Northrop Grumman Distributes Inmarsat BGAN Services

Northrop Grumman has entered into a network distribution partnership agreement with Inmarsat Commercial Satellite Services, Northrop Grumman announced.

As part of the agreement, Northrop Grumman will distribute Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service to international customers.

Astrium Inks Three-Year ESA GMES Imagery Deal

Astrium Services signed a three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver satellite images under the terms of the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program.

The contract is initially worth 17 million euros ($23.3 million). Astrium Services will provide optical data from the Spot 4/5 and FormoSat-2 satellites and radar images from the TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites, plus additional data from the Pleiades constellation and the Spot 6/7 satellites. ESA said it would use the data to help improve the quality of geo-information services for European governments.