Government/Military

[Via Satellite 03-25-2016] DigitalGlobe has reached an agreement with an existing international defense and intelligence customer to convert an existing letter of intent into a definitive agreement. The new agreement...

[Via Satellite 03-24-2016] Network Innovations (NI) in partnership with Intellian has completed the first European Government XpressLink conversion and Global Xpress (GX) Maritime service activation. The company is one of Inmarsat’s...

[Via Satellite 03-18-2016] Intelsat has promoted Skot Butler to president of Intelsat General Corporation, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary that provides satellite communications solutions to military, commercial and government customers....

[Via Satellite 03-17-2016] The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra a contract to supply equipment for the agency’s Estrack network, used to communicate with and monitor satellites and space...

[Via Satellite 03-16-2016] Belgian law has formed the Association of the European Space Research Establishments (ESRE) as an international nonprofit organization. Members consist of space research centers in Italy (CIRA),...

[Via Satellite 03-16-2016] Comtech EF Data has received a $3.1 million contract award extension for additional Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface Processor (ATIP) production terminals from the U.S. Space and...

[Via Satellite 03-15-2016] While assessing the many changes that have taken hold of the satellite industry over the past few years, operators at the “Satellite Executive of the Year (SEOTY)...

[Via Satellite 03-15-2016] On March 8, the U.S. Air Force installed a new Family of Advanced Beyond line of sight Terminal (FAB-T) to the top of Building 400 at Schriever...

[Via Satellite 03-11-2016] A competition is brewing between commercial satellite operators and military satellite manufacturers as the two groups position themselves to best benefit from the U.S. Air Force‘s key...

[Via Satellite 03-10-2016] Intelsat General Corporation has been awarded a second contract to provide satellite services to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The one-year contract calls for 288 MHz of...