Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-12] Telespazio has been selected by the Italian Ministry of Defense as the prime contractor to produce a high-resolution Earth observation military satellite system for more than $200...

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-12] ATIS has launched an effort to identify technologies that could provide a backup to the Global Positioning System (GPS) for time, frequency transport and delivery, the organization...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] Lockheed Martin has completed on-orbit testing of the first U.S. Navy next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, the manufacturer announced July 18.    Lockheed Martin Vice President...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Italian space company e-GEOS to process satellite data from the Matera Space Center and to support the...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] Russia has invited India to be a joint participant in the development of its Glonass satellite navigation system, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin confirmed in a...

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ STPSat-3 spacecraft will host five payloads and a de-orbit module when it launches in 2013 for the U.S. Air Force (USAF), the company...

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) been awarded $11.3 million in additional funding to provide the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) with field support services for its communications infrastructure, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] Lockheed Martin has awarded the satellite communication component of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) C-130J Super Hercules Block 8.1 upgrade to Cobham and Thrane & Thrane, the...

[Satellite News 07-17-12] The Kennedy Space Center-based NASA Launch Services Program issued four contracts to two commercial launch entities July 17 as the agency prepares to ramp up its space...

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] Astrium has successfully completed testing its AirPatrol next-generation airborne satcom terminal and has commenced flight trials with the Canadian Department of National Defense as part of its...