Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON — Defense contractors have been given until March next year to submit bids to provide the U.K. military with a new ...

Britain’s MoD worries Skynet 6 might be just a faster horse when others are driving Ferraris. LONDON — The British military’s Skynet-6 satellite program faces a complicated procurement, but one of the ...

LONDON — Britain’s defense secretary has fired the starting gun on an industry competition to manage the ground station element of the £6 billion Skynet 6 communications satellite program. “I can ...

Airbus will provide post-design services for Skynet 5 as it nears the end of life and the UK heads towards the next generation Skynet 6A satellites. Airbus has been awarded the Skynet Design Support ...

As part of the SDW contract, Babcock International will be required to operate and manage the spacecraft and the ground communications network, refresh any obsolete ground assets, and introduce new ...

The UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) has awarded defense contractor Babcock a contract to manage and operate military satellite communications system Skynet. The six-year contract has an initial value ...