Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp.’s Blue Force Tracking-HC (BFT-HC) ground mobile and aviation transceiver and network solution has passed U.S. Army-sponsored field-testing, Comtech announced Jan. 7.     Comtech...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] The European Space and Defense Agencies (ESA, EDA) issued two contracts to Astrium to enhance the performance of Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle and put together a...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a propulsion system to NASA‘s Ames Research Center for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft, SS/L announced...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) signed a contract with Boeing Satellite and Intelligence Systems to deliver four network and media services technology solutions for Canadian Defense Forces...

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has contracted United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch the Wideband Global Satcom-4 (WGS-4) satellite, ULA announced Jan. 4....

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] Globecomm Systems received a $9.1 million contract extension from NATO to continue providing communication services and onsite support for its GPS-based Force Tracking System (FTS), Globecomm announced...

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] ITT Corp. is reorganizing and renaming its defense segment, ITT announced Jan. 5.     The unit will be renamed ITT Defense and Information Solutions and its current...

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-10] Booz Allen Hamilton was awarded a four-year $38.4 million contract to provide launch and test range system engineering and integration support to the U.S. Air Force Space...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-10] Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to launch Vietnam’s second telecommunications satellite by 2012 and assigned the state-run Vietnam Posts and Telecoms Group to be...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-10] U.S. facility clearance license laws have forced EMS Technologies to appoint Board Chairman John Mowell to the additional position of executive director, the company announced Jan. 4....