Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 01-25-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully conducted a static test of the S-200, India’s largest solid rocket booster, ISRO announced Jan. 25.     The S-200, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-25-10] Military satellite communications company Cobham appointed John Devaney independent non-executive director and chairman designate, the company announced Jan. 22.     Devaney is executive chairman of U.K.-based National […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-25-10] ViaSat has been awarded a $14.4 million limited production order from the U.S. Department of Defense for Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-21-10] OmniGlobe subsidiary RAMTelecom won a three-year contract from the Canadian government for the provision, maintenance and operation of Iridium satellite services and terminal equipment, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-21-10] The U.S. Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) claimed that launch vehicles by SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp. currently do not meet the required safety standards to transport […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-10] L-3 Communications Systems has contracted EMS to supply antennas to the U.S. Navy for its CDL Hawklink program, EMS announced Jan. 19.     EMS will supply the […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-10] Vizada Networks and SES World Skies have donated satellite and service capacity to the World Health Organization (WHO) VSAT site in Port au Prince, Haiti, to provide […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-10] CapRock Government Solutions named Augustine Ponturiero director of operations, the company announced Jan. 19.     Ponturiero primarily will oversee the day-to-day functions of CapRock’s satcom division and […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-10] China has launched its third Beidou navigation satellite, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. announced Jan. 18.     A Changzheng-series rocket carried the satellite into geostationary […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-10] Telespazio and Lockheed Martin were awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide data, products and services from the Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, Telespazio […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-10] Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force completed a Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) ground system testing demonstration that will enable the SBIRS constellation to move into its […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-10] GMV was awarded a contract from Raytheon to develop ionospheric depletion detection technology for the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) GPS-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System (GAGAN) program, […]

[Satellite News 01-15-10] The Australian Defense Force’s (ADF) deal with Intelsat to purchase a specialized UHF communications payload aboard the IS-22 satellite represented the best value-for money tender received during […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-10] ViaSat received an order valued at about $4.8 million from the U.S. Department of Defense for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS-LVT) terminals, the company announced Jan. 13. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-10] Satellite companies have deployed emergency services to assist Haiti following a devastating magnitude-7 earthquake that hit the island nation Jan 12.     Inmarsat-sponsored Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-10] The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) won a contract to provide communications services to the Federal Taxation Authority (FTA) of the Russian Federation (RF), RSCC announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-10] C-Com Satellite Systems has delivered an initial number of iNetVu Mobile antenna systems to its Christchurch, New Zealand-based reseller, the company announced Jan. 12.     The antennas […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] NASA has delayed the launch of its space imagery satellite, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), due to technical issues discovered in its rocket booster steering engine, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Integral Systems’ elected Bonnie Wachtel to its board, the company announced Jan. 8.     Wachtel currently serves as a principal of Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Wachtel & […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] The European Commission (EC) and European Space Agency (ESA) issued three of six Galileo program contracts in its satellite tendering process that began in September 2008.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp.’s Blue Force Tracking-HC (BFT-HC) ground mobile and aviation transceiver and network solution has passed U.S. Army-sponsored field-testing, Comtech announced Jan. 7.     Comtech […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] The European Space and Defense Agencies (ESA, EDA) issued two contracts to Astrium to enhance the performance of Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle and put together a […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a propulsion system to NASA‘s Ames Research Center for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft, SS/L announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) signed a contract with Boeing Satellite and Intelligence Systems to deliver four network and media services technology solutions for Canadian Defense Forces […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has contracted United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch the Wideband Global Satcom-4 (WGS-4) satellite, ULA announced Jan. 4. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] Globecomm Systems received a $9.1 million contract extension from NATO to continue providing communication services and onsite support for its GPS-based Force Tracking System (FTS), Globecomm announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] ITT Corp. is reorganizing and renaming its defense segment, ITT announced Jan. 5.     The unit will be renamed ITT Defense and Information Solutions and its current […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-10] Booz Allen Hamilton was awarded a four-year $38.4 million contract to provide launch and test range system engineering and integration support to the U.S. Air Force Space […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-10] Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to launch Vietnam’s second telecommunications satellite by 2012 and assigned the state-run Vietnam Posts and Telecoms Group to be […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-10] U.S. facility clearance license laws have forced EMS Technologies to appoint Board Chairman John Mowell to the additional position of executive director, the company announced Jan. 4. […]