Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] Boeing Co. has demonstrated the readiness of the advanced electronics that will be used in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, the company announced April...

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] Raytheon Co. will team with Harris Corp. and HP to pursue the $30 million U.S. Air Force Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Broadcast Manager transition contract, Raytheon...

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] General Dynamics Satcom Technologies has been awarded $109 million from the U.S. Army to provide satellite communications terminals and support services for Increment One of the...

[Satellite Today – 4-7-08] DataPath Inc. has begun delivery of 32 mobile incident site command trailers to the U.S. Army National Guard, DataPath announced April 7.     The trailers will...

[Satellite Today – 4-7-08] The GPS Block 2R-M satellite is operational for military and civilian users worldwide, the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin announced April 7.     The satellite,...

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] Lockheed Martin has completed work on the last satellite in the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System Block 2R constellation, Lockheed Martin announced April 3. Work...

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded an $11.5 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with field services for a network of Ku-band terminals, the company announced...

Military satellite designers rely on increasingly complex layers of software, and this means more vulnerabilities are lurking in space and on the ground. As more emphasis is placed on everything...

As conflicts continue in Afghanistan and Iraq, the demands by military forces for advanced communications have never been greater. The nature of conflict seems to have changed in recent years,...

The unveiling of the Air Force budget request for fiscal year 2009 revealed that the service has cut funding to some programs such as the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT)...