Satellites

Acquisition will increase the Australian military’s use of the U.S. Wideband Global SATCOM system.

The satellite was boosted into orbit aboard a Delta IV rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Wednesday and is functioning properly.

Government and industry players hope reform efforts will boost the U.S. satellite industry.

A panel at Satellite 2015 discussed system-level approaches to promote flexible mobility solutions for the military.

If the government fails to partner with industry in space, it could threaten national security.

Airbus will reposition a Skynet 5 satellite and build a ground station in Australia.

The contract, with French defense procurement agency DGA, is for three CERES satellites.

The move will relieve Air Force personnel of the day-to-day tracking and maintenance of the network.

The Army’s goal is to limit civilian casualties and collateral damage, which will allow the use of artillery where it would otherwise not be wise.

The contract, through ADS Inc., is for Global Network on the Move-Active Distribution broadband satellite system