Government/Military

TeleCommunication Systems has received $3.2 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance.

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will use satellite technology in its mission to review the country’s electoral boundaries and constituencies.

Inmarsat has announced the successful demonstration of its L-TACTM service on-the-move in vehicles at speeds up to 70 mph.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are in talks for building a satellite together.

The Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) has confirmed that its micro satellite, Pico Dragon, will be shipped to the International Space Station (ISS) in early August.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Seung Jo Kim, met in Washington D.C. on July 29.

Findings of a recent report by the U.S. Air Force reveal that satellites and the entire U.S. space enterprise system are currently at risk from increased space debris, extreme weather and cyber attacks.

Inmarsat and Arianespace confirmed the successful launch of ESA’s Alphasat.

Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corporation are in competition to build the replacement Space Shuttle to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

Space scientists at the University of Calgary have a principal role in the European Space Agency (ESA) Swarm mission, a triple-satellite mission created to better understand Earth’s magnetic field, including the weakening of our planet’s protective “shield” against cosmic radiation