Government/Military

[12-21-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat has signed a deal with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO to further upgrade and enhance the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, Inmarsat announced Dec. 20. The deal will see Inmarsat provide its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service for 50 sea-level stations in the Indian Ocean. BGAN, which...

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. has been awarded a $96.7 million contract by NASA to provide the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series, Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 19.     Data from the sensor, which will monitor lightning around the globe, will be used to study the...

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has accepted delivers of 22 OuterLink mobile asset management systems and five spare Cp-3i satellite communication terminal platforms, OuterLink announced Dec. 19.      OuterLink’s solutions offer secure, air, ground and marine vehicle tracking and two-way voice and data communications between a command center and vehicle...

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has formed a new Intelligence and Security Systems division to provide ground-based and other integrated intelligence and security solutions for government customers, the company announced Dec. 20.     Steve Oswald, a retired U.S. Naval Reserve rear admiral and former astronaut, was named vice president and general manager of the...

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International (America) Inc, a subsidiary of Norsat International Inc., has won a $750,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Norsat announced Dec. 17.     The Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract establishes terms under which the DoD can purchase Norsat’s portable satellite terminals as well as associated support and...

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has successfully demonstrated Next Generation Processor/Router (NPGR) technologies in tests for the Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT SS), the company announced Dec. 17.     The NGPR Spiral tests used realistic, operational scenarios designed to show increased functionality and performance of Boeing’s Path-to-Flight NGPR Brassboard, which replicates the...

[12-14-07 – Satellite News] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has taken their Opticks remote sensing data software and released it as an open source project, the company announced Dec. 10.     Scientists and analysts within the Department of Defense Intelligence Community use Opticks to analyze remote sensing data and produce actionable intelligence. Opticks supports Imagery,...

[12-14-07 – Satellite Today] Radarsat-2 was successfully launched aboard a Soyuz rocket, the Canadian Space Agency announced Dec. 14.     The satellite, a next-generation commercial radar satellite, will offer powerful technical advancements that will enhance marine surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping in Canada and around the world.     "This...

[12-14-07 – Satellite Today] The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 14.     The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, will be launched in July 2008. DMSP is used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the U.S. military in planning...

[12-13-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has been awarded a $265 million contract by NASA to produce the avionics for the Ares 1, Boeing announced Dec. 12.     The instrument unit avionics will provide the guidance, navigation and control hardware for the crew launch vehicle. Boeing will produce three flight test units and six production...