Government/Military

[11-29-07 – Satellite News] Satellite executives are looking to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Alphasat program to see if public-private partnerships can be effective means of developing new services and […]

[11-29-07 – Satellite Today] The second of two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corp. for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed […]

[11-28-07 – Satellite News] The Galileo satellite navigation program, one of the flagship programs of the European Commission, has been boosted by the news that European Union (EU) budget ministers […]

[11-28-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has demonstrated the communications and transmission security architecture of its proposed Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), the company announced Nov. 28.     The tests, […]

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) and the University of Surrey have captured a Galileo signal reflected off the ocean surface, demonstrating the potential for determining the […]

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today]  The U.S. Air Force awarded contracts Nov. 21 to Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to continue work on their proposals for the ground control segment for the […]

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Northrop Grumman Corp. completed qualification testing of the payload flight software for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) payload, the first flight qualification of the new […]

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Cisco appointed retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle, vice president, Global Government Solutions Group, the company announced Nov. 26. Boutelle will lead Cisco’s efforts in […]

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today] PlanetSpace, Lockheed Martin and ATK have submitted a bid for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project (COTS), PlanetSpace announced Nov. 22. NASA has opened up the […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite News] The GeoEye Foundation has donated nine high-quality satellite images to wildlife conservation groups including the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, to aid in gorilla preservation efforts. […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin has delivered the core propulsion module for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, the company announced Nov. 20.     AEHF, a military communications […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Park Air Systems, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp., has developed and installed the ground-based elements of a global navigation system for Bronnoysund Airport, in Norway, […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. has won $1.3 million in contracts to provide the Florida Army National Guard with satellite-based communications equipment, the company announced Nov. 20.     CVG […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. has signed a reseller agreement with New Zealand-based Baycity Communications, C-Com announced Nov. 20.     Baycity, which provides two-way broadband Internet services, […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] DataPath Inc. has added baseband solutions for mobile satellite communications networks to their U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) contract, the company announced Nov. 19.         […]

[11-16-07 – Satellite Today] The Indian Space Reseach Organization (ISRO) has tested an indigenously developed cryogenic stage that will serve as the upper stage of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle […]

[11-15-07 – Satellite News] While relying more and more on commercial satellite services, the government is a “terrible customer” for the industry, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Armor said […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] The United States and Australia signed an agreement to cooperate on the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system, including adding a sixth satellite to the constellation, expanding […]

[11-14-07 – Satellite Today] Orbital Sciences Corp. has won a $29.5 million contract to support a nanosatellite program for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory‘s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, the […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite News] Space has become “a lifeline to military forces,” U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Victor See, commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s Space Field Activity, said […]

    [11-13-07 – Satellite Today] Raytheon Co. received a contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a tactical paging solution that improves submarine communications, the company announced Nov. 13.     […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to develop a standard network IP modem for use on military and commercial satellites, […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI) has received an initial award for satellite communications amplifiers to support the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T) program, […]

[11-12-07 – Satellite Today] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has completed development of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine, the company announced Sept. 12. The Merlin […]

 [11-08-07 – Satellite News] The Global MilSatCom 2007 show in London from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7 saw a variety of speakers highlight the ever-increasing importance of satellite communications in […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Inmarsat Global Ltd., a subsidiary of Inmarsat plc., has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to become the commercial operator for the Alphasat […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] QinetiQ and other members of a consortium of British firms have agreed to provide satellite images to relief agencies around the world for free, QinetiQ announced […]

[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has demonstrated its "one button” start-up U.S. ground station, which will be an essential element of its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) offering, the […]

[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. will provide a satellite-based broadband communications solution for the U.S. Coast Guard, CVG announced Nov. 6.     CVG will install a pair of Ku-band […]

[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] Five Northrop Grumman engineers received a patent for a payload positioning boom, the company announced Nov. 6.     The boom, which attaches the payload to the […]