Government/Military

In Seven Years Since Anthrax Attacks, Much Is Undone In Countering Biological Threat; Prevention, Response Needed Multiplicity Of Sensor Systems Available, But No Decision Made On Which To Buy Seven...

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space, NASA announced. Built at Goddard Space Flight Center in...

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Aerojet, a subsidiary of GenCorp, received a contract to provide propulsion systems for a NASA mission to study the Earth’s radiation belts, Aerojet announced Oct. 24.    ...

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. was awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to provide technical support for the operational Defense Support Program...

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Harris Corp. has been awarded a $60 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to continue work under the first-year option for the Network and Space Operations...

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Acquisition Policy Working Group (DAWG) has decided to halt the contract award competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to build the...

[Satellite News 10-21-08] Niether Boeing nor Lockheed Martin were notified by the U.S. Department of Defense of any delay in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, despite the Pentagon’s...

[Satellite News 10-16-08] Commercial satellite operators used the Satcon 2008 conference as a forum to push and develop military partnerships to provide communications services to combat forces and military command...

[Satellite News 10-16-08] The U.S. military’s desire for a dedicated, exclusive military communications network has turned into a future partnership and dependency on commercial satellite operators. But that paradigm shift...

[Satellite Today 10-14-08] Globecomm Systems introduced a 1.2-meter X-band auto-acquisition satellite terminal as part of its Auto-Explorer system, the company announced Oct. 14. The system provides government and military customers...