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Mercury Computer Systems Inc. received an $8.6 million contract from an unnamed company to provide a communication platform for a commercial ground-based satellite beam- forming application, the company announced July […]

Canal Digital, the Nordic direct-to-home operator, reported slow subscriber growth in the 2006 second quarter. The platform, owned by Telenor, ended the quarter with 687,000 subscribers, an increase of just […]

By Jason Bates The Air Force failed to follow federal regulations in awarding a contract to The Boeing Co. [BA] to develop a sensor for a next-generation government weather satellite, […]

The kill vehicle divert thruster for the Multiple Kill Vehicle Payload System completed initial testing, Lockheed Martin [LMT] stated. The test series demonstrated the feasibility of using a divert and […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has 10 launches on its manifest, according to the company. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for […]

Myriad launches are keeping launch pads busy, according to announcements: In mid-July, there will be a missile defense test involving the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system. No sooner than Aug. […]

Emerging from the elation of a first-rank performance in the Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA now faces a sobering series of challenges extending over […]

NASA issued a request for information for contractors supplying pyrotechnic products to be used on the upper stage of the future Crew Launch Vehicle. Specifically, the space agency is interested […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] advanced an Army satellite communications program, the company announced. Northrop delivered an advanced and compact power amplifier for the Army capable of enabling transformation of battlefield […]

A first-stage booster motor for a Navy intermediate range ballistic missile (SLIRBM) fired successfully in a test, according to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Alliant Techsystems [ATK]. The companies test […]

The Army gave Lockheed Martin [LMT] $36 million for Army Tactical Missile System unitary product improvement missiles, the company announced. First flight of the improved system is expected in January […]

Cuts to NASA aeronautics budgets are undermining critical research for the Next Generation Air Transportation (NGATS) program, an Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) leader told Congress. AIA includes as members the […]

A staged combustion liquid rocket booster engine achieved full power in a test at at the NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. [GY] […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] is proposing a ground-based system to protect airliners from terrorist missiles fired near airports, the company announced. While Northrop has designed an aircraft-based anti-missile system, some […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) provided billions of dollars in funding for myriad military missile programs in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2007. That funding was part of an […]

The U.S. Air Force failed to follow federal regulations in awarding a contract to Boeing Co. to develop a sensor for a next-generation government weather satellite, according to an audit […]

Globalstar Files IPO Globalstar Inc. filed a registration statement July 18 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission outlining a proposed $100 million initial public offering of common stock. The […]

With the consolidation of the major players in the Fixed Satellite Services industry now completed, public and private investors are now turning their attention to other aspects of the satellite […]

San Diego-based All Road Communications, a provider of satellite phone equipment for the Iridium and Globalstar systems, donated two Iridium satellite phones to the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society as […]

After enduring some lean years, the commercial launch industry is beginning to gain momentum again according to officials from Arianespace, International Launch Services (ILS) and Sea Launch, the three major […]

Satellite-TV provider BSkyB intends to be a major force in the U.K. triple-play market, unveiling broadband plans this week that are bigger, bolder and more ambitious than anyone expected. Looking […]

Stratos Global Corp. formed a subsidiary company dedicated to U.S. government customers, the company announced. Stratos Government Services Inc. is a single-source integrator of several commercial satellite technologies and will […]

Eutelsat Communications reported a 5.4 percent increase in revenues to 791.1 million euros ($998.1 million) in its 2006 fiscal year, the company announced July 20. Video applications improved 3.4 percent […]

Aerojet delivered the first of the new-generation propulsion thrusters to NASA‘s Glenn Research Center to be used in NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project. The thrusters are capable of operating […]

Indian Space Research Organisation‘s satellite-based search and rescue network was used to help save 30 crewmembers from a ship in distress in Sri Lankan water. The agency’s geostationary communication satellite, […]

Thales Co. signed an agreement to divest the majority of its satellite navigation business to an investor group led by private equity firm Shah Capital Partners for $170 million, the […]

After a series of aborted attempts, the launch of the MetOp-A satellite has been postponed indefinitely, Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, and the European Space […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. posted earnings of $9.8 million in its 2006 second quarter on revenues of $197 million, the company announced July 20. In the same period in 2005, Orbital […]

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received a $38.2 million order from the U.S. Army under the Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced July 20. Comtech will provide the […]