Government/Military

 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 […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) exercised an option under its existing indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity order with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), the Canadian information solutions provider announced Feb. 22.     The multi-million dollar […]

Based on recent growth in its hosted payload business, Boeing has established a unit within its Space and Intelligence Systems division to market commercial services to the private and public sectors, the […]

The U.S. Department of Defense’s long-term strategy for acquiring more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), combined with the increasing sophistication of sensors to be employed onboard these aircraft, will drive a […]

[Satellite News 03-08-11] The U.S. Department of Defense’s long-term strategy for acquiring more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), combined with the increasing sophistication of sensors employed onboard these aircraft, will drive […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] 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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] 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. […]

Cisco Systems launched its Internet Router in Space (IRIS) program on the Intelsat 14 satellite when the spacecraft was orbited in November 2009.       The router’s configuration, triggered by […]

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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] Orbital Sciences’ Taurus XL 3110 rocket failed to deliver NASA’s Glory climate-monitoring satellite into orbit after a payload fairing on the nose cone of the rocket did […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-11] NASA awarded an option for the Space Network Expansion-East to General Dynamics C4 Systems under the agency’s Space Network Ground Segment sustainment contract awarded in June, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-11] 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. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-11] NewCom released a turnkey solution for governments, NGOs, foundations and private sector businesses interested in improving education in rural, developing regions throughout Latin America and Africa, the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-04-11] EMS Technologies generated earnings of $6.1 million during its 2010 fourth-quarter — a sharp increase from the $2.4 million it reported last year — driven by […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-11] 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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-11] China will launch 12 to 14 imagery satellites by 2020 to form its own global navigation positioning system, China’s state-owned newspaper, People’s Daily, reported March 2.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-11] 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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-11] Imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe appointed Jeffrey Tarr its new President and CEO effective April 5, the company announced Feb. 28.     Tarr succeeds CEO and Chairwoman Jill […]

In February, we looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) effort to enact rules to ensure unblocked, non-discriminatory access to the Internet, a regulatory scheme known as Net […]

Read an exclusive, extended version of this feature here. The satellite sector is poised to see a period of rapid innovation and growth, spurred by the new U.S. National Space […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-11] 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. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] 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 […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-23-11] The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) placed another $6.8 million limited production Multi-functional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) terminal […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) exercised an option under its existing indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity order with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), the Canadian information solutions provider […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] The Russian Space Agency halted all Rokot missions so that it can complete an investigation of the Feb. 1 launch failure that destroyed Russia’s Geo IK-2 military […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] 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. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Thales-Raytheon Systems has developed a mobile application for its Command View C4I product, which aims to enable users to gain situational awareness and decisionmaking information on a […]

[Satellite News 02-22-11] Based on recent growth in its hosted payload business, Boeing has established a unit within its Space and Intelligence Systems division to market commercial services to the […]