Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-11] After a slow start to the year, DigitalGlobe reported a 20 percent year-over-year increase in its 2011 third quarter backlog at $305 million compared with the same period last year, according to the imagery provider’s latest financial results issued Nov. 2.    While DigitalGlobe’s third-quarter revenue increased 1 percent from the previous...

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-11] 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...

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-11] Earth imagery solutions provider GeoEye generated revenues of $85.8 million in the third quarter of 2011, which was 7.7 percent below its consensus estimates and caused management to lower its full-year guidance, according to the company’s latest financial results issued Nov. 1.    GeoEye’s imagery revenues declined 4.8 percent from the same...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-02-11] The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) proposed alternative approaches for the U.S. Department of Defense to upgrade its GPS network with a focus on upgrading GPS receivers. According to a report issued Oct. 28, the CBO included ground- and space-based assets from Iridium’s satellite constellation as a potential alternative for the Pentagon...

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-11] 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...

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-11] Thales Alenia Space has presented a model of the satellite it is building for Turkmenistan to the nation’s president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, the satellite manufacturer confirmed Oct. 31.             Turkmenistan currently uses a Gazprom Space Systems satellite to receive digital TV and broadcasts of Russian and Turkish TV programs. Turkmenistan initiated its plans...

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-11] Vizada Networks is expanding its personnel outsourcing and consultancy operations and is now offering technical recruitment and consultancy to its defense sector customers, the company announced Oct. 31.    Vizada said it ramped up its recruitment efforts in order to meet future demands, with specific focus on personnel to support customer requirements...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-31-11] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has successfully launched NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite on a Delta 2 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ULA confirmed Oct. 28.    Once in orbit, the NPP polar-orbiting satellite will provide enhanced weather...

[Satellite TODAY 10-31-11] Hackers interfered with two U.S. satellites on four separate occasions between 2007 and 2008, according to prepared documents for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.             The Bloomberg News Agency reported Oct. 28 that the incidents involved the Landsat-7 and Terra AM-1 Earth observation systems and that the satellites were targeted...

[Satellite TODAY 10-31-11] Com Dev has been awarded contracts by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop concept studies in areas related to future space science and exploration ventures, the company announced Oct. 28.    Under the contracts, valued at $250,000 each, Com Dev will develop preliminary designs for two mission concepts as part of...