Government/Military

EchoStar Mobile announced that it is joining the European Space Agency (ESA) and other space industry leaders in a joint effort to develop and promote 5G services, and to demonstrate […]

In one of his final initiatives as President of the United States, Barack Obama introduced an executive order coordinating efforts to prepare the country for space weather events. Since its […]

Northrop Grumman has delivered mid-boom assemblies for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman business, designed, built and tested the graphite-epoxy assemblies. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope […]

Under an Authority to Proceed signed with prime contractor OHB-System AG, Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is commencing work on eight navigation payloads for Galileo, Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The […]

Harris Corporation has delivered a digital weather satellite instrument to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) that will help forecasters safeguard people in the region from typhoons and other severe […]

Boeing has awarded ViaSat a multi-year contract for two-channel Small Tactical Terminals (STTs) for the AH-64E Apache Guardian. Production of ViaSat’s KOR-24A Link 16 terminal will be designated for the […]

ViaSat announced it received a follow-on contract from Lockheed Martin to deliver datalink communications for the integration and test phase of the U.S. Navy’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program. […]

NanoRacks and NASA have signed the contract for Ixion, a commercial habitat concept study first announced last summer that will focus on repurposing spent launch vehicle upper stages. NanoRacks is […]

The Peruvian government has made a commitment to make its national vessel tracking data publicly available through Global Fishing Watch, which provides a global view of commercial fishing activity. The […]

Adaptive Optics Associates (AOX), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, has received a sole-source contract to provide mission-critical optical technology for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) coronagraph instrument. The […]

What do you get when you mix a business jet with a spaceship? Presumably, it would result in Phantom Express, Boeing and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) […]

MVS USA announced that it has acquired ADCI, a mobile satellite applications and services company that has provided services to the United States government, the U.S. military and the Department […]

The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV), the government agency tasked with defending the country of Sweden and its interests, has awarded UltiSat a prime contract to provide satellite bandwidth in […]

One of the main defense priorities of the new presidential administration is to increase the resiliency of United States space assets against foreign powers, according to speakers at a Washington […]

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently demonstrated that multiple aircraft and ground stations can efficiently and securely communicate using the Boeing-developed Talon Hate airborne networking system. During flight testing […]

A European nation has awarded Harris Corporation contracts valued at a total of $90 million for tactical radios as part of the country’s communications readiness program. Harris’ received the contracts […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, has won a five-year, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for providing Blue Force Tracking (BFT 1) aviation […]

President Trump’s executive order to revive the National Space Council has already been written, said Robert Walker, former chairman of the House Science Committee, at a panel earlier this week. […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2017, its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, received a $1.8 million contract award extension for additional Advanced Time Division Multiple Access […]

The fifth Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 5) satellite is now delivering secure, Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) communications to troops with legacy Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radios. The U.S. Navy, […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2017, its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom, which is part of Comtech’s government solutions segment, has received a five-year contract […]

Raytheon has completed an upgrade and final testing of the data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS), which provides weather and […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that it has signed and executed an agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop advanced capabilities for servicing and maintaining […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) has awarded UltiSat a Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) task order to provide C-band and Ku-band bandwidth capacity to […]

Reconstruction of Launch Pad 39B should be completed by August, said Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado last week. Furthermore, after […]

Roccor announced it has finalized an agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate to license patents of High Strain Component (HSC) technology. The patents will […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2017, its Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary Comtech Systems received a follow-on order for its shipboard troposcatter system to meet the U.S. […]

Japan and Canada are making significant changes to how their national space agencies operate, while Australia is examining whether there is a need for national space agency at all. Speakers […]

SES and the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs announced that they have extended a contract to maintain and support Satmed, an e-health satellite platform, until 2020. Under the […]

Advantech Wireless announced it has received follow up orders from military customers for its X-Band line of Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology-based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Up Converters […]