Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-10] Canadian information solutions provider MDA has received a $6.1 million contract extension from NASA to continue providing sustaining engineering services supporting the agency’s Space Shuttle Canadarm program,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-10] The Norwegian government signed a cooperation agreement with the European Union (EU) to provide hardware and polar ground stations for the EU’s future Galileo satellite positioning system...

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-10] MDA signed a $5.8 million deal with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide an advanced technology solution for CSA’s Exploration Surface Mobility program, MDA announced Sept....

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-10] NASA, acting on behalf of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), awarded a sole-source contract to ITT Corp. to produce the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS)...

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-10] The United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched a payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on an Atlas 5 rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 facility in Florida,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-10] Northrop Grumman’s Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellite autonomously transferred target track data from its acquisition sensor to its tracking sensor, the company announced Sept....

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-10] The U.S. Army has exercised a $4.3 million contract option with Globecomm Systems to continue production of the Joint IP Modem (JIPM), Globecomm announced Sept. 20.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-10] Artel, an information technology and managed telecom/network services provider, was named the first contractor to provide satellite services under a new $5 billion U.S. General Services Administration...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-10] The Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Athena Launch Vehicle Family has been selected by NASA to become part of the agency’s Launch Services 2 contract.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-10] Global Science & Technology has been awarded a $10.3 million contract by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help manage the agency’s satellite Climate...