Jeremy Singer, Author at SpaceNews

Craig P. Weston, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Space LLC

Jeremy Singer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Providing satellite communications services to the U.S. government, particularly the military, is big business these days. Commercial satellite operators have seen government sales skyrocket as the U.S. Defense Department scrambles to meet the bandwidth demand from forces actively engaged in the Middle East and Southwest Asia.

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SM-3 Considered as Backup Option for Ambitious Arrow-3

Jeremy Singer

BOSTON — The development schedule for a new U.S.-Israeli missile interceptor system is overly ambitious, and defense authorities likely will have to implement a backup plan if countries like Iran acquire a nuclear-tipped missile before the end of the next decade, according to defense experts.

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NATO Readies Competition for Satcom Services

Jeremy Singer

BOSTON
— NATO officials charged with providing communications links

to alliance

personnel deployed around the world likely will

conduct a competition for satellite services to meet rapidly growing

bandwidth demand being driven primarily by operations in

Afghanistan

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Boeing: CSEL Radio Upgrade Would Help Protect Downed Pilots

Jeremy Singer

BOSTON
— Boeing Integrated Defense Systems of St. Louis

is developing a modification to U.S. military radios used

to rescue downed pilots and isolated combat personnel that could help protect them against

friendly fire accidents, according to company officials.

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Gateway To Facilitate Radio Interoperability Now in Testing

Jeremy Singer

BOSTON — The U.S. military could soon begin using a new telecommunications gateway system intended to address frustration among troops who have been unable in many cases to talk with one another due to incompatible radio equipment.

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Proposed SSA Improvements Include Non-Air Force Data

Jeremy Singer — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:27:00 +0000

U.S. Air Force Space Command recently demonstrated its ability to incorporate data from non-Air Force satellite operators into its system that tracks what is happening in space, according to the official overseeing the effort.

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Army Software To Streamline Access to Ground-Based Networks

Jeremy Singer — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:28:00 +0000

BOSTON
-- The U.S. Army is developing software that could make it much easier for battlefield commanders to receive imagery and other data from satellites, according to officials involved with the project.

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Air Force Space Command Discontinues Use of MSX Satellite

Jeremy Singer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:11:00 +0000

U.S. Air Force Space Command has stopped using a satellite that was launched more than a decade ago as a 15- to 18-month missile tracking experiment but found new life in an operational role as part of the military's space surveillance infrastructure.

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Vulture To Combine Best Features of Satellites, UAVs

Jeremy Singer — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000

BOSTON -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
has awarded contracts to three companies
to design a system combining
many of the most attractive features of satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles.

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U.S. Air Force Hopes to Stabilize SBR, T-Sat in 2005

Jeremy Singer — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:00:00 +0000

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Air Force continues to struggle to find a steady footing for its two biggest new satellite developments but hopes to put them on solid ground in the year to come, according to a senior service official.

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Northrop Grumman Leading Charge for Space Radar Demo

Jeremy Singer — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:00:00 +0000

Northrop Grumman Corp. is a major driving force behind the Pentagon's proposed Space Radar demonstration mission, going so far as to issue a request for information from companies interested in building the spacecraft.

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U.S. Air Force Reviewing GPS Launch Plan

Jeremy Singer — Mon, 14 May 2007 08:00:00 +0000

BOSTON -- The U.S. Air Force is reconsidering its plans to launch two satellites at a time when it begins to deploy a new generation of GPS satellites in 2013, according to the service official overseeing the effort.

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ORS Program Office Given New Home at Kirtland AFB

Jeremy Singer — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:00:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Defense Department will establish a new program office for responsive space efforts at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., in May, according to a senior Pentagon official.

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Two Instruments on TacSat-2 Not Being Used

Jeremy Singer — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:19:00 +0000

The U.S. Air Force launched an experimental satellite in December intended to lead toward the operational use of small satellites that can be launched on short notice and checked out quickly once on orbit, but has yet to begin using the primary sensors on that satellite more than two months after the launch, according to the service official overseeing the effort.

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Air Force Plans August Award for AIRSS Flight Demo

Jeremy Singer — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:00:00 +0000

BOSTON -- The U.S. Air Force intends to award a contract this August for a missile-warning demonstration satellite that would be launched to geosynchronous orbit in 2010, according to service officials. Data from the experiment would feed into the Alternative Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) now being developed for deployment around 2015, these officials said.

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DARPA Asks for Less Money for Space Projects in 2008

Jeremy Singer — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:04:00 +0000

With one of its major satellite projects approaching launch and another having recently been terminated, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking less money for space-related work next year than it has in its current budget.

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Funding Shortfall Likely To Delay 1st SBSS Satellite Launch

Jeremy Singer — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:00:00 +0000

BOSTON -- The U.S. Air Force likely will delay by several months the launch of a satellite designed to monitor and track other space objects unless Congress allocates more funding for the program than the service requested in 2008, Air Force documents show.

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Three Companies Begin Design Work on Advanced Responsive Space Payloads

Jeremy Singer — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:29:00 +0000

Design work to be performed by three U.S. companies under Pentagon contracts awarded in February could pave the way for development of advanced small satellite payloads within the next several years, according to a U.S. Air Force official.

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TacSat-2 Provides Military Testbed for Hall Thrusters

Jeremy Singer — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:23:00 +0000

BOSTON
- A small
Massachusetts
firm is hoping that an experimental satellite launched for the U.S. Air Force last month will open the doors to widespread adoption of their thruster technology and a change in the way the military designs and operates its satellites.

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Coordinating ISR Across Military, Agency Boundaries

Jeremy Singer — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:00:00 +0000

BOSTON -- The Pentagon had two choices for meeting the growing demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data, according to Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Welsh. One approach would have been to seek a tremendous increase in funding for collection and processing hardware. The second option was to reorganize the way ISR data is collected and distributed to speed its delivery to the people who need it.

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U.S. Army Eyes Big Savings With Small Chip Investment

Jeremy Singer — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:00:00 +0000

BOSTON -- U.S. Army officials are hoping that a relatively small investment in the development of a new computer chip for satellite ground terminals will reduce the cost of future terminals used by U.S. troops around the world to access communications satellites.

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DARPA To Solicit Bids for Formation Flying Studies

Jeremy Singer — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:00:00 +0000

BOSTON -- The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to begin work next year that could lead to a formation-flying experiment in which multiple small satellites perform functions normally carried out by single, larger spacecraft.

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Maser Leaves SpaceX To Lead Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

Jeremy Singer and Brian Berger — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:00:00 +0000

PRIVATE stylefile:c:!temp!~pr00000e54000100249d92007.STY BOSTON AND WASHINGTON -- Jim Maser is leaving rocket start- up Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) to lead Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, according to industry officials.

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Profile: Going Back to the Basics

Jeremy Singer — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:02:00 +0000

Myles Crandall

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