Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-15-11] The first two Astrium-built Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites were accepted by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of a quality acceptance review – marking...

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] Northrop Grumman signed a three-year agreement with Inmarsat to become a leased services provider and network services distribution partner of Inmarsat commercial satellite services, the companies announced...

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received an additional $20.7 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and field services support for Secret Internet Protocol Router and...

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] Comtech Mobile Datacom received $1.7 million in additional funding from the U.S. Army for a previously announced $4.6 million order that was placed under Comtech’s existing $384.0...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-14-11] ATK has entered into a partnership with NASA to co-develop ATK’s commercial Liberty Launch System and support future partnerships under the 2010 U.S. National Space Policy,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-11] Boeing received a $1.09 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force, which adds funding to its existing Block 2 follow-on contract for full production, launch and...

The second of Boeing’s 12 GPS 2F satellites has achieved operational acceptance and entered service for the U.S. Air Force, the satellite manufacturer announced Aug. 22.             GPS 2F-2, which was launched July...

Satellite operator ViaSat said it is in talks with the U.S. Department of Defense regarding a satellite upgrade to improve ISR capabilities on operations and confirmed that the Pentagon is “very interested to use...

The U.S. congressional super-committee created by the U.S. Budget Control Act could enact an additional $600 billion in defense cuts in order to meet its required 10-year $900 billion budget...

 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch its Tactical Satellite 4 (TacSat-4) Sept. 27 from the Alaska Aerospace Corp.’s Kodiak launch complex on an Orbital Sciences Minotaur-4 rocket. TacSat-4 is a Navy-led joint mission...