Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] AOS Inc. has added satellite-based products and services from Vizada to AOS’s U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) schedule, AOS announced April 21.     AOS, based in...

[Satellite News – 4-21-08] The European Space Agency (ESA) is prepared to take the lead in Earth observation after awarding a pair of satellites for the Global Monitoring for Environment...

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] The U.S. Army exercised a $5.5 million contract option for continued production of the Joint IP Modem (JIPM), Globecomm Systems Inc. announced April 21.     In...

[Satellite Today – 4-17-08] EADS Astrium has been appointed the prime contractor to lead a European consortium to develop and build the Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite for the European Space...

[Satellite Today – 4-16-08] Raytheon Co. has won a $61 million contract to complete the development and certification of next-generation global positioning receivers for the U.S. Air Force, Raytheon announced...

[Satellite Today – 4-16-08] The Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) has been launched and the first signals successfully acquired, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) announced...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] U.S. Strategic Command has taken command and control of WGS-1, the U.S. Air Force announced April 15.     This milestone initiates the transition of operational users...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center (SMC) has ordered three additional Minotaur space launch vehicles from Orbital Sciences Corp., Orbital announced April 15....

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] Northrop Grumman has submitted a proposal to NASA to design and develop the next generation of GOES-R satellites, Northrop Grumman announced April 15.     Northrop Grumman’s...

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has inked a deal with the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Armed Forces to provide secure satellite communications in the UAE,...