![Navy to transfer satellite communications responsibilities to Air Force]()
The realignment does not affect the MUOS program. But any future narrowband satcom acquisition will be handled by the Air Force.
![Inmarsat Government Nabs Large Pentagon Bandwidth Contract]()
The company bested incumbent Intelsat General and one other company in winning a contract potentially worth $450 million to provide commercial satellite connectivity to the U.S. Navy.
![Technical Issues Prompt U.S. Navy To Delay Certification of MUOS]()
The U.S. Navy was forced to postpone the final certification test of its next-generation mobile satellite communications system to December 2015 because of problems integrating the system’s new radio frequency waveform with the ground segment and terminals.
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Lockheed Martin has delivered its third satellite in the U.S. Navy’s next-generation mobile communications program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The satellite is expected to launch in summer 2015.
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The U.S. Navy has formally accepted three of a planned four General Dynamics-built ground stations for its next-generation mobile communications satellite program.
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U.S. officials previously said crews would need 14 months to complete the project once work resumes, which leaves little margin given that MUOS is planned to be fully operational by 2015.
![With Goddard Chamber Booked for Webb, MMS Heads to Navy Lab for Vacuum Tests]()
The move underscores NASA’s desire to keep the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope on track for its long-awaited launch.
![U.S. Navy’s MUOS-2 Satellite in Transfer Orbit, Responding to Commands]()
The U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MOUS)-2 satellite was delivered safely to its orbital drop-off point July 19 and is expected to spend the next eight days climbing to its operational orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator.
![Atlas 5 Launches Navy’s MUOS-2 Satellite into Orbit]()
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the second of the U.S. Navy’s new generation of mobile communications satellites July 19 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
![U.S. Navy Tries To Allay Fears over Sicilian MUOS Site]()
Navy’s MUOS will use a network of four main ground stations, including the one in Sicily.
Lockheed has delivered a SBIRS craft to the U.S. Air Force and completed ground testing of MUOS.
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Lockheed Martin has completed and delivered a new software waveform that will enable the U.S. Navy to get the most out of MUOS.
The first of a new generation of mobile communications satellites built for the U.S. Navy has entered into service.
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama has selected U.S. Navy Rear Adm. James Syring as the next director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), according to a Pentagon announcement.
Globecomm Systems of Hauppauge, N.Y., DRS Technical Services of Herndon, Va., and L-3 Communications’ 3Di Technologies division of Hanover, Md., will provide satellite communications network equipment and related services to the U.S. Navy under contracts with a combined potential value of $85 million over the next five years, the Pentagon announced July 9.
