Government/Military

[Satellite News 07-27-10] In a decision that shocked analysts and even the competitors, the U.S. Army awarded ViaSat the Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) contract to upgrade 100,000 Army vehicles...

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] GPS 2F satellite manufacturer Boeing said a claim made by DLR, Germany’s national research center for aeronautics and space, that the U.S. Air Force GPS 2F satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] The U.K. Space Agency has unveiled a one-year pilot program to design and launch miniature, cube-shaped satellites to test and research new space technologies, the agency announced...

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] Ball Aerospace & Technologies has completed integration and performance testing of the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) that will fly aboard NASA‘s National Preparatory Project (NPP) weather satellite,...

[Satellite News 07-23-10] Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg said his company plans to file an appeal with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over the U.S. Army’s Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2)...

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  Canadian satellite company MDA has been awarded a contract to provide four advanced technology solutions to EADS Astrium for integration on Astra satellites, MDA announced July 21....

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  NASA has awarded ASRC Management Services its Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Technology Services 2 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide a variety of support services for the agency’s...

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10] The U.S. Army selected ViaSat as the winner of the Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) program contract over Comtech Mobile Datacom, the competitors announced in separate statements...

[Satellite News 07-21-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom expects the U.S. Army to announce its multi-year $200 million Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT2) contract winner by end of the month, and one...

[Satellite TODAY 07-21-10] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Harris Corp. a 10-year, $130 million contract to supply antennas and control systems for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental...