![DoD has to explain to Congress how it will buy low-latency satellite broadband]()
The 2022 NDAA directs the Pentagon to brief lawmakers on military use of commercial satellite communications services, specifically those from non-geostationary orbit satellites.
![Space Force reveals which Army and Navy units are moving to the space branch]()
A total of 11 Army and four Navy organizations are transferring to the Space Force
![Navy’s solar power satellite hardware to be tested in orbit]()
The results of the experiment could drive the design of a dedicated spacecraft to capture solar power in space.
![Navy to transfer satellite communications responsibilities to Air Force]()
The realignment does not affect the MUOS program. But any future narrowband satcom acquisition will be handled by the Air Force.
![Inmarsat Government Nabs Large Pentagon Bandwidth Contract]()
The company bested incumbent Intelsat General and one other company in winning a contract potentially worth $450 million to provide commercial satellite connectivity to the U.S. Navy.
![Technical Issues Prompt U.S. Navy To Delay Certification of MUOS]()
The U.S. Navy was forced to postpone the final certification test of its next-generation mobile satellite communications system to December 2015 because of problems integrating the system’s new radio frequency waveform with the ground segment and terminals.
![U.S. Navy’s 3rd MUOS Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral]()
Lockheed Martin has delivered its third satellite in the U.S. Navy’s next-generation mobile communications program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The satellite is expected to launch in summer 2015.
![Three of Four MUOS Stations Accepted by Navy]()
The U.S. Navy has formally accepted three of a planned four General Dynamics-built ground stations for its next-generation mobile communications satellite program.
![U.S. Navy Resumes Work on MUOS Ground Station Following Six-month Standoff with Sicily]()
U.S. officials previously said crews would need 14 months to complete the project once work resumes, which leaves little margin given that MUOS is planned to be fully operational by 2015.
![With Goddard Chamber Booked for Webb, MMS Heads to Navy Lab for Vacuum Tests]()
The move underscores NASA’s desire to keep the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope on track for its long-awaited launch.
![U.S. Navy’s MUOS-2 Satellite in Transfer Orbit, Responding to Commands]()
The U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MOUS)-2 satellite was delivered safely to its orbital drop-off point July 19 and is expected to spend the next eight days climbing to its operational orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator.
![Atlas 5 Launches Navy’s MUOS-2 Satellite into Orbit]()
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the second of the U.S. Navy’s new generation of mobile communications satellites July 19 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
![U.S. Navy Tries To Allay Fears over Sicilian MUOS Site]()
Navy’s MUOS will use a network of four main ground stations, including the one in Sicily.
Lockheed has delivered a SBIRS craft to the U.S. Air Force and completed ground testing of MUOS.
![Lockheed Delivers MUOS Waveform to U.S. Navy]()
Lockheed Martin has completed and delivered a new software waveform that will enable the U.S. Navy to get the most out of MUOS.
The first of a new generation of mobile communications satellites built for the U.S. Navy has entered into service.
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama has selected U.S. Navy Rear Adm. James Syring as the next director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), according to a Pentagon announcement.
Globecomm Systems of Hauppauge, N.Y., DRS Technical Services of Herndon, Va., and L-3 Communications’ 3Di Technologies division of Hanover, Md., will provide satellite communications network equipment and related services to the U.S. Navy under contracts with a combined potential value of $85 million over the next five years, the Pentagon announced July 9.
The U.S. Navy’s first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite is on track to enter service in August following completion of on-orbit testing in late June, the satellite’s prime contractor, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, announced on July 17.
