Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 4-17-08] EADS Astrium has been appointed the prime contractor to lead a European consortium to develop and build the Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite for the European Space...

[Satellite Today – 4-16-08] Raytheon Co. has won a $61 million contract to complete the development and certification of next-generation global positioning receivers for the U.S. Air Force, Raytheon announced...

[Satellite Today – 4-16-08] The Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) has been launched and the first signals successfully acquired, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) announced...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] U.S. Strategic Command has taken command and control of WGS-1, the U.S. Air Force announced April 15.     This milestone initiates the transition of operational users...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center (SMC) has ordered three additional Minotaur space launch vehicles from Orbital Sciences Corp., Orbital announced April 15....

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] Northrop Grumman has submitted a proposal to NASA to design and develop the next generation of GOES-R satellites, Northrop Grumman announced April 15.     Northrop Grumman’s...

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has completed satellite integration and environmental testing for GeoEye’s next-generation earth imaging satellite, GeoEye-1, General Dynamics announced April 11.      GeoEye-1...

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has inked a deal with the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Armed Forces to provide secure satellite communications in the UAE,...

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Thales Alenia Space has won a contract worth 305 million euros ($482.1 million) to provide the first Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite to the European Space Agency...

[Satellite News – 4-10-08] The Canadian government has rejected the sale of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA)’s satellite business to Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice...