Government/Military

[Satellite Today 11-21-08] DataPath Inc. was awarded a contract to continue providing on-site personnel to operate and maintain U.S. Army satellite communications systems, the company announced Nov. 21.     The $4.8 million award provides 12 months of funding for DataPath technical personnel based in various locations in the United States that support satellite transportable terminals,...

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Honeywell has been selected to provide the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory with a mini momentum control system for space missions, the company announced Nov. 18.     The system will include four control momentum gyroscopes, space hardened electronics, a vibration isolation system, and a plug-and-play interface.       “Honeywell’s mini momentum control system...

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI) has been awarded a $1.4 million contract to design, develop and test Ka-band traveling wave tubes and amplifiers for the U.S. Air Force, CPI announced Nov. 18.     The two-year contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Research Laboratory...

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] ND SatCom has unveiled a full-featured, trailer-mounted, military tactical terminal, the company announced Nov. 18.     The MTT2450 terminal is HMMWV-towable and supports communication via satellite or over troposcatter beyond-line-of-site links. Using the U.S. Army-approved Light Tactical Trailer as the baseline platform, the MTT2450 terminal combines a 2.4-meter antenna with an on-board...

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] The third of five sensors for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft has been delivered to NASA for spacecraft integration, Northrop Grumman announced Nov. 17.     The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite will measure the concentration of ozone in the atmosphere, providing information on how ozone...

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Raytheon Co. has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency to restore the available bandwidth of the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellite communications system over the Atlantic Ocean to support naval vessels and operations, Raytheon announced Nov. 18.     Under the Advanced Technology Support Program 3, Raytheon...

U.S. Nuclear Weapons May No Longer Provide Credible Deterrence, Tauscher Says, Urging Nukes Reduction Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), whose subcommittee oversees U.S. missile defense efforts, today questioned the value of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) ballistic missile shield that would be modified to create the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. She said the system...

A rogue state or terrorists could launch an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States that would kill more Americans than a nuclear strike on a major city, but an EMP attack on the homeland could be defeated with a missile defense system, a noted expert said. That could involve The Boeing Co. [BA]...

By Geoff Fein The Navy is currently not looking to add a maritime variant of the Air Force Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to its weapons inventory, relying instead on planned upgrades to its existing Harpoon and Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW) to carry out maritime interdiction missions, according to a Navy official....

Updated — November 14, 2008 – 9:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center – Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST Landing Date: Nov. 29 Landing Site: Kennedy...