Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business has sent a communications satellite into orbit for client Hughes Network Systems using a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida at 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, Lockheed said Sunday. The satellite is designed to help the HughesNet Gen5 system deliver […] More

Lockheed Martin has encapsulated an EchoStar broadband satellite into a launch vehicle fairing platform ahead of a scheduled Dec. 18 launch aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite was connected to an adapter and enclosed in a “nose cone” as part of the encapsulation, Lockheed said Monday. Lockheed secured a contract in August 2015 to provide launch support services […] More

Atlanta-based privacy management software provider OneTrust and the International Association of Privacy Professionals have partnered to launch the U.S. Federal Agency privacy threshold analysis and privacy impact assessment templates for members via the IAPP-OneTrust comprehensive PIA platform. OneTrust said Wednesday the launch aims to build on existing privacy management systems that the team offers and adds to previous services […] More

Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch and Rick Lober of Hughes Network Systems have recommended the use of commercial systems to help fulfill the government’s satellite requirements as constellations start to age, Space News Magazine reported Oct. 24. Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, told Space News military officials should consider commercial technologies for their broadband communications functions […] More

The University of Nevada in Las Vegas has signed partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin to support space exploration projects such as NASA’s Orion program. Lockheed will allocate up to $5 million in space exploration-related task orders for UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering under the five-year agreement, the university said Tuesday. “This effort will allow both Lockheed Martin and UNLV to provide meaningful […] More

Hitachi America has selected ViaWest to be the exclusive colocation provider for the Hitachi Data Systems information technology infrastructure under a five-year, $6.6 million contract. ViaWest said Monday it will house the HDS IT infrastructure at a 3,600-square-foot area at the ViaWest Compark Data Center in Denver, Colorado. The 140,000-square-foot colocation and hosting center is equipped with 24/7 on-site expert […] More

Fairfax, Virginia-based technology services contractor Sevatec has appointed industry veterans Jaswinder Matharu and Richard Roth to the company’s board of advisers. Matharu, a 20-year federal market veteran, led data warehousing and analytics firm Agilis International as president and CEO before its acquisition by Infogix in 2014, Sevatec said Wednesday. He also previously held the roles of CEO, chief […] More

Lockheed Martin has selected Cambridge Pixel to build software modules for a navigation radar system that Lockheed will integrate with more than 60 platforms of the U.K. navy under a $57.9 million contract with the country’s defense ministry. Cambridge Pixel said Wednesday its software modules will be integrated into the Lockheed-built Naval Vigilance Radar system to facilitate radar scan conversion, target tracking and radar fusion. […] More

Research and Markets predicts that the radar security market will continue growth to reach a value of $25.17 billion by 2022 at a compound annual growth rate of 5.9 percent as demand for the technology increases. Countries interested in radar security systems to protect their borders and critical infrastructure will help drive market growth, the market research company said […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries and General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary have completed the pressure hull construction phase of a submarine development project for the U.S. Navy. HII said Tuesday the team has joined the hull sections of Indiana, the 16th Virginia-class submarine, to form a single watertight unit for the vessel scheduled for delivery to the Navy in the third quarter of 2017. “We […] More

Satellite operators have sent opinions to the Federal Communications Commission after an agency ruling that aims to make frequencies above 24 gigahertz available for fifth-generation wireless services, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, O3b Networks, OneWeb, SES, SpaceX and ViaSat are among the companies that have submitted their opinions to […] More

Roboteam‘s North American business unit has appointed Heidi Shyu, former U.S. Army assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics, and technology, to serve as a member on the company’s advisory board. Roboteam said Tuesday acquisition veteran Shyu brings experience in systems development and acquisition to help the company and its customers address national security threats. “We are delighted to […] More