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Seventh Boeing Wideband Military Satellite Transmits Initial Signals; Dan Hart Comments

Seventh Boeing Wideband Military Satellite Transmits Initial Signals; Dan Hart Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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BoeingLogo1 EbizBoeing received initial on-orbit signals from its Wideband Global SATCOM 7 satellite following the spacecraft’s Wednesday launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The company said Thursday it built WGS-7 to deliver 17 percent more communications bandwidth capacity to the U.S. military and allied forces.

Dan Hart, vice president of Boeing’s government space systems unit, said the company expects the WGS-7 to WGS-10 satellite programs to save the U.S. Air Force more than $150 million.

Boeing will build the next three tactical communication satellites with a digital payload technology designed to boost user connectivity.

The Air Force is scheduled to launch WGS-8 in late 2016.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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