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The Boeing Co. [BA] and the Air Force bounced a laser beam off a mirror, the company announced, a key advance for anti-ballistic missile technologies. That laser beam was redirected […]

An Alliant Techsystems [ATK] missile motor test-fired successfully, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The test involved fired a second-stage booster motor under the Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (SLIRBM) […]

North Korean missiles may have a greater capability for accuracy than some observers have stated, according to a report in the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. Six of seven missiles that North […]

DHS Gives Northrop Anti-MANPADS Contract A tactical laser defense could be effective in killing short-range incoming enemy ballistic missiles, such as those now hitting Israel and attacking U.S. forces in […]

The Space Shuttle Atlantis orbiter has been fitted with sensors in the leading edges of the orbiter wings that would provide real-time warnings if they take a hit from falling […]

Space Shuttle Discovery sustained “an average amount of tile damage,” Wayne Hale, the NASA space shuttle program manager, said. NASA was watching closely during and after the July 4 launch […]

A joint venture between DirecTV Group and Echostar Communications Inc. held the early lead in an auction of public wireless spectrum being conducted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) […]

WRSP Worldspace Satellite Radio posted higher revenues in its 2006 second quarter, but the company’s subscriber additions plummeted in comparison to the first three months of the year, the company […]

The Middle East potentially is one of the must lucrative markets in the world for satellite TV. With television being one of the main forms of entertainment, the opportunities for […]

NASA’s two Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites offer a possible new approach to understanding how earthquakes work. Research recently conducted paints a clearer picture of how the Earth […]

Andrew Corp. and ADC Telecommunications Inc. agreed to end their May merger agreement, and Andrew’s board rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from Commscope Inc., Andrew announced Aug. 9. Andrew will […]

By Peter Brown The satellite transponder market has consolidated considerably since the London Satellite Exchange (LSE) was created more than five years ago to serve as a marketplace where companies […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is committed to the commercial imagery sector and sees the opportunity to leverage that industry in the future, said the agency’s new director. “We […]

Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network, the Middle Eastern direct-to-home operator, could soon be looking to launch high-definition (HD) TV services in the region. “HDTV requires a lot of bandwidth, […]

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey platform and Commander have departed the company’s home port to prepare for the launch of the Koreasat 5 communications satellite, Sea Launch announced. The mission, which will […]

Andrew Corp. and ADC Telecommunications Inc. agreed to terminate their May merger agreement, and Andrew’s board also rejected an unsolicited takeover proposal from Commscope Inc., Andrew announced Aug. 9. Andrew […]

Shin Satellite PCL lost 34 million Thai baht ($907,000) in the 2006 second quarter, as revenues slipped nearly 10 percent from the first three months of the year due to […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio posted higher revenues in its 2006 second quarter, but the company’s subscriber additions plummeted in comparison to the first three months of the year, the company announced […]

RT Logic, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc. announced Aug. 10 the availability of its next generation high-rate digital telemetry data processor to support wideband and remote sensing satellite […]

Qatar Airways plans to equip 14 of its aircraft with digital satellite TV systems by the end of 2006. The aircraft will install the Rockwell Collins Tailwind 560 satellite television […]

OpenTV, a provider of middleware and other technology solutions to direct-to-home operators, posted double-digit revenue growth in the 2006 second quarter. In the three months that closed at the end […]

Alltel Wireless, announced Aug. 10 an agreement with XM Satellite Radio that will make Alltel customers the first in the United States to have access to XM Satellite Radio programming […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC announced Aug. 10 it signed multiple contracts with Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications. The contracts, worth nearly $60 million, call for the development and supply of a high-speed […]

Today’s dual-payload launch of Arianespace‘s heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission will carry Japan’s JCSAT-10 commercial telecommunications satellite in the upper payload position, while the French Syracuse 3B military relay platform is […]

Echostar Communications Corp. reported revenues of $2.5 billion in the 2006 second quarter, up 17 percent from revenues of $2.1 billion in the same period a year ago, Echostar announced […]

Spacedev Inc. has been issued a patent for its hybrid propulsion technology related to fine altitude and control systems on a spacecraft, the company announced Aug. 9. The “Hybrid Propulsion […]

International Communications Group (ICG) announced Aug. 8 the introduction of an Iridium satellite conversion program for customers being affected by the pending shutdown of the Verizon Airfone air-to-ground telephone service […]

Volvo Cars of North America and Sirius Satellite Radio announced Aug. 8 that Volvo will begin offering Sirius equipment as a factory installed option this summer. Starting with the 2007 […]

Americom Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES Americom, and Wheat International, a provider of long-range wireless services, set a record for mobile broadband Internet services during a public […]

Tata Sky Ltd. has launched direct-to-home TV services across India, the company announced Aug. 8. The joint venture, set up by the Tata Group and News Corp.’s Star India, delivers […]