Government/Military

[Via Satellite 08-03-2015] The United States Air Force declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite system on July 28. The constellation currently consists of...

[Via Satellite 07-31-2015] On July 30 the United States Congress missed what many considered to be the soonest viable attempt to reauthorize the Export-Import bank — an important player in...

[Via Satellite 07-29-2015] On Saturday, July 25, China launched two satellites aboard a Long March 3B/Expedition 1 rocket for its indigenous Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), BeiDou. The launch occurred...

[Via Satellite 07-29-2015] Frequency Electronics has delivered a GPS Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) multi-channel receiver/down converter to be installed on a hosted payload scheduled for launch later this year....

[Via Satellite 07-28-2015] The United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has exercised its second year task order option worth $14.2 million for TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) to continue to provide...

[Via Satellite 07-27-2015] The U.K. Space Agency and the South African Space Agency (SANSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them increase collaboration and review areas...

[Via Satellite 07-27-2015] Norsat International has received an approximate $700,000 follow-on order to the original $3.5 million award announced on February 19 from a Tier 1 Eurasian defense contractor for a range of Norsat’s portable...

[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) orbited the U.S. Air Force’s seventh Wideband Global Satcom (WGS 7) satellite July 23 aboard a Delta 4 rocket. The satellite features a...

[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] The 67,000km move of Airbus Defence and Space’s Skynet 5A satellite from 6 degrees east to its new position at 94.8 degrees east is on track to...

[Via Satellite 07-22-2015] A Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) team has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the information assurance elements of the Low Cost Terminal (LCT) project. LCT is an initiative...