Focus: Military

Lockheed Martin has down-selected Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman–Ball Aerospace team to compete to provide the mission payload for the Air Force’s next-generation missile warning satellite system, the company said Oct....

Raytheon delivered the first Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe), satellite to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Assembled on the company’s missile production lines, the new SeeMe...

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, was selected through the Space Enterprise Consortium, managed by Advanced Technology International, to lead the team developing a persistent space layer prototype concept to address...

Exciting yet somewhat challenging times lie ahead for European milsatcom. In the next decade, the old continent’s key milsatcom players will renew their fleets — introducing new, more powerful systems...

In recent years, there have been numerous discussions and developments in the interest of moving forward toward an entirely integrated Department of Defense (DOD) satellite communications architecture, one that would...

Northrop Grumman conducted its first ground test of a 63-inch diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) yesterday in Promontory, Utah. Utilizing advanced technologies, the company developed this new rocket motor for...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received $3 million in contract awards for design and build of two Ku-Band Earth stations for an unnamed customer. Kratos will deliver two Ku-band...

DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, received a renewal award for the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (Global EGD) contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Global EGD provides U.S. government...

Cubic‘s Mission Solutions (CMS) business division received orders worth more than $55 million to deliver its inflatable satellite communication and networking systems to the U.S. Army. These orders will satisfy...

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions demonstrated successful performance on the second phase of a pathfinder study for migrating the Command and Control System – Consolidated (CCS-C) ground system to the Enterprise...