Final LockMart Modernized GPS IIR Satellite Set For Launch
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 11, 2009
The last in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force is set to launch aboard a Delta II rocket on Aug. 17 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The spacecraft, designated GPS IIR-21(M), completes the IIR and IIR-M series of satellites the company designed and built for the Global ... read more
BAE Systems Provides Target Location System To US Army
Nashua NH (SPX) Aug 11, 2009
BAE Systems will provide U.S. Army soldiers with handheld laser target locators that will enable them to identify target locations while on foot, in daylight or at night, and in obscured-visibility conditions such as fog and smoke. The company has partnered with Vectronix to produce, maintain, and provide logistical support for up to 200 laser target locator modules (LTLM) per month under ... more
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India Approves GSAT-10 Communication Satellite
New Delhi, India (SPX) Aug 10, 2009
The Union Cabinet has approved undertaking design and development of GSAT-10 spacecraft at a cost of Rs.735.00 crores with a Foreign Exchange component of Rs.634.00 crores. GSAT-10 satellite with 12 high power Ku-band transponders, 12 C-band and 12 Extended C band India coverage transponders and a navigation payload, will replace the ageing INSAT-2E and INSAT-3B satellites, create addition ... more
Apply Geographic Business Intelligence With ArcGIS Business Analyst
Redlands CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2009
ESRI has released an updated version of ArcGIS Business Analyst desktop software, which includes new features designed to optimize geographic analysis for businesses. ArcGIS Business Analyst desktop enables location-based analysis with updated demographic and lifestyle segmentation data, allowing analysts to place customer and company data into a geographic context. In a slow economy ... more
Space Fence Program Awards Contracts For Concept Development
Hanscom AFB MA (AFNS) Aug 07, 2009
Last month's award of three $30-million concept development contracts for the Space Fence program will yield an outcropping of risk reduction activities designed to improve the overall space surveillance network.
"This is truly a classic multi-contractor, prototyping risk-reduction effort, and a return on the investment of the program to gather data to improve the follow-on phases," said L ... more
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Crew Inspects Shuttle And Preps For Landing Friday
Houstin TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2009
Twin satellite deployments and a check of the systems that will control Endeavour's return home to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, are on tap today as the shuttle leads the International Space Station in orbit. The crew was awakened at 1:03 a.m. CDT to the sounds of "I Got You Babe," performed by Sonny and Cher. The song was a special request for Koichi Wakata, the first Japan Aerospace ... more
Integral Systems Submits Proposal For Next Generation Global Positioning System
Columbia MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2009
Integral Systems, Inc has submitted a proposal to deliver an integrated, advanced command and control solution for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Advanced Control Segment (OCX) program. Integral Systems is a member of the Northrop Grumman team competing for the open-architecture, next-generation control segment contract. GPS OCX will provide command and control ... more
LockMart And Harris Deliver Innovative Video, Geospatial Intelligence Tools
China Lake CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2009
Warfighters at Empire Challenge 09 are test-driving next-generation capabilities for managing and analyzing full-motion video feeds, thanks to a set of advanced video and geospatial intelligence technologies delivered by Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company. The technologies are playing a key role in Empire Challenge 09 ... more
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