Government/Military

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second of two payloads that will be hosted on government-owned satellites to bring protected, extremely high frequency (EHF) communications to users in the North Polar region (above 65 degrees north). Developed for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System (EPS), the payload efficiently leverages hardware and software designs Northrop...

AIS Engineering has been awarded a Custom Satellite Solutions Small Business (CS2SB) task order to provide U.S., Europe, Southwest Asia and Horn of Africa Ku-Band services for deployable communications. The order includes one base year and four option years.     CS2SB is part of the Future Commercial SATCOM Acquisition (FCSA) program, which is managed by...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 2) satellite for the U.S. Navy lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Friday July 19.      MUOS is a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system designed to improve beyond-line-of-sight communications...

Planners at the Pentagon are said to be concerned that costs of the future GPS 3 system could become unattainable, despite its major advances and the need to have updated spacecraft ready to replace the current satellites in orbit.

TeleCommunication Systems has received $3.2 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance.

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will use satellite technology in its mission to review the country’s electoral boundaries and constituencies.

Inmarsat has announced the successful demonstration of its L-TACTM service on-the-move in vehicles at speeds up to 70 mph.

Findings of a recent report by the U.S. Air Force reveal that satellites and the entire U.S. space enterprise system are currently at risk from increased space debris, extreme weather and cyber attacks.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are in talks for building a satellite together.

The Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) has confirmed that its micro satellite, Pico Dragon, will be shipped to the International Space Station (ISS) in early August.