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21st Annual Global MilSatCom

by gregoryrt — November 5, 2019

SMi Group are proud to announce the 21st annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on the 5th, 6th and 7th November alongside a Small Satellites and Disruptive Space Technology focus day on the 4th November.

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Military Space USA

by gregoryrt — June 11, 2019

SMi Group, organizers of Global MilSatcom, are proud to present the Military Space USA conference and exhibition; convening in Los Angeles on June 11th and 12th 2019.

Featuring high level briefings from senior leadership across industry, g…

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GPS, Nex-Gen OPIR dominate space investments

by Sandra Erwin — March 13, 2019

Of the $14.1 billion space request for 2020, about $11.9 billion is for investments — which the Pentagon defines as a combination of RDT&E (research, development, testing and engineering) and procurement.

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Space-Based Infrared System GEO-1 Satellite undergoing work at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, Calif. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin Space Systems)

Report: Updating the military’s nuclear communications systems a complex and expensive challenge

by Sandra Erwin — February 14, 2019

Bill LaPlante, MITRE: The NC3 system “has been studied a lot, its life has been extended as long as we could, and that’s where we are."

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GOVSATCOM Conference for EU Defence & Security

by gregoryrt — February 14, 2019

The GOVSATCOM Luxembourg conference is becoming a key event on the agenda of International governments, institutions and satellite communications experts specialised in the fields of defence and security.

The 3rd edition will take place on …

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Mobile Deployable Communications 2019

by gregoryrt — January 31, 2019

With the ability to effectively communicate driving the tempo of the modern battlespace, the need to know ‘where I am, where my friends are and where the enemy is’ remains fundamental for the success of any operation.

This critical req…

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Satellite component supplier Sodern seeks to double output by 2020

by Caleb Henry — December 10, 2018

Spacecraft manufacturers have complained of stress on their supplier base as operators purchase fewer traditional geostationary satellites. One company in France is bucking that trend, however.

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Rolls-Royce developed this concept for bridge operations of remote cargo vessels with Finland's VTT Technical Research Centre. Credit: Rolls-Royce

Satellite operators offer communications for autonomous ships

by Debra Werner — October 18, 2018

SMM Hamburg, the biennial international maritime conference in Germany Sept. 4-7, attracted not only shipbuilders but also satellite operators eager to offer global communications for autonomous vessels.

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When communications satellites were included in the U.S. Munitions List, the State Department’s list of defense articles subject to extensive International Traffic and Arms Regulations (ITAR), “a lot of foreign parties were not interested in talking to American companies because of the regulatory hurdles they would have to go through,” said Fred Shaheen, Boeing’s chief council for global trade controls. Credit: SpaceNews

Companies look to Trump administration to further ease export rules for space technology

by Debra Werner — April 17, 2018

Four years after the Obama administration began loosening rules on space technology exports, companies experiencing the benefits are looking to the Trump administration for further regulatory relief.

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