Government/Military

Orbit Technology Group won a contract with the French Navy worth over $4 million, to supply Ku-Band and C-Band marine satellite communication systems from OrSat, Orbit announced May 21.    ...

[Satellite Today 06-08-09] General Dynamics Satcom Technologies won a $119 million order to provide additional satellite communications earth terminals and support services for the U.S. Army‘s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T)...

[Satellite News 06-08-09] Australian microwave technology company Codan hopes its recent $3 million acquisition of U.S.-based Locus Microwave will significantly enhance Codan’s prospects in the market, Mike Heard. Codan’s managing...

ViaSat received certification from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for its ruggedized AN/PSC-14 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) integrated manpack terminal, ViaSat announced May 26.     The certification enables...

Atrexx, a German satellite service provider, won a U.S. military contract to provide satellite-based Internet connectivity for the U.S. Air Force’s Eagle Vision program in Europe, Atrexx announced May 26....

Comtech Mobile Datacom received $6 million worth of Movement Tracking System (MTS) orders from the U.S. Army under its existing supply contract, Comtech announced May 28.     The contract orders...

The U.S. Air Force said that a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which claimed that the U.S. military GPS system is experiencing serious degradation, is not...

L-3 Linkabit completed the integration and testing of a Wide Band-Beyond Line of Sight (WB-BLOS) capability for U.S. Army combat vehicles, the company announced June 1.     L-3 Linkabit said...

[Satellite Today 06-05-09] In the battle for U.S. stimulus funding, WiMax competitors are taking aim at potential smart grid technology contracts.     Space Data, a U.S.-based spectrum holder in the...

[Satellite Today 06-05-09] GeoEye projected that an issue with its GeoEye-1 satellite, which occurred in May causing portions of its imagery to lack color when collected in a particular operating...