Government Series – Part I: Satellite Players Assisting the Public Through Civil Programs
7.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Greg Berlocher
The government often is both the largest employer and consumer of goods and services in a country, and in many countries a better description for the government would be a collection of entities with multiple... read more 
Government Use Shapes Future for Commercial Satellites
7.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Owen D. Kurtin
In June, we discussed the procurement of commercial satellite services by the U.S. government and particularly the Department of Defense under the Defense Information Systems Network Satellite Transmission... read more
Codan Jumps on the U.S. X-band Wagon
6.08.2009 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
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... read more
Lockheed Martin Awarded SBIRS Contract Despite GAO Criticism
6.02.2009 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
Lockheed Martin won a $1.5 billion contract to build the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS-GEO) satellite after three years of testing and... read more
Satellite: The Nation Rebuilding Technology of Choice
6.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Mark Holmes
Whether it is a natural disaster, such as a hurricane, earthquake or tsunami, or man-made conflicts, in the blink of an eye, an infrastructure that took years to build can be destroyed. The consequences of... read more
Government Services: The Integrator/Aggregator Debate
6.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Owen D. Kurtin
U.S. government and Department of Defense procurement of commercial satellite services is handled by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) under a regime called the Defense Information Systems... read more
Hot Markets in a Cold Climate
6.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Greg Berlocher
Although worries persist about a potential market downturn in the satellite industry, a panel of executives at SATELLITE 2009 see a handful of opportunities — digital media and IPTV, mobility, emergency... read more
Air Force Responds to GAO Report on Projected GPS Failure
5.26.2009 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
U.S. Air Force officials are claiming that a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which asserted that the U.S. military GPS system is experiencing... read more
X-tar: Over 80 Percent of U.S. Military Capacity Provided by Commercial Satellites
5.20.2009 | Satellite News | Honey Berman
The bandwidth needs of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense and its coalition forces have increased to the point where the U.S. government now relies on... read more
AIA President: Shrinking Aerospace Workforce Threatens U.S. Defense Interests
5.04.2009 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
The health of the U.S. national security space industrial base is being threatened by a shrinking aerospace workforce, according to an April 30 statement by Aerospace Industries... read more
