Government/Military

[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...

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] China will launch Bolivia’s first telecommunications satellite, Tupac Katari, into orbit in December 2013, Chinese Ambassador to Bolivia Shen Zhiliang announced Jan 5.    The satellite is being built in China under an agreement signed between the Bolivian Space Agency and China Aerospace Science and Technology subsidiary China Great Wall Industry Corp....

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] Canadian space and satellite information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), has issued a contract to EarthView Image valued at $3 million, the companies announced Jan. 6.    MDA will provide its Radarsat distribution rights to EarthView for a period of three years. EarthView will market the Radarsat products and services...

[Satellite News 01-06-12] The British government has taken up plans to foster domestic research and technology work and develop its satellite applications industry through the construction of a new facility that would be run by the U.K. Technology Steering Board (TSB).    In a Jan. 6 speech, U.K. Science Minister David Willetts said the opening...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-05-12] GeoEye and its Russian partner ScanEx Research and Development Center have been contracted by the Russian government to provide millions of square kilometers of high-resolution satellite imagery to the Russian Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr), the companies confirmed Jan. 4.    GeoEye will deliver a significant amount...

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Glowlink has been awarded a competitive contract by the U.S. Air Force for satellite carrier monitoring and interference geo-location capabilities, the company confirmed Jan. 4.    The Air Force will deploy a worldwide network of systems under the contract that are based on Glowlink’s Model 8000 geo-location and Model 1010 wideband carrier...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received multiple orders totaling $16.6 million to support the U.S. Army’s Movement Tracking System (MTS) and Blue-Force Tracking-1 (BFT-1) programs, parent company Comtech announced Jan. 3.    The orders, placed under the Army’s $384 million BFT program office contract with Comtech, bring the company’s total orders received to-date...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will award about $36 million in contracts to companies interested in building system components for its Phoenix program, which aims to retrofit or retrieve old satellites for reuse, the agency confirmed Jan. 3.    DARPA officials said there are currently about 1,300 GEO satellites...

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Thales Group expects their acquisition of privately held RF and microwave developer Tampa Microwave to close in early 2012 following regulatory approvals, the company confirmed Jan. 3.    Thales initially signed the agreement to acquire Tampa Microwave for an undisclosed amount in early December.    Tampa Microwave will operate as a subsidiary...

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] Globalstar’s Europe Satellite Services subsidiary has signed an authorized distribution agreement with TS2 Satellite Technologies to act as its distributor for mobile satellite voice and duplex data products to the defense, government and private sectors in Poland, the companies confirmed Jan. 3.    “By becoming an official distributor of Globalstar, we can...