Month: September 2011

The second of Boeing’s 12 GPS 2F satellites has achieved operational acceptance and entered service for the U.S. Air Force, the satellite manufacturer announced Aug. 22.             GPS 2F-2, which was launched July...

Optimal Satcom has been awarded a subcontract by Integral Systems to provide the Mexican government with an efficient satellite capacity management solution for its new Mexsat satellite system, Optimal announced.     Optimal...

Satellite operator ViaSat said it is in talks with the U.S. Department of Defense regarding a satellite upgrade to improve ISR capabilities on operations and confirmed that the Pentagon is “very interested to use...

The U.S. congressional super-committee created by the U.S. Budget Control Act could enact an additional $600 billion in defense cuts in order to meet its required 10-year $900 billion budget...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-11] Broadband satellite solutions and services provider Hughes Network Systems was awarded a contract extension from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue its current study of commercial...

Broadband satellite solutions and services provider Hughes Network Systems was awarded a contract extension from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue its current study of commercial communications satellite systems capabilities, Hughes announced Sept....

Gilat Satellite Networks has been contracted by an unnamed customer in Latin America to provide a multi-million dollar SkyEdge 2 VSAT broadband network and services for security communications, Gilat announced Aug....

L-3 Narda Satellite Networks (L-3 Narda) has awarded a multi-million dollar subcontract to ASC Signal to provide more than 100, 3.9-meter, quad-band, fly-away antenna components and systems that will support high-frequency communications over...

 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch its Tactical Satellite 4 (TacSat-4) Sept. 27 from the Alaska Aerospace Corp.’s Kodiak launch complex on an Orbital Sciences Minotaur-4 rocket. TacSat-4 is a Navy-led joint mission...

In February, the Pentagon’s Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate contracted Boeing to make recommendations about innovative and feasible acquisition alternatives and include ways to apply commercial satellite procurement practices to the...