Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-12] Yahsat has signed a master service agreement with Astrium that aims to promote and lease military Ka-band capacity under the service brand YahSecure, YahSat announced March 14.    The service agreement, signed at the SATELLITE 2012  conference and trade show, will target military end-users of several applications.    YahSat recently hosted a...

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-12] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered a new propulsion system to NASA’s Ames Research Center for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft following successful completion of the final delivery reviews and sign-off, the manufacturer confirmed March 15.    NASA’s LADEE spacecraft is a small observatory that will orbit the moon to...

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-12] Glowlink has won a competitive contract to provide spectrum-monitoring equipment for the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites, the company announced March 13.    The NOAA will deploy a network of monitoring systems based on Glowlink’s Model 1000 and Model 1010 wideband spectrum monitoring systems to monitor links carried on GOES...

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy successfully experimented with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) TacSat-4 satellite by communicating from the Bering Sea off the western coast of Alaska to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., NRL announced March 12.    The Navy said the experiment was the first in a series...

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] Software-based location solutions provider Polaris Wireless has hired GPS Research Laboratory Director Per Enge as its chief technical advisor to Polaris CEO Manlio Allegra, the company confirmed March 12.    Polaris said it was leveraging Enge’s experience in technology and academic fields to provide the company with strategic guidance regarding its location...

[Satellite News 03-12-12] Comtech Telecommunications is currently holding negotiations with the U.S. Army for a new Blue Force Tracking 1 (BFT-1) contract that would sustain its business after losing its BFT-2 bid in 2010, Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg confirmed during the company’s latest financial results report and conference call.     “Although we are not...

[Satellite TODAY 03-09-12] U.S.-based in-orbit servicing provider ViviSat is ready to build its mission extension vehicles and announced March 8 that it will be proving its preparedness next week at the SATELLITE 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C.    ViviSat, a satellite life extension joint venture between U.S. Space and ATK, intends to provide...

[Satellite TODAY 03-09-12] MTN Government Services has rolled out its new Re-Deployable Secure Operations Center (RSOC) — a secure, self-standing mobile facility for government and commercial organizations in military, oil and gas, construction and data center vertical markets, the company announced March 7.    The RSOC solution, based off of the U.S. government’s Intelligence Community...

[Satellite TODAY 03-09-12] Access Intelligence has promoted Associate Editor Mark Holmes to Editor of Via Satellite magazine and the Satellite TODAY website.    Holmes has been with Via Satellite since March 2000 and has served as associate editor since 2006.    “Mark’s editorial experience, in-depth knowledge and understanding of the satellite communications marketplace bring tremendous...

[Satellite News 03-06-12] There are typically two types of panel sessions at the annual SATELLITE conference and exhibition in Washington D.C. – special interest/niche sessions and the packed-house, industry-wide sessions. Panels that fall into the latter category include the always popular big four FSS operator opening session, the launch services panel, military/policy workshops and the...