Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] Boeing shipped its fourth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to undergo final preparations for its scheduled January launch, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-11] The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite has stopped transmitting images due to a rapidly degrading electronic component, the agency confirmed Nov. 18.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-18-11] Satellite distributor MIL-SAT Communications has selected Cobham’s Sea Tel 2.4-meter 9797B marine stabilized satellite communication terminals to fulfill a recently awarded U.S. Navy contract, the companies confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-17-11] The U.S. Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center issued a five-year, $25 million contract to Harris Corp. to sustain the ground system for its […]

[Satellite News 11-17-11] U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Julius Genachowski’s plan to raise $25 billion in potential deficit reduction through spectrum incentive auctions during the next ten years has come […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-14-11] The U.S. government now has an official Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) X-band contractor as operator Xtar was awarded a Schedule-70 Special Identification Number (SIN) for […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-14-11] Raytheon received several production orders from the U.S. Navy for next-generation Navy Multiband Terminal protected Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite communication (SATCOM) terminals, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-11] Lockheed Martin has issued a subcontract to A.I. Solutions to supply its FreeFlyer software supporting the upgrade of the NASA JSC Mission Control Center’s Core Trajectory Subsystem […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-11]  Hughes Network Systems, (Hughes), is working with TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) to boosts its offerings in the government and military space. The two companies announced Nov. 8 that […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-11] Comtech Xicom Technology introduced its new compact 20-Watt solid-state Ka-band block up converter (BUC) for commercial and military Ka-band satellite communications uplinks, the company announced Nov. 8. […]

Harris Corp. has received a $51.5 million delivery order for advanced satellite terminals under the U.S. Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, Harris announced Oct. 18.    The contract […]

Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has received a one-year, $37.9 million value-added services contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (EGD) program, […]

Comtech Xicom Technology introduced its new compact 20-Watt solid-state Ka-band block up converter (BUC) for commercial and military Ka-band satellite communications uplinks, the company announced Nov. 8.    The XTS-20KaL-B1 […]

Vizada Networks is expanding its personnel outsourcing and consultancy operations and is now offering technical recruitment and consultancy to its defense sector customers, the company announced Oct. 31.    Vizada […]

Canadian space and satellite technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) is working on a legal restructuring of its U.S. operations to gain better access to classified U.S. government contracts, […]

Earth imagery service provider GeoEye appointed retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Carns to serve on its board of directors as the representative of Cerberus Capital Management, the company announced […]

Wireless technology solutions developer Elektrobit has entered into a partnership with Analytical Graphics (AGI) to access its STK software in order to model complex communication scenarios for satellite, airborne and […]

[Satellite News 11-08-11] As budget cuts have become a standard issue in developing U.S. military communications strategies, the Pentagon has been searching for ways to improve the performance of its […]

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Ambassador Gregory Schulte asserted the U.S. Department of Defense’s intentions to cooperate with commercial satellite companies in leveraging hosted payload capabilities at the Oct. […]

Canada could be the United States’ latest Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) ally as the nation’s government revealed plans Oct. 28 to spend as much as $477 million to participate in […]

X-band satellite operator Xtar has been working to expand its sales opportunities in new markets worldwide while making inroads into technology challenges faced with government customers always operating under stringent […]

Inmarsat subsidiaries Stratos Government Services (SGSI) and Segovia have been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) to provide satellite communications […]

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to Stratos to provide connectivity solutions to Coast Guard cutter vessels, Stratos’ government division SGSI announced Oct. […]

While satellite and aerospace manufacturer Orbital Sciences exceeded its financial expectations by reporting a strong 2011 third quarter, Chairman and CEO David Thompson forecasted a satellite slowdown in 2012 while […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-07-11] Inmarsat subsidiaries Stratos Government Services (SGSI) and Segovia have been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) to […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-07-11] The Russian government successfully launched with three Glonass-M satellites on a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, officials announced Nov. 4.    The three satellites […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-11] Canadian space and satellite technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been awarded a $27.5 million contract to construct satellite ground stations for the Canadian Department […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-11] ATK’s Aerospace Systems sales dropped 12 percent year-over-year from $376 million to $333 million during its second quarter 2012, due to a decline in work on NASA […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-11] Earth imagery service provider GeoEye appointed retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Carns to serve on its board of directors as the representative of Cerberus Capital Management, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-11] The U.S. House of Representatives’ new legislation to reform U.S. satellite export controls received a strong endorsement from the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) in a Nov. 2 […]