Government/Military

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] A team led by Raytheon has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Satellite Broadcast Manager Defense Enterprise Computing Center transition contract, Raytheon announced Nov. 14.     The Raytheon team includes Harris Corp., the capacity service provider and integrator, Hewlett Packard, and modem developer, ViaSat.     The...

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] Thales Alenia Space España has been awarded a 17 million euro ($21.5 million) contract by prime contractor Sener to supply electronics for the optical observation instrument on the Ingenio satellite, parent company Thales Alenia Space announced Nov. 14.     Thales Alenia Space España will design, develop, manufacture, test and deliver the flight...

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to begin the design of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM), the CSA announced Nov. 14.     The RCM aims to ensure the continued use by government scientific and commercial clients of data produced by Canada’s advanced C-band radar...

[Satellite Today 11-13-08] The U.S. Air Force has accepted an SBIRS Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) system from prime contractor Lockheed Martin, the company announced Nov. 13.     The SBIRS payload and ground system, built by Lockheed Martin, is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and support other missions such as missile defense, technical...

[Satellite Today 11-13-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a delivery order to manufacture and deploy a satellite communications on-the-move solution for U.S. Army forces in Iraq, Datapath announced Nov. 13.     The solution will integrate satellite equipment with land mobile radio for over-the-horizon, high-bandwidth communications capabilities and includes a low-profile antenna that can enable satellite...

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] MFG Galileo Composites, a designer and manufacturer of composite radomes and reflectors, has completed an 18-foot composite radome installation for the Indian government’s National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), MFG Galileo announced Nov. 12.     MFG Galileo was selected to design and manufacture the composite wall radome covering the 3-meter...

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] ViaSat Inc. has received a subcontract modification valued at just over $28 million from Boeing Co. for the Family of Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) program, ViaSat announced Nov. 12.     As part of the Boeing team, ViaSat will develop protected communication equipment designed to provide the U.S. government with secure strategic and...

[Satellite News 11-11-08] South Africa is looking to develop its military satellite communications capabilities. The country has long used commercial capacity for its military satellite communication needs. However, with bandwidth demands going up, the country, which has a population of around 50 million people, could team up with other countries in the region to have...

Lockheed Martin’s Block 5D-3 spacecraft, which had an expected lifespan of four years, has surpassed five years of on-orbit operations and continues to function normally, the company announced.      The satellite is part of Lockheed’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), a constellation providing weather data to U.S. military warfighters. The DMSP constellation is built under...

Globecomm Systems introduced a 1.2-meter X-band auto-acquisition satellite terminal as part of its Auto-Explorer system, the company announced.     The system provides government and military customers with a compact, self-contained X-band terminal that can be set up by a single person in less than 15 minutes, Globecomm said. An auto-acquisition system locates the appropriate satellite,...