Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-11] ViaSat has received a delivery order for approximately $27.6 million in Multifunctional Information Distribution System – Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) for the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), the company announced Sept. 16.    Deliveries of the Lot 12 MIDS-LVT units are scheduled to begin in July 2012 and continue...

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-11] Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions (SIGS) received the third in a series of new FCSA ComSatCom contract vehicles to offer its products and services to government organizations and government contractors, Gilat announced Sept. 15.    SIGS was selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to be eligible to...

[Satellite News 09-15-11] A massive solar “superstorm” could endanger, and potentially kill, several weather, telecommunications, and military satellites in less than a year, according to a Space Weather research report issued earlier this month.    The report cites examples of solar storms that could deliver a crippling blow to the current in-orbit satellite infrastructure. In...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-15-11] The first two Astrium-built Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites were accepted by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of a quality acceptance review – marking a significant milestone in the European flagship program, Astrium announced Sept. 14.    The first of four Astrium IOV satellites to form part of the...

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] Northrop Grumman signed a three-year agreement with Inmarsat to become a leased services provider and network services distribution partner of Inmarsat commercial satellite services, the companies announced Sept. 14.    Northrop Grumman will distribute Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) and offer standard Inmarsat products, services and customized power and bandwidth. Northrop...

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received an additional $20.7 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and field services support for Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems, TCS announced Sept. 14.    The rugged TCS SNAP VSAT systems...

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] Comtech Mobile Datacom received $1.7 million in additional funding from the U.S. Army for a previously announced $4.6 million order that was placed under Comtech’s existing $384.0 million Blue Force Tracking-1 (BFT-1) contract, parent company Comtech announced Sept. 14.    The order to support the U.S. Army’s Movement Tracking System (MTS) program...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-14-11] ATK has entered into a partnership with NASA to co-develop ATK’s commercial Liberty Launch System and support future partnerships under the 2010 U.S. National Space Policy, ATK announced Sept. 13.    The unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) enables NASA and the Liberty program office to provide technical interaction for the launch...

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-11] Boeing received a $1.09 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force, which adds funding to its existing Block 2 follow-on contract for full production, launch and on-orbit activation of the seventh Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, Boeing announced Sept. 13.    The contract also includes procurement of long-lead materials for an...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-11] Broadband satellite solutions and services provider Hughes Network Systems was awarded a contract extension from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue its current study of commercial communications satellite systems capabilities, Hughes announced Sept. 12.    The extension also calls for analyzing enterprise trade-offs between modems and teleports, satellite communication payloads, terminal...