Government/Military

[12-21-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat has signed a deal with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO to further upgrade and enhance the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, Inmarsat announced...

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has accepted delivers of 22 OuterLink mobile asset management systems and five spare Cp-3i satellite communication terminal platforms, OuterLink announced...

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has formed a new Intelligence and Security Systems division to provide ground-based and other integrated intelligence and security solutions for government customers, the company...

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. has been awarded a $96.7 million contract by NASA to provide the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite...

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International (America) Inc, a subsidiary of Norsat International Inc., has won a $750,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Norsat announced Dec. 17....

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has successfully demonstrated Next Generation Processor/Router (NPGR) technologies in tests for the Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT SS), the company announced Dec....

[12-14-07 – Satellite News] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has taken their Opticks remote sensing data software and released it as an open source project, the company announced Dec. 10....

[12-14-07 – Satellite Today] Radarsat-2 was successfully launched aboard a Soyuz rocket, the Canadian Space Agency announced Dec. 14.     The satellite, a next-generation commercial radar satellite, will offer powerful...

[12-14-07 – Satellite Today] The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 14.     The spacecraft, built...

[12-13-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has been awarded a $265 million contract by NASA to produce the avionics for the Ares 1, Boeing announced Dec. 12.     The instrument...