Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-17-11] EMS Technologies, which offers connectivity solutions across a number of different segments, saw its space and defense business struggle in the first quarter this year. This...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-16-11] Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) prime contractor General DynamicsC4 Systems has awarded a $105 million subcontract to Lockheed Martin to produce additional communications equipment for the WIN-T...

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) terminated its recovery efforts for the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) after the spacecraft experienced an electrical anomaly last month that...

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] GeoEye appointed Andy Dougherty vice president of business development for the imagery company’s Federal Information Services division, GeoEye announced May 12. Dougherty is a retired U.S. naval...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with Polaris Wireless and Thales Alenia Space for the launch of a location-based positioning engine with the ability to identify the geographic position of...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] VSAT service provider Afcom Satellite Network (Afcomsat) has deployed a dual-mode satellite/terrestrial system on a fleet of emergency response vehicles (ERVs) in Nigeria, the company announced May...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-11-11] Geospatial information solutions company GeoEye reported better-than-expected 2011 first quarter financial results and raised its 2011 full-year guidance, the company announced May 10. The news comes...

ViaSat and STM Group successfully demonstrated waveform interoperability between the STM SatLink 2000 modem and the ViaSat Joint Internet Protocol Modem (JIPM) for the U.S. Department of Defense, the companies...

Raytheon BBN Technologies was awarded $10 million in U.S. Department of Defense funding to develop technical solutions that will help maintain command and control systems for the U.S. Defense Advanced...

U.S. Space has been awarded a $291,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to study feasible acquisition alternatives to satisfy military satellite communication needs, the...