Government/Military

[Satellite News 10-18-11] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is questioning a joint U.S. Department of Defense and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) plan to spend $15 billion on United Launch […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-17-11] The European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space to lead a nine-month study regarding satellite communications solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) systems […]

[Satellite News 10-17-11] DigitalGlobe has launched two new geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) services, DigitalGlobe FirstWatch and its Diplomatic Facilities Support Package with partner CACI International, the high-resolution Earth imagery solutions provider […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-14-11] Lockheed Martin completed a system test on the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) military communications satellite it is building for the U.S. Navy, Lockheed announced Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-14-11] Vizada was selected by French Navy patroller vessel Cormoran to satellite broadband and airtime connection for various missions such as French coastal approach surveillance and European community […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-13-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched the Megha-Tropiques satellite on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from its space center in Andhra Pradesh, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-13-11] M2M satellite data communications company Orbcomm has successfully launched its VesselSat1, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by OHB System affiliate LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace) onboard […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-10-11] Thales Alenia Space has won a new nine-month study contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), the company announced Oct. 10. The ESPRIT (Emerging system concepts […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Sofradir has won a key contract to supply technology to new European Earth observation satellites. The company announced Oct. 10 that it had won a multi-million euro […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Hundreds of satellite executives, manufacturers, scientists and end-users from a wide variety of industry sectors packed into the Oct. 4 Hosted Payload Summit to address issues and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] 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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] The Megha-Tropiques advanced weather and climate research satellite, a collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and French Space Agency (CNES), is set to launch on […]

[Satellite News 10-05-11] Hundreds of satellite executives, manufacturers, scientists and end-users from a wide variety of industry sectors packed into the Oct. 4 Hosted Payload Summit to address issues and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-05-11] A U.S. Air Force Academy physics department research center has been awarded a research grant worth approximately $800,000 to study space situational awareness, the Air Force […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] L-3 Communications Systems-West issued ASC Signal Corp. a $3.8 million subcontract to build a dual-band antenna system supporting global data collection and dissemination for the U.S. Navy […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] Satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has completed the development phase for its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite system, NovaSAR-S, the company announced Oct. 4.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] Boeing successfully demonstrated high-data-rate transmissions between a family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) system and a test terminal for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] Nigeria has launched NigeriaSat-X – the first satellite designed and built in Africa and the second of two Earth observation satellites that the country has recently launched, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] Russia has launched a Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) satellite on a Soyuz-2.1 rocket from the Plesetsk spaceport, Baikonur officials confirmed Oct. 2.    The Global navigation […]

[Satellite News 10-04-11] Commercial airlines want the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to accelerate the implementation of onboard satellite-based navigation systems on airlines, according to an industry-government report issued Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] The Japanese government is planning to establish a four-satellite network by 2020 to improve the accuracy of the country’s GPS system, government officials announced Sept 30.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received a combined total of $12.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secret IP […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] Com Dev USA has been awarded a contract worth more than $5 million to supply equipment for an unnamed U.S. military communications satellite, the company announced Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems’ deployed its Universal Interface Electronics (UIE) unit to the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Satellites (TacSat)-4 mission, which launched earlier this week, SNC […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] Elbit Systems was awarded a $280 million contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to supply, upgrade and provide maintenance under the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] China is set to launch the country’s first space laboratory module from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, as part of its effort to build its own space […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] U.S. Space completed a $291,159 contracted study of feasible acquisition alternatives to satisfy military satellite communications needs for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-28-11] Satellite manufacturer and technology developer Astrium was selected by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to help define the first step of the systems architecture for […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will sponsor the five-day 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa, SSTL announced Sept. 27.    The company said […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Raytheon has completed the preliminary design review for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), which determined the program’s development approach, cost estimates and delivery […]