Government/Military

[Via Satellite 12-05-2016] Technology association CompTIA has appointed two new executive council members to its Space Enterprise Council (SEC). Matthew Jones, Boeing’s director of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance […]

[Via Satellite 12-02-2016] Klas Telecom has launched its Government Network Service Device (NSD), a software-defined tactical networking solution for use with Inmarsat’s new Global Xpress (GX) satellite network services. The […]

[Via Satellite 11-30-2016] Orbital ATK has entered a public-private partnership with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) to establish a Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services (CIRAS) in space. […]

[Via Satellite 11-16-2016] The Middle East is a vibrant region for satellite communications, and with companies like Yahsat and Es’hailSat, for example, spearheading a drive to make satellite more relevant, […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-2016] The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has awarded SES Government Solutions a managed services contract to support BBG in broadcasting U.S. government civilian content across the world […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-2016] The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has awarded CACI International a $446 million prime contract to provide operations, maintenance and sustainment of the U.S. Air Force Satellite Control […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-2016] Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), a business division of Cubic Corp., has promoted Paul Gierow, former president of GATR Technologies (GATR), to vice president of technology for CMS, […]

[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] NASA is set to launch its first Earth science small satellite constellation, which will help improve hurricane intensity, track, and storm-surge forecasts, on Dec. 12 from Cape […]

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Despite a vision from top Air Force officers that reusable rockets can play roles in future military missions, a conservative safety culture on launch ranges and institutional […]

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Airbus Defence and Space has signed GigaSat to its channel partner program for Skynet services in a partnership that will enable Gigasat to provide Skynet 5 military […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] Future investments in European military satellite communications dominated conversations on day one at Global MilSatCom in London this week. The morning had major speakers from the United […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] GovSat, a public-private partnership between the Luxembourg Government and SES, has secured a long-term commercial satellite communications contract to support the operational phase of NATO Alliance Ground […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] Two Harris Corporation unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors successfully deployed on orbit Oct. 30 onboard the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 5) satellite. MUOS 5, […]

International Satellite Company (ISC), a subsidiary of Thai satellite operator Thaicom, has entered into a satellite procurement contract with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) for a $208 million Ka-band […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-2016] SCS Aerospace Group will launch a nanosatellite designed and built in South Africa early next year from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a European […]

[Via Satellite 11-04-2016] Comtech EF Data has received a $1.2 million equipment order from General Dynamics Mission Systems—Canada in support of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Mercury Global project. This […]

[Via Satellite 11-02-2016] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has selected SES to create a digital emergency manual, in a project funded by the Luxembourg government. IOM, which carries out […]

[Via Satellite 11-01-2016] Honeywell has announced it will offer high-speed, high-bandwidth satellite communications capabilities for military use. Inmarsat’s Global Xpress “satcom as a service” in-flight broadband service and Honeywell’s JetWave […]

[Via Satellite 10-31-2016] Advantech Wireless announced it has delivered its most advanced Discovery hub and terminals for a military customer in the Middle East. This is the first of multiple […]

[Via Satellite 10-28-2016] Richard White has assumed the role of senior vice president of business development for government systems at Space Systems Loral (SSL), a satellite and spacecraft systems manufacturer. White previously […]

[Via Satellite 10-27-2016] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the South Korean space agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), to supply the ground infrastructure for the agency’s satellite […]

[Via Satellite 10-24-2016] U.S. Strategic Command’s (Stratcom) Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space) has modified a contract with Kratos to expand Radio Frequency (RF) monitoring, interference detection and […]

[Via Satellite 10-21-2016] The U.S. government is still waiting to close the business case on widespread use of small satellites and hosted payloads, U.S. Air Force (USAF) Assistant Deputy Under-Secretary […]

[Via Satellite 10-19-2016] The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is transferring ownership of the Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) to U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) for use […]

[Via Satellite 10-18-2016] Though the Pentagon sees “great leverage” in some of the small satellite developments that industry is bringing forward, it still needs to figure out how to properly […]

[Via Satellite 10-14-2016] Mobility is one of the satellite industry’s new favorite words, now that connectivity is viewed as a must have for vehicles and vessels around the world. To […]

[Via Satellite 10-14-2016] The United States executive branch has announced an investment of more than $50 million for small satellite technologies. The White House announcement came as part of the […]

[Via Satellite 10-12-2016] Scientists and researchers at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Amundsen-Scott Station, located at 90 degrees south on the South Pole, are using the Lockheed Martin-built Defense Satellite […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-2016] Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) has exercised a CA$15 million ($11.3 million) option for a contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), first announced in June […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-2016] General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada has selected Newtec to supply MDM9000 satellite modems to the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) for use in the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Aurora Incremental […]