Government/Military

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today] The American Red Cross has selected   Global Relief Technologies LLC (GRT) to equip disaster relief professionals with equipment to augment disaster response communications, GRT announced Oct....

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $56 million contract to reset, repair and upgrade DataPath Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) and Unit Hub Satcom trucks used in...

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. will be launching two new Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) satellites in the fourth quarter 2008, the company announced Oct. 8. The satellites,...

[10-05-07 – Satellite Today] The  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed Oct.5 that the Kaguya (Selene) satellite was injected into lunar orbit, a first for Japan. JAXA said the satellite...

[10-05-07 – Satellite Today]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has won a $65 million contract to provide the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) with a space-based data collection...

[10-05-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath Inc. has received delivery orders worth $8.7 million to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with VSAT fly-away systems and satellite transportable terminals, the company announced...

[10-04-07 – Satellite Today] The Australian government will fund a sixth Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) under an agreement to have access to the U.S. satellite communications system, the Australian Defence...

[10-04-07 – Satellite Today]  Comtech EF Data Corp. received an order to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with satellite communications infrastructure equipment, the company announced Oct. 3. The equipment,...

[10-04-07 – Satellite Today]  Novatel Inc. received a contract from Thales Alenia Space Italia for continued development of a component of ground reception chain reception for Galileo, Novatel announced Oct....

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Maxwell Technologies Inc. received a contract to produce single board computers for the European Space Agency’s Gaia astronomy mission, the company announced Oct. 1. Maxwell will...