Government/Military

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) is one of six prime contractors in the U.S. Army’s $5 billion Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract awarded in 2006. The contract provides users with a […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. and three U.S. government agencies have completed a restructuring of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the organizations announced July 30. As part of the […]

Recent advances in minimally invasive robotic telesurgery — now being performed via satellite — are taking on greater significance now that space agencies are planning flights to the moon and […]

NASA wants to have astronauts back on the moon by 2020, and this expensive effort is in addition to everything else the agency has on its plate. A debate is […]

The U.K. Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee (STC) is urging the government to take a more proactive approach toward its space policy. The U.K. space sector has “great economic potential,” […]

In May, NASA and 13 other space agencies released "The Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination,”  which is designed to spur sharing of space exploration-related information. Along with NASA, […]

Along with helping save lives in an emergency, satellite systems also can play an essential role in preventing some crises, according to a study by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF). A […]

The key to reducing delays and increasing safety in the aviation industry lies in the quick adoption of a satellite-based air traffic control system, according to aviation experts. A major […]

A few months ago this column predicted an agreement would be reached on a formal European Space Policy in 2007. This prediction came true with a decision reached in Brussels […]

When President Bush unveiled his Vision for Space Exploration in early 2004, he declared that the United States would return to the moon, with a series of robotic missions paving […]

The U.S. Air Force has issued a July 30 deadline for its final request for proposals for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, a program that will […]

NASA astronomers using the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite and ground-based telescopes, have discovered the properties of a rare, extremely massive, and young binary star system at sizes dwarfing […]

NASA needs a $1.4 billion increase in financial support or it will be sorely underfunded in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, leading contractors stated. As described by sister […]

China launched a remote-sensing satellite named Yaogan-2 on May 25 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, according to the state-run newspaper Xinhua. The satellite, launched by a […]

A pragmatic approach will be needed to make Galileo a success, said Jean-Francois Bou, interim CEO of Euro GNSS — the Galileo operating company). "In a complex project such as […]

French scientists are using images from the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Envisat satellite to learn lessons about the origin and movement of waves which reached heights of up to 36 […]

The Galileo satellite navigation project, which is supposed to be built though a combination of public and private funding, is teetering on the abyss after industry players failed to satisfy […]

Assertions made last week by the director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that some censorship of satellite imagery might be necessary for national or military defense stirred questions […]

Dozens of new imagery satellites are scheduled to be placed into orbit throughout the next several years. With a wide array of capabilities, resolutions and owners, these spacecraft could spur […]

Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation project was launched with great fanfare earlier this decade by the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency, and the first testbed satellite began transmitting signals […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is counting down to the launch of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that will begin a new era for the agency, according to […]

A British government official suggested to Parliament last week that satellite geolocation technology might be used to help monitor the elderly and those suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease, but […]

The United States risks losing its military dominance in space and its preeminence as an explorer if more funding is not provided for programs in the void beyond Earth, Robert […]

Officers from the department were working with the Australian Banana Growers Council and the University of Queensland to produce a detailed snapshot of banana plantations in the wake of the […]

Bigelow Aerospace thinks the secret to turning the suborbital tourism marketing in a successful business is by selling "hang time" to "sovereign clients" — specifically astronaut-supporting countries harboring aspirations of […]

Intelsat officials met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States April 10 to discuss how to stop unauthorized use of an Intelsat satellite by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil […]

In a program designed to provide Internet protocol (IP) services to warfighters and other military personnel anytime and anywhere, the U.S. Department of Defense unveiled April 11 a public-private program […]

DigitalGlobe and GeoEye will provide satellite imagery to support an international group that provides data free of charge to those affected by disasters, the U.S. Geological Survey announced April 12. […]

Raytheon Company will produce upgrade kits for its Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, or SMART-T, for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps as well as Canada and the Netherlands, […]

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, described the Jan. 11 Chinese anti-satellite test as “a logical place to go” as China seeks to improve […]