Government/Military

X-band satellite operator Xtar has been working to expand its sales opportunities in new markets worldwide while making inroads into technology challenges faced with government customers always operating under stringent...

Inmarsat subsidiaries Stratos Government Services (SGSI) and Segovia have been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) to provide satellite communications...

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to Stratos to provide connectivity solutions to Coast Guard cutter vessels, Stratos’ government division SGSI announced Oct....

While satellite and aerospace manufacturer Orbital Sciences exceeded its financial expectations by reporting a strong 2011 third quarter, Chairman and CEO David Thompson forecasted a satellite slowdown in 2012 while...

Harris Corp. has received a $51.5 million delivery order for advanced satellite terminals under the U.S. Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, Harris announced Oct. 18.    The contract...

Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has received a one-year, $37.9 million value-added services contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (EGD) program,...

Comtech Xicom Technology introduced its new compact 20-Watt solid-state Ka-band block up converter (BUC) for commercial and military Ka-band satellite communications uplinks, the company announced Nov. 8.    The XTS-20KaL-B1...

Vizada Networks is expanding its personnel outsourcing and consultancy operations and is now offering technical recruitment and consultancy to its defense sector customers, the company announced Oct. 31.    Vizada...

Canadian space and satellite technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) is working on a legal restructuring of its U.S. operations to gain better access to classified U.S. government contracts,...

Earth imagery service provider GeoEye appointed retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Carns to serve on its board of directors as the representative of Cerberus Capital Management, the company announced...