Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] ManSat has appointed Anthony Hewitt director of the company, ManSat announced April 28.             Hewitt previously served as director of the Isle of Man Government Communications Commission,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] The Australian Defense Force (ADF) exercised its contract option with Intelsat to purchase the remainder of the specialized UHF communications payload on the Intelsat 22 satellite, the...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems has selected Newtec to provide Elevation EL470 DVB-S2 IP modems with FlexACM licenses for Raytheon’s McMurdo Station satellite communication system upgrade in...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-10] Defense contractor Global Telesat Corp. (GTC) has agreed to purchase a 50 percent interest in one of Sanswire Corp.’s SkySat airships for $250,000, with an option to...

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] EADS Astrium has shipped a payload for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Galileo satellite-navigation system to ESA facilities in Rome, the company announced April 27. The Proto-flight...

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] GPS tracking and communication solutions provider Blue Sky Network has been selected by the Peruvian Air Force to provide its GPS-based D2000 flyaway kits and aviation tracking...

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] GE Satellite was chosen by NASA to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for a NASA science mission to study atmospheric and environmental conditions across in the Pacific from...

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] Northrop Grumman has decided to relocate its corporate offices to Virginia, the company announced April 27.     Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush said that while Maryland and...

[Satellite TODAY 04-27-10] CapRock Government Solutions has expanded its satellite and terrestrial infrastructure to include bandwidth-on-demand to more than 35 major U.S. Department of Defense locations and direct connections at...

[Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Orbital Sciences launched its Minotaur 4 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., April 22, the company announced.     A three-stage HTV-2 rocket, built by Lockheed Martin, lifted...