http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2012 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 7:37:47 EST The Pentagon kicked off a busy year for its Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) program by awarding a significant satellite ground infrastructure contract to aerospace, defense and information solutions provider ITT Exelis, which will provide mission support to its WGS operations centers... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/topstory/38174.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Thales Group expects their acquisition of privately held RF and microwave developer Tampa Microwave to close in early 2012 following regulatory approvals, the company confirmed Jan. 3.    Thales initially signed the agreement to acquire Tampa Microwave for an undisclosed... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/industrynews/38182.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Commercial-off-the-shelf blue force and blue personnel tracking (BFT/BPT) specialist Track24 Defense has integrated SkyWave’s IsatData Pro service to its SCC Titan solution to allow its clients to broadcast mission-critical data and collapse time scales, Track24 announced Dec. 21... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/industrynews/38183.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Raytheon has successfully tested its U.S. Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite to provide secure communications for the U.S. military and international partners, the company announced Dec. 19.    Raytheon’s U.S. Navy... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/industrynews/38184.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST The government and military satellite industry will need to provide higher-level solutions for less cost in order to capitalize on a market set to nearly double in the next decade, according to an NSR report issued Dec. 15.    The analyst firm projects government and military satellite... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/industrynews/38186.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Iridium Communications has expanded its board of directors from ten members to eleven members and has appointed Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Eric Olson as the additional director, the MSS operator announced Dec. 7.    Olson... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/industrynews/38187.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST SES Government Solutions (SES-GS) has begun its U.S. Air Force demonstration period for the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) after successfully completed initial on-orbit testing. CHIRP is housed on the SES-2 satellite, which was launched in September... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/industryfocus/38175.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Peter Hadinger joined Inmarsat's Global Xpress team as President of Inmarsat Government Services last April. After a long career as a satellite engineer and business development executive at Northrop Grumman and TRW, Hadinger now works to develop Global Xpress satcom solutions for a broad range of... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/executiveqanda/38172.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Boeing has won a $377 million contract modification with the U.S. Air Force to continue work on its constellation of Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites, the Pentagon confirmed Jan. 16.    The firm, fixed-price contract runs through... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/contracts/38176.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST The U.S. Air Force’s space and missile systems center has awarded Raytheon a $27.4 million to develop a launch and checkout system for the Air Force’s GPS 3 satellites, the company announced Jan. 12.  ... http://www.satellitetoday.com/eletters/military/contracts/38177.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST