Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] Lockheed Martin has completed a baseline integrated system test (BIST) on the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit spacecraft, the company announced April 30.    ...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] Glowlink’s Wideband Global Spectrum Monitoring System has begun monitoring traffic carried on the first U.S. Department of Defense Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, Glowlink announced April...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] The Florida National Guard has selected SkyPort Global Communications and Applied Global Technologies (AGT) to provide satellite communications services and solutions in emergencies, SkyPort announced April...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Raytheon Co. won an $86.7 million contract to produce and install upgrade kits for the U.S. Army‘s Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, or SMART-T, Raytheon...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Qinetiq North America has been awarded a five-year, $150 million contract to provide NASA with environmental test and integration services, NASA announced April 28.     Qinetiq...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Lockheed Martin has joined the Northrop Grumman team competing for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract, Lockheed Martin announced...

[Satellite News – 4-29-08] The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is making all archived Landsat imagery available on the Internet for free, the agency announced April 28.     By February, users...

[Satellite Today – 4-25-08] Northrop Grumman‘s aerospace division sales for the first quarter of 2008 increased 4 percent from 2007, the company announced April 25.     The division reported $2.1...

[Satellite Today – 4-25-08] NASA’s Ames Research Center signed a cooperative research and development agreement with M2MI to develop nanosatellites for the commercialization of space, NASA announced April 24.    ...

[Satellite Today – 4-25-08] India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is set for an April 28 mission that will carry 10 satellites, including the Cartsat-2A spacecraft, the Indian Space Research Organization...