Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-13] Harris Corporation has partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop and successfully deploy the Product Anomaly, Ticket, Relationship, Organization, and Notification (PATRON) –...

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-13] Hughes Network Systems has successfully demonstrated high-throughput video and data transmission over satcom links on a variety of rotary wing platforms, employing its own advanced waveform technology....

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] The SATELLITE 2013 conference and exhibition is set to kick off Monday, March 18 with full-day pre-conference sessions focusing on the industry’s latest technical and engineering challenges....

Arabsat CEO Khalid Balkheyour has confirmed to Via Satellite that the company concluded a hosted payload deal on its BADR-7 satellite and will announce the customer at the SATELLITE 2013...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that the first four satellites of the future Galileo Satellite Navigation constellation achieved their first autonomous position fix.

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Boeing has shipped its fifth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, which aims to provide faster transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance imagery to the United States...

The Air Force Space and Missile Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate has signed a contract with Millennium Space Systems for a 12-month research program on Systems and Spacecraft for space-based...

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate has chosen Harris Corporation to conduct a study and make recommendations to help modernize the U.S. Defense Meteorological...

Inmarsat has announced the expansion of mobile tactical Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) communications to a broader range of new government users through the company’s L-band satellites.    The company plans to launch...

Satellite companies with exposure to Defense Department and broader government budgets in the United States should expect to see incremental headwinds as across-the-board cuts as a result of government sequestration...