Government/Military

I always thought PowerPoint presentations were fairly innocuous and really just a way of stimulating debate, but it seems a presentation that Kay Sears gave in 2007 was a key...

Tags: LandSat, USGS, NASA, Google, Satellite Imagery Publication: NBCNews.com Publication Date: 05/09/2013 To access the interactive map, click on the image. Google, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME...

Tags: Drone, Prototype, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Publication: NationalGeographic.com Publication Date: 05/02/2013 The half-inch drone could be used for environmental monitoring or pollination of crops. Image credit: Harvard Microrobotics Lab Researchers...

In-orbit servicing provider ViviSat has unveiled a highly agile hosted payload capability that aims to supplement its life extension services. ViviSat uses the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), manufactured its parent...

The Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA) has selected Janet Nickloy, director of Aerospace Mission Solutions for Harris Corporation, as its 2013 chair. The HPA fosters dialogue between the government and the...

Aireon LLC, developer of the first satellite-based global air traffic surveillance system, has announced a long-term commercial data services contract with Nav Canada. Aireon will use the hosted payload space...

The Radarsat-1 Earth observation satellite, built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies for the Canadian government, has concluded its mission after serving the organization for more than 17 years – 12 years longer than its mission life.

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-13] BringCom has announced it has been awarded a new multi-year contract by an international carrier for a U.S. Government circuit. Under the contract, valued at $7.324 million,...

A PowerPoint presentation given by Intelsat General’s President, Kay Sears proved to be the catalyst that sparked GeoMetWatch (GMW) to pursue a hosted payload deal. GMW is a commercial technology...

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-13] Raytheon U.K. and the Canadian Department of National Defense have selected ITT Exelis to provide anti-jam GPS antenna arrays for several Canadian airborne military platforms.      ...