Author: Jeffrey Hill

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Hughes Network Systems a $495,000 contract to conduct an architectural study of commercial communications satellite systems capabilities, Hughes announced March 7.     The report will focus on meeting the...

 Boeing launched its second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office on an Atlas 5 rocket into a low-Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Launch...

Vizada Networks has installed an iDirect VSAT-powered hub to support a contract from an unnamed European civil defense agency to provide satellite infrastructure and training services, Vizada announced March 1.      The iDirect...

Commercial blue force and blue personnel tracking (BFT/BPT) specialist Track24 Defense unveiled its Situational Command and Control (SCC) software for the international military market, the company announced.     The commercial-off-the-shelf platform and tactical...

 Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was awarded a $1.5 million study contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center‘s Milsatcom Systems Directorate to evaluate options available to meet future war fighting...

The U.S. Air Force successfully demonstrated over-the-air, low-data-rate communication between an orbiting Milstar satellite and the family of advanced beyond line-of-sight terminal, the Pentagon announced Feb. 25.     The demonstration, conducted late...

 The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contracted Northrop Grumman and the University of Minnesota to co-develop a collaborative navigation system under AFRL’s Collaborative Robust Integrated Sensor Positioning program, Northrop Grumman announced Feb. 24.      AFRL...

 Inmarsat subsidiary Segovia won a four-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide professional and technical services support to NATO security forces in Afghanistan, Segovia announced Feb. 22.     The task orders will see Segovia...

 Thales-Raytheon Systems has developed a mobile application for its Command View C4I product, which aims to enable users to gain situational awareness and decision making information on a variety of commercially...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-07-11] Hughes Communications posted a sharp increase in 2010 fourth-quarter net income at $16.9 million, compared with $2.4 million in 2009, driven by a 40 percent net...