Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-10] The U.S. Army has exercised a $4.3 million contract option with Globecomm Systems to continue production of the Joint IP Modem (JIPM), Globecomm announced Sept. 20.     The JIPM production deal with prime contractor Globecomm initially, signed in November 2007 under the U.S. Army’s World Wide Satellite Systems program, initially was valued...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-10] Artel, an information technology and managed telecom/network services provider, was named the first contractor to provide satellite services under a new $5 billion U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and U.S. Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) joint-contract vehicle, Artel announced Sept. 17.     The 10-year Future ComSatCom Services Acquisition (FCSA) combines the U.S....

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-10] The Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Athena Launch Vehicle Family has been selected by NASA to become part of the agency’s Launch Services 2 contract.     The contract will see the rockets launched from U.S.-based sites, such as Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska. The Athena...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-10] Global Science & Technology has been awarded a $10.3 million contract by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help manage the agency’s satellite Climate Data Records (CDR) program, based at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., NOAA announced Sept. 17.     The contract has a one-year base...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded an $89.3 million contract to Boeing for the development of a light, unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) as part of the Vulture 2 program, Boeing announced Sept. 15.     The Vulture program aims to produce a high-altitude satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] Spacenet subsidiary Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions (SIGS) now manages Raysat Antenna Systems operations as a result of its acquisition by Spacenet’s parent company Gilat Satellite Systems in March, Raysat announced.     Spacenet’s parent company and its U.S. operations have been integrated into SIGS. The integration of Raysat aims to enable it to...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] RapidEye has passed a European Space Agency (ESA) operational readiness review, which will allow ESA and its user community access to RapidEye’s 5-meter, multi-spectral data through an interface between RapidEye’s ground segment and ESA’s coordinated data access system, RapidEye announced Sept. 16.     ESA will be using RapidEye’s satellite imagery for its...

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-10] Erdas has partnered with Infoterra, a radar satellite data provider to develop operational applications for TerraSAR-X radar satellite imagery and strengthen the knowledge of SAR data analysis within the user community, the companies announced Sept. 15.     Infoterra is the exclusive holder of commercial exploitation rights to TerraSAR-X data. The two companies...

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is stepping up its production to launch eight spacecraft a year in order to meet increasing demand, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director P. Veeraraghavan said Sept 14.     According to Veeraraghavan, ISRO earned revenues of $250 million from commercial launch of satellites this year and...

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-10] STM Group has launched a new business unit, STM Government Division, which will focus on bringing DVB-RCS satellite communication standards-based technologies to the U.S. government sector, STM announced Sept. 13.     STM said it hopes the new division will help the U.S. military and federal agencies better capitalize on DVB-RCS technology for...