Government/Military

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle June 26, the company...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract for the fabrication and ground test of a solar thermal propulsion...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Canada plans to build a space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites, Defence Research Development Canada (DRDC) and the Canadian Space...

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a contract to build and implement an IP-based private satellite network to support U.S. Department of Defense personnel in...

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] Crawford Communications Inc. received a contract to support the U.S. military’s Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS), the company announced June 24.     DVIDS is...

[Satellite Today – 3-24-08] Arqiva has won a contract to provide video services using MPEG-4 technology to U.K. armed forces stationed overseas, Arqiva said June 23.     Under a contract...

[Satellite Today – 3-24-08] Patriot Antenna Systems Inc. been awarded a federal supply schedule contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide equipment and services to government customers,...

[Satellite Today – 6-23-08] Com Dev International Ltd. will design, build and launch a micro-satellite for the government of Canada, the company announced June 23. Under the contract, valued at...

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)’s Earth observation satellite has passed its Test Readiness Review (TRR), the company said June 19. The DMC-2 satellite is scheduled for...

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] The United States is using capacity on the United Kingdom’s military Skynet 5 satellites and further deals could be struck later this year. Paradigm, an EADS...