Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-25-12] The reaction to DigitalGlobe’s $900 million acquisition of its former rival GeoEye differed widely between financial analysts and investors July 23, as DigitalGlobe’s stock value took...

[Satellite TODAY 07-25-12] Globecomm Systems has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) Center to provide commercial-off-the-shelf satellite network and communications...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-24-12] In a surprising turn of events in the Earth observation sector, the boards of directors of satellite imagery companies DigitalGlobe and GeoEye have unanimously approved a...

[Satellite TODAY 07-24-12] Russian space agency Roscosmos has launched a group of five satellites onboard a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, agency officials confirmed in...

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-12] The Australian Defense Force (ADF) has selected ViaSat to supply the UHF Satellite Communication (satcom) mission system for its recently launched UHF capacity on Intelsat’s IS-22 satellite,...

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-12] Telespazio has been selected by the Italian Ministry of Defense as the prime contractor to produce a high-resolution Earth observation military satellite system for more than $200...

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-12] ATIS has launched an effort to identify technologies that could provide a backup to the Global Positioning System (GPS) for time, frequency transport and delivery, the organization...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Italian space company e-GEOS to process satellite data from the Matera Space Center and to support the...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] Russia has invited India to be a joint participant in the development of its Glonass satellite navigation system, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin confirmed in a...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] Lockheed Martin has completed on-orbit testing of the first U.S. Navy next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, the manufacturer announced July 18.    Lockheed Martin Vice President...