Government/Military

[Via Satellite 01-26-2015] Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract worth around 285 million euros with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver two further optical satellites for the European Copernicus program. As part of the Sentinel 2 Earth Observation (EO) satellite system, these two new models, called Sentinel 2C and Sentinel 2D, will...

[Via Satellite 01-25-2016] The Remote Sensing Systems Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has completed the Block 10 Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) Readiness Soak for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIR). In addition to other enhancements, Block 10 consolidates operational Command and Control (C2) of Defense Support Program...

[Via Satellite 01-20-2016] In December last year the United Kingdom released its first national space policy, outlining the country’s political approach to space. Already an advanced nation in the space domain, the U.K. aims to grow its portion of the global space industry to 10 percent by the year 2030, and reach 40 billion pounds...

[Via Satellite 01-20-2016] Communications and Power Industries (CPI) Satcom Division has received an order from a U.S. military systems integrator worth more than $4.5 million to provide high-power, X-band Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) and related products for a significant military communications program. Under this follow-on contract, CPI is supplying its SuperLinear TWTAs for a...

[Via Satellite 01-15-2016] The United States First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) has issued its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the deployment of its nationwide public safety broadband network intended to modernize communications for first responders and other public safety personnel across the U.S. The release of the RFP follows more than a year of dialogue...

[Via Satellite 01-14-2016] UltiSat, a satellite communications provider with facilities in the Washington, D.C. area and Denmark, is looking forward to growing government activity after a “perfect storm” of sequestration and overcapacity capped the market in the last few years. The company — which provides satellite communications and infrastructure in the form of Very Small...

[Via Satellite 01-14-2016] General Dynamics Mission Systems‘ has successfully provided voice and data communications with on-orbit Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites during a recently concluded government test of the MUOS satellite network. The demonstration used the two-channel AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio, and was part of an Army conducted customer test. The radio ran using the...

[Via Satellite 01-12-2016] ReportLinker has released a new study titled “Analysis of the U.S. Government Commercial Satellite Market.” This study analyses the U.S. government commercial satellite market, providing a look at the trends affecting adoption/use of satellite communications, including regional hot spots of political and military concern. Although the United States is spending less on...

[Via Satellite 01-06-2016] SAT Corporation, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, will provide expanded end-to-end satellite RF monitoring, interference detection, geolocation and mitigation services to the Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space), a component of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). SAT Corporation has been tasked with end-to-end protection of the commercially...

[Via Satellite 01-05-2016] The Kativik Regional Government in Canada has awarded SES a contract for the delivery of new satellite services across the northern Quebec region. Beginning in the second half of 2016, the 12 transponder deal on SES 2, positioned at 87 degrees West — and one of SES’s youngest satellites providing service to...