Government/Military

Comtech Mobile Datacom received $6 million worth of Movement Tracking System (MTS) orders from the U.S. Army under its existing supply contract, Comtech announced May 28.     The contract orders...

The U.S. Air Force said that a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which claimed that the U.S. military GPS system is experiencing serious degradation, is not...

L-3 Linkabit completed the integration and testing of a Wide Band-Beyond Line of Sight (WB-BLOS) capability for U.S. Army combat vehicles, the company announced June 1.     L-3 Linkabit said...

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) successfully launched TacSat-3 at 11:55 p.m. UTC on May 19 after it was delayed in order to remove off shore boaters from the exclusion area, ATK announced...

Lockheed Martin won a $1.5 billion contract to build the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite, the U.S. Air Force announced May 29.     The cost-plus, fixed...

Swiss aerospace, defense and security technology group, Ruag has purchased Oerlikon Space AG, the space division of Swiss technology developer Oerlikon for an undisclosed amount of cash, Oerlikon announced June...

[Satellite Today 06-05-09] In the battle for U.S. stimulus funding, WiMax competitors are taking aim at potential smart grid technology contracts.     Space Data, a U.S.-based spectrum holder in the...

[Satellite Today 06-05-09] GeoEye projected that an issue with its GeoEye-1 satellite, which occurred in May causing portions of its imagery to lack color when collected in a particular operating...

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Lockheed Martin won a $1.5 billion contract to build the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite, the U.S. Air Force announced May 29.    ...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Swiss aerospace, defense and security technology group, Ruag has purchased Oerlikon Space AG, the space division of Swiss technology developer Oerlikon for an undisclosed amount of cash,...