Government/Military

[Satellite Today 12-18-08] Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space Italy have formed a strategic partnership to develop a new family of space-based remote sensing systems, the companies announced Dec. 18....

[Satellite News 12-17-08] Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSS) President Stephen O’Neill said the company’s year cannot really be viewed as a success after the loss of a major U.S. government...

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) announced Dec. 17 that Poland will become a full member of the organization in 2009.     Poland...

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] NASA’s Kennedy Space Center awarded a contract to SRA International to support NASA’s Constellation program, SRA announced Dec. 17.      SRA’s Spacecraft Command Language software package will...

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] A Lockheed Martin-led team has won a $20 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop capabilities in support of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s...

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), a risk reduction mission for NPOESS, will be the first major element of the next generation...

Space Industry Sales Seen Gaining 4.4 Percent This Year, Easing To 2.1 Percent Next Year Obama Urged To Refrain From Cutting Aerospace, Defense Program Funding The U.S. missile industry continued...

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] DataPath has been awarded a pair of delivery orders to manufacture and install Ku-band satellite communications hubs in support of U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Marine...

Costs, Options For Reducing Gap Between Shuttles, Orion, Detailed In NASA Study The Constellation Program won’t cut the size of the Orion space capsule, or crew exploration vehicle, as a...

The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, which predicted a WMD terrorist attack likely will occur by 2013, focused on weapons of mass destruction rather than possible...