Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] Geospatial imagery company RapidEye named MapMart as its data distributor in the United States, RapidEye announced Oct. 15.     MapMart will be RapidEye’s first distributor for the commercial and civil government markets in the United States and will focus on data sales based on wide area, multi-coverage collections of satellite imagery.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] Astrium was awarded a contract by Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS) to build two Earth observation satellites for the Kazakhstan government and create a joint venture for the construction of an assembly, integration and test facility in Astana, Kazakhstan, Astrium announced Oct. 6.     The two satellites will be a high- and medium-resolution...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] Rockwell Collins signed a deal with the Dutch Ministry of Defense to provide Swe-Dish satcom terminals, the company announced Oct. 5.     Rockwell Collins will deliver 23 CCT120 satcom terminals to the ministry as part of a contract awarded to 2connect-IT, a Netherland-based distributor for Swe-Dish terminals.     The Suitcase CCT120 satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] The U.S. Department of Defense extended its contract with Northrop Grumman to further demonstrate a GPS-free inertial navigation system through September, the company announced Oct. 5.     The demonstration project, Ladar EO GPS/INS atomic clock navigation demonstration, makes use of electro-optic cameras, atomic clocks and advanced vision processing technologies to provide inertial...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-09] RapidEye formed a strategic distribution partnership agreement with Taiwan-based Lotus.     Lotus was awarded exclusivity for RapidEye products in Taiwan.     “We are very excited about being able to provide our customers in Taiwan RapidEye’s image products. The additional Red Edge spectral band offered by their sensors provides a unique benefit for...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-09] KVH Industries has received a total of $2 million in new orders from multiple U.S. and international military customers for its tactical navigation systems and universal multilingual displays, the company announced Oct. 5.     KVH will ship military vehicle navigation systems designed to provide unjammable, precision navigation, heading and pointing data for...

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-09] Comtech EF Data Corp. received a $1.1 million equipment order from the U.S. government to support the government’s satellite-based communications infrastructure, the company announced Oct. 1.     The order includes Comtech EF Data’s MIL-STD-188-165A-compliant SLM-5650A satellite modems and redundancy switches.     The SLM-5650A features performance and bandwidth savings technologies, including forward error...

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-09] TS2 Satellite Technologies has introduced a new satellite link product line to be used by companies operating in the Middle East and Asia as well as by soldiers that are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the company announced Oct. 2.     The offer consists of a broadband Internet and corporate network service...

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-09] The European Union (EU) has launched Egnos, a free satellite navigation network based on an enhanced version of the U.S. global positioning system  (GPS), the EU announced Oct. 2.       Egnos incorporates three satellites and 34 ground stations that improve the accuracy of the GPS system from around 7 meters to 2...

[Satellite TODAY 10-02-09] RapidEye received a contract to supply the Brazilian state of Bahia with satellite imagery through Santiago & Cintra Consultoria, its Brazilian distributor, RapidEye announced Oct. 1.    RapidEye will provide the state of Bahia with updated land use information for decisions on environmental issues, agriculture and infrastructure. Multiple organizations are related to...