Government/Military

Every $1 Billion In Defense Outlays Sustains 6,500 Jobs Across Nation Legislation saying that defense spending couldn’t fall to less than 4 percent of U.S. economic output was unveiled by...

NASA will gain $1 billion under the congressional economic stimulus bill that aims to slow the U.S. plunge into the deepest recession in recent years. That $1 billion would include...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] Satlynx has signed two new contracts with the Polish government, the company announced Feb. 12.     The first deal, worth 6.7 million euros ($8.65 million), is with...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] A defunct Russian satellite collided with an Iridium satellite resulting in the destruction of both spacecraft, Iridium announced Feb. 12.     The collision occurred above Siberia at...

[Satellite Today 02-12-09] A Lockheed Martin led team has won another U.S. space contract, the company announced Feb. 10. The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Transformational...

[Satellite Today 02-12-09] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has been boosted by the successful launch of the Express AM44 and Express-MD1 satellites, the company said Feb. 11. The two...

[Satellite Today 02-11-09] The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing, Lockheed Martin said Feb. 9. The testing is taking place at...

Vizada won a contract with Delta Wave Communications to supply the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers with Inmarsat and Iridium mobile satellite communications services in the United States and overseas....

Enerdyne Technologies, a ViaSat company, will supply its EnerLinks2 digital video over analog (DVA) data link technology to Insitu Inc. for use in its Integrator and next-generation ScanEagle unmanned aerial...

Boeing received a $75 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force to continue risk reduction and system definition for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). The six-month contract extension...