Government/Military

[Via Satellite 06-12-2014] XTAR appointed Carolyn Cuppernull and Patti Aston as sales directors in supporting the company’s growth in U.S. government and non-governmental missions, as well as developing future business and expanding XTAR’s global reach. Cuppernull will take on the position of director of sales and business development, and will contribute to enhancing XTAR’s global...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] The United States, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are now using Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communications satellite system, following the successful connection by the United Kingdom earlier this year. The AEHF program is led by the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Lockheed...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] The U.S. Department of Commerce has updated approvals to allow DigitalGlobe to begin offering customers its highest resolution imagery from the company’s current constellation, effective immediately. DigitalGlobe will also be able to sell imagery to its customers at up to 0.25 meters panchromatic and 1 meter multispectral Group Sample Distance (GSD) beginning...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] Freesat, the subscription free satellite television service, added Service Sound and Vision Corporation’s (SSVC) Forces TV to its channel line-up. Forces TV is the only channel in the U.K. dedicated to the armed forces and the defense sector, and covers reports, features, live news events, human-interest pieces, documentaries and other forms of...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to provide space inertial reference systems for the Geo Kompsat 2 space satellite program. Under the nearly $9 billion contract, Northrop Grumman will provide Scalable Space Inertial Reference Units (Scalable SIRU) for the Geo Kompsat 2A and Geo Kompsat...

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] Boeing has announced completion of the second Mexsat 702 High Power (HP) geomobile satellite for the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT). The satellite, Morelos 3, will join the first Mexsat 702HP satellite, Centenario, in storage prior to its launch scheduled for as early as 2015. The two satellites along with...

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, was awarded $4.2 million in contract orders for DMD2050E satellite modems from a systems integrator on behalf of the U.S. Army. The modems will support communications for a major military program. The modems provide forward error correction and modulation capabilities, and are compliant with...

[Via Satellite 06-09-2014] Iridium Communications will participate in the U.S. Army’s Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) process, a rigorous assessment of network and non-network capabilities and new commercial technology to determine acquisition solutions for the Army, a process that takes place twice a year. Iridium will demonstrate a Position Location Information (PLI)-based tracking device, the Enhance...

[Via Satellite 06-09-2014] Boeing released its annual environmental report, which provides an update on the company’s environmental targets and its progress in sustainable growth and environmental preservation efforts. Boeing achieved its first five-year set of absolute-reduction targets, and has set new 2017 targets for greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, solid waste to landfill and hazardous...

[Via Satellite 06-05-2014] Macom’s Lowell Mass. wafer manufacturing facility was accredited by the Department of Defense (DoD) as a Category 1A Trusted Foundry, establishing the supplier of Radio Frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter wave products as a trusted manufacturer for classified and unclassified U.S. military and aerospace missions. The Trusted Foundry program is administered by...