Government/Military

[Via Satellite 07-24-2014] NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to build a set of communications satellites for Mars. The approach signals a major change in the way NASA...

[Via Satellite 07-24-2014] The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a license to Tempus Global Data for a hyperspectral imaging and sounding system constellation. Tempus will leverage the...

[Via Satellite 07-23-2014] Harris Corporation received an order for wideband handheld tactical radios from an undisclosed Middle East country. The order, worth $15 million, provides the country with RF-7850M multi-band,...

[Via Satellite 07-22-2014] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected SSL to build flight hardware capable of taking a variety of small missions to space aboard the...

[Via Satellite 07-22-2014] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded SES Government Solutions a firm-fixed-priced Pathfinder contract for commercial satellite communications. The contract, worth more...

[Via Satellite 07-21-2014] China and Brazil have agreed to continue the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) program with an additional satellite, CBERS 4A. Xu Dazhe, China’s minister of science, technology...

[Via Satellite 07-17-2014] To replace the Russian-built RD-180 engine it would take the United States government a minimum of eight years and approximately $2 billion, said Alan Estevez, principal deputy...

[Via Satellite 07-17-2014] Roscosmos has installed a Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) site at Brazil’s Computer Centre (CPD), the Centre for Technological Development (CDT) on the campus of the University...

[Via Satellite 07-17-2014] Inmarsat has signed a new strategic agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to offer high-speed Ka-band broadband connectivity to the U.S. government. The agreement enables Airbus Defence...

[Via Satellite 07-15-2014] On July 14, 2014 Northrop Grumman broke ground at the site for its new Maryland Space Assembly and Test (M-SAT) building. Northrop Grumman has invested $20 million...