54 PCB007 MAGAZINE I AUGUST 2024
FCC Approves AST SpaceMobile Launch
of First Commercial Satellites E
AST SpaceMobile, Inc., the company building
the first and only space-based cellular broad-
band network accessible directly by everyday
smartphones, designed for both commercial
and government applications, announced that
the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) has granted an initial license for space-
based operations in the United States.
Rocket Lab Successfully Completes
Latest Launch for Synspective E
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global leader in
launch services and space systems, successfully
launched its 51st Electron rocket and deployed
a single satellite to low Earth orbit for Synspec-
tive, a Japanese Earth-imaging company.
Airbus to Build Two Radiometers for
CNES for Use on NASA/JAXA International
Climate Satellite Mission E
Airbus has been selected by the French Space
Agency (CNES) to design and build two new
generation microwave radiometers as part of
the French contribution to the Atmosphere
Observing System (AOS): the C²OMODO mis-
sion (Convective Core Observations through
MicrOwave Derivatives in the trOpics).
Northrop Grumman's NG-21 Resupply
Mission Successfully Launches to the
International Space Station E
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Cygnus
spacecra was successfully launched to the
International Space Station by SpaceX's Fal-
con 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40
at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Flor-
ida in support of the company's 21st resupply
mission (NG-21) under NASA's Commercial
Resupply Service-2 (CRS-2) contract.
L3Harris Demonstrates Electronic
Warfare Operations During Valiant
Shield 2024 Exercise E
L3Harris Technologies successfully demon-
strated its new electronic warfare (EW) capa-
bility in the U.S. Indo Pacific Command's
(USINDOPACOM) Valiant Shield 2024, a
biennial field training exercise focused on
integrating interoperability in a multi-domain
environment.
CACI Awarded $319 Million Task Order
to Provide Intelligence Systems
Expertise to the U.S. Army E
CACI International Inc announced that it has
been awarded a five-year task order valued at
up to $319 million to provide intelligence sys-
tems expertise to the U.S. Army, Communica-
tions-Electronics Command (CECOM), So-
ware Engineering Center (SEC), Electronic
Warfare and Sensors Directorate (IEWSD),
Army Reprogramming Analysis Team-Pro-
gram Office (ARAT-PO).
US Army Special Operations Orders
Two More MH-47G Block II Chinooks
from Boeing E
In June, U.S. Army Special Operations Avia-
tion Command (USASOAC) awarded Boeing
a $115 million contract to produce two more
MH-47G Block II Chinook aircra and begin
advanced procurement on future helicopters.
