Government/Military

A Valedictory: NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Sums Up Challenges, Opportunities Facing Space Agency NASA Can Create ‘New Options For Our Grandchildren’s Grandchildren, Or Leave That Privilege To Others’ NASA Administrator […]

The planned Tactical Satellite-3 launch set for later this month will be postponed because an avionics component malfunctioned, the Air Force announced. Earlier, the launch had been set for last […]

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems signed a share purchase agreement with holders of more than 90 percent of Shiron Satellite Communications, Elbit announced Jan. 8.     Elbit […]

[Satellite News 01-09-09] NATO’s demands for bandwidth are increasing, and the organization has been tapping into the benefits of IP technologies to help in operations, Malcolm Green, chief of CAT […]

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has increased its funding to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to expand the scope of its contract to provide support for the […]

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] Using IP technologies is beneficial to an organization like NATO in the military satellite communication arena, Malcolm Green, chief of CAT 9 communication infrastructure services at the […]

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] The Vietnamese government has chosen France to supply the technology for its second satellite, VNREDSat-1, Vietnamese press officials reported Jan. 8.     Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan […]

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Boeing Co. has increased the communications capacity of an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, UFO 11, by 30 percent, the company announced Jan. 7.     The ultra-high frequency […]

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Comtech AeroAstro Inc. has delivered the first spacecraft bus for the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) satellite program, Comtech announced Jan. 7. […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) has signed licensing agreements with the government of Oman to access data from Eumetsat’s Indian Ocean Data […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] Satellite-based data communications provider Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has received a $282 million supply order from the U.S. Army for the supply of upgraded ruggedized computers manufactured […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $100 million contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture and integrate Ka-band conversion kits for about 800 deployed DataPath Satellite Transportable […]

[Satellite News 01-06-09] Political shifts in the U.S. government could lead to adjustments in business plans, satellite executives told Satellite News.     With the U.S. digital television switchover planned for […]

[Satellite Today 01-06-09] Prime contractor Mitsubishi Electric has completed the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (Gosat), which will monitor carbon emissions from space in an effort to assist in the fight […]

[Satellite Today 01-06-09] The U.S. Air Force formally renewed the competition between Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. for the Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) program, the U.S. Air Force announced […]

A new report from a study panel details the causes leading to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, with the panel recommending many corrective and preventive moves to avert […]

A Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System’s Precision Attack Missile completed the third guided test flight for the weapon class. NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. [RTN] and Lockheed Martin Corp. […]

Updated — December 19, 2008 – 8:30 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission: NOAA-N Prime […]

[Satellite Today 01-05-09] President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is considering a collaboration between the U.S. Defense Department and NASA to use the U.S. military Delta 4 and Atlas 5 launch […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a not-to-exceed $3.3 billion order for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and training for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]

The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $371.6 million firm fixed price contract for further work in the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Full Rate Production IV initial […]

The Mars rovers, which NASA designed to send spectacular pictures of the red planet back to Earth, are still going some five years after landing in the alien world. That […]

NASA denied a news report that the White House killed a U.S.-China space cooperation deal. Contrary to a news report, NASA never asked the White House for a cooperative mission […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced modeling and simulation for missile defense testing, the agency announced. MDA oversaw successful execution of Flight Support Ground Test 03b (GTF-03b). The GTF-03b […]

The Air Force shut down the existing Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program competition without awarding a contract. Instead, the restructured contest now moves back to square one, with the air […]

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, completed thermal vacuum testing, NASA announced. Those tests simulate extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space that LRO will experience after launch. This […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the spacecraft bus subsystems for the emergent Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite, Lockheed announced. It will be the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) satellite in the […]

Space Agency Moves To Foster Private Commercial Logistics Spacecraft NASA, in a double departure from business as usual, has taken a giant step toward privatizing the transport of cargo to […]

Long-Term Contract To Be Decided In Impending Obama Administration The Missile Defense Agency gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a cost-plus-award-fee contract worth up to $397.9 million to continue the Ground-base […]

Systems Upgrading Work Will Proceed On Navy Destroyers , Cruisers The Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied Raytheon Co. [RTN] protests against several sole-source, non-competitive contracts that the Navy earmarked for […]