Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-11] Global missions communications provider Cable & Wireless (C&W) has inked a contract to provide Artel with a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) data network connecting 30 locations in...

[Satellite News 12-16-11] Lockheed Martin reported that it has reached key milestones on two of its largest government/military GEO satellite programs, as the manufacturer delivered the first Mobile User Objective...

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] Optimal Satcom has been awarded a multi-year contract by Harris CapRock to provide a company-wide capacity management system based on Optimal Satcom’s Enterprise Capacity Manager (ECM) and...

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11]A Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System (GPS-3) has delivered the program’s pathfinder spacecraft to the company’s Denver-area facility, Lockheed announced...

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] The European Commission (EC) unveiled plans Dec. 12 to establish a cross-border surveillance and satellite tracking system, which will aim to allow border guards to share information...

[Satellite TODAY 12-12-11] U.K. imagery technology supplier E2V has signed a multi-million Euro agreement with prime contractor Thales Alenia Space to design and manufacture a space qualified CMOS imaging sensor,...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-09-11] The European Space Agency (ESA) has named Astrium’s United Kingdom division its prime contractor for the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite (S5p), which will engage in an Earth...

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-11] Satellite technology developer Track24 has won a contract to supply the Canadian government with short burst data (SBD) services from MSS operator Iridium Communications, Track24 announced Dec....

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] Prime contractor China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to build Turkmenistan’s first national communications satellite that CGWIC is scheduled...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] Iridium Communications has expanded its board of directors from ten members to eleven members and has appointed Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Eric Olson as the additional director,...