Government/Military

[Via Satellite 10-29-2014] Rheinmetall Canada has awarded Elbit Systems a contract for ELSAT 2100 Satellite-on-the-Move (SOTM) systems that will be provided to the Canadian Armed Forces. The ELSAT 2100 SOTM...

[Via Satellite 10-28-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have established the budget for the Copernicus environmental monitoring program. The European Union’s seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework provides...

[Via Satellite 10-27-2014] Northrop Grumman and industry partners Lockheed Martin and Telecommunications Systems (TCS) are awaiting U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) certification for Low Cost Terminals (LCTs) the companies began...

[Via Satellite 10-27-201] The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded a potential $770 million in indefinite delivery/requirements contracts for up to five years to Harris Corporation to provide geospatial data...

[Via Satellite 10-27-2014] Comtech Xicom Technology, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, has received an award for $1.5 million to supply high-power millimeter-wave Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) from a U.S....

[Via Satellite 10-24-2014] Raytheon has received a $131 million contract from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Dual Frequency Operations (DFO) Segment 1. WAAS...

[Via Satellite 10-24-2014] Northrop Grumman has received a $121 million award from NASA for the Joint Polar Satellite System 2 Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS). Under the sole source contract...

[Via Satellite 10-22-2014] Intelsat General has partnered with Braxton Technologies to study the use of commercial systems for Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) of government satellites for the U.S. Air...

[Via Satellite 10-22-2014] The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $6.4 million Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to improve the flight path safety...

[Via Satellite 10-21-2014] The World Bank has reached out to the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to map Pakistan’s potential for solar energy. The agency will use 15 years of satellite...