Government/Military

To operate in today’s theaters — with 38,000 NATO and 47,000 U.S. troops in mountainous Afghanistan and 115,000 U.S. troops in the deserts of Iraq — the military needs even...

The cancellation of the TSAT (Transformational Satellite Communications System) military satellite program ushered in a new era for military satellite communications. As a harsh economic recession took root, governments suddenly...

Col. William Harding, vice commander, Military Satellite Communications System Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, directs acquisition planning, programming, budgeting and operational support for a...

[Satellite TODAY 04-01-10] Astrium has been commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the Sentinel-2B optical satellite, the next flight unit in the Sentinel series, the company announced...

The military satellite communications landscape has undergone some fundamental changes throughout the last 12 months. As an economic recession took hold around the world, governments had to examine where they...

I have not been able to pick up a mainstream newspaper or magazine, turn on TV news, or check out a news Web site in the past several months without...

“Space has been one of the hidden success stories of British industry in recent years.” So begins a comprehensive report issued in early February by a joint U.K. government, industry...

When considering commercial space one thinks of satellites. When one thinks about the intersection of commercial space and consumers one thinks of satellite TV, GPS, broadband over satellite and the...

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] Norsat International has won a $1.7 million network service contract from a military based in Europe, the company announced March 30.     Norsat said the unnamed military...

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-10] Data Link Solutions (DLS) has delivered its first Multifunctional Information Distribution System–Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT 2) to the U.S. Army’s Tactical Radio Communications Systems office, the company...