Government/Military

The U.S. Space Force needs to consider several risks to the progress of its next-generation missile warning satellite program, including the fact that its ground system may not be ready...

Hughes Network Systems reports that its HeloSat satellite communications transmitted consistent, real-time, full-motion video from a Black Hawk helicopter during a recent in-flight demonstration. The HeloSat solution sent live, HD...

Intelsat General (IG) has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Army to assess and develop its technology and services as a solution for the Army’s mission to progress satellite...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Data Link Solutions a $33.6 million contract for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) low volume terminal, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced Thursday....

The five satellite operators — Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES, Star One, and Telesat — involved in the FCC’s C-band clearing have agreed to vacate their spectrum on the FCC’s accelerated timeline,...

Accion Systems and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have reached a partnership to  research and develop electrospray technology. The goal is to create high-efficiency systems capable of delivering...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems  a $7,304,322 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement modification to its contract for Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) sensor sustainment. The DMSP has...

The Mission-Critical Technologies group of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $1.6 million in additional funding to its sustainment contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP (Secret Internet...

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said that it is requiring Communications and Power Industries LLC (CPI) to divest its ASC Signal Division for the company to proceed with its planned...

Comtech Telecommunications and its subsidiaries won two contracts to provide U.S. government and military satellite service, the company announced May 28. Comtech’s Mission-Critical Technologies group  was awarded a $12.5 million...