Government/Military

On Sunday, a volcano erupted in Guatemala killing at least 25 people and injuring hundreds, according to Reuters. The eruption of Volcan de Fuego, which translates to Volcano of Fire, […]

The first imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has made its public debut. The imagery of the Western Hemisphere was created using two […]

A NASA instrument that will measure ozone and other key pollutants over North America is seeking proposals for hosting services. The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, flying on a commercial […]

NASA has definitized additional requirements under the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System contract with Raytheon of Aurora, Colorado. This cost-plus award fee modification will increase the contract by […]

The United Kingdom is drafting its first defense space strategy and intends to unveil it this summer, citing growing threats to its space operations. The strategy, which U.K. Defense Secretary […]

The first satellite in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) has passed testing and is now operational. Launched last November as JPSS-1 and renamed NOAA-20 once it […]

It is said that history repeats itself, but could this be true of rockets launched from high-altitude balloons (aka rocoons)? Used in the 1950s Air Force program Farside, could rockoons […]

Orolia has announced that its atomic clock solutions have been selected for Galileo’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Each satellite will carry two Rubidium atomic clocks and two passive Hydrogen […]

Comtech Telecommunications has announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its command and control technologies group, part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, received orders totaling in excess of […]

NASA has exercised options under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract for two additional Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft to be built for the National Oceanic and […]

Intelsat has appointed Juan Pablo Cofino as regional vice president of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cofino will be responsible for the development and implementation of Intelsat’s sales and regional […]

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and CoVant Management have acquired military satellite communications prime contractor LinQuest Corporation.The company’s management, including CEO Leon Biederman, will retain a significant minority ownership position in […]

Base Camp Connect will now be a partner for selling and integrating Redcom Laboratories communications systems in the Canadian government sector and to the Canadian National Defence, the tactical edge […]

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ Defense and Rocket Support Services Division was awarded the Aerial Target Systems 2 (ATS-2), Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This is a […]

The government of South Australia’s Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) has selected a solution that features the Cobham Satcom Explorer 8120 VSAT antennas, which will work to enable […]

Sener has won a contract to develop the optical bench for the main instrument of the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite Flex, an acronym for Fluorescence Explorer. This is the eighth member […]

Av-Comm Satellite Communication Infrastructure division has been awarded a multi-year panel contract by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in support of its satellite communication network, following a […]

UrtheCast has announced that its Earth observation subsidiary Deimos Imaging has entered into a contract with the Brazilian Ministry of Defense’s Aeronautics Command (COMAER) exceeding $2.6 million. The contract requires […]

The House Appropriations Committee is warning NASA that lawmakers will not put up with further delays in the agency’s space-exploration missions. In a new report explaining the fiscal year 2019 […]

Microsoft and Kymeta have announced simultaneous land mobile, maritime defense and first responder demonstrations during the 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) and Connectivity Expo (Connect X) from May […]

Cloud Constellation Corporation and Assured Communications Advisors International (ACAI) have entered into a reseller agreement to deliver Cloud Constellation’s SpaceBelt Data Security as a Service (DSaaS), focusing on government and […]

Don’t ever think that you can’t produce meaningful, impactful work during an internship. Just ask U.S. Navy Ensign Edward “Ned” Hanlon, who along with a team of fellow Midshipmen, are […]

CopaSAT, a provider of secure communications technology, has joined forces with Kymeta Government Solutions to deploy Kymeta satcom products and services for military users. The partnership makes the full line […]

Sener will design, manufacture and test devices for the assembly of the Biomass satellite, a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Earth Explorer program. The program’s objective is […]

A potential 200 million euro ($2.39 million) contract between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus in Portsmouth will be moved to the European continent because of Brexit, the managing director […]

The eruption of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii triggered a number of gas- and lava-oozing fissures in the East Riff Zone of the volcano. Kilauea has been erupting continuously […]

More than 20 teams have indicated they might participate in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Launch Challenge, a competition designed to promote rapid access to space for […]

The U.K. space industry continues to figure out how to maintain its status as a leading space-faring economy while dealing with frustrating, post-Brexit realities and the question that just won’t […]

Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a follow-on contract to continue the second phase of a pilot study program to assess the feasibility of interoperability across multiple satellite communication systems […]

iDirect Government, a provider of satellite communications to the military and government, has unveiled its 9050 OM ruggedized satellite router. The 9050 OM features enhanced security, military environmental standards and […]