http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:19:09 EDT America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small suppliers maintain that the primary problem is the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which threatens... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/23649.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 6-17-08] Space situational awareness is one of the key issues that countries around the world have to work on throughout the next 10 years in terms of improving the space landscape, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander, U.s. Strategic Command “We have really... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/23426.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-19-08] Spain is getting serious about space, with plans to launch a pair of its own satellites in the next few years to improve its capabilities. “After several years participating in multinational space programmes, we feel we are at the right time to initiate the development... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/23059.html Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT After four years in Iraq providing both the U.S. government and the provisional Iraqi government with satellite telecommunications systems, Proactive Communication Inc. (PCI) is ready to expand its reach in the United States, according to the company's CEO. In 2003, PCI received a contract to support... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/19133.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 0:00:00 EDT TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) is one of six prime contractors in the U.S. Army's $5 billion Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract awarded in 2006. The contract provides users with a single-source, turnkey, rapid-response solution for U.S. Department of Defense communications requirements... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/18801.html Tue, 7 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Air Force has issued a July 30 deadline for its final request for proposals for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, a program that will provide the warfighter with a secure, interoperable, high-capacity global communications network. The Military... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/18500.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT Assertions made last week by the director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that some censorship of satellite imagery might be necessary for national or military defense stirred questions among experts of whether such restrictions would be either feasible or prudent. "If there... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/17974.html Mon, 14 May 2007 0:00:00 EDT The United States risks losing its military dominance in space and its preeminence as an explorer if more funding is not provided for programs in the void beyond Earth, Robert Stevens, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. said. "Put simply: There is no substitute or alternative to... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/17781.html Mon, 23 Apr 2007 0:00:00 EDT Intelsat officials met with Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States April 10 to discuss how to stop unauthorized use of an Intelsat satellite by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a terrorist group based in Sri... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/17691.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 0:00:00 EDT In a program designed to provide Internet protocol (IP) services to warfighters and other military personnel anytime and anywhere, the U.S. Department of Defense unveiled April 11 a public-private program to test Internet Routing In Space (IRIS). Managed by Intelsat General, the program is one of seven... http://www.viasatellite.com/military/homelandsecurity/17692.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 0:00:00 EDT