Author: Staff Writer

Alcatel Space has been selected to be the prime contractor on the European Union’s Maestro (mobile applications and services based on satellite and terrestrial internetworking) research and development project. The...

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has selected Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] as a teammate in the competition to develop the space-based radar (SBR) system for the U.S. Air Force....

Verestar, a Fairfax, Va.-based provider of managed network solutions via satellite and fiber, has reached an agreement in principle to sell substantially all of its assets to SkyTerra Communications. Under...

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) [Nasdaq: UEIC] has agreed to supply its new remote control platform to France’s La Television Par Satellite (TPS) to control TPS customers’ set-top satellite television receivers...

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe has entered into an agreement with Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Native Communities Development Corp. (NCDC) to provide high- resolution satellite imagery for integration with NCDC’s remote sensing, geographic...

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) MD Robotics subsidiary has been awarded an additional C$2.3 million (US$1.7 million) contract by Boeing [NYSE: BA] to provide elements for the Orbital Express program,...

GlobeCast, a satellite service subsidiary of France Telecom, has added Serbian television channel Pink Plus and radio station Radio Pink to the lineup of international programming on its direct-to-home satellite...

Competition from high-powered satellite TV services is causing cable TV subscriber levels to stagnate, according to the Federal Communications Commission‘s (FCC) annual study of television competition. However, cable remains the...

A first-of-its-kind conference about the rural use of satellite services was held Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission that featured the participation of Chairman Michael Powell, four FCC commissioners and...

In the Jan. 26 issue of SATELLITE TODAY, the satellite being manufactured by Alcatel Space for China’s Aptsat should have been designated the Apstar VI (not Apstar IV).