Author: Staff Writer

Progress has been achieved in several areas in developing the Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, according to a briefing held by The Boeing Co. [BA]. The company...

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to development technology intended to automate and accelerate spectrum planning, the company announced Sept. 28. Lockheed...

The Mars rover Opportunity has moved to the edge of a giant crater, NASA announced. Rovers Opportunity and Spirit, which only were supposed to work briefly after landing on the...

Microsoft Corporation and Hughes announced Sept. 28 a plan to roll out 5,000 broadband-enabled kiosks across India. According to a published report from The Hindu newspaper, information and communications-technology kiosks...

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed Spacecraft Thermal Vacuum (SCTV) testing for the first of its Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), the company announced. The tests, conducted at the Boeing Satellite Development...

Canada-based Bulldog Technologies, which combined cellular and satellite technologies in a unique cargo-tracking system, was reportedly forced to shut its doors last weekend. As first reported Sept. 29 in sister...

Export controls cause U.S.-based satellite companies to lose business to non-U.S. firms, according to experts at a recent symposium. “There was a clear consensus among speakers and participants that these...

Agents from Iran’s state security force last week climbed rooftops in western Tehran to confiscate satellite dishes, which are banned in Islamic Iran. According to a report by Iran Focus...

The Soyuz spacecraft that launched Sept. 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan, according to NASA. That brought to an end a mission carrying a...

EADS Astrium, the European satellite manufacturer, is enjoying a strong 2006 based on winning high-profile satellite contracts from operators, including Arabsat and Eutelsat among others. Antoine Bouvier, EADS Astrium’s CEO,...