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Lockheed Martin Corp. completed development of software for the Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) Interim Operations satellite program of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the company announced. SBIRS, an infrared […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed a static test fire of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technology-demonstrator motor at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Northrop principal teammate Alliant Tech […]

The Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for a launch July 1, according to NASA. Discovery has a window of July 1 to July 19 to lift off from the Kennedy […]

A Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] imager will be launched Wednesday on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-N spacecraft. The launch will occur from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, […]

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS), the continental defense industry titan, managed to break even in its space enterprises during January through March, besting the Euro6 million (US$7.7 million) […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] has an ambitious list of space-related contracts that it hopes to seize, according to James Albaugh, president and chief executive of the Integrated Defense Systems unit […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] developed a design process that cuts costs for space customers, the company said. This involves a patented software tool called TopAct that enables space hardware manufacturers to […]

North Korea may be preparing to launch a long-range missile capable of striking targets in North America, according to Japanese news reports. However, the launch from a site in northeastern […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] developed a variant of its airport protection shield that uses a Norwegian fire distribution center, the company announced. The Raytheon Vigilant Eagle Airport Protection System variant uses […]

A newly-released Mishap Investigation Board report details a collision between two spacecraft in April last year, finding that not one but an entire series of cascading design flaws combined to […]

Boeing Co. looks to have come to terms with the U.S. government on settling a pair of government investigations into the company’s business practices. But the deal did not receive […]

SIRI, XMSR XM Satellite Radio continues to make headlines for the wrong reasons, and the company’s woes are having an impact on the stock prices of both XM and rival […]

Tandberg Television CEO Eric Cooney believes direct-to-home (DTH) operators are faced with difficult decisions when looking at making the transition from MPEG-2 to MPEG- 4. With DTH players leading the […]

The U.S. wireless carriers generated revenues of $174.7 billion in 2005, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association. With numbers like these, it is no wonder that Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) […]

There are about 30 million U.S. households currently using broadband, according to a recently released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). However, this news is bringing no joy […]

Telenor Satellite Services has received initial licensing approval to offer Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service throughout the United States, the company announced May 18. Telenor’s approval to offer the […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the availability of a pair of new vehicle-mounted repeater products that operate with the MSAT-G2 Mobile Satellite Radio, MSV announced. These products are intended for […]

Intelsat announced May 18 senior management appointments to Intelsat’s finance organization. Anita Beier, will serve as senior vice president and controller. Beier previously held the position of senior vice president […]

Irdeto is teaming up with leading African direct-to-home platform operator Multichoice to trial a new digital video broadcasting – handheld (DVB-H) service in Africa. Irdeto’s mobile broadcast security solution has […]

Eric Cooney, CEO of Tandberg Television, believes the company’s recent acquisitions put it in a far stronger position to serve television operators globally. The company delivers advanced compression systems, as […]

Eutelsat Communications signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of the W2M satellite in the second quarter of 2008, the companies announced May 18. W2M is being manufactured by […]

As broadband services and applications continue to gain strength within the U.S. market, service providers increasingly are looking toward the long-term sustainability for satellite-enabled offerings–offerings that are many times dictated […]

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources signed a contract with MDA Geospatial Services to provide more than 120,000 square kilometers of Quickbird satellite imagery, Digitalglobe announced May 17. MDA is […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. announced May 18 that its board of directors elected Wes Bush president. Bush previous served as Northrop Grumman’s corporate vice president and chief financial officer and will […]

Lockheed Martin named Richard Ambrose to be lead executive of a newly formed Surveillance and Navigation Systems line of business within its Space Systems Co. Ambrose will serve as vice […]

Allied Defense Group Inc. received a pair of follow-on contracts from Bigelow Aerospace for tracking antennas, Allied announced May 18. Bigelow, a privately funded company developing commercial inflatable space habitats, […]

Inmarsat posted a profit of $14.8 million in its 2006 first quarter on revenues of $121.7 million, the company announced May 17. In the same period a year ago, the […]

The German Space Agency DLR and EADS Astrium will collaborate on a new radar imagery satellite that will help map the Earth, the organizations announced May 17. The spacecraft, dubbed […]

SES Astra signed a deal with Germany’s Anixe GmbH & Co. KG for the transmission of a high-definition (HD) TV channel. SES Astra will broadcast the Anixe HD channel from […]

EADS Space was the only division to post a revenue decline in the first quarter of 2006, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. reported May 16. The Space Division […]