Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 4-23-08] NASA has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc. a $116.3 million contract to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft, NASA announced April 22.     General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will be responsible for the design and fabrication of the LDCM spacecraft bus, integration of the government furnished instruments,...

[Satellite Today – 4-23-08] NASA has awarded Space Explorations Technologies (SpaceX) a launch services contract that could be worth up to $1 billion, NASA announced April 22.     The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract allows NASA to order launch services on the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles through June 30, 2010, for launches to...

[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] DataPath Inc. will supply its MaxView network management system to ITT Corp. for use on a U.S. Army communications system, DataPath announced April 22.     Under the contract, DataPath’s MaxView network management system will provide management and automation services for the 9-meter AN/GSC-70(V)1 Ka- Band Satellite Transmit and Receive Systems (Ka-STARS)....

[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] AOS Inc. has added satellite-based products and services from Vizada to AOS’s U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) schedule, AOS announced April 21.     AOS, based in Dallas, provides secure, customized networks, program management and information technology consulting and managed network services through the schedule. Under the agreement with Vizada, AOS will...

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] The U.S. Army exercised a $5.5 million contract option for continued production of the Joint IP Modem (JIPM), Globecomm Systems Inc. announced April 21.     In November, the Army awarded Globecomm a contract to develop the modem, which is intended to serve as a standard network IP modem for use on...

[Satellite News – 4-21-08] The European Space Agency (ESA) is prepared to take the lead in Earth observation after awarding a pair of satellites for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program, ESA’s director of Earth observation said.     The agency awarded Thales Alenia Space a 305 million euro ($482.1 million) contract April...

[Satellite Today – 4-17-08] EADS Astrium has been appointed the prime contractor to lead a European consortium to develop and build the Sentinel-2 Earth observation satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA), the company announced April 17. The contract is worth 195 million Euros ($309.3 million), and was signed today by leading executives of Astrium...

[Satellite Today – 4-16-08] Raytheon Co. has won a $61 million contract to complete the development and certification of next-generation global positioning receivers for the U.S. Air Force, Raytheon announced April 16.     Under the Modernized User Equipment program, the circuit card technology will connect military users with new GPS navigation signals compatible with enhanced...

[Satellite Today – 4-16-08] The Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) has been launched and the first signals successfully acquired, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) announced April 16.     The mission of C/NOFS is to forecast scintillation-caused communication outages from satellites to ground assets. This forecast will give the warfighter a...

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] U.S. Strategic Command has taken command and control of WGS-1, the U.S. Air Force announced April 15.     This milestone initiates the transition of operational users from the current Defense Satellite Communications System to the Department of Defense’s newest satellite communications system, WGS.  One WGS satellite alone will provide more communication...