Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 11-17-10] Quintech will provide switches and amplifiers to Harris Corp. for the Modernization of Enterprise Terminal, Quintech announced.     Quintech will provide RSS 0070 switches, SRR 2150 switches […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-16-10] The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) criticized U.S. President Barack Obama for not focusing enough effort on the problem of space congestion. In a Nov. 15 report, […]

[Satellite News 11-16-10] If the U.S. Congress were to implement all of the suggestions made by President Barack Obama’s Deficit Commission, the U.S. satellite industry would be affected by nearly […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-15-10] SES subsidiary Astra TechCom Services has entered into a strategic Galileo partnership agreement with ground-based services provider Spaceopal, SES announced Nov. 12. Astra TechCom Services will contribute […]

[Satellite Today 11-15-10] Prime contractor Snecma tested the Vinci rocket engine Nov. 11 representing an actual flight, the company announced The engine, which will power the new upper stage of […]

[Satellite Today 11-15-10] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been named as the sole awardee on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command’s Next Generation Wideband commercial satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-12-10] NASA has wasted no time in seeking commercial launch partners since the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 was signed into law in October.      Over the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-12-10] U.S. President Barack Obama’s recently formed deficit commission issued recommendations Nov. 10 to cut several federal programs that included reduction in defense funding for modernization, procurement and […]

[Satellite News 11-12-10] Satellite imagery is playing a new innovative role in the area of wildlife habitat surveys in Wales. The country is hoping to be the first in Europe […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-10] Orbcomm’s 2010 third quarter total revenues jumped 97.9 percent from the same period in 2009 due to a boost in deferred U.S. Coast Guard AIS service revenue, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-10] The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (STSS ATRR) satellite has demonstrated required on-orbit system performance parameters for a prototype […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-10] Canadian satellite communication systems manufacturer Advantech Wireless Broadband has delivered its DVB-RCS/S2 hub and remote terminals to the U.S. Department of Defense for in-theater use under a […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-10] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) repositioned the U.K.-DMC-1 satellite, which is reaching the end of its operational life, the company announced Nov. 10.     SSTL said it […]

[Satellite News 11-11-10] Iridium Communications won three U.S. defense contracts to upgrade military ground systems. While Iridium said the deal paves the way for a variety of service optimizations and […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-10] Riverbed Technology has acquired government satellite network optimization specialist Global Protocols, Riverbed announced Nov. 10.     Riverbed will integrate its WAN optimization products with Global Protocols’ SkipWare […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-10] GeoEye’s ten-year EnhancedView contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to $3.8 billion, helped produce strong results for the company during the 2010 third […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $315 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to replace U.S. Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) commercial […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-10] NASA selected 13 companies for potential contract awards that begin work on the agencies efforts to develop a next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle, NASA announced Nov. 8.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-10] A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 2 rocket has deployed Thales Alenia Space’s Cosmo SkyMed-4 spacecraft into orbit, ULA parent company Boeing announced Nov. 8.     Cosmo […]

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 and detect space […]

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 the Australian Defense […]

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 (DISA) expanded Future […]

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.     The exercised option […]

Comtech EF Data Corp. won a $3.2 million order from an unnamed U.S. government agency for satellite communications equipment that will be utilized to upgrade fielded satellite terminals for tactical […]

Harris Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire oil and gas industry service provider Schlumberger’s Global Connectivity Services (GCS) business for $347.5 million in cash after tax expenses, […]

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 […]