Government/Military

[Via Satellite 12-11-13] The U.S. government has awarded ViaSat a development contract for Block Upgrade 2 (BU2) hardware and software upgrades to its Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) […]

[Via Satellite 12-10-13] Arianespace is starting the construction of a New Filling Hall (known by its French acronym NBR, for Nouveau Bâtiment de Remplissage) following the approval of its board […]

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology’s (EIAST) DubaiSat 2 Earth observation satellite, launched on Nov. 21 2013, has successfully been deployed in orbit and all […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Testing of the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite by Lockheed Martin has been completed, and spacecraft operations have been successfully handed over to the U.S. […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Harris Corporation’s Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio has successfully communicated with the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite constellation. MUOS is a next-generation military satellite […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Ibetor S.L. is currently providing 55, X-band Satellite Communication-on-the-Move (SOTM) systems to the Spanish Military Emergencies Unit (UME) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) land forces groups. The […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] NewSat Limited, an Australian satellite company, has a new teleport customer contract to support the United States government’s custom satcom solutions (CS2). The contract with a CS2 […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Building on a previous sale, Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s Florida-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems, received a $6.3 million add-on contract from a domestic prime contractor. The purpose of the […]

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] Ball Aerospace has completed the primary bus structure of the first satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS 1). JPSS 1 is the follow-on in a […]

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] In an effort to optimize Alaskan air control operations, Harris CapRock Communications has been awarded a 10-year, $46 million contract from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] A new era for MSS operator Inmarsat will officially begin this week when its first Global Xpress Satellite will likely launch this Sunday. Inmarsat and ILS confirmed […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) for the ground segment of the Meteosat Third Generation […]

[Via Satellite 12-2-13] After completing a battery of tests, ESA’s newest Galileo satellite was removed from the Phenix chamber at the ESA’s ESTEC test center in the Netherlands. The thermal […]

[Via Satellite 12-2-13] Visiona Tecnologia Espacial and Telebras formally signed a contract to supply the Defense and Strategic Communications Geostationary Satellite (SGDC) system to the Brazilian government. The $553.4 million […]

[Via Satellite 11-27-13] U.S. budget and government spending difficulties are nothing new in recent years. With significant drawbacks in spending occurring in 2013, many government suppliers saw revenue streams run […]

[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Following the success of the propulsion system built for NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), Space Systems/Loral (SSL) was awarded the next phase of hosted payload […]

[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Boeing’s Defense Space & Security division’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) development program has completed the functional qualification-testing phase for the protected wideband satellite communications […]

[Via Satellite 11-26-13] A Ball Aerospace instrument needed for precipitation measurements has arrived in Japan where it will launch aboard NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Ball’s GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm satellite mission has been successfully launched from a Rockot launch vehicle at Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 1:02 p.m. CET on Friday, […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] Spain’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) has chosen to use Globalstar’s Spot Satellite GPS Messenger and Spot Connect devices for in-field communications for personnel who are operating in […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] ViaSat and Harris Corp have been boosted by a key breakthrough in the European milsatcom market. The KOR 24 Small Tactical Terminal, a co-development of the two […]

[Via Satellite 11-22-13] One of the major talking points in 2014 is likely to be the U.S. government as well as the overall military market – two key points for […]

[Via Satellite 11-22-13] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been selected for additional robotics work for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phoenix Program. MDA has started work […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have successfully deployed onboard the second U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin. […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) testified on the satellite industry’s leading role in the commercialization of space at a hearing held by the United States House Committee […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Arianespace has ordered 10 Vega rockets from the Italian manufacturer European Launch Vehicle, to be ready for launch starting at the end of 2015. They follow the […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] The European Parliament has approved the financing and governance of two European satellite navigation programs: Galileo and EGNOS, from 2014 to 2020. Their total budget of 7 […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Last night at 8:15 p.m. EST, Orbital Sciences launched the Ball Aerospace-built STPSat 3 satellite onboard a Minotaur 1 rocket. The satellite was launched as one of […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Alphasat, designed and built by Astrium, has reached its operational in-orbit position and has successfully completed all in-orbit tests. Built for Inmarsat, Astrium developed the technology with […]

U.S. DoD’s needs for innovation investments to maximize all assets (Milsatcom & commercial) has never been greater. With the drawdown in Afghanistan complete and new hot spots emerging, U.S. Department […]