Government/Military

U.S. commercial X-band provider Xtar won a bandwidth contract to provide 16 MHz of X-band services to Intelsat General from its Xtar-Lant satellite over the Atlantic Ocean, the company announced […]

Lockheed Martin’s BSat-3b broadcasting satellite, designed and built for Broadcasting Satellite System (B-Sat) of Japan, was launched by Arianespace on an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle, the manufacturer announced.     The […]

Canadian broadband communications technology developer Norsat unveiled a series of Ku-band block up-converters (BUCs), the company announced.     Norsat’s microwave division added ruggedized, compact 12-, 16-, 20-, 25-, 40-, and […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has not outlined its commercial Ka-band requirements, The Pentagon also does not have a commercial Ku-band requirement, and the military relies on commercial Ku-band for […]

A surprising political discussion emerged in the aftermath of the Republican Party takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives following the Nov. 2 midterm elections. Republicans, which traditionally have supported […]

SmarTrend has ranked defense and aerospace systems supplier Raytheon as its top market sector performer for good reason – the Massachusetts-based company secured over $2 billion in U.S. government space […]

[Satellite News 11-08-10] Vega has led a consortium of subcontractors to a contract win with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and deploy the Core Payload Data Ground Segment […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-05-10] Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) was awarded a contract by the U.S. Strategic Command (U.S. Stratcom) to provide worldwide interference geolocation services to its U.S. Cyber Command […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-05-10] U.S. commercial X-band provider Xtar won a bandwidth contract to provide 16 MHz of X-band services to Intelsat General from its Xtar-Lant satellite over the Atlantic Ocean, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-10] The ITU has deployed 100 broadband satellite terminals in the flood-affected districts of Pakistan, the organization announced Nov. 2.     The ITU said it has been working […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-10] Raytheon has completed a system design review for the U.S. Space Fence program, which will provide enhanced space surveillance capability to the U.S. Air Force to track […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] ViaSat’s LinkWayS2 MF-TDMA satellite modem has demonstrated full-mesh, Ka-band satellite communications from the Optus C1 satellite between an Australian Army-deployable Compact Transmit Receive Suite (CTRS) terminal at […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] William Ballhaus will serve on GeoEye’s board of directors, the satellite imagery company announced Nov. 1.     Ballhaus, who served as president and CEO of DynCorp until […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-10] Hughes Network Systems has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide commercial satellite communications under the GSA and U.S. Defense Intelligence Systems Agency’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-10] ViaSat has completed operational testing of an airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) satcom system that will transmit at speeds of 4 Mbps through a high-speed return […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-10] Norsat International’s 2010 third-quarter revenues slipped to $4.5 million, down from $5.1 million during the same quarter in 2009, due to government order delays at the end […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] CapRock Government Solutions’ subscription and transponder capacity services were added to the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule 70 vehicle, which will enable the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the Oct. 29 launch of its Delta 2 rocket carrying the fourth Cosmo-SkyMed spacecraft for 48 hours due to a problem […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Harris Corp. won a $64 million third-year option for its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance (NSOM) program contract with the U.S. Air Force, Harris announced Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) granted GeoMetWatch the first commercial remote sensing license for a geostationary hyperspectral imaging/sounding system in the United States, GeoMetWatch […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS) has contracted Astrium to provide and install various mechanical, radiometric, thermal and acoustic testing equipment at Kazakhstan’s Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-10] A joint venture between the German Aerospace Center’s SpaceOpal and Finmeccanica’s Telespazio SpA won a 194 million euro ($271 million) contract to provide space and ground infrastructure […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-26-10] The German Transport Ministry has asked the European Commission (EC) to propose cost-cutting measures for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system after an EC report confirmed the […]

[Satellite News 10-26-10] The global race to save outer space could lead to sustainable development of space resources. While the very idea of outer space brings to mind concepts such […]

[Satellite News 10-26-10] European Union (EU) Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani is faced with a difficult challenge in solving the Galileo satellite navigation system’s budget problems and keeping the program’s contributors […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] CapRock Government Solutions has partnered with remote terminal solutions provider Tampa Microwave to deliver complete end-to-end military-grade satellite communications solutions, CapRock announced Oct. 22.     CapRock intends […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Harris Corp. received $13 million in Falcon 2 and Falcon 3 tactical radio system orders from the U.S. Navy, the company announced.     Harris will deliver its […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Canadian broadband communications technology developer Norsat unveiled a series of Ku-band block up-converters (BUCs), the company announced Oct. 19.     Norsat’s microwave division added ruggedized, compact 12-, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) won a demonstration satellite grant in the United Kingdom to begin the design phase of a national technology demonstration satellite, TechDemoSat-1, the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-19-10] Raytheon has received its first U.S. Department of Defense production order for next-generation Navy Multiband Terminals (NMT), following the completion of system development and field-testing, Raytheon […]