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  • INTEGRATED STRATEGIES TO SPONSOR RUSSIAN AEROSPACE CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER

    Integrated Strategies, in conjunction with Russian Business News, NASA, the Russian Space Agency and other organizations will sponsor a conference, "Russian Aviation and Aerospace Partnerships With the West: The Emerging […]

  • DESPITE CONTROVERSY, FAA TO PUSH FORWARD WITH 1998 WAAS ROLLOUT

    KANSAS CITY, Mo.–Contrary to press reports, a lawsuit and rumors, the Federal Aviation Administration expects to meet its phase I deadline for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) by late […]

  • P.S.

    The Washington State Department of Transportation and ITS America are sponsoring the National Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference in Spokane, Wash. For details, call 206/543-3332 or e-mail blegg@u.washington.edu.

  • TELEDESIC NAMES FORMER IRIDIUM, AIR FORCE OFFICIAL AS LAUNCH

    Teledesic Corp., the prospective broadband LEO operator, named Jeffrey Finan manager of its launch operations. Finan most recently handled the procurement of launch vehicles for Iridium Inc.; he previously led […]

  • QUALCOMM BOOSTS OMNITRACS GEOGRAPHIC CAPABILITIES WITH NEW AGREEMENT

    Qualcomm Inc. signed a value-added reseller agreement with Ragsdell Group Inc. to incorporate Ragsdell’s geographical database with its OmniTracs fleet management system. Ragsdell’s database, dubbed GeoMaster, enhances OmniTracs’ vehicle location […]

  • GORCA ACQUIRES MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING GROUP

    The Gorca Group announced it acquired a majority stake in The Fountain Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting and engineering services company. The company (renamed Fountain Integrated Systems Inc.), will serve […]

  • TRW FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST ICO

    TRW Inc. followed up months of threats regarding infringement of its Odyssey system design patents by filing a lawsuit against ICO Global Communications Ltd. in federal court in California last […]

  • AMSC ANNOUNCES $29.9 MILLION FIRST QUARTER LOSS

    American Mobile Satellite Corp. said it lost $29.9 million for the first quarter, compared with a first quarter 1995 loss of $6.3 million. Service revenue growth for the first quarter […]

  • FIRST INMARSAT 3 GOES INTO SERVICE

    The first of five Inmarsat 3 satellites entered commercial service on schedule Saturday, May 11. The satellite–eight times more powerful than its predecessor–will serve the Indian Ocean Region from the […]

  • ICO APPOINTS MARKETING CONGLOMERATE FOR PR, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

    ICO Global Communications Ltd. appointed the WPP Group, the London-based international marketing communications conglomerate, to head up its worldwide public relations effort. WPP Group and its subsidiaries also will assist […]

  • SATELLITE ’96 CONFERENCE UPDATE (AS OF JAN. 22, 1996)

    For the 15th consecutive year, SATELLITE NEWS, Via Satellite magazine and the 1995 World Satellite Directory announce “Satellite ’96: Emerging Global Markets,” Feb. 7-9, 1996, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal […]

  • BRIEFS

    Rockwell Gets $11.8 Million Contract Rockwell International’s Collins Avionics and Communications Division won an $11.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Naval Systems Command for 701 control display navigation units. […]

  • PENA OUTLINES NATIONAL ITS’ IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

    Technologies, including GPS, will be the cornerstones of a new intelligent transportation system (ITS) initiative that recently was unveiled by Transportation Secretary Federico Pena at the Transportation Research Board meeting […]

  • FINANCIAL

    Tech-Syn said it would post lower than expected earnings because of technical problems that delayed shipments, the company said. The announcement dropped the company’s stock $3.25 to $28.62. Tech-Sym makes […]

  • AT OUR DEADLINE:

    Rand Corp.’s Critical Technologies Institute will be releasing its “The Global Positioning System: Assessing National Policies” report on Jan. 31. Topics will include discussion on how GPS should be governed, […]