Government/Military

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Integral Systems has submitted a proposal to the U.S. military to deliver an integrated command and control solution for the GPS Next Generation Advanced Control Segment (OCX) program, Integral Systems announced July 29.     Integral Systems’ proposal includes a satellite command and control solution that leverages its Command and Control System-Consolidated (CCS-C)...

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] India signed a technology safeguards agreement with the United States on July 20 to facilitate the launch of non-commercial U.S. satellites on Indian launch vehicles, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced July 28.     The agreement also includes allowing satellites with U.S. components, previously prohibited on Indian spacecraft, to be launched...

[Satellite Today 07-27-09] Russia has launched a secret military satellite and a civilian search and rescue satellite aboard a  Kosmos 3M rocket launched July 21, according to a July 22 report from Novosti News Agency.     The two-stage rocket, which launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia at 11:57 p.m. EDT, delivered its payloads...

[Satellite Today 07-27-09] MDA has signed a $3.9 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop the mission concept for the Polar Communications and Weather (PCW) mission, MDA announced July 24.     MDA will develop and advance the mission design and generate the inputs necessary to proceed towards the next phase.     The...

[Satellite Today 07-27-09] Lockheed Martin’s second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and ground system modifications for the Space-Based Infared System (SBIRS) have been accepted for operations by the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin announced July 24.     The acceptance paves the way for U.S. Strategic Command’s formal certification of the HEO-2 system in August. "HEO...

[Satellite News 07-24-09] France is one of Europe’s major powers in space, with a rich and deep heritage in this area. In an interview with Satellite News, Lt. Gen. Gilles Desclaux, commander, French Air Defence and Air Operations Command, spoke about how the French government views space assets for military operations and his hopes for greater...

[Satellite Today 07-24-09] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Detention and Removal has selected Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) and Iridium Satellite to supply vehicle tracking and mobile resource management systems for deployment under an initiative to optimize efficiency, Iridium announced July 23. The Department of Homeland Security will install GPS tracking systems,...

[Satellite Today 07-23-09] The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) signed a framework agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program, Eumetsat announced July 21.     Under the agreement, ESA will be responsible for the procurement of the GMES Sentinel missions, the...

[Satellite Today 07-23-09] Integral Systems Europe (ISE) signed a three-year deal with Thales to provide the Norwegian and Netherlands Navies with advanced network monitoring and management systems, ISE announced July 22.     ISE said it will provide its Compass Network Management solution, a product of its subsidiary Newpoint, for this contract as well as future...

[Satellite News 07-23-09] The U.K. government has no clear future plans for space, facilitating the need for an outside expert group to come up with a viable developmental strategy, Andy Green, CEO of U.K.-based information technology service provider Logica, told Satellite News. Green said the recently formed Space Innovation Growth Team (SIGT) may be the...