Government/Military

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.     The demonstration, conducted late...

[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 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 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...

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...