Government/Military

[Satellite Today 08-29-08] Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) has received the 2008 Asia Pacific Frost and Sullivan Technology Leadership Award in the field of maritime broadband communications.     SingTel’s office-at-sea suite of maritime applications and its collaboration with the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) to establish the Satcom@SMA maritime innovation hub were among several attributes the company...

[Satellite Today 08-29-08] The U.S. Air Force has certified readiness for dedicated operational utility evaluation and trial period operations of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and associated ground system in preparation for use by the warfighter, Lockheed Martin announced Aug. 28.     SBIRS is designed to provide early...

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Satamatics, a provider of satellite telematics, asset tracking and monitoring solutions, has formed a new partnership with Satalliance which could boost its opportunities to gain business in Pakistan and South Asia, the company announced Aug. 27.     Satalliance, a provider of asset management and tracking solutions in Pakistan and South Asia, will...

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] ITT Corp. has named Eric Webster as vice president for government and industry partnerships for its Space Systems division, the company announced Aug. 26.     Webster will provide strategic planning and guidance to help ITT work more closely with federal agencies and industry partners.     Webster previously served as director at the...

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a contract to continue providing field services for DataPath Deployable Ku-band Earth Terminals (DKET) at a communications hub in Iraq, the company announced Aug. 26.     The DKET systems were built and installed by DataPath in March 2005 and are used by the U.S. military as satellite...

[Satellite Today 08-22-08] A total of 2,500 Chinese fishing vessels will equipped with Inmarsat Mini C terminals in the first stage of a deal backed by the Chinese government, Inmarsat announced Aug. 22.     The terminals will allow vessels to report their locations and appeal for emergency help, receive navigation maps and automatic warnings when...

[Satellite Today 08-22-08] An Alliant Tech Systems (ATK) suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments exploded shortly after liftoff from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Aug. 22.     According to NASA, the rocket was carrying an experiment testing temperature and pressure during hypersonic flight as well as a new design for delivering astronauts...

[Satellite Today 08-22-08] AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson is hoping the operator can gain good business from governments in the region. This is a key target market over the next 12 months, although Jackson is unsure of how long this will be a growth market.     Jackson told Satellite Today, “We see governments trying to make...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Lars Prahm, director general of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat), said the organization is set for a more prominent role as the desire for more information about climate change becomes greater.     “We realize there is a strong political wish to increase information about climate change,” Prahm...

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) is set to play a key role in the battle against climate change. Through new satellites and partnerships with similar organizations around the globe, Eumetsat is using the latest space-based technologies to provide a better understanding of changing weather conditions around the...