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EADS North America has received a five-year contract to provide commercial radar satellite data to the U.S. government’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for use in intelligence, military and homeland security applications.
Read MoreToday the White House released the 2011 Budget Overview (22 pages) of their plans and financial information for NASA. According to SatNews' interpretation of the various statements, there apparently weren't any major surprises, and reactions of key players accept the recommendations.
Read MoreAir Force officials in Washington, D.C., have reinforced their commitment to fund and support operations while posturing for future challenges through the service's portion of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget February 1st.
Read MoreHarris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), has successfully completed the Preliminary Implementation Review for the U.S. Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, next-generation military satellite communications terminals that will provide the worldwide backbone for high-priority military communications and missile defense systems.
Read MoreThe Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Based Infrared Systems Wing has announced the successful completion of critical design reviews for the SBIRS Follow-On Production program for the Highly Elliptical Orbit and Geosynchronous payloads.
Read MoreHarris Corporation's (NYSE: HRS) Unity XG-100 Full-Spectrum Multiband Radio has received the SDR Forum Technology of the Year Award.
Read MoreStephen Clark @ Spaceflight Now reports that the U.S. Senate passed a US$18.7 billion budget for NASA on Sunday, sending to the White House a bill asserting new congressional oversight of the embattled Constellation moon program and funding a replacement climate satellite.
Read MoreTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has received a three-year, US$5.9 Million contract incrementally funded at US$2 million from the Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DITCO) to provide the U.S. Army Central Command (CENTCOM) with space segment for its Afghanistan operations.
Read MoreThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified the U.S. Congress on November 18th of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Italy of two unarmed MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), one Mobile Ground Control Station and associated parts, equipment and logistical support worth approximately US$63 million.
Read MoreMajor General Paul F. Capasso, Director of Infrastructure Delivery in the Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer for the Secretary of the Air Force, will be the luncheon Keynote Speaker on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, at the DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop.
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