Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced it has received first order for its revolutionary SATCOM (Satellite Communication) terminal with a conformal electronic-steered antenna for fighter jets. 
 

Europe’s leading event for defence and military satellite professionals will open doors next week, with an expected attendance of over 500 delegates from nations and organisations including Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA and more.

CANNES --- The KOREASAT-5A communications satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space for South Korean operator KTSAT (a KT Corporation company), was successfully orbited today from Cape Canaveral in Florida by SpaceX, using a Falcon 9 launcher. 
 

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. --- While the Army has long been considered America's land force, many of the Army's soldiers and civilians depend upon space to perform their missions. 
 

SMi’s Global MilSatCom 2017 will open doors in two weeks at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London with an expected turnout of over 500 delegates from nations and organisations including Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA and more. This year’s event has seen a record-breaking level of military delegation. With 30% more military attendees than last year’s show, this has been the highest number of military representatives Global MilSatCom has seen in its 19-year history.

The Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA) and SMi Group, the producer of Global MilSatCom, are working together to offer HPA’s Global Government Payload Exploration workshop again at Global MilSatCom 2017, after officials from more than a dozen countries and organizations attended the workshop at Global MilSatCom 2015. The pre-conference workshop will take place November 6, 8:30 a.m. – Noon, at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London. “HPA would like to thank SMi Group for once again giving us the opportunity to hold this workshop,” says HPA Chair Al Tadros. “Global MilSatCom is a unique event where government and industry can engage in direct dialogue, and we’re proud to be a part of it.”

SAN DIEGO --- Cubic Corp. announced that GATR Technologies, a subsidiary which operates within the Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division, was awarded an order worth more than $5 million to provide satellite communication (SATCOM) solutions for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). 
 

In just 4 weeks, doors will open to an audience of military satellite communication experts in London as they convene at the “best ever” Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition on 7-9 November.

This year's show will not only explore quintessential topics such as interoperability and national strategies to build robust satcom architecture, it will also touch on significant timely topics to answer questions such as

• How close are we to fulfilling GovSatCom?
• What are the UK MoD's next steps for Skynet 6?
• What are the implications and expected developments for Wideband AoA?
• How can ground segment innovations ensure effective and secure satcom?
• What are the latest and best technologies offered by leading solution providers?

Europe’s leading military event for satellite professionals speaker line-up now with over 50 experts Now featuring a speaker line-up of over 50 defence satellite communications experts, SMi Group’s Global MilSatCom 2017 Conference and Exhibition is confirmed as the biggest in its 19 year history.

South Korea joins the Global MilSatCom speaker line-up for the first time. For the first time in its 19-year history, SMi Group’s Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition will be featuring South Korea in its speaker line-up for this year’s event.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Boeing will design and build seven super-powered medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites for SES, delivering efficient high-performance data communications services to users around the world. 
 

SMi’s Group has recently released an updated agenda for the 19th Global MilSatCom 2017, taking place on 7-9 November in London. Now featuring a speaker line-up of over 50 defence satellite communications experts, the event programme has been curated to explore the growing demand to enhance SatCom capabilities and to discuss strategies and requirements including the UK Ministry of Defence’s plans for Skynet 6.

SMi Group’s 19th Global MilSatCom Conference will highlight the importance of ground segment innovations for military satellite communications. Ground segment continues to play a crucial role, as the importance of enabling secure mission-critical connectivity anywhere at any time continues to grow for defence forces around the globe. In line with this, SMi's Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition will present an exclusive interactive panel discussion on this timely topic, where key experts will explore ground segment innovations ensuring effective end-to-end secured satellite communications.

SMi Group’s 19th Global MilSatCom Conference will showcase exclusive presentations from the UK Ministry of Defence and Airbus. This comes at a relevant time with the UK MoD recently granting Airbus a contract to oversee the manufacture, assembly, integration and launch of Skynet 6. This acquisition will fill the capacity gap as the Skynet 5 constellation approaches its end-of-life, and will deliver sovereign and secure satcom capability for the UK. In an exclusive host nation address Air Commodore Nick Hay, Head of Capability C4ISR & SRO, HQ Joint Forces Command will provide the Ministry of Defence’s Perspective on MilSatCom. Opening the three-day event, Air Commodore Hay will touch on the current space policy, lessons learned from Wargaming and Skynet 5, as well as next steps on Skynet 6.

US Department of Defense and US Air Force discuss the future of US MilSatCom at SMi's 19th Global MilSatCom Conference in London. Bringing the success of the recently concluded sell-out MilSatCom USA show to London, SMi's 19th annual Global MilSatCom will highlight and inspect the future of US Space programmes through sessions led by senior representatives from the US Department of Defense and the US Air Force, as well as key solution providers such as SES, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Hughes, Intelsat, ViaSat and Raytheon.

SMi Group has recently announced that Ms Harriett Baldwin MP, the UK’s Minister for Defence Procurement, has confirmed participation at the 19th Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition in London this November. Ms Baldwin returns to open Global MilSatCom 2017 after speaking at the show last year, and will provide the conference with an exclusive Ministerial Address on Day One. Her session will be followed by a host nation address presented by Air Commodore Nick Hay of the UK MoD’s HQ Joint Forces Command.

The Defence and Strategic Communications Geostationary Satellite (SGCD) began broadcasting this Wednesday (5). It will be controlled by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).
 

CHANGSHA, China --- The National University of Defense Technology Satellite (NUDT Sat), independently developed by the College of Aerospace Science and Engineering of NUDT, was successfully put into the preset orbit on June 23 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. 

European Commission, European Defence Agency, European Space Agency to discuss progress of the GovSatCom project. SMi Group’s 19th Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition will present an exclusive interactive panel discussion, where key experts will explore strategic updates on the GovSatCom Initiative and projected progress within 2017.

CANNES, France --- The second batch of Iridium NEXT satellites built by Thales Alenia Space has been successfully launched by SpaceX from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. After the perfect commissioning of the first 10 satellites launched in January, eight of which are now interconnected and operating in full compatibility with the initial Block One Constellation, with two being maneuvered to an adjacent plane, this milestone marks a new step for the fantastic Iridium NEXT adventure. 

Dr Graham Turntock to close the 3-day conference this November. SMi has announced that Dr Graham Turntock, Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency has joined the expert speaker lineup at the 19th annual Global MilSatCom Conference & Exhibition which takes place on 7-9 November in London.

The Turnbull Government has announced a $500 million investment to improve Australia’s space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, to support ADF operations around the world and at home to secure our borders. 

BRUSSELS --- On June 15th the EDA Steering Board accepted, by written procedure, the Outline Description for the Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) Pooling and Sharing demonstration project (GSC demo). 

Canada, Japan, Korea, UK and USA to host keynote presentations at the 19th Global MilSatCom Conference and Exhibition in London. Described as "the best networking event" by its audience, SMi's 19th Global MilSatCom Conference and Exhibition will yet again raise the bar with an agenda featuring a line-up of high-level speakers and unmissable interactive opportunities offered during four days of conference sessions, workshops and networking receptions.

Europe's leading military event for satellite professionals returns to London this November, bringing together 500 international senior military and key industry representatives to network, benchmark, and learn about the latest developments in SatCom technology, discuss strategies to fulfil capability gaps, and address critical military and government requirements.

Minister for Defence Senator, the Hon Marise Payne, has welcomed the extension of Defence’s C1 satellite partnership with Optus well into the next decade. 

BAE Systems Australia will deliver a major capability improvement to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with the upgrade of maritime satellite communications terminals in a four year, $30 million project. 

WASHINGTON --- On May 17, 2017, Air Force senior leaders testified before the Senate Armed Service Committee Strategic Forces subcommittee on military space, organization, policy and programs. 
 

Many major Department of Defense (DOD) space programs GAO reviewed have experienced cost and schedule increases. For example, costs for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite program grew 118 percent and its first satellite was launched more than 3.5 years late. Costs for the Space Based Infrared System grew nearly 300 percent and its scheduled launch was delayed roughly 9 years. 
 

HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC., was awarded an approximately $166 million contract from a prime contractor to provide operator interface and computer processing capabilities for a U.S. Army platform. 
 

With the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new Integrated Technology Centre (ITC), Airbus marks the commencement of the intensive construction phase for its new €43 million satellite hub. The ultra-modern building, for the development and integration of satellites, will enable the Friedrichshafen site to handle future satellite requirements. 

Britain's nuclear deterrent is protected from cyber attacks which targeted the NHS, according to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. 

BRUSSELS --- On May 5th, the Project Arrangement (PA) for the first ever Cyber Defence Pooling & Sharing Project was signed by all eleven contributing Member States. The Cyber Ranges Federation Project brings together Austria, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden under the co-lead of the Netherlands, Finland and Greece. 
 

ARLINGTON, VA --- Leonardo DRS announced today it has received multiple orders for its trusted Link-11 and Link-22 data terminal sets and associated communication equipment, systems and services. 

DALLAS, Texas --- Airbus today launched its U.S. base and operations of a new commercial drone start-up, named Airbus Aerial, at the AUVSI Xponential tradeshow and conference in Dallas. 

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $221,577,527 modification (P00102) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for hardware acquisition for the extended range Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia --- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) today unveiled in Riyadh the strategic drone program (Saqr-1). 
 

WASHINGTON --- The Air Force has always been about speed. Less than one month after the Air Force became its own service 70 years ago in September 1947, Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound — a barrier once considered impenetrable — in the Bell Aircraft X-1. 
 

ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- Harris Corporation has received contracts valued at a total of $90 million from a European nation for tactical radios as part of the country’s communications readiness program. The contracts were received during the third quarter of Harris’ fiscal 2017. 
 

ARLINGTON, Va. --- Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently demonstrated that multiple aircraft and ground stations can efficiently and securely communicate using the Boeing-developed Talon HATE airborne networking system. 

HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) with dozens of satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) systems. The contract is in an amount that is not material to Elbit Systems and will be performed over a two-year period. 
 

If war breaks out on the Korean peninsula, South Korea and the U.S. will want to throw an immense volley of precision ordnance. The Republic of Korea Navy will soon begin adding more to the stockpile of available weapons, following the South Korean Defense Ministry approval of defense manufacturer LIG Nex1's ship-to-land missile program for production. 

BRASILIA --- The first geostationary satellite for defense and strategic communications (Satélite Geoestacionário de Defesa e Comunicações Estratégicas, or SGDC) was launched on Thursday (04), at 18:50, from the Kourou base in French Guiana. The launch mission lasted about 30 minutes. 

Cobham Antenna Systems draws on its vast range of resources to provide antenna solutions for systems designed to compromise the unlawful use of drones. A selection of these antennas will be on display on the Cobham Booth, #1631, at AUVSI's XPONENTIAL 2017, 8-11 May, Dallas, USA. 

Arianespace orbited two telecommunications payloads for Brazil and South Korea on the 78th consecutive success performed with its Ariane 5 – confirming this vehicle’s position as the world reference for heavy launchers. 
 

ARLINGTON, Va. --- Augmented reality systems and advanced wireless networks were among the technologies shown during the Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (S2ME2 ANTX) 2017-a set of amphibious exercises May 4 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. 

SAN DIEGO --- For the past 14 years the United States Marine Corps has been engulfed in land-locked engagements in the Middle East. The message from the highest levels of Marine Corps leadership is it's time to get back to the Corps' maritime roots with the assistance of industry, academia, and Naval Research and Development Establishment partners, including the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific). 

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Vector Space Systems has conducted a successful test launch of its P-19H engineering model of the Vector-R launch vehicle. It's the first in a series of flight tests that will enable Vector to evaluate technologies associated with the Vector family of launch vehicles. 
 

The physical sphere of computers, home appliances, vehicles, cameras, and the ever-growing menagerie of handheld devices has become increasingly intertwined—by way of wireless connections to the internet—with the digital spheres of data and information. 

WASHINGTON --- Defense Department innovation leaders this morning described some of the most advanced capabilities fueling U.S. military technical dominance today and for the future during testimony before the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. 
 

WASHINGTON --- The European theater is critical to America's national interests and the NATO alliance is a key advantage for the United States, said Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the commander of U.S. European Command, during testimony yesterday. 

CREECH AFB, Nev. --- The 432nd Wing celebrated their 10th anniversary at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., as a combat remotely piloted aircraft wing May 1, 2017. In attendance was Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, Col. Case Cunningham, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander and 400 Airmen of the wing. 
 

OTTAWA –-- Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan issued the following statement today after addressing the Conference of Defence Associations Institute on the state of Canada’s defence.

PARIS --- The French defence procurement agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement, DGA) has awarded Airbus Defence and Space a contract to carry out preparatory studies and definition work for the future ground segment of the Syracuse IV satellite-based military telecommunications system. The results of this study will help prepare for the Syracuse IV ground segment construction phase, scheduled to begin in 2018. 

Geography still rules, despite the conceits of the jet age and the information age. Geography is where any discussion of the strategic environment must begin. To know a country’s geography provides clues to its intentions better than any wiretap of its national security meetings. 

The sixth Italian FREMM frigate “Luigi Rizzo” was delivered on 20th April 2017 by OCCAR to the Italian Navy. The ceremony at the Muggiano shipyard (La Spezia) was attended by the OCCAR Director, the OCCAR FREMM Programme Manager, Senior Italian Navy Officers, representatives of the French procurement agency DGA, by the Orizzonte Sistemi Navali CEO and senior representatives from Fincantieri and Leonardo companies. 

ELMENDORF, Alaska --– Spring mornings in Alaska are a time and place for moose, mountains and majestic views—and the right weather to host the largest joint training exercise in Alaska.

Satellites and mobile phones, built on international standards, help the world get connected. But the communications technology we use on land does not work well underwater. As water covers over 70 per cent of the earth's surface, NATO has sponsored research into establishing the first ever digital underwater communications standard. 

The Air Force is inviting vetted computer security specialists from across the U.S. and select partner nations to do their best to hack some of its key public websites. 

WIESBADEN, Germany --- Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the commander of U.S. European Command, hosted chiefs of defense from all over Europe here today to discuss how to counter violent extremist organizations. 

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin's next iteration of the F-35's Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) has been approved for installation at U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy F-35 sites. Along with a number of improvements to the system's baseline, the upgrade delivers significant enhancements for managing forward operations and sustainment. 

QUANTICO, Virginia --- The Marine Corps is investing in secure, wireless connectivity inside aviation hangars that will give maintenance crewmembers continual access to manuals, parts, and information for improved aircraft readiness. 

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Rockwell Collins to use mathematics-based development methods to secure platforms against cyber attack. These techniques, developed by Rockwell Collins and its partners in DARPA’s High Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program, ensure cyber resilience by eliminating important classes of system vulnerabilities. 

GETAFE, Spain --- Spanish Army has awarded the joint venture Thales Programas and Europavia a contract for the maintenance of the communications and electronics systems of the helicopters until 2019. The service has a budget of 1.5 million euros and contemplates the possibility of an extension of the contract until 2020. 

SUNNYVALE, Calif. --- The fifth Lockheed Martin built Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) satellite is now delivering secure, beyond-line-of-sight communications to troops with legacy Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radios. 

Papers have emerged that prove US whistleblower Edward Snowden, in fact, checked into a hotel shortly after arriving to Hong Kong rather than spending 11 days in the hands of foreign spy handlers, an online news outlet said Tuesday.

South Korea’s opposition parties warn against any hurried deployment of the US THAAD missile defense system in the country without prior consent from Russia and China, RT wrote, citing Woo Sang-ho, the leader of the Democratic Party Toburo faction.