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GateHouse A/S Astutely Gets SDR Communicating Using Inmarsat BGAN  - November 20, 2009 - GateHouse A/S, Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (Spectrum) and Inmarsat will be demo'ing a Software Defined Radio (SDR) implementation of a BGAN terminal at SDR’09 from December 1-4 in Washington DC. . . Full Story

Iridium Is NEXT To Host Multi-Agencies' Payloads  - November 20, 2009 - Iridium Communications Inc.'s [Nasdaq:IRDM] results indicate success in numerous technical studies while working with independent technology partners, that demonstrate the feasibility of hosting Earth observation and remote sensing payloads on its planned/proposed next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT. . . Full Story

ViaSat's ESEM Option For Their EBEM, Adding FDMA + More For DoD SatNets  - November 18, 2009 - ViaSat (Nasdaq:VSAT) is offering a new Ethernet Service Expansion Module (ESEM) baseband interface for the MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM) that promotes Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) modem interoperability across Department of Defense (DoD) satellite networks and adds new feature updates as well. . . Full Story

Heron Has Panama On Its UAV Demo Schedule  - November 18, 2009 - Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is strengthening its position in Central and South America and, in the coming year, will hold demonstrations of its Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Panamanian security forces. . . Full Story

KVH Boards USCG Vessels With SATCOM Services  - November 17, 2009 - In an effort to expand its communications capacity and take advantage of affordable, emerging commercial satellite services, the United States Coast Guard is in the process of deploying the TracPhone? V7 and mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service from KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) on its 110 ft and 225 ft cutters. . . Full Story

Boeing Goes The Miniature Route For New USAF UAV Contract  - November 17, 2009 - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a US$500,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on September 30 for the first phase of a program to demo miniature weapon technology for use on unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV). . . Full Story

Arianespace — Oui! It's Lucky Seven For The French Military  - November 16, 2009 - Arianespace has received the seventh Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, which is scheduled for liftoff on December 9 with the Helios 2B French military reconnaissance satellite. . . Full Story

BAE's Mantis Makes Magnificent Moves  - November 16, 2009 - BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the U.K. . . Full Story

Indian Government To Demo UAVs Against Insurgent Forces  - November 16, 2009 - For the first time, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be used by Indian Armed Forces to detect Naxal hideouts in dense forests and hilly terrains and monitor the movement of ultras to help ground forces carry out precision attacks. . . Full Story

Orbital Sciences Is Spot On — U.S. Stealth Missile Interception By Japanese Navy  - November 13, 2009 - Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] successfully launched a medium range target (MRT) vehicle under a direct contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). . . Full Story

Boeing Wants The Navy To Find That Sub  - November 13, 2009 - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a US$275,000 contract last September from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) for a study of the magnetic noise associated with the heavy-fuel propulsion system on Boeing's MagEagle Compressed Carriage (MECC) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). . . Full Story

Gilat Provides An Edge To Asia With The Turn Of A Key   - November 12, 2009 - Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [Nasdaq: GILT] received a multi-million dollar contract from a government defense agency in Asia, in return for the delivery of a turnkey broadband communications solution. . . Full Story

General Dynamics' New GIG For SPAWAR  - November 12, 2009 - General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a US$22.2 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to support the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation (NITES-Next) program. . . Full Story

COM DEV USA Is Passive For The Correct Reasons  - November 12, 2009 - COM DEV USA, LLC, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), announced a contract award valued in excess of US$7 million to provide passive microwave equipment for a U.S. Government space program.? . . Full Story

ITT-NextGen Communications Provide U.S. Navy Tatical Communicatons  - November 12, 2009 - ITT Corp.’s NexGen Communications in Dulles, Virginia received a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems-radio only (DTCS-RO) communication devices to the U.S. Navy. . . Full Story

Northrop Grumman To Assist Saab With NEURON UCAV  - November 12, 2009 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator. . . Full Story

Insitu Infuses ScanEagle With More Goodies To Become NightEagle UAV  - November 12, 2009 - ScanEagle, the lightweight, long-endurance UAV deployed from U.S. Navy ships and by allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, can now be upgraded to the heavier NightEagle configuration with improved infrared sensor for night operations. . . Full Story

U.S. Army + U.S.A.F. Urgently Need More UAV Pilots  - November 12, 2009 - While the U.S. Air Force struggles to train 400 UAV operators a year, the U.S. Army is training 1,400, and is increasing that to 2,300 by next year. . . Full Story

Thank You, Veterans...  - November 11, 2009 - SatNews Publishers wishes to express our thanks to the men and women who are currently serving and have served in the Armed Forces, as November 11th is Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada. There can be no more worthy a cause than the selfless military service given to one's nation, to ensure the freedoms all enjoy are protected from enemies, external and internal. Let us not forgot our military veterans and all they have sacrificed — families, careers, and lives — for our benefit. . . Full Story

Harris Keeps On GOES'ing  - November 10, 2009 - Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has successfully completed the first milestone in a NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program that will process 40 times more data than is possible today, and deliver weather images to more than 10,000 direct users. . . Full Story