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The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center awarded Globecomm Systems Inc. a contract to provide portable satellite communications terminals, Globecomm announced July 19. Globecomm was one of five […]

Convergys Corp. announced July 20 it would provide a set of product offerings, consulting and professional services for Arena‘s new German satellite Pay-TV service. The company will operate a satellite […]

ND Satcom, a supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast and defense communications network solutions, has strengthened its position in Romania due to the implementation of several broadcast projects in the […]

Garmin International Inc. introduced its GPSMAP 496 aviation device July 19. The portable GPS unit targeting the aviation market offers features such as airport diagrams, an enhanced high-resolution terrain database, […]

Members of SPATEA (Spar Professional and Allied Technical Employee’s Association) have returned to work at MDA Space Missions, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) announced July 19. Engineers went on […]

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has approved the return of the Falcon 1 rocket to flight status, DARPA announced July 18. Space Explorations Technology Corp.‘s (SpaceX) Falcon […]

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. asked a federal judge to throw out a copyright lawsuit filed by the recording industry over a portable radio that also can store recorded music. […]

Optus received the D1 satellite from satellite manufacturer Orbital Sciences Corp., Optus announced. The satellite is scheduled for launch in September from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana […]

Satellite Security Corp. raised $2.9 million in a debt offering, the company announced July 18. The company, which provides GPS-based asset tracking systems and products, will use the proceeds to […]

Iridium Satellite named International Communications Group (ICG) a value-added reseller, allowing the company to market and sell certain Iridium products and services, ICG announced July 18. ICG has been a […]

Planetlink Communications Inc. signed its first three clients under an original equipment manufacturing licensing agreement for a GPS-based fleet management platform, Karta Technologies Inc. announced. The Fleetradar is based on […]

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 number of shares […]

BSkyB plans to invest 400 million British pounds ($731.7 million) throughout the next three years to develop its broadband business, the company announced July 18. BSkyB will offer three tiers […]

Lockheed Martin completed the fifth of eight modernized GPS 2R satellites for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced July 18. The satellites offer two new signals, enhanced encryption and […]

Comsat International procured a pair of Skyedge satellite hubs and nearly 5,000 VSAT terminals to offer broadband services for Caixa Economica Federal, one of Brazil’s largest banks, Gilat Satellite Networks […]

Raytheon Co. completed the preliminary system acceptance test for the GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation-Technology Demonstration System, the company announced July 18. The system checks GPS signals for errors as […]

XM Satellite Radio partnered with the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. to offer riders an option of the first portable XM unit, XM announced July 17. The handlebar- mounted Road Tech AL20 […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. will supply navigation systems for a next-generation military satellite communications system under a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop announced July 17. Under the initial $4 million […]

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 U.S. government weather satellite, according to an […]

JSAT Corp.’s JCSAT-10 spacecraft arrived at Kourou Space Center in French Guiana in preparation for an Aug. 11 launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced. The spacecraft will be […]

Shin Satellite engineers have transferred customers from Thaicom 3 to Thaicom 5, the company announced. Thaicom 5, placed into orbit in May from a successful Arianespace launch, is fitted with […]

The French Navy selected France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications and Eclipse to provide satellite broadband communication services for military aircraft, EMS Satcom and Eclipse announced July 17. Eclipse, acting as […]

The Army and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] selected General Dynamics Corp. [GD] to provide the unitary warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The warhead is in system […]

Loral Space and Communications [LORL] will supply satellite communications for Chile. A unit of the company, Loral Skynet do Brasil, won a contract from the Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones […]

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 […]

The Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) tested successfully against a moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. During the test at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., an Air Force […]

Even as the United States implores China to use its leverage to restrain North Korean ambitions to develop nuclear-tipped long-range missiles, China has no intention whatever of wielding its influence […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved an amendment adding $1 billion to the NASA appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2007. That extra funding passed over opposition […]

Congress should place ballistic missile defense (BMD) on a fiscal fast track, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), said, vowing to seek more funding […]