Government/Military

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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,...

[10-16-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. has been awarded an $8.7 million contract to modernize the U.S. Air Force Cryptographic Support Group’s telemetry, tracking and control cryptographic unit, ViaSat announced...