Government/Military

The U.S. Air Force is going to appoint a three-star deputy chief of staff for space to represent the Air Force Space Command at the Pentagon, said Gen. John Raymond […]

An international military customer has placed a $3.5 million order for KVH Industries’ TACNAV tactical navigation systems. Revenue from this order is expected to begin in the third quarter of […]

Education and cooperation across borders was the main theme of the space agency leaders panel at the 33rd Space Symposium. The speakers, representing agencies from countries across the globe, outlined […]

A Remote Interface Unit, an aluminum electronic enclosure designed to hold avionic circuits, will be the first 3-D printed part certified for use on a Lockheed Martin military satellite. The […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced completion of the Systems Requirements Review (SRR) for the Restore-L project to demonstrate satellite servicing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). As announced on December 9, […]

Orbital ATK announced it successfully concluded 17 years of mission support for NASA’s Earth Observing 1 (EO 1) satellite. NASA decommissioned the spacecraft, built by Orbital ATK for NASA’s Goddard […]

Last December, Russia spooked military officials with the successful flight test of a new Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile, the PL-19 Nudol. At the time, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) officials […]

Airways New Zealand, Aireon Partner on South Pacific Operational Validation Airways New Zealand and Aireon announced that they have signed an agreement in principle to enter into an operational validation […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Descartes Labs a grant as part of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 program. This grant acknowledges the work […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) has awarded Earth Networks a five-year, $2.5 million contract to leverage the company’s Total Lightning Network and advanced lightning […]

SolAero Technologies announced that it has delivered its lightweight solar cell technology to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to power its Solar-Soaring Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) demonstrator. SolAero’s UAV-TJ […]

During a Mountain View, California, forum this week organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), SES showcased some of its solutions geared toward humanitarian […]

From its final orbit location 22,000 miles above the equator, the third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite recently sent its first images back down to Earth, a milestone known […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 rocket carrying the ninth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-9) satellite for the United States Air Force (USAF) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) recognized MDA US Systems, a division of MDA managed by SSL, for its support of a robotic upgrade to […]

Comtech announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2017, Comtech’s command and control technologies group, which is part of its government solutions segment, received approximately $4 million in orders […]

The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA) has selected Eutelsat Communications for the development, integration and operation of the next-generation EGNOS payload on a future Eutelsat satellite. Eutelsat and […]

Orbcomm announced that its Canadian partner Maerospace has won a multi-year contract with the government of Canada. Through its Canadian subsidiary SkyWave, Orbcomm will provide satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data used […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that it provided a two-axis gimbal mechanism for NASA’s Raven flight demonstration, which the 10th SpaceX cargo resupply mission delivered to the International Space Station […]

Eutelsat Communications announced that SRG SSR, Switzerland’s public TV and radio broadcaster, has confirmed its long-term commitment to the Hot Bird neighborhood with the multi-year renewal of one transponder that […]

KVH Industries introduced the Tactical Navigation (TACNAV) Light/GPS solution at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Based on KVH’s line of tactical navigation […]

Colombian telecommunications, water and electricity services provider, EMCALI, has selected ETL Systems to provide Radio Frequency (RF) equipment for its Cali teleport expansion project. EMCALI required a 32 input by […]

NASA is partnering with eight U.S. companies to advance small spacecraft and launch vehicle technologies that are on the verge of maturation and are likely to benefit both NASA and […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded Communications & Power Industries (CPI) a CA$3.8 million ($2.8 million) contract to manufacture the flight hardware of the Ka-band Extended Interaction Klystron (EIK) for […]

Last year, David Livingstone, an associate fellow at Chatham House, one of the world’s leading think tanks in foreign affairs and security, co-authored, with Patricia Lewis, a Chatham House research […]

In its 39th flight, the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully launched ISRO’s 714-kilogram Cartosat-2 satellite along with 103 co-passenger satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.

NASA has awarded the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership Sustainability (SNPPS) contract to Ball Aerospace of Boulder, Colo. This is an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), cost-plus fixed-fee contract with the ability to issue […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Vencore with the Systems Engineering and Technical Services (SETS) contract valued at $113 million. Under the terms of this contract (one-year base […]

Geoscience Australia, an agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lockheed Martin have entered into a collaborative research project to show how augmenting signals from multiple Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its second quarter of fiscal 2017, its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, which is part of Comtech’s commercial solutions segment, has received a […]