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The Air Force plans to launch the fourth of 10 planned Wideband Global Satcom satellites on Jan. 19 from Cape Canaveral during a 93-minute launch window opening at 7:39 p.m., eastern time. The number Read more...

Coronal mass ejections--enormous magnetized clouds of electrified gas emitted from the sun--have been known to disrupt the electric grid as they hit the Earth's protective magnetic field, and because Read more...

David Madden, director of the Milsatcom Systems Directorate at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, spoke with reporters Dec. 15 to give an update on the status of the Read more...

The Defense Department's Advanced Extremely High Frequency-1 satellite--which came in danger of failing to achieve geosynchronous orbit after an on-board thruster shut down prematurely following its Read more...

The Defense Information Systems Agency will be the provider of first choice for Air Force, Army and Defense Logistics Agency data centers, says a Nov. 8 consolidation plan from the DoD chief Read more...

The Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite completed initial activation of the protected communications payload Oct. 26 - 28 and begun on-orbit testing, according to a Read more...

The Defense Department could achieve a more jam-resistant Global Positioning System capability quicker and cheaper by improving receivers or integrating signals from the commercial Iridium network Read more...

Air Force deployment of a key enterprise resource planning system has lagged behind schedule, a service official acknowledged Oct. 27 before a House Armed Services Committee panel hearing. The Read more...

A gap in polar-satellite earth observation satellites will in all probability occur despite a last minute infusion of funds into the Joint Polar Satellite System, according to a Sept. 30 Commerce Read more...

Enterprise architectures at military departments remain mostly unrealized, with services typically only partially or not at all satisfying elements that make up a mature EA, says the Government Read more...