Government/Military

TS2 Satellite Technologies has expanded its Internet service in Afghanistan using Avanti’s Hylas 2 satellite, which is equipped with Ka bandwidth transponders that enable bidirectional data transmission and additional services...

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 Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems two contracts to produce the Space-Based Infrared Systems GEO 5-6 satellite (SBIRS) and purchase materials needed to construct its seventh and eighth...

Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), provider of construction, repair and refit services for naval, military and commercial vessels, and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (YahSat) have been awarded a contract...

Boeing has shipped its fifth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, which aims to provide faster transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance imagery to the United States Air Force. WGS-5...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled initial development details from its Phoenix Program, which aims to recycle older, non-functional satellites for repurposing. The agency launched a video...

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Global imagery provider DigitalGlobe has awarded Richmond-based communications and information company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) a contract from to produce and provide a ground station solution,...

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] An active Russian spacecraft has collided with a piece of space debris, believed to be from a destroyed Chinese satellite. The impact between Russia’s Ball Lens in...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-13] The Air Force Space and Missile Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate has signed a contract with Millennium Space Systems for a 12-month research program on Systems and...

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Satellite companies with exposure to Defense Department and broader government budgets in the United States should expect to see incremental headwinds as across-the-board cuts as a result...