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Additional airborne satellite communications systems for USAF
Arlington VA: 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 systems for [...]
Indonesian Indostar II Satellite Successfully Launched
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan: International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Indostar II/Protostar II satellite into orbit today, marking the second commercial mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS) and the fourth successful Proton launch of 2009. The May 16th [...]
British Army Bowman Radio to Be Upgraded
The British military’s tactical communications and data system, known as Bowman, is to get a series of upgrades which will make it simpler for troops to use. The new upgrades to Bowman will also provide enhanced battle planning tools, a more stable and robust tactical internet, and improved situational awareness. Bowman’s secure radio communications have [...]
US Forces train Iraqis to manage communications
WASHINGTON: U.S. forces in Iraq increasingly are focused on training Iraqis to be self-sufficient, and most recently that training has brought Iraqis closer to managing their communications frequencies, information security and automotive maintenance. Fourteen students drawn from Iraq’s ministries of communications, defense and interior and from the communications and media commission graduated from a course [...]
SKorea and US forge deal to fight cyber attacks
Seoul: South Korea and the United States have agreed to cooperate in fighting cyber attacks against their defence networks from countries including China and North Korea, officials said Monday. The April 30 deal calls for an exchange of information on detecting and fighting cyber attacks against information systems used by the militaries of the two [...]
Health care, communication top retiree concerns
WASHINGTON: Health care continues to be the single greatest issue for both current and future retired Soldiers, according to the Chief of Staff of the Army Retiree Council. The council co-chairmen met with Gen. George W. Casey Jr. to report the top retiree issues April 29, after the council’s 49th meeting, held April 20-24 in [...]
Falcon Tactical Radios for the Polish Army
ROCHESTER, New York: Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract totaling US$20 million from the Polish Ministry of National Defense (MoND) to deliver a combination of multiband and HF tactical radios for Poland’s Land and Special Operations Command Forces. Harris is providing Poland with a range of products [...]
AVIO Supplies the Propulsion System for the Italian Satellite Sicral 1B
Avio is responsible for the design and construction of the propulsion system that will take Sicral 1B, a military communication satellite, from the low orbit where it was placed this morning by Ukrainian launcher Zenit 3SL to a geostationary orbit (at a distance of 36,000 km from the equator). This gigantic “leap” of thousands of [...]
Gates Presses to Boost Computer Network Security
WASHINGTON: Defense Department officials are working to reduce vulnerability to cyber-attack attempts that occur regularly and are likely to continue for the foreseeable future, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said. “We are under attack virtually all the time, every day here,” Gates told CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric yesterday during an interview broadcast on [...]
