Government/Military

Radiant Solutions has signed a follow-on contract with the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) valued at $2.6 million for its Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) program. AGC exercised an option extending Radiant […]

The African Regional Data Cube has been launched at the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data’s inaugural Data for Development Festival in the United Kingdom. This new tool harnesses the […]

Comtech EF Data received a $1.6 million order for satellite modems from a major U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor. The order specified the DMD2050E MIL-STD-188-165A/STANAG 4486 Edition 3 Compliant […]

Black Swift Technologies announced the expansion of a pathfinder mission with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to develop enhanced multi-angular remote sensing techniques using small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). According […]

With the President’s recent signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, the United States government is taking a significant step in recognizing the criticality […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems, received an order totaling approximately $2 million to provide 50 Mb/s tactical troposcatter equipment […]

The U.S. government has selected GetSat’s MicroSat and MilliSat Land and Maritime (L/M) versions to provide maritime and ground-based secure Communications-On-the-Move (COTM) applications. The deal is worth an undisclosed multi-million […]

Raytheon’s next-generation GPS Operational Control System (GPS OCX), is in its final software development phase. According to the company, this phase focuses on increasing automation and building controls for both […]

An undisclosed nation in Asia has selected Harris Corporation as the prime systems integrator to modernize and upgrade its military communications network, extending the company’s role as the country’s incumbent […]

Satellite companies building next-generation networks must be prepared to meet obligations for lawful intercept, says Subsentio Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Bock. If network operators are unable to comply with […]

GovSat 1 has entered operational service to provide secure communications to governmental and institutional users. The spacecraft is GovSat’s first, a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the government of Luxembourg and […]

NASA has given Orbital ATK approval to begin building its Landsat 9 spacecraft after completing a comprehensive design review of the mission. Landsat 9, a land surface mapping satellite, will […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA).  SpaceX received a $290.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to orbit […]

Viasat has announced the availability of ViaSat 2 satellite communications service for government, defense and military applications. The service leverages ViaSat 2, along with innovations in ground networking technologies. Earlier […]

More than a year and a half ago, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) built five new satellite receivers in Inuvik, in northwest Canada, as part of a contract with the European […]

NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the second in a series of next-generation weather satellites this week for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). At 5:02 p.m. […]

York Space Systems announced the successful completion of the Harbinger Mission Critical Design Review (CDR) leveraging the company’s industrial-grade S-Class spacecraft platform. York’s S-Class platform is a standardized 3-axis stabilized […]

In September, NASA announced that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket had been delayed from October 2018 to June 2019. Now, […]

On Feb. 28, Japan successfully launched a new optical reconnaissance satellite from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The spacecraft (the details of which are highly classified) will join a […]

Radiant Solutions announced a contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide more than 1 million labeled objects within high-resolution satellite images that will be used to accelerate […]

Telebras, a Brazilian state-controlled public telecommunications company, and Viasat have announced a strategic agreement to bring high-speed, affordable internet to unserved and underserved communities, health clinics, schools and hospitals across […]

As part of its plan to launch more than 60 satellites over the next five years, the India Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced it will launch the first spacecraft, Gsat […]

MDA announced that it has signed a contract valued at approximately CA$4 million ($3.1 million) with Airbus for design studies dedicated to the optical data relay payload of the third […]

A unit in the Pentagon has put out a call for algorithms that can be used to analyze high-resolution satellite imagery. The contest, called the xView Detection Challenge, will award […]

With an eye toward future deep space missions, Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA powered up the RS-25 main engine for the agency’s heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) to its highest thrust […]

At the second National Space Council Meeting, members agreed on a number of new recommendations to reform commercial space regulatory frameworks at the Departments of Transportation and Commerce. According to […]

Australia and Singapore-based rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA to collaborate on various research, technology development and educational initiatives. Under the reimbursable […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its second quarter of fiscal 2018, the U.S. Army awarded the company an initial $11.7 million order to provide several thousand of its MT-2025 Mobile […]

Iridium Communications announced that Comsat has signed an agreement to become the Iridium Certus service provider for U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) users. This long-term deal will allow Comsat to […]

Just as the early railroads transformed the American West and spurred an economic boom across our then young nation, commercial activity in space is blossoming. Expansion of these activities, especially […]