Government/Military

[Via Satellite 08-14-2014] Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman worth close to $3 million for a Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU)....

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] The Space Data Association, an international consortium of commercial satellite operators dedicated to safe conduct in space, has reached an agreement with the United States Department of...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] Kratos’ Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) Division has been selected to provide satellite communications, radio frequency and navigation systems support services as a member of the...

[Via Satellite 08-11-2014] Kratos subsidiary RT Logic received a $1 million contract for components to use in the Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) Operational Control System (OCX)...

[Via Satellite 08-08-2014] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded 12 contracts collectively worth $6.7 million to develop new products from the agency’s Radarsat 2 Earth Observation (EO) satellite and...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] CASBAA is hopeful that India is closer to enacting long-awaited reforms to its satellite policies under the leadership of new Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi. Following his...

[Via Satellite 08-06-2014] Datacom Systems International placed a $1.7 million order for MarineLink COM10X 1-meter X-band satellite terminals from Norsat. The company will install the terminals on Naval ships for...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] United Launch Alliance delivered the United States Air Force’s seventh Global Positioning System (GPS 2F-7) satellite to space on Friday Aug. 1, 2014 aboard an Atlas 5...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] Lockheed Martin reports that the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite has completed the acoustic testing conducted to simulate launch vibrations. Next is thermal vacuum testing,...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2014] The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has certified the ViaSat–Harris Corporation wideband Small Tactical Terminal (STT) (KOR 24A). With certification complete, the companies can deliver the...