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September 28, 2011
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US Space Completes Study for USAF and Identifies Cost-Effective Ways to Procure MILSATCOM
Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 28, 2011
U.S. Space has completed a $291,159 study of feasible acquisition alternatives to satisfy military satellite communications needs that was contracted by the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Directorate. The U.S. Space study identified and examined alternative approaches to the existing military satellite acquisition model and recommended alterations that will enable faster, more cost-effective, and more efficient solutions to meet U.S. Gov ... read more

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VSAT NEWS

Gilat Spacenet Selected by Major Retailer to Deliver Critical Network Solutions
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MOL LNG Selects KVH TracPhone V7 For LNG Tankers
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GPS NEWS

Ruling Fuels Debate On Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking
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Rohrabacher Demands Release of NASA's Recent On-Orbit Fuel Depot Analysis
today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) continued his criticism of NASA's new design for deep space exploration by sending a letter to former NASA's Administrator Dr. Michael D. Griffin asking him to jo ... more
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SPACEMART

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Reduces About 540 Positions
Lockheed Martin has announced there will be approximately 540 reductions in employment across its Aeronautics business area as part of a plan to trim the organization and improve operational efficie ... more
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OSU partners with NASA
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Lockheed Martin-Built BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R Satellite Handed Over to Japanese Customers
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GPS NEWS

Raytheon GPS OCX Completes Preliminary Design Review
Raytheon has completed preliminary design review for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), an important milestone in determining the program's developme ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China prepares to launch first space lab module this week
Engineers are conducting the final preparations before launching China's first space laboratory module at the end of this week at a launch center in northwest China. The unmanned Tiangong-1 mo ... more
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GPS NEWS

Hexagon Enhances Satellite-based Positioning Solutions with Locata Local Constellation
Locata Corporation has announced Hexagon will integrate the revolutionary Locata positioning technology with Hexagon's positioning receivers. This partnership will leverage each company's expertise ... more
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Locata Publishes Interface Specifications and Launches New Local Constellation Concept
Locata Corporation has announced the public availability of an Interface Control Document (ICD) 2011 at the Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS Conference. The ICD defines the requirements related to ... more
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GPS NEWS

Locata Unveils World's First GPS-style Indoor Positioning Solution
Locata Corporation has announced it will unveil the TimeTenna, a breakthrough positioning antenna technology that - for the first time - allows centimeter-accurate, GPS-style positioning indoors. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Completes Orion Spacecraft Parachute Testing In Arizona
NASA this week completed the first in a series of flight-like parachute tests for the agency's Orion spacecraft. The drop tests at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona support the design ... more
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Sea Launch resumes operations after 2-year break
International consortium Sea Launch resumed its operations on Saturday with a launch of a Russian-Ukrainian Zenit-3SL rocket carrying a European telecoms satellite, the company said. The rocke ... more
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NASA Posts Global Exploration Roadmap
NASA is releasing the initial version of a Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) developed by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. This roadmap is the culmination of work by 12 s ... more
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Students Participate in Plant Investigation With Space Station Crew
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TECH SPACE

NASA searches for burned up satellite debris
NASA officials scrambled Saturday to locate any remains of a bus-sized satellite - the biggest piece of US space junk to plummet to earth in 30 years - that disintegrated upon on re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. ... more
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SPACEMART

US satellite TV network launches Netflix challenge
US satellite television provider DISH Network has teamed with Blockbuster to stream films in a challenge to online video rental giant Netflix. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

New packaging for old US rocket
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Proton-M puts military purpose spacecraft into orbit
Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket successfully put a military satellite into orbit, Russian Defense Ministry Space Forces spokesman said. "The launch on Wednesday, September 21, at 02.47 GMT fr ... more
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TECH SPACE

ECIT researchers use liquid crystals to replace space motors
Researchers at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) and the Northern Ireland Semiconductor Research Centre (NISRC) at Queen's University Belfast have devise ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Russia renews demands for missile shield 'guarantees'
Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday renewed demands for "solid legal guarantees" that a proposed US missile defense shield in Europe is not aimed at Russia. ... more
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UAV NEWS

Militants flee US drone strike in Pakistan: officials
Militants escaped a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a troubled Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Tuesday, security officials said. ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Northrop Grumman Tech Pivotal in US Marine Corps' MTAOM Command and Control System
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UAV NEWS

AeroVironment Receives Order from USAF for Raven UAS
AeroVironment has announced that it received a $6,874,175 firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Air Force under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises new digital Raven small un ... more
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MILTECH

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor Resumes Test Flights
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MILTECH

Boeing QF 16 Aerial Target Program Demonstrates Software for USAF
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MILTECH

Elbit Systems to Supply the Israeli MoD with Cardom Systems
Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) in the amount of approximately $40 million to supply Cardom systems to the Israeli Defense Forces ... more
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Groundbreaking Radar Pinpoints Impact of Rapid Shell Fire for US Navy and Army
Cambridge Consultants has announced the successful demonstration of its holographic radar technology for target scoring in live firing trials under a US Department of Defense (DoD) program. Th ... more
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