Government/Military

[Via Satellite 11-14-2016] The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has awarded SES Government Solutions a managed services contract to support BBG in broadcasting U.S. government civilian content across the world via SES satellites. The single firm-fixed-price task order will service some of BBG’s existing satellite capacity requirements. SES GS will provide satellite solutions and possess...

[Via Satellite 11-14-2016] The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has awarded CACI International a $446 million prime contract to provide operations, maintenance and sustainment of the U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). The single-award, seven-year contract represents new work for CACI, expanding the company’s presence in its command and control market area. The Consolidated AFSCN...

[Via Satellite 11-14-2016] Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), a business division of Cubic Corp., has promoted Paul Gierow, former president of GATR Technologies (GATR), to vice president of technology for CMS, a new business division within Cubic specifically focused on networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense, intelligence, security and...

[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] NASA is set to launch its first Earth science small satellite constellation, which will help improve hurricane intensity, track, and storm-surge forecasts, on Dec. 12 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) hurricane mission will measure previously unknown details crucial to accurately understanding the...

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Despite a vision from top Air Force officers that reusable rockets can play roles in future military missions, a conservative safety culture on launch ranges and institutional bureaucracy are slowing the service on its path to embracing the technology and, accordingly, low cost launch, when it is ready in four to five...

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Airbus Defence and Space has signed GigaSat to its channel partner program for Skynet services in a partnership that will enable Gigasat to provide Skynet 5 military satcom services to its Indonesian customer base. GigaSat will be offering Skynet services as part of their mobile and fly-away communications portfolio, to Indonesian Defence...

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] Future investments in European military satellite communications dominated conversations on day one at Global MilSatCom in London this week. The morning had major speakers from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (MOD), as well as France’s and Italy’s; all touched upon future systems and where their countries may invest next. One of...

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] GovSat, a public-private partnership between the Luxembourg Government and SES, has secured a long-term commercial satellite communications contract to support the operational phase of NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS). The contract is for an end-to-end service and includes the delivery of satellite capacity in commercial Ku-band, largely coming from the SES fleet,...

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] Two Harris Corporation unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors successfully deployed on orbit Oct. 30 onboard the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 5) satellite. MUOS 5, a communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin, launched on June 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MUOS 5 is the latest satellite...

[Via Satellite 11-07-2016] SCS Aerospace Group will launch a nanosatellite designed and built in South Africa early next year from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a European Commission research project. As part of the European Commission’s QB50 project, the satellite will be launched from the space station during the first quarter of...