Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] GPS tracking and communication solutions provider Blue Sky Network has been selected by the Peruvian Air Force to provide its GPS-based D2000 flyaway kits and aviation tracking devices for search and rescue operations, Blue Sky Network announced April 27.     The GPS tracking devices, which operate through Iridium satellite services, aim to...

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] GE Satellite was chosen by NASA to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for a NASA science mission to study atmospheric and environmental conditions across in the Pacific from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), GE Satellite announced April 27.     The NASA campaign is the first Earth Science mission to use the UAV for...

[Satellite TODAY 04-28-10] Northrop Grumman has decided to relocate its corporate offices to Virginia, the company announced April 27.     Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush said that while Maryland and the District of Columbia had competitive offers, “our final decision was driven largely by facility considerations, proximity to our customers and overall economics.”     The...

[Satellite TODAY 04-27-10] CapRock Government Solutions has expanded its satellite and terrestrial infrastructure to include bandwidth-on-demand to more than 35 major U.S. Department of Defense locations and direct connections at 24 critical U.S. Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) access points, the company announced April 26.     The terrestrial expansion is part of its DISN Access...

 [Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Harris Corp. received a two-year, $18 million follow-on contract from ViaSat to supply additional hardware to be integrated into military Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals, Harris announced April 23.     Harris will provide ViaSat with an enhanced voice card, power supply assemblies, processor modules and the chassis for each of the...

[Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Orbital Sciences launched its Minotaur 4 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., April 22, the company announced.     A three-stage HTV-2 rocket, built by Lockheed Martin, lifted the Minotaur 4 carrying a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) military experiment vehicle for use in a future weapon system.     The launch...

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Boeing Defense, Space and Security’s 2010 first-quarter revenues fell to $7.6 billion from $7.7 billion reported in 2009 due to lower volume in network and space systems, the company announced in its latest financial results, released April 21.     Network and space systems first-quarter revenue was $2.3 billion in the first quarter,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Raytheon’s first quarter 2010 net income grew to $453 million from the same quarter in 2009, when it reported $449 million in operations income, the company announced in its latest financial results, released April 23.     Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems reported net sales of $1.09 billion, a 5 percent jump from...

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has shipped the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS) satellite bus to Goodrich Corp. for payload integration after completing environmental tests, ATK announced.     ATK said the bus was shipped four days ahead of schedule in preparation for ORS-1’s launch later this year.      The satellite’s platform, built over a period...

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Integral Systems has entered into a partnership agreement with Aleut Communications Services to relocate the operational satellite ground system equipment of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) satellite operations facility in Fairbanks, Alaska, Integral announced April 20.      Integral Systems and Aleut will disassemble, move, reassemble and test the system’s...