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Maxar received initial task orders valued at $8,000,000 under the U.S. Army Remote Ground Terminal contract in September 2020.

Mentioned as: armyOrg RelationshipNov 6, 2020Maxar eyes September 2021 launch for WorldView Legion satellites

Guidestar Optical Systems won Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army in 2019 for a series of projects.

Mentioned as: armyNarrative FinancialOct 28, 2020General Atomics acquires Guidestar Optical Systems

On 2020-10-15, Viasat and AeroVironment began collaborating on a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyOrg RelationshipOct 14, 2020Viasat, AeroVironment Team to Develop Enhanced Type 1 Encrypted Communications Capabilities for U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems

NV5 was awarded a $22,700,000 contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District Center of Expertise for Photogrammetric Mapping.

Mentioned as: army corps of engineersOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2020NV5’s Quantum Spatial awarded $28 million in geospatial contracts

Quantum Spatial has been awarded contracts totaling $28,000,000 to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Mapping Resources Initiative.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2020NV5’s Quantum Spatial awarded $28 million in geospatial contracts

The $22,700,000 contract builds upon a 20-year relationship that Quantum Spatial has established with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2020NV5’s Quantum Spatial awarded $28 million in geospatial contracts

The U.S. Army plans to evaluate the performance of Isotropic Systems optical beam-forming antennas for sending communications through SES satellites in geostationary and medium Earth orbit under a contract of undisclosed value announced 2020-09-24.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyOrg RelationshipSep 24, 2020U.S. military to test Isotropic Systems antennas with SES satellites

SES Government Solutions and Isotropic Systems signed a two-phased antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Engineering Team to test Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b MEO constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Army Research Engineering TeamTechnical ProductSep 24, 2020ALL.SPACE Signs Contract with SES GS to Initiate Multi-Orbit Trials of Next-Gen Multi-Beam Antenna Technologies for U.S. Military

Isotropic Systems’ trials will take place at an SES teleport and a U.S. Army base in Reading/Reston on 24 September 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyOrg RelationshipSep 24, 2020ALL.SPACE Signs Contract with SES GS to Initiate Multi-Orbit Trials of Next-Gen Multi-Beam Antenna Technologies for U.S. Military

In a second phase of testing scheduled to begin in early 2021, the Air Force and Army plan to evaluate whether Isotropic Systems antennas can connect simultaneously with an SES geostationary satellite and an SES O3b satellite in medium Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: ArmyTechnical ProductSep 24, 2020U.S. military to test Isotropic Systems antennas with SES satellites

Maxar received a sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at up to $49,000,000 over eight years from the U.S. Army Geospatial Center.

Mentioned as: army geospatial centerOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2020U.S. Army selects Maxar to deliver portable satellite imagery ground systems

Maxar Technologies was selected by the U.S. Army Geospatial Center to deliver multiple highly portable, direct-downlink tactical ground systems.

Mentioned as: army geospatial centerNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2020U.S. Army selects Maxar to deliver portable satellite imagery ground systems

A multi-functional test satellite developed by the People’s Liberation Army was also launched to test and verify new communications, navigation, and remote sensing technologies.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyNarrative GeneralAug 23, 2020China launches fifth Gaofen-9 series Earth observation satellite

A typical U.S. Army combat brigade of 4,000 soldiers deploys with more than 2,500 pieces of space-enabled equipment for communications, navigation, early warning, and other functions.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyNarrative GeneralAug 17, 2020U.S. Army general to be sworn in as space commander

U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson will take command of U.S. Space Command on 2020-08-20 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyNarrative GeneralAug 17, 2020U.S. Army general to be sworn in as space commander

Many West Point graduates join the Army’s cadre of space operations officers known as functional area 40 (FA-40) after serving in their core branch such as armor, infantry, aviation, or engineers.

Mentioned as: ArmyTechnical ProductAug 3, 2020U.S. Army expanding space education programs at West Point

Army Lt. Gen. James Dickinson supports the United States working with other countries to establish norms of behavior in space.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2020U.S. SPACECOM nominee Dickinson says countries must be held accountable for actions in space

Carbice has won more than $3,000,000 in Small Business Innovation Research grants from the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, and the National Science Foundation.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyOrg RelationshipJun 22, 2020Thermal materials startup Carbice finds foothold in space industry

CBO estimated that transferring 1,500 personnel from existing Air National Guard and Army National Guard units to a new Space National Guard would generate about $100,000,000 in annual operations and support costs and about $20,000,000 in onetime construction costs for additional facilities.

Mentioned as: Army National GuardTechnical ProductJun 2, 2020Congressional report refutes claim that a Space National Guard would be ‘cost neutral’

The U.S. Army signed a three-year agreement with SpaceX on 2020-05-20 to experiment with using Starlink broadband to move data across military networks.

Mentioned as: U.S. ArmyOrg RelationshipMay 27, 2020Army’s evaluation of Starlink broadband to focus on reliability, vulnerability
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