Government/Military

[10-23-07 – Satellite Today] Radyne has received two orders for its advanced high-capacity troposcatter modem, the company announced Oct. 23. The orders, one from an international oil and gas firm, and one from a U.S. Government customer, are worth approximately $800,000. One of the orders also included companion amplifiers from Radyne’s Xicom business unit. Troposcatter,...

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today]  Northrop Grumman Corp. has added a new product that combines National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) products with commercial software, the company announced Oct. 22. The Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit (CJMTK) Geospatial Appliance was developed in conjunction with the Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.  and provides application-ready data for developers and end users...

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $3.2 million contract to update Deployable Ku-band Earth Terminals (DKET) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, including adding L-band capacity, the company announced Oct. 22. The U.S. Army and Navy use the DKET satellite communications hubs for critical broadband voice, video and data...

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  GeoEye Inc. awarded a contract to ITT Corp. to begin work on the camera for the GeoEye-2 imaging satellite, GeoEye announced Oct. 18. GeoEye expects to award a contract to a satellite manufacturer in 2008 to develop its third-generation satellite, which will be capable of discerning objects on the Earth’s surface...

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] NASA terminated its agreement with Rocketplane Kistler under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project (COTS) and is reopening bidding for the rest of funding, NASA announced Oct. 18. Rocketplane Kistler missed a fourth milestone in the project in May, and in early September, NASA officially notified the company of its failure...

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected nine proposals to compete for a pair of launch slots for scientific satellites,  ESA announced Oct. 19. The agency’s Space Science Advisory Committee selected the nine finalists from a list of 50 proposals. The finalists include missions to study planetary formation, the origin and...

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) and Glowlink Communications Technology Inc. won an three-year, $8 million U.S. Department of Defense contract to support the spectrum management of the Wideband Global Satcom Satellite (WGS) system, TCS announced Oct. 18. The contract, a follow-on to a $700,000 award received in January, also continues support for...

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today] Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, reached a deal to have closer ties with Canada, Eumetsat announced Oct. 18. The agreement, which will begin in 2008, will see Europe and Canada work together to improve weather, climate and environmental monitoring through the observation of atmosphere and oceans....

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today]  Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has completed the first Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) critical design review for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Oct. 17. Ball was awarded a contract for up to six vehicle delivery orders in 2006. The review demonstrated the design maturity of the...

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today]  The fourth GPS Block 2R, built by Lockheed Martin, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 launch vehicle, Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 17. The satellite, GPS 2R-17M, is the fourth of eight Block 2R-M spacecraft modernized by Lockheed Martin for the Global Positioning...