Satellite Engineers Work to Solve COTM Challenges
3.16.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
Engineers who develop satellite-based comms-on-the-move (COTM) systems face efficiency and bandwidth management challenges with physics that prevent 100 percent signal efficiency, according to a panel of engineers at SATELLITE... read more 

Talia Prepares for Launch of VSAT Service
3.15.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Talia has been preparing for the launch of its VSAT, consumer-focused Internet and telephone communications service for nearly 12 months, and the time now is right to bring it to market, COO Travis Mooney said.    Talia... read more 

Globalstar Looks to Brighter Future with Next-Gen Satellites
3.12.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Globalstar has had some difficulties due to problems with the first generation of its mobile satellite services (MSS) satellites, but the operator is preparing for a new chapter in its history with the upcoming launch of the first... read more 

Slovak Telecom COO Hails Launch of Satellite-TV Offering
3.12.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Slovak Telecom is the latest telco to use of satellite technology to bring pay-TV services to its customer base, launching a pay-TV service, Magio, via satellite in mid-January.    “According to the availability of... read more 

Harding Looks at Air Force Communications Challenges
3.10.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Col. William Harding, vice commander, Military Satellite Communications System Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, directs acquisition planning, programming, budgeting and operational support for a $46... read more 

Integral Plans to Launch NetOps Unit
3.09.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Integral Systems will launch a division intended to offer smaller satellite operators, resellers and bandwidth users network monitoring services.    IS3 (Integral Systems Service Solutions) will offer a turnkey subscription... read more 

SES World Skies Plans 3-D TV Tests
3.05.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
SES World Skies is getting ready to begin 3-D TV trials as it aims to place satellite at the forefront in terms of delivering 3-D media.    Beginning in April, SES will work with broadcasters, programmers, TV manufacturers... read more 

Hughes Network Systems: Global Leader in Broadband Satellite Services and Networks
10.01.2009 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in providing broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments, small businesses, and consumers. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, U.S.A., Hughes has shipped over 1.9... read more 

Missile Defense Testing, GMD Studies Sought In Senate Bill
7.13.2009 | SMD Report | Staff Writer
The defense policy bill the Senate is expected to debate this month calls for the Pentagon to craft detailed plans for two much-debated aspects of the Ballistic Missile Defense System: its testing regimen and its ground-based missile interceptor sites. The... read more 

U.S. Solid Rocket Motor Industry Capable But Needs Investment: Report
7.13.2009 | SMD Report | Staff Writer
Suppliers and contractors in the United States are capable of meeting the nation's needs for solid rocket motors (SRM) but challenges remain, including the need for increased public and private investment and waning research, development and production... read more 

Lockheed Martin Official Voices Optimism On Crucial Cruise Missile Test
7.13.2009 | SMD Report | Staff Writer
Facing a series of do-or-die reliability tests later this summer, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] official expressed confidence in an Air Force cruise missile program that has come under increased scrutiny after a series of flight test failures. David Van Buren, the... read more 

Kaminski, Lyles, Appointed To Defense Science Board
7.13.2009 | SMD Report | Staff Writer
The Defense Department yesterday announced the appointments of Paul Kaminski as chairman of the Defense Science Board for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2011, and retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles as vice chairman for a term effective... read more 

Briefs
7.13.2009 | SMD Report | Staff Writer
The DoD appointed Regina Dugan as the 19th director of DARPA. Prior to this appointment, Dugan held several key positions in industry, most recently as president and chief executive officer of RedXDefense, LLC, which she co-founded in 2005, a company that... read more 

SMD Report Observes Independence Day
6.29.2009 | SMD Report | Staff Writer
As we do each year, we shall observe the Independence Day holiday... read more