Government/Military

Canadian space and satellite technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) is working on a legal restructuring of its U.S. operations to gain better access to classified U.S. government contracts, MDA President and CEO Daniel Friedmann announced in his company’s latest financial results issued Oct. 31.    MDA saw third quarter revenues increase from $167...

Earth imagery service provider GeoEye appointed retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Carns to serve on its board of directors as the representative of Cerberus Capital Management, the company announced Nov. 3.    Cerberus recently provided financing support of GeoEye’s bid on the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA’s) EnhancedView $3.5 billion contract program, which the...

Wireless technology solutions developer Elektrobit has entered into a partnership with Analytical Graphics (AGI) to access its STK software in order to model complex communication scenarios for satellite, airborne and terrestrial services, Elektrobit announced Nov. 2.    Elektrobit said the STK software aims to allow users, including UAVs and missile defense and electronic systems, to...

[Satellite News 11-08-11] As budget cuts have become a standard issue in developing U.S. military communications strategies, the Pentagon has been searching for ways to improve the performance of its network infrastructure at a lower cost without sacrificing the geographic reach of its operations. While some see recently developed U.S. military space policies and the...

[Satellite TODAY 11-07-11] Inmarsat subsidiaries Stratos Government Services (SGSI) and Segovia have been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) to provide satellite communications infrastructure and service for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Next Generation Wideband (NGW) program, the companies announced Nov. 4.  ...

[Satellite TODAY 11-07-11] The Russian government successfully launched with three Glonass-M satellites on a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, officials announced Nov. 4.    The three satellites represent the 43rd, 44th and 45th Kosmos Blok-45S spacecraft that are part of the Glonass fleet to support the Russian version of the U.S. Global...

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-11] Canadian space and satellite technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been awarded a $27.5 million contract to construct satellite ground stations for the Canadian Department of National Defense, the company announced Nov. 3.    MDA will build two transportable satellite ground stations for the Canadian military — both capable of...

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-11] ATK’s Aerospace Systems sales dropped 12 percent year-over-year from $376 million to $333 million during its second quarter 2012, due to a decline in work on NASA programs, according to the company’s latest financial results issued Nov. 3.    The division’s lower sales, however, were partially offset by higher sales of ATK...

[Satellite TODAY 11-04-11] Earth imagery service provider GeoEye appointed retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Carns to serve on its board of directors as the representative of Cerberus Capital Management, the company announced Nov. 3.    Cerberus recently provided financing support of GeoEye’s bid on the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA’s) EnhancedView $3.5 billion contract...

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-11] The U.S. House of Representatives’ new legislation to reform U.S. satellite export controls received a strong endorsement from the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) in a Nov. 2 statement.    The “Safeguarding United States Leadership and Security Act of 2011 (H.R. 3288),” introduced Nov. 1, would authorize the President to remove satellites and...