Articles Tagged with ''communications''

The SICRAL 2 military telecommunications satellite was successfully launched on April 26 with an Arianespace launch vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. SICRAL 2 is a joint program between the Ministry of Defense in Italy and Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) in France for the benefit of Italian and French armed forces, with stakes of 62 percent and 38 percent respectively. It is conducted by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, the two companies in the Space Alliance created by Finmeccanica and Thales.

RFMW Ltd. announces that John Hamilton has been promoted to the position of vice president of marketing. Hamilton has served RFMW in sales, technical support, product management, marketing communications and technical marketing roles for the past 11 years.

Airbus Defence and Space has partnered with Spectra Group (UK) Ltd to provide services which give global government users of tactical radios the ability to extend their communications reach to beyond-line-of-sight using commercial satcom.

Rockwell Collins has cracked that code with its TruNet networked communications solution – offering a one-stop, integrated ground-air network. TruNet will be launched this week at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium and Exhibition in Huntsville, Ala. TruNet will make its international debut April 14 at LAAD Defence & Security 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.

Microsemi Corp. a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., jointly announced that Microsemi has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vitesse for $5.28 per share through a cash tender offer, representing a premium of 32 percent based on the average closing price of Vitesse's shares of common stock during the 30 trading days ended March 17, 2015.

General Dynamics received a contract from the U.S. Army to support upgrades to the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform used in the Army's AN/PRC-155 two-channel MUOS-Manpack radios. 

Thales and Ultra Electronics TCS have established a partnership to provide the next generation of high-capacity communications systems for use in theatre of operations.

NEC Corp. has signed a global framework agreement with the Axiata Group regarding the provision, installation and related maintenance services for NEC's iPASOLINK Series of ultra-compact microwave communication systems.

The European Space Agency has awarded Roke Manor Research Ltd. and its partners, the University of Strathclyde and SCISYS, a contract to support the SysNova initiative for the development of new technologies in the space field.