Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) and Eumetsat have signed the agreement to determine the principles of cooperation between the two agencies when establishing the various components of […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-12] The U.S. Navy and U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) have accepted the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for initial operational use. MUOS is a next-generation narrowband […]

[Satellite News 11-20-12] So far in 2012, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized almost a billion-and-a-half dollars in satellite transactions. Yesterday, the Ex-Im Bank added […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-20-12] Rockwell Collins will provide satellite services to the U.S. Army Communication-Electronics Command under a $35 million contract, the company announced Nov. 20.       Rockwell Collins […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-20-12] Within the next three years, China will launch a communications satellite for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chinese media officials announced Nov. 19. According to Xinhua news […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-19-12] Israeli satellite operator Spacecom has signed a significant agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to plan, manufacture, prepare for launch and provide ground control operations for […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-16-12] The first Sri Lankan communication satellite is scheduled to launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Nov. 22, operate by mid-2013 for commercial purposes and is […]

[Satellite News 11-15-12] While the impending budgetary compromise may have recently dominated mass media news cycles, budgetary pressures are nothing new to the Pentagon – a fact that Air Force […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-15-12] The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon Company have conducted concept evaluation demonstrations of the Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) and the repurposed Standard Terminal Automation Replacement […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-14-12] Raytheon has submitted a proposal to the Air Force for its Space Fence program to tackle the increasingly critical issue of space debris in orbit.  The […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-14-12] Communications solutions provider Globecomm Systems received a $4.5 million contract from the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to upgrade its previously deployed GPS-Based Force tracking […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-14-12] Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have completed on-orbit testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite, turning over Satellite Control Authority […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-13-12] Raytheon Company has met critical performance requirements to advance ongoing system integration on the U.S. Navy Cobra Judy Replacement (CJR) program by achieving two significant milestones during […]

We can safely assume that U.S. President Barack Obama didn’t have much of a re-election celebration last week. After all, the executive and legislative branches of the government have just […]

If the market analysis reports are correct, military satellite size and demand are heading in the opposite direction, as the fiscally constrained international market will result in more cooperation between […]

Government sequestration in the United States will significantly harm ongoing national defense operations and procurement of new systems needed by warfighters, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) CEO Marion Blakey said in […]

Judging by recent plans unveiled for new satellite models and the buzz surrounding hosted payloads, the commercial satellite sector seems to have noticed the trend of increasing demand for smaller, […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will design the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (Milsatcom) program, the organizations announced Nov. 5.    The contract for design concepts was issued by […]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Honeywell, Intel Corp., Lockheed Martin and RSA/EMC have founded the Cyber Security Research Alliance (CSRA) as a private, non-profit research consortium formed to develop public-private collaboration […]

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $34 million contract to Orbital Sciences to develop an ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Equipment (EAGLE) system for small payloads functioning […]

Hughes Europe and Bentley Walker have entered into a partnership to launch Ka-band communications services into the Middle East over the Avanti Hylas 2 satellite.    Bentley Walker has purchased […]

Intelsat S.A. reported $654.9 million revenue and a net loss of $34.5 million for its 2012 third quarter ending Sept. 30, the satellite service provider announced Nov. 5.    Intelsat […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-09-12] TP-Link will provide its registered Value Added Resellers (VAR’s) with free replacement and shipping for any damaged TP-Link products due to Hurricane Sandy, the network product supplier […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-12] The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Company an $11.5 million contract to further develop the Weather Data Analysis (WDA) system to deliver efficiencies and weather forecast […]

[Satellite News 11-08-12] Government sequestration in the United States will significantly harm ongoing national defense operations and procurement of new systems needed by warfighters, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) CEO Marion […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-07-12] There was little fanfare for Earth imagery provider GeoEye’s 2012 third quarter results call, mostly due to the fact that it was purchased by former rival […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-06-12] Secure mobile communication technology provider TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) is one of 20 companies selected under the Pentagon’s Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems and Services (GTACS) contract, […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-06-12] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will design the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (Milsatcom) program, the organizations announced Nov. 5. The contract for design concepts was […]

The launch of the IS-22 satellite with a hosted payload for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) heralded a new era in international milsatcom. Now, the commercial satellite industry will wait […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-12] The second U.S. Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite successfully completed its on-orbit testing on Sept. […]