Government/Military

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 […]

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 […]