Year: 2014

[Via Satellite 10-14-2014] United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based iSat Africa has selected Measat’s Africasat 1a satellite to provide C-band coverage over Africa and Europe. The satellite enables iSat Africa to bolster...

[Via Satellite 10-14-2014] Raytheon has released its most enhanced anti-jamming capability for Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. Named Landshield, the new system simultaneously provides anti-jam capability for the L1 and...

[Via Satellite 10-13-2014] Onlime, a business communications provider located in Germany, has made several notable capacity purchases this year in preparation for a big push into Africa. The company, which...

[Via Satellite 10-13-2014] Exelis has received a task order from the U.S. Army Contracting Command for a limited quantity of SideHat Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) applique radios based on an...

[Via Satellite 10-13-2014] SES has established a regional office dedicated to the Middle East region in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first employees at the new site are comprised...

[Via Satellite 10-13-2014] Yau Chyong Lim, formerly vice president of business development and strategic planning at Measat has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Lim started working with Measat...

[Via Satellite 10-13-2014] NASA is seeking ways to complement a conceptual mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa with small satellites that could fly with a primary spacecraft as auxiliary payloads. The...

[Via Satellite 10-13-2014] Writer and cruise-veteran Wally Moran has selected DeLorme’s inReach satellite communicator to use during the six week Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) Snowbird Rally. Starting Nov. 1, he will...

[Via Satellite 10-10-2014] In a conference call to address the targeted and strongly worded claims of Kerrisdale Capital against Globalstar, company CEO Jay Monroe, along with John Dooley, founder and...

[Via Satellite 10-10-2014] Boeing has completed environmental and performance qualification testing on the aircraft satellite communications antenna system it is developing for multipurpose satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat)...