hard landing incident involving the S-97 Raider aircraft prototype, Vertical Magazine reported Monday. The incident occurred as the prototype carried out a vertical take-off operation at the start of the test flight at the company’s flight center […] More

  • Northrop Unit to Provide Navy RF Signal Generation Platform
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    Northrop Unit to Provide Navy RF Signal Generation Platform

    Northrop Grumman‘s Amherst Systems business has received a contract to supply radio frequency signal generation technology in support of the U.S. Navy‘s Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generator program. The NEWEG program aims to incorporate threat laboratory and free space simulation features into the Navy’s generator, Northrop said Monday. Northrop’s RF generation platform is equipped with an advanced pulse generation […] More

  • MBDA Taps Harris for Missile Carriage & Release Systems
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    MBDA Taps Harris for Missile Carriage & Release Systems

    Harris has received a contract from MBDA to supply carriage and release technology for the latter’s SPEAR precision strike missiles. Harris said Tuesday it will deliver four internal bay-compatible SCORPION lightweight ejection rack units for each of the weapon bays of two U.K. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. “The MBDA SPEAR weapon, combined with our delivery system, […] More