Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] Inmarsat has signed a partnership agreement with technology developer GateHouse for the two companies to create a development program to enhance the BGAN Software Defined Radio (SDR)...

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] L-3 Linkabit has completed a payload characterization and verification test for the Wideband Global Satcom System (WGS-3) with its partners, the U.S. Army Program Manager Warfighter Information...

[Satellite News 07-09-10] The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shut down half of the transponders on the Insat-4B communications satellite after it suffered a solar panel power glitch July 7...

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received a $22.2 million order for mobile satellite data communications transceivers under its $384 million Blue Force Tracking (BFT) IDIQ program contract with...

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] NASA has awarded a crew robotics and vehicle equipment work contract to ATK Space Systems, the agency announced July 8.     ATK was among three contract winners....

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Harris Corp. has received orders totaling $99 million to supply C4I systems, including Falcon tactical radios and sensors for UAVs and other advanced satcom applications, to an...

[Satellite News 07-09-10] Last week, Satellite News outlined the United States’ aging space and satellite workforce issue and what steps were being taken to address the issue. This week, we...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] Astrium has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to undertake initial development studies for a next-generation launcher (NGL) for future satellite launches under the ESA’s...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] The U.S. Air Force has postponed a  scheduled July 8 Minotaur 4 launch carrying the Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) due to an anomaly discovered on another Minotaur...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] United Space Alliance (USA) will layoff about 15 percent of its 8,100-employee space shuttle workforce, effective Oct. 1, the company announced July 7.     USA said the...