Government/Military

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is calling for submissions to replace its 200-276 Mbps wireless technology, Common Data Link, currently used for military communications.

The next NASA communications satellite TDRS-K has arrived to Cape Canaveral to get ready for its launch scheduled for Jan. 29.

According to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, the satellite was delivered into its correct orbit by a Long March 2D rocket.

Raytheon’s Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) has completes a Full Rate Production (FRP) review by the U.S. Navy and will be installed on more than 300 U.S. Navy ships, subs and shore stations.

The Air Force is set to award manufacturer Lockheed Martin with a military contract to procure and build the final two satellites of the six-spacecraft Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications constellation by the end of 2012.

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-12] X-band satellite operator XTAR has spent the last 18 months retooling and reconfiguring its infrastructure to provide a whole new world of potential for bandwidth. Why? As...

Advantech AMT has received new orders for its DISA Certified MIL-STD-188-165A, AMT73L SCPC Modem from a major U.S. military supplier totaling $1.7 million.

The newest LandSat satellite, LandSat 8, has been scheduled for a February 2013 launch.

The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) has developed the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) to cut costs of satellite launches and has installed it on the International Space Station.

Intense solar storms are expected next year, which means that the number of sunspots will increase massively, causing changes in our planet’s ionosphere.