Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 09-13-07]  Spacenet Inc. has introduced a new mobile Emergency Communications Vehicle (ECV) for disaster recovery and first-responder organizations, the company announced Sept. 13. The ECV is based...

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today] The Boeing Company has successfully assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite, the company announced Sept. 12. The...

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium is going to provide the Swedish Armed Forces with critical communications service, the company announced Sept. 12. The Iridium satellite services are being supplied under...

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath and Qualcomm have signed a joint marketing agreement to provide integrated satellite and cellular communications solutions for military and disaster recovery teams, the company announced...

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin has successfully mated the spacecraft bus and the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, the company announced Sept....

Lockheed Martin has begun production on a reconfigured GPS 2R-M satellite to temporarily transmit a third civil signal, the company said Sept. 4. Lockheed is working with ITT under a...

[09/03/07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Air Force Global Positioning Systems Wing passed the initial integrated system test on the first GPS Block 2F satellite Aug. 27, the Air Force...

[09/03/07 – Satellite Today] India placed the Insat-4CR satellite into orbit Sept. 2 in the first mission since the July 2006 failure of a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, the Indian...

The United Kingdom House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has issued a review of the country’s space policy. The 158-page report, released in July, assesses the space sector and...

ITT Corp. has been selected by U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and deploy a satellite-based air traffic control system, the company and the FAA announced Aug. 30. The...