Air Force Officials Confident in AEHF 1 Rescue Plan
8.31.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
The U.S. Military’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency 1 (AEHF 1) satellite, which experienced a main engine shut down shortly after its initial orbit burn on Aug. 30, will most... read more 
U.S. Munitions List Review Breathes New Life into Export Control Debate
8.30.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
The Obama administration has completed a Category 7 U.S. Munitions List review of tanks and military vehicles, which determined that about 74 percent of the 12,000 military items... read more
Government Demand Triggers Inmarsat’s Ka-Band Satellite Investment
8.09.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill and Mark Holmes
The government’s expanding need for mobile broadband satellite services drove Inmarsat to order three Ka-band satellites and form a distribution partnership with Boeing... read more
Inmarsat Invests $1.2 Billion in Boeing Ka-Band Satellite Deal
8.06.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes and Jeffrey Hill
Inmarsat will invest more than $1 billion in three Ka-band satellites that will be manufactured by Boeing based on the 702 high-power platform, which be used to launch... read more
WGS-3 Satellite Enters Service; Completes U.S. Air Force Block 1 Network
8.03.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
The third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) military communications satellite, WGS-3, has entered service for the U.S. Air Force, completing the military’s Block 1 constellation... read more
ViaSat’s Berry: Company Surprised by BFT-2 Contract Win
7.27.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
In a decision that shocked analysts and even the competitors, the U.S. Army awarded ViaSat the Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) contract to upgrade 100,000 Army vehicles with a... read more
Comtech to Protest Blue Force Tracking-2 Contract Award
7.23.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg said his company plans to file an appeal with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over the U.S. Army’s Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) contract... read more
Comtech Expects Blue Force Tracking 2 Decision by End of July
7.21.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
Comtech Mobile Datacom expects the U.S. Army to announce its multi-year $200 million Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT2) contract winner by end of the month, and one analyst said the... read more
Intelligence in the Skies
7.01.2010 | Via Satellite | By Giovanni Verlini
With the ability to provide signal gain, double-hop elimination, IP multiplexing and mesh networking without a teleport, what impact can on-board processing have on satellite communications? On-board... read more
Intelsat General Provides a Detailed Look into the U.S. Navy’s CBSP Program
6.10.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
On the first day of its military Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) performance period, contract winner Intelsat General received an emergency task order from the U.S. Navy... read more
