Government/Military

BAE Systems Australia has contracted ViaSat to provide satellite ground stations for a high-speed upgrade to Australian Defense Force (ADF) satellite communications for $9.4 million, ViaSat announced Nov. 3.    ...

Orbit Technologies signed a $3 million deal with two Israeli defense companies to supply a range of tracking solutions over the coming year, the company announced Oct. 26.     Orbit...

The U.S. Department of Defense extended its contract with Northrop Grumman to further demonstrate a GPS-free inertial navigation system through September, the company announced.     The demonstration project, Ladar EO...

Rockwell Collins signed a deal with the Dutch Ministry of Defense to provide Swe-Dish satcom terminals, the company announced.     Rockwell Collins will deliver 23 CCT120 satcom terminals to the...

KVH Industries has received a total of $2 million in new orders from multiple U.S. and international military customers for its tactical navigation systems and universal multilingual displays, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Norway has entered into an agreement with Spain to invest in the acquisition of a Spanish satellite that will improve communications with Norwegian defense forces deployed in...

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] NexGen Communications, a partner of Iridium, was awarded a $9.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems radio-only (DTCS-RO)...

After the cancellation of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program earlier this year, both U.S. military officials and commercial satellite companies realized that military satellite plans would have to...

For both commercial satellite providers and their potential U.S. military customers, the process of meeting the needs of the modern warfighter through commercial networks has produced a long, frustrating and...

Intelsat General has been proactive in opening a line of communication with the military to better understand their needs in order to efficiently deliver solutions. Rarely has the company missed...