Government/Military

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $34 million contract to Orbital Sciences to develop an ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Equipment (EAGLE) system for small payloads functioning...

Hughes Europe and Bentley Walker have entered into a partnership to launch Ka-band communications services into the Middle East over the Avanti Hylas 2 satellite.    Bentley Walker has purchased...

Intelsat S.A. reported $654.9 million revenue and a net loss of $34.5 million for its 2012 third quarter ending Sept. 30, the satellite service provider announced Nov. 5.    Intelsat...

 [Satellite TODAY 11-09-12] TP-Link will provide its registered Value Added Resellers (VAR’s) with free replacement and shipping for any damaged TP-Link products due to Hurricane Sandy, the network product supplier...

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-12] The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Company an $11.5 million contract to further develop the Weather Data Analysis (WDA) system to deliver efficiencies and weather forecast...

[Satellite News 11-08-12] Government sequestration in the United States will significantly harm ongoing national defense operations and procurement of new systems needed by warfighters, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) CEO Marion...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-07-12] There was little fanfare for Earth imagery provider GeoEye’s 2012 third quarter results call, mostly due to the fact that it was purchased by former rival...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-06-12] Secure mobile communication technology provider TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) is one of 20 companies selected under the Pentagon’s Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems and Services (GTACS) contract,...

 [Satellite TODAY 11-06-12] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will design the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (Milsatcom) program, the organizations announced Nov. 5. The contract for design concepts was...

The launch of the IS-22 satellite with a hosted payload for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) heralded a new era in international milsatcom. Now, the commercial satellite industry will wait...