Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] ViaSat has won a contract to provide X-band antennas and its MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM) to Selex Elsag, which will use the offering to expand NATO static ground satellite communications in Belgium and Italy, and upgrade services in Greece and Turkey, ViaSat confirmed July 11.    The order is worth...

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Raytheon submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force in June for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) alternate program to provide secure, anti-jam communications for the U.S. president and senior military advisers, the company announced July 11.    Raytheon is pushing for an alternate U.S. Air Force...

[Satellite TODAY 07-11-12] British satellite operator Avanti Communications has signed an ordering agreement with NATO’s Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), formerly the NC3A Agency, to provide service from its Hylas fleet, the company announced July 10.    Avanti said the agreement allows NATO command agencies and NATO member states to request pricing and place orders...

[Satellite TODAY 07-11-12] Harris CapRock has signed a multi-year, multi-channel agreement with Astrium Services to offer end-to-end Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Tactical Satellite solutions to international and U.S. government users, the companies announced July 10.    The joint UHF service will offer domestic and international users access to dedicated 25 kHz and 5 kHz satellite channels...

The 49 commercial satellite production programs and 419 individual communications satellites produced between 2012 and 2022 will be worth a combined $52.7 billion, according to a Forecast International study published in late June.    The firm’s “Market for Commercial Communications Satellites” study included surveys of high-speed broadband Internet, digital television and video broadcasting, and government...

Space Computer, a privately owned signal processing systems, software and algorithms developer founded in 1987, has been acquired by technology manufacturer ITT Exelis, in an effort to strengthen its presence in military and intelligence sectors.    ITT said Space Computer’s contract portfolio, which includes NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense and other government, commercial and...

While hosted payload-type deals have been relatively few and far between in the industry, there is hope that there may be some more highly innovative ones coming up. All eyes will be on the United States, and whether it decides to do more of these types of deals. Col. Michael Lakos, Chief of the Global...

Canadian space and satellite company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been contracted by Israel Aerospace Industries to supply a communications payload solution for the Amos-6 satellite, MDA announced June 25.    The contract is valued at more than $90 million and scheduled for finalization by the end of July. MDA said it has started...

L-3 Communications Holdings subsidiary L-3 Global Communications Solutions has inked an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide portable satellite-communications gear to the Pentagon for more than five years with a potential value of up to $500 million, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed June 21.    According to an announcement in the U.S. military’s daily contract digest,...

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was awarded a task order by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to provide consolidated logistics management support (CLMS) in support of the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), the company announced June 21.    The single-award task order has a seven-month base period of performance, two...