Government/Military

Viasat‘s Commercial Broadband Modem (CBM)-400 became the first-ever software-defined modem to successfully complete the Army Forces Strategic Command (ARSTRAT) certification process. By successfully completing the certification process, the Viasat CBM-400...

Maxar Technologies was awarded a study contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). This contract aims to help enable the U.S. government to gain a greater understanding of Maxar’s current...

Maxar Technologies revealed that it was awarded multiple contracts in the first quarter of 2019 to provide Earth intelligence solutions to U.S. government agencies, with a total value of more...

Colorado Springs-based Braxton Technologies has won a five-year contract worth up to $100 million from the Air Force Space Command to develop software to control multiple satellites and ground stations....

PathFinder Digital was awarded a contract by prime contractor General Dynamics Mission Systems for the delivery of MVSAT terminals for the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) program. PathFinder specializes in the development...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R Series (GOES-R) ground system contract to Peraton and Harris Corporation. The three-year contract is valued at...

Betty Sapp, former director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the first woman in history to hold that position, was elected to join Ball Corporation‘s board of directors, the...

Maxar Technologies was selected by NASA to build and perform a spaceflight demonstration of the lunar Gateway’s power and propulsion element spacecraft. Blue Origin and Draper will join the Maxar-led...

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies, received the Global Positioning Systems Directorate (GPS-D) security certification from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (USAF SMC) for its...

The U.S. Army, 59th Signal Battalion, awarded Peraton the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Secure Communications Operations and Maintenance (SCOM) contract with the U.S. Army. The five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is...