Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 01-16-12] Canadian satellite and information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has received a contract to provide five advanced technology solutions to EADS Astrium, the companies confirmed Jan. 13.    MDA said the contract is worth more than $5 million, but did not disclose the details of the order.    MDA...

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-12] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has been awarded a $1.5 billion firm, fixed-price contract to launch nine rocket missions for the U.S. Air Force through June 2014, the Pentagon announced Jan. 12.    According to the terms of the contract posted on the Pentagon’s website, the Air Force procured five Atlas 5 launches...

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-12] Satellite imagery, location information products and image processing services provider GeoEye has selected Cleversafe to provide a secure, active archive to store and maintain their image catalog, GeoEye announced Jan. 12.    GeoEye said that in order to collect, process and analyze significant amounts of geospatial data, the company required a scalable...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-12-12] Lockheed Martin will provide Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS 3 satellites from launch through early on-orbit testing under a $21.5 million contracted awarded by the U.S. Air Force, the manufacturer announced Jan. 11.    After it is delivered, the LCC will be integrated into Raytheon’s...

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-12] A.I. Solutions has signed a five-year contract to provide program management and engineering services in support of NASA, U.S. Department of Defense and other government and commercial spacecraft launch activities.    The company confirmed Jan. 11 that the deal holds a potential value of $138 million.    A.I. Solutions will work on...

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-12] Encompass Government Solutions has been awarded a Schedule 70 contract for information technology services from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Encompass confirmed Jan. 11.    Encompass currently offers a range of mission-critical managed services including fiber solutions, space segment, full-time and occasional-use transmission services and IP voice, video and data to...

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-12] Satellite operator Measat has named Zainudin bin Abdul as its vice president of satellite engineering and operations and Yau Chyong Lim as its vice president of business development and strategic planning, the company announced Jan. 11.    Bin Abdul has been with Measat since 1993. He previously served as Measat’s director for...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-11-12] In a Jan. 10 statement to press officials, Roskosmos Chief Vladimir Popovkin said that he had no clear explanation for Russia’s failed launch of the $163 million Phobos-Grunt Mars probe in November. The satellite was stuck in low-Earth orbit following the botched launch. Fragments of the spacecraft are expected to crash...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-12] The U.S. Air Force scheduled the launch of its fourth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-4) for Jan. 19. The satellite will ride aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., ULA confirmed Jan. 10.             WGS-4 is the first satellite that manufacturer Boeing delivered...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-12] Control and synchronization product developer for terrestrial applications Frequency Electronics has been awarded follow-on contracts to provide timing and microwave frequency sources for the eighth and ninth satellites of the U.S. military’s Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite program, the company announced Jan. 10.    Under the new contracts, Frequency Electronics will continue...