Government/Military

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] Two Harris Corporation unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors successfully deployed on orbit Oct. 30 onboard the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 5) satellite. MUOS 5,...

[Via Satellite 11-07-2016] SCS Aerospace Group will launch a nanosatellite designed and built in South Africa early next year from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a European...

[Via Satellite 11-04-2016] Comtech EF Data has received a $1.2 million equipment order from General Dynamics Mission Systems—Canada in support of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Mercury Global project. This...

[Via Satellite 11-02-2016] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has selected SES to create a digital emergency manual, in a project funded by the Luxembourg government. IOM, which carries out...

[Via Satellite 11-01-2016] Honeywell has announced it will offer high-speed, high-bandwidth satellite communications capabilities for military use. Inmarsat’s Global Xpress “satcom as a service” in-flight broadband service and Honeywell’s JetWave...

[Via Satellite 10-31-2016] Advantech Wireless announced it has delivered its most advanced Discovery hub and terminals for a military customer in the Middle East. This is the first of multiple...

[Via Satellite 10-28-2016] Richard White has assumed the role of senior vice president of business development for government systems at Space Systems Loral (SSL), a satellite and spacecraft systems manufacturer. White previously...

[Via Satellite 10-27-2016] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the South Korean space agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), to supply the ground infrastructure for the agency’s satellite...

[Via Satellite 10-24-2016] U.S. Strategic Command’s (Stratcom) Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space) has modified a contract with Kratos to expand Radio Frequency (RF) monitoring, interference detection and...

[Via Satellite 10-21-2016] The U.S. government is still waiting to close the business case on widespread use of small satellites and hosted payloads, U.S. Air Force (USAF) Assistant Deputy Under-Secretary...