Government/Military

[Satellite News 07-08-09] Sat-GE, a subsidiary of GE, will see strong growth in Asia throughout the next 12 months, CEO Andrew Jordan told Satellite News.     “Prospects for Sat-GE are...

[Satellite Today 07-07-09] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) deployed its Warrior Satellite Monitoring and Surveillance System for law enforcement agency markets, the company announced July 6.      The Warrior System...

[Satellite Today 07-07-09] Northrop Grumman has completed testing on a core section model of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman announced July 6.     The core model, built by...

[Satellite Today 07-06-09] The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) admitted Poland as a member state, Eumetsat announced July 6.     As a member state, Poland will...

[Satellite Today 07-03-09] WorldView-2, DigitalGlobe‘s high-resolution multi-spectral satellite, will be placed in orbit Oct. 6 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the company announced June 30. WorldView-2 will join DigitalGlobe’s...

[Satellite Today 07-02-09] ViaSat won a delivery order worth about $21 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals from U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego,...

[Satellite Today 07-02-09] VSD and SES Americom subsidiary Americom Government Services (AGS) completed negotiations to transition programming responsibilities for the Television Direct to Sailors (TV-DTS) terminal program from AGS to...

The Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) apparently is following a new "get tough" approach with member states that do not follow the rules on putting communications...

The satellite industry is no stranger to enforcement actions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). These actions typically take the form of fines for failure to obtain or maintain...

The government often is both the largest employer and consumer of goods and services in a country, and in many countries a better description for the government would be a...