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Top Story
Satellite Industry Awaits Impact of Never-Ending U.S. Government Budget Battle

Industry Focus
Next Steps Revealed in DARPA's Phoenix Satellite Repurposing Project

Executive Q&A
Arabsat CEO Balkheyour: Hosted Payload Announcement Coming at SATELLITE 2013

Contracts
Lockheed Martin Grabs an Additional $342.6 Million in Military Satellite Deals

ADSB, YahSat Awarded UAE Navy Baynunah Satcom Contract

Harris to Modernize Air Force Meteorological Satellite Program

Millennium Space Systems, Air Force Sign Weather Satellite Gap Solutions Deal

Industry News
Boeing WGS-5 Arrives in Florida to Prepare for ULA Delta 4 Launch

TS2 Uses Hylas 2 to Expand Satellite Internet Access in Afghanistan

Inmarsat Expands Mobile Tactical BLOS Communications for Government Users

Janet Nickloy Named 2013 Hosted Payload Alliance Chair

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MDA Awarded Amos-6 Satellite Payload Deal

Canadian space and satellite company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been contracted by Israel Aerospace Industries to supply a communications payload solution for the Amos-6 satellite, MDA announced June 25.

The contract is valued at more than $90 million and scheduled for finalization by the end of July. MDA said it has started work under an authorization to proceed. Amos-6 will be launched in 2014. Once in service, the satellite aims to enhance the capacity of the existing Amos satellite constellation, which is owned and operated by Israeli satellite communications service provider Spacecom.

Limited Satellite Capacity in Asia-Pacific: Risk to our Warfighters - A Via Satellite Webinar

Without the satellite capacity we need in the Asia-Pacific, we run a real risk to critical communications for our troops in the near future.

Join Via Satellite and SES Government Solutions on April 3rd for a perspective on the risk to our warfighters, and what can be done to mitigate them. Register now – Free event.

The constellation provides a large range of fixed and mobile communication services in the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa.