Government/Military

[Satellite Today 05-08-09] Raytheon Co. was awarded a contract to study the NextGen Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance architecture and determine the National Airspace System’s needs for 2018 to 2025, […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA successfully launched a Delta II rocket carrying the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) mission for […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded Raytheon an information assurance and network operations contract to design, transition and operate a secure voice, video and data-information […]

[Satellite News 05-04-09] The health of the U.S. national security space industrial base is being threatened by a shrinking aerospace workforce, according to an April 30 statement by Aerospace Industries […]

[Satellite News 05-04-09] The health of the U.S. national security space industrial base is being threatened by a shrinking aerospace workforce, according to an April 30 statement by Aerospace Industries […]

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] Boeing completed the system-level preliminary design review for its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system (TDRS) for NASA, Boeing announced April 29.     The review, which followed […]

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] The final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe’s Veega small launch vehicle was conducted at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test […]

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] Comtech Systems has received a $1.6 million increase in funding to its AN/TRC-170 troposcatter engineering and support contract with the U.S. Army, raising the total amount of […]

Throughout the past few years, the names of major software companies quietly have crept into more and more satellite-related business developments. Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Apple are just a […]

[Satellite News 04-30-09] Greater cooperation, better security and managing space debris were some of the key issues discussed at MilSpace 2009 in Paris.     At the week-long event, Brig. Gen. […]

[Satellite Today 04-30-09] DigitalGlobe will launch its initial public offering on May 14, when it is scheduled to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "DGI," […]

[Satellite Today 04-30-09] The Japanese government is in a development phase to launch an early warning satellite that can detect missile launches by 2013 and increase the number of the […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] Ekahau, a provider of Wi-Fi-based location systems, is integrating its tracking software into GPS receivers designed by NavSync, Ekahau announced April 28.     The tags expand the […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] The Africa Union Commission (AUC) is set to inaugurate an AU-AMESD project satellite receiving station at the AUC Headquarters in Ethiopia, AUC announced April 28.      The […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] Communications and Power Industries Inc. (CPI) received a contract worth approximately $3 million from DataPath to support an upgrade to existing communications terminals used for the U.S. […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Intelsat signed a $167 million contract to host a specialized UHF payload to provide communication services for the Australian military, Intelsat announced April 27.     Intelsat is […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] China has launched a new remote sensing satellite, ‘Yaogan VI’ from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North Shanxi Province, according to a Xinhua News Agency report […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] CapRock Communications changed the name of its federal government division, Arrowhead Global Solutions to CapRock Government Solutions, CapRock announced April 22.     According to CapRock, name the […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] Harris Corp. was awarded a 10-year (five-year base contract with five additional option years), $600 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide next-generation military satellite communications […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)  completed qualification testing of its Draco spacecraft thruster and Draco propulsion tank, the launch company announced April 24.     The Draco thruster test […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] GeoEye has appointed Carl Alleyne to the position of vice president of engineering, the company announced April 21.     Reporting to GeoEye COO William Schuster, Alleyne will […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] ViaSat received certification from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for its High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification (HAIPE IS) for the ViaSat AltaSec KG-250 Inline […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] A team led by Raytheon received a contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System Operational Ground Control Segment […]

[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Northrop Grumman, the payload integrator for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), delivered the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO) payload to prime contractor Lockheed Martin, for integration into […]

[Satellite Today 04-21-09] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched two new Indian satellites, Risat-2 and Anusat, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, ISRO announced […]

[Satellite Today 04-16-09] Harris Corp. opened a facility in St. Louis, for production and quality assurance of high-resolution imagery-derived geospatial data for the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and other […]

[Satellite Today 04-16-09] Comtech EF Data Corp. won a $2.1 million order from the U.S. military for satellite communications equipment that will be used to upgrade existing battlefield systems to […]

[Satellite Today 04-15-09] German satellite imagery provider RapidEye entered into a partnership which names U.S. distributor MakaLani as RapidEye’s imagery reseller for U.S. government, military and homeland security customers, RapidEye […]

[Satellite Today 04-15-09] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) received a $14.9 million contract order from the U.S. Army to provide transportable ground receive suites and related spare parts to support the […]

[Satellite Today 04-14-09]  Swe-Dish Satellite Systems was granted U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses for its Drive-Away CCT120 and SuitcasexAE terminals, Swe-Dish announced April 13.     The licenses authorize the […]