Government/Military

Intelsat General, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat, will distribute television and radio programing to U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world, working with the support of three other […]

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., formally became NASA’s 13th administrator April 23, four days after his controversial nomination narrowly cleared the Senate. During a swearing-in ceremony at NASA headquarters […]

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed full system and “ready for launch” pre-flight testing of its Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite. OTB will launch as part of the U.S. […]

Raytheon announced it has built two small, Polar Scout satellites for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with Millennium Engineering and Integration. The satellites have flexible radio frequency […]

Comtech Systems, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, has announced some key new business in Asia. The company, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, has received orders of approximately […]

The United States Senate has finally voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., in a 50-49 vote. Bridenstine’s long-stalled nomination was initially opposed by […]

The United States government is putting the finishing touches on a new space traffic management policy designed to protect U.S. national security and commercial spacecraft amid growing congestion in space, […]

SpaceX successfully launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) for NASA from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. TESS, built by Orbital ATK, will perform […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a $59 million […]

iDirect Government has unveiled a key new software release, Evolution 4.2, as it looks to take advantage of opportunities in the defense market. Evolution 4.2 brings the full capabilities of […]

As part of its 2018 federal budget, the government of Canada has committed to providing $100 million for the country’s Strategic Innovation Fund. This investment will largely focus on supporting […]

News broke last week that government investigators have confirmed SpaceX was not at fault for the failure of the top-secret Zuma mission in January. Instead, officials are pointing the finger […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Intelsat, along with a team of other companies, a new task order to develop and operate a satellite payload to aid aircraft navigation, […]

Ball Aerospace is collaborating with Honeywell to develop and produce high-performance, high-reliability optical communication datalinks that enable satellite operators to deliver high-capacity, high-data rate connectivity to users around the world. […]

NanoRacks has been awarded a contract with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Professional Services Schedule (00CORP). As a services provider under this contract, NanoRacks will be able to provide […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday evening. AFSPC 11 is a multi-payload […]

Eutelsat Communications announced that the NASA High Definition (NTV-3) and NASA Ultra High Definition (NTV-4) channels are broadcasting in Free-to-Air (FTA) via satellite for the first time across Europe, the […]

Nomad GCS and Kymeta are partnering to deliver mobile connectivity for defense, public safety, first response, utility and private sector customers. As part of the partnership, Nomad will continue to […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully orbited its IRNSS 1I satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota today, forging ahead with its planned schedule of launches despite […]

As satellite companies writ large increasingly consider how to interoperate with terrestrial connectivity options, Hughes is bringing this mindset to its customers in the public sector. The company recently secured […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded SES a $24.8 million multi-year contract, under which the company will provide the United States Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM) with high throughput, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest salvo attempting to punish China for intellectual property theft saw the levying a 25% tariff on some 1,300 items, including a host of satellite items. […]

Although the relationship between North Korea and South Korea has seen relative improvements in recent months, a new satellite launch could ruin upcoming talks between the country and the U.S. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Leidos a task order to develop the seventh generation Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite used for the FAA Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). […]

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected SSL to design and build critical equipment for a spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. The Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to […]

When it comes to U.S. commercial, civil and military satellite communication services, three seemingly interrelated areas — innovation, spectrum certainty, and sustainable space operations — are critical to the industry’s […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) confirmed over the weekend that it has lost communications with the recently orbited GSAT 6A communications satellite. ISRO launched the satellite on March 29 […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) successfully activated two instruments built by Northrop Grumman on its newest weather satellite, which is performing post-launch procedures nominally after reaching orbit. The […]

NW of Tahiti – it managed to miss the 'spacecraft graveyard' which is further south! pic.twitter.com/Sj4e42O7Dc — Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) April 2, 2018 China’s first human space station, Tiangong 1, […]

Seraphim Capital has launched the United Kingdom’s first dedicated accelerator program for best-of-breed space startups, supported both by U.K. and European government agencies and a slew of corporate partners. According […]