Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-10] Northrop Grumman appointed Linnie Haynesworth vice president and deputy program director for its National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) division, the company announced Feb. 9.    ...

International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received a $2.62 million contract from the Canadian Department of National Defense for the continued operation of Canadian Forces Radio and Television (CFRT), IDC announced Feb....

U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed drastic changes to NASA’s manned Constellation lunar mission and the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program in the U.S. government’s 2011 fiscal...

The Australian Defense Force’s (ADF) deal with Intelsat to purchase a specialized UHF communications payload aboard the IS-22 satellite represented the best value-for-money tender received during its industry solicitation process,...

GeoEye has a long history of providing the U.S. military and its allies with imagery of Afghanistan. In 2009, GeoEye’s single largest customer, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), upgraded its...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-10] The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will issue the solicitation for the $5 billion, 10-year Future Commercial Satellite Communications...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-10] A second global arms race may erupt by 2025 if the international community does not take steps toward a space treaty program, according to a forecast published...

A second global arms race may erupt by 2025 if the international community does not take steps toward a space treaty program, according to a forecast published by the Military...

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) appointed Mark DeYoung President and CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Feb. 4     DeYoung also was elected to serve on the company’s board and will replace...

The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program will be dismantled and split between separate projects headed by the U.S. Department of Defense and a partnership between NASA and...