Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-10] Paradigm, a subsidiary of Astrium Services, signed a contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) to extend the Skynet 5 private finance initiative (PFI) program, including...

[Satellite News 03-10-10] Col. William Harding, vice commander, Military Satellite Communications System Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, directs acquisition planning, programming, budgeting and operational...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] NASA has started an initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites, dubbed CubeSats, as auxiliary payloads on launch vehicles already scheduled for 2011 and 2012, the agency announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Northrop Grumman appointed Elizabeth Iversen sector vice president and general manager of its navigation systems division, the company announced March 1.     Iversen will have executive responsibility...

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom received a $20.6 million order under its existing $243.5 million Blue Force Tracking (BFT) contract with the U.S. Army, the company announced March 2....

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] The Taiwanese government has selected XipLink to provide Tai E Trading Co. with optimization equipment and technology in support of services that will be used in a...

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Raytheon Co. has appointed William Kiczuk CTO and vice president, the company announced March 1.      Kiczuk will be responsible for developing and executing Raytheon’s technology and...

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] The launch of Boeing’s Geostationary Operational Environmental (GOES-P) satellite has been rescheduled for March 4 on a Delta 4 rocket, the company announced March 1.         Boeing...

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Raytheon has won an $886 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop and improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites, the company announced Feb....

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a $27.5 million ceiling increase to its Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) program contract from the U.S. Army, the company announced Feb. 25....