Month: October 2006

Satamatics, a provider of asset-tracking and monitoring services, announced Oct. 23 that it connected its 100,000th subscriber through its distribution partner, Track 24. The milestone marks a 43 percent annual...

Vernon Irvin will serve as chief marketing officer for XM Satellite Radio, the company announced Oct. 23. His appointment will take effect Nov. 14, and Irvin will oversee XM’s strategic...

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems is presenting details of a new mobile office product, the next generation of its Highly Mobile Office (HMO) line. Swe-Dish introduced the HMO family, which provide an...

Intelsat has purchased a Glowlink Model 8000 Satellite Geolocation System to monitor sources of potential interference to its satellite signals, Glowlink announced Oct. 20. The spectrum monitoring and geolocation system...

Echostar Communications Corp. launched Oct. 19 its Dish Network High-Speed Internet powered by Wildblue, a satellite-delivered broadband Internet service offering bundled TV service. The two-way satellite service provides high-speed data...

The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $1.067 billion contract for up to three more Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), if all options are exercised, Boeing announced. Signing the...

A ballistic missile defense shield test went well, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. Integrated Ground Test 01 (GTI-01), a test of hardware, software, and communications interfaces of the Ballistic...

Loral Space & Communications Inc. [LORL] entered a deal to sell securities to affiliates of MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral’s largest shareholder, The MHR entities will buy $300 million worth...

Both BMD, Cargo Screeners Needed As North Korea Threatens The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn’t perform a proper cost-benefit analysis on procurement of new devices to detect nuclear weapons...

SAIC, Inc. [SAI] raised $1.245 billion in its initial sale of stock, after paying financial fees, the company announced. The closing of the initial public offering Tuesday wrapped up the...