Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 02-14-12] SkyTrac Systems has been selected by EuroAvionics to provide a programmed Iridium 9523 modem that can be embedded in the EuroNav 7 situational awareness system, the company...

Elbit Systems expanded its payload portfolio by launching its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 unmanned air system (UAS) hyper-spectral payload with new intelligence capabilities, the company confirmed Feb. 6.    ...

The Pentagon’s plan to reduce military spending by $487 billion over the next decade was met with serious concern in the space sector after it was published Jan. 27 as...

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is set award about $36 million in contracts to companies interested in building system components for its Phoenix program, which aims to retrofit...

The delay of the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite program, originally planned kick off its first satellite in late 2009, should come as no surprise to the...

Raytheon is tripling its available satellite capacity for all AN/ARC-231 airborne radio terminals at no cost to the end-user, the company announced Feb. 9. The enhancement is being provided by an...

The Hosted Payload Alliance, a non-profit satellite industry association established to serve as a bridge between government and private industry, gained significant support in Europe by adding French commercial launch...

U.K. operator Avanti Communications has raised 75 million British pounds ($118.6 million) through a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to fully finance its upcoming Hylas 3 program, Avanti...

[Satellite TODAY 02-13-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace are set to launch their first Vega rocket Feb. 13 in a qualification flight from the Kourou spaceport in French...

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-12] Geospatial information solution provider GeoEye has successfully completed the last of four critical design reviews in its EnhancedView program for the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the...