http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2013 Sat, 18 May 2013 8:32:42 EDT Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in providing broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments, small businesses, and consumers. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, U.S.A., Hughes has shipped over 1.9 million systems to customers in over 100 countries... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/32183.html Thu, 1 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT The defense policy bill the Senate is expected to debate this month calls for the Pentagon to craft detailed plans for two much-debated aspects of the Ballistic Missile Defense System: its testing regimen and its ground-based missile interceptor sites. The fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill that... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31616.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT Suppliers and contractors in the United States are capable of meeting the nation's needs for solid rocket motors (SRM) but challenges remain, including the need for increased public and private investment and waning research, development and production demand, according to a new report from the Pentagon's... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31617.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT Facing a series of do-or-die reliability tests later this summer, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] official expressed confidence in an Air Force cruise missile program that has come under increased scrutiny after a series of flight test failures. David Van Buren, the acting Air Force weapons buyer, said in May that... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31618.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Defense Department yesterday announced the appointments of Paul Kaminski as chairman of the Defense Science Board for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2011, and retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles as vice chairman for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2010. Kaminski is chairman... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31619.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT The DoD appointed Regina Dugan as the 19th director of DARPA. Prior to this appointment, Dugan held several key positions in industry, most recently as president and chief executive officer of RedXDefense, LLC, which she co-founded in 2005, a company that develops defense against explosive threats. She has... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31620.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT As we do each year, we shall observe the Independence Day holiday... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31506.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Obama Must Complete All Shuttle Missions, Even If That Means Funding, Flights In Fiscal 2011; And Don't Fund Shuttle Flights By Short-Changing Other Programs Senate Bill Lashes NASA For Procurement Cost Overruns, Delays; Space Agency Must Tighten Rules, Procedures An important Senate panel warned the Obama... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31507.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Funding Restoration Amendments Are Rejected Even More Cuts May Gouge Missile Defense Programs In Future Years, Lawmaker Warns Both the entire House and a key Senate panel backed President Obama's quest to slash $1.2 billion from ballistic missile programs, as amendments to continue full funding of the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31509.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT But Defense Measure Also Encourages Talks With Russians Over Possible Joint Radar The pending Senate defense authorization bill leaves the European Missile Defense (EMD) program with just $51 million for the next fiscal year, which critics of the measure say means the protective shield against Iranian... http://www.satellitetoday.com/smd/31511.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT