Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] ManSat has appointed Anthony Hewitt director of the company, ManSat announced April 28.             Hewitt previously served as director of the Isle of Man Government Communications Commission, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] The Australian Defense Force (ADF) exercised its contract option with Intelsat to purchase the remainder of the specialized UHF communications payload on the Intelsat 22 satellite, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems has selected Newtec to provide Elevation EL470 DVB-S2 IP modems with FlexACM licenses for Raytheon’s McMurdo Station satellite communication system upgrade in […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Defense contractor Global Telesat Corp. (GTC) has agreed to purchase a 50 percent interest in one of Sanswire Corp.’s SkySat airships for $250,000, with an option to […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] EADS Astrium has shipped a payload for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Galileo satellite-navigation system to ESA facilities in Rome, the company announced April 27. The Proto-flight […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] GPS tracking and communication solutions provider Blue Sky Network has been selected by the Peruvian Air Force to provide its GPS-based D2000 flyaway kits and aviation tracking […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] GE Satellite was chosen by NASA to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for a NASA science mission to study atmospheric and environmental conditions across in the Pacific from […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] Northrop Grumman has decided to relocate its corporate offices to Virginia, the company announced April 27.     Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush said that while Maryland and […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-27-10] CapRock Government Solutions has expanded its satellite and terrestrial infrastructure to include bandwidth-on-demand to more than 35 major U.S. Department of Defense locations and direct connections at […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Orbital Sciences launched its Minotaur 4 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., April 22, the company announced.     A three-stage HTV-2 rocket, built by Lockheed Martin, lifted […]

 [Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Harris Corp. received a two-year, $18 million follow-on contract from ViaSat to supply additional hardware to be integrated into military Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals, Harris […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Boeing Defense, Space and Security’s 2010 first-quarter revenues fell to $7.6 billion from $7.7 billion reported in 2009 due to lower volume in network and space systems, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Raytheon’s first quarter 2010 net income grew to $453 million from the same quarter in 2009, when it reported $449 million in operations income, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has shipped the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS) satellite bus to Goodrich Corp. for payload integration after completing environmental tests, ATK announced.     ATK said […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] GMV has opened a subsidiary in Darmstadt, Germany, the Madrid-based space company announced April 20.      The new subsidiary aims to enhance GMV’s relationship with the European […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Integral Systems has entered into a partnership agreement with Aleut Communications Services to relocate the operational satellite ground system equipment of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] ViaSat has received a $6.6 million add-on to its $21.5 million Multifunctional Information Distribution System–Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) delivery order contract with the U.S. Space and Naval […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Lockheed Martin is ahead of development schedule for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation GPS system, GPS 3, having completed 26 of 65 critical design review (CDR) tests, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Brazil, India and the Republic of South Africa signed an agreement to develop and launch a new civil satellite program into space, government officials from the countries […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe has contracted Raytheon to provide an enhanced constellation collection management system, DigitalGlobe announced April 16.     The Raytheon system aims to provide DigitalGlobe’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] U.S. space exploration will reach beyond the moon and further into the solar system’s reaches by 2025, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a speech at the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] The launch of Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) GSLV-D3 rocket carrying the GSAT-4 communications satellite has failed due to a third-stage engine malfunction that resulted in total […]

[Satellite News 04-16-10] In January, medium-sized German space systems provider OHB Systems received its largest single order to date — a 566 million euro ($767.8 million) contract from the European […]

[Satellite News 04-16-10] The 26th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs brought technology enthusiasts and business leaders together to address the future of the commercial and civil value of the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] RapidEye has entered into a contractual partnership agreement with Swedish distributor Metria to distribute RapidEye satellite imagery in the Scandinavian, Baltic and Icelandic data markets, the imagery […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] Lockheed Martin has completed all factory testing of the first satellite in the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program and is ready to deliver […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has started to receive data from the CryoSat-2 satellite, the organization confirmed April 13.     The satellite, launched April 8 as part […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told audience members at the 2010 Space Symposium that U.S. President Barack Obama’s new direction for NASA should be seen as a transformative […]

[Satellite News 04-13-10] Cisco Systems aims to increase its role in the military satellite sector by shifting the focus of its space strategy to provide the ability to route IP […]

[Satellite News 04-13-10] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told anxious audience members at the 2010 Space Symposium that U.S. President Barack Obama’s new direction for NASA, outlined in the 2010 fiscal […]