Government/Military

The U.S. Army has placed orders for additional VSAT equipment from TeleCommunication Systems Inc., the company announced.     TCS will provide the Army Secure Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet...

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...

Neither Boeing nor Lockheed Martin were notified by the U.S. Department of Defense of any delay in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, despite the Pentagon’s press announcement that...

Northrop Grumman Corp. was awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to provide technical support for the operational Defense Support Program (DSP) spacecraft, primary...

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has purchased the entire CitySphere 2.0 product from DigitalGlobe, the company announced Oct. 30.      CitySphere 2.0 is an enhanced version of DigitalGlobe’s library...

Maj. Michael Moyles of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Superiority Panel is a strong believer in the ability of hosted commercial payloads to serve the satellite communication needs of U.S....

Upgrades to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps’ Blue Force Tracking network system are seen by the U.S. Department of Defense as too crucial to share the fate of...

The U.K. military is seeing more evidence of network enabled capability, as officials from the U.K. Ministry of Defense emphasized the importance of satellite communications in next-generation warfare.     “We...

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...

[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...