Search Results for: "Air Force Space Command"
WGS-2 Winning Ways For Warfighters.
Relevance Score: 5.799 2009-09-02 19:53:23
The U.S. Air Force' U.S. Strategic Command has accepted command and control of its second Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communication satellite, WGS-2. This significant achievement reflects the successful collaboration between numerous organizations, that include the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Air Force Space Command, Army Space and Missile Defense ...
Space Command officials exceed GPS standard
Relevance Score: 5.332 2009-05-27 11:54:34
Air Force Space Command officials here maintain the Global Positioning System constellation that now has 30 operational satellites, six more than the standard. "I have high confidence we will continue to sustain at least the 24 satellites required to maintain our current performance standard," said Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler, the ...
Blue Force Tracking Order For Comtech Telecomm.
Relevance Score: 5.322 2009-10-07 14:07:11
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) informed that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received an order totaling $23.4 million under its IDIQ contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM). Under the order, Comtech will supply its Model MT-2011F Mobile Satellite Data Transceivers to the Force XXI Battle ...
Into GPS OCX Command And Control Is A Highly Desirous Attainment For Integral Systems.
Relevance Score: 5.107 2009-08-12 18:28:07
Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISYS) has submitted a proposal to provide an integrated, advanced command and control solution for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Advanced Control Segment (OCX) program. Integral Systems is a member of the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) team competing for the open-architecture, next-generation control ...
More US military satelites
Relevance Score: 4.608 2009-04-06 17:49:22
The US military is planning to boost the number of satellites it routinely monitors for the risk of a smash-up with orbiting debris, like the recent collision between a US communications satellite and a defunct Russian probe. The US Air Force has catalogued more than 19,000 pieces of space debris larger ...
Boeing Awarded USAF Contract For Airborne Communications Systems
Relevance Score: 4.423 2009-07-29 23:26:59
Boeing has announced that it has received a $3.4 million follow-on contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with 46 additional Combat Track II airborne satellite communications systems. Boeing has delivered nearly 500 Combat Track II kits to the Air Force since 2001 in an ongoing effort to provide airborne intelligence ...
Integral Systems, Inc. Submits Proposal for Next Generation Global Positioning System (GPS OCX)
Relevance Score: 4.420 2009-07-30 13:49:45
-- Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISYS), announced today that it has submitted a proposal to deliver an integrated, advanced command and control solution for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Advanced Control Segment (OCX) program. Integral Systems is a member of the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) team competing for ...
Computer Sciences receives $50M Air Force contract
Relevance Score: 4.376 2009-08-14 09:33:53
Information technology company Computer Sciences Corp. said Wednesday it received a $50 million Air Force contract for technical support, development testing and training. CSC will provide technical and support services, including information assurance, development testing, configuration management and training for the command and control system of the Air Force's air mobility ...
North Korea underscores necessity of improvement data about space situation
Relevance Score: 4.040 2009-04-02 16:27:34
According to launch of communications satellite, planned by North Korea, U.S. officials noticed importance of improvement data about matter with space. They motivate it by paying attention to "space situational awareness" and to monitoring satellites and debris that float in space. Probably, 2010 budget for space programs will be ...
SAIC Supports SMC With Risky Biz
Relevance Score: 4.021 2009-10-08 20:09:18
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) has been awarded a delivery order by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to deliver technical analysis and risk assessments in support of SMC's Independent Readiness Review Team (IRRT). The delivery order has a one-year base period of performance, ...
ViaSat Awarded $21 Million Military Low-Volume Terminal Order
Relevance Score: 3.957 2009-07-09 12:47:23
ViaSat won a delivery order worth about $21 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals from U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego, ViaSat announced July 1. The Lot 10 order includes low-volume terminal variants for F/A-18+, E/A-18G aircraft and MH-60R/S and CH-53K helicopters as well ...
USAF Launches Satellite To Enhance Military Communications
Relevance Score: 3.950 2009-12-08 21:07:44
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. (EST), when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) into space. WGS satellites are designed to provide high-capacity communications to U.S. military forces. They will augment and eventually replace the Defense Satellite ...
USAF Awards LockMart Contract For SBIRS Follow-On Spacecraft
Relevance Score: 3.851 2009-06-15 16:46:08
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.5-billion contract for the third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload, the third geosynchronous orbit (GEO-3) satellite and associated ground modifications for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) constellation. A contract to include a fourth HEO payload and possible fourth GEO satellite is expected ...
Boeing Collaborates with U.S. Military on Space Situational Awareness
Relevance Score: 3.753 2009-03-13 22:00:37
Boeing and the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types of sensor data in a secure environment for integrated air and missile defense and space situational awareness concept exploration, Boeing announced March 12. Boeing, ...
Testing Tracking Software Talents Are The U.S.A And U.S.M.C.
Relevance Score: 3.746 2009-10-08 23:48:05
The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps are field testing software crafted to better connect Blue Force Tracking systems on the battlefield, increase communications options and serve as a bridge to an improved system expected to be ready in 2010. The software, called Joint Capabilities Release (JCR), builds on the ...
Cyber Command May Grab New DISA Headquarters.
Relevance Score: 3.646 2009-09-09 16:46:40
The U.S. Cyber Command, created to protect the military's digital networks from attack, is looking to locate its headquarters at Fort Meade, MD in a new complex that now is being constructed to house the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The $390 million, 1-million-square-foot multi-building complex now under construction could ...
RFP Informes.
Relevance Score: 3.601 2009-08-03 17:55:11
A RFP for Iridium Satellite Equipment is active from the Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, with solicitation number FA2816-09-T-0007. Pricing is requested for the installation and labor of Iridium Satellite Antenna equipment, which will be used to enhance connectivity of existing Iridium satellite phones to the ...
Army astronaut heads for International Space Station, embraces social media to share story
Relevance Score: 3.513 2009-07-17 15:32:42
Want to know what it's like to be an U.S. Army astronaut? Here's a chance to find out. The Army has set up a special Web site for the public to ask Army astronaut Col. Timothy Kopra a question. Col. Timothy Kopra launched into space on the July 15 shuttle mission to ...
Seeing Red — Lockheed Martin's SBIRS Is Certifiable
Relevance Score: 3.506 2009-09-01 20:39:31
Great news for Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] informed that the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and associated ground systems have been certified for missile warning operations by U.S. Strategic Command. SBIRS is created to deliver early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other ...
Airmen Preformed 2000 Missions In Afghanistan.
Relevance Score: 3.498 2009-07-14 00:23:56
Airmen at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan hit a major milestone this week when they completed their 2,000th combat mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. An EC-130H Compass Call crew assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron and deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ...
US Air Force Will Protect Space From Traffic.
Relevance Score: 3.495 2009-05-13 17:05:50
Space debris which could potentially damage communication networks will be tracked by the US Air Force (USAF) that will allocate more than half a billion dollars in fiscal 2010. A series of initiatives, budgeted at $506 million, designed to keep satellites safer from orbiting junk were presented by a senior Defense ...
Army astronaut heads for International Space Station, embraces social media to share story
Relevance Score: 3.479 2009-07-17 17:06:53
Want to know what it's like to be an U.S. Army astronaut? Here's a chance to find out. The Army has set up a special Web site for the public to ask Army astronaut Col. Timothy Kopra a question. Col. Timothy Kopra launched into space on the July 15 shuttle mission to ...
Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Integration Makes A Remarkable Progress on Second SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite.
Relevance Score: 3.422 2009-06-11 02:37:16
The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) -led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully mated the spacecraft bus with the infrared sensor payload for the second geosynchronous SBIRS spacecraft (GEO-2). The payload preparation closely followed successful completion of spacecraft bus integration and safe-to-mate tests that included ...
Powerful Payload Pumps Up SBIRS.
Relevance Score: 3.417 2009-08-18 14:42:12
The U.S. Air Force has accepted the second Space Based Infrared Systems Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload into operational service. This addition to the SBIRS inventory brings increased capability as Air Force Space Command's (AFSPC) second taskable infrared sensor. HEO-1 was accepted operationally November 7, 2008, and has continued to ...
Enlisted Satellite Operators Keep US Military Communication Channels Open
Relevance Score: 3.415 2009-06-29 11:11:57
Airman 1st Class Cameron Cruz is a space man. Yet, he's not from another world; he doesn't wear a space suit, and he definitely doesn't fly around in a spaceship. In fact, he's never even been to space. "I'm no astronaut," he chuckles. But while Airman Cruz may not perform ...
Raytheon Team Selected For US Army Battle Command Development Contract
Relevance Score: 3.408 2009-07-29 22:22:13
A team led by Raytheon has received an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity award for the U.S. Army Battle Command Development contract. The Battle Command Development contract, managed by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command, is a five-year, multi-award vehicle worth up to $777.4 million. The award enables the Raytheon team to compete ...
New satellite technology to improve space junk tracking
Relevance Score: 3.358 2009-04-08 20:14:28
The gathering blanket of detritus above the Earth has now led to diligent eyes on the ground requiring more advanced technology to better track the many thousands of pieces of debris already being monitored by U.S. Strategic Command, which is where the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 satellite comes ...
LandWarNet
Relevance Score: 3.246 2009-04-11 23:56:19
It started as a media campaign – “branding” a term that would be recognized, establishing a buzzword for the other services and Congress to identify the Army’s overall network strategy for the future force. The Army’s Training and Doctrine Command Futures Center created LandWarNet as a concept and strategy so ...
Global Coalition Warrior Military And Emergency Response Demos Get Hughes' SPACEWAY 3.
Relevance Score: 3.215 2009-06-25 01:40:05
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is delivering rapid deployment of satellite-based broadband capabilities for disaster and emergency response during the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) which takes place from June 15th through the 26th, 2009. CWID events are held at five locations in the United States and abroad in Allied ...
$49M to Concurrent for USAF Environmental Technologies Program
Relevance Score: 3.197 2009-06-18 11:02:02
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $49 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Concurrent Technologies Corp in Johnstown, PA to provide a research and development program entitled “Environmental and Energy Quality Technologies.” The program will use emerging materials, processes and new technologies to reduce and eliminate toxic and hazardous chemicals, materials, and ...
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