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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has improved its budget processes so they are more like those in conventional federal agencies, but MDA still needs to improve the transparency and accountability...

And Then There Is A Reawakening Russia New reports confirm that multiple missile threats facing the United States are worsening, threats that years ago prompted Washington to institute a $100...

The head of NASA and the senator chairing the NASA oversight panel debated at length how to get an otherwise wasted $1.5 billion experiment up to the International Space Station,...

Gap Between Space Shuttle Fleet Retirement And Orion-Ares Spaceship Costly As Skills Are Lost, And U.S. Becomes Dependent On Russia For Space Transit Florida Senator Asks About Commercial Spaceship Launches...

Americom Names Air Force Programs Director Americom Government Services Inc. hired Timothy Deaver as director of Air Force programs. Deaver has more than 20 years of experience in major commands...

Gilat  To Supply Broadband Network For Bharti Airtel Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. received a contract to supply Bharti Airtel with a broadband satellite network.     Bharti will use the network,...

Hughes To Connect Largest Grocery Store Chain In Brazil Brazilian grocery store chain Rede Smart, a Martins Group Co., will use Hughes Network Systems LLC to provide broadband satellite managed...

IDC Licenses Irdeto Encryption Technology International Datacasting Corp. entered an agreement to license Irdeto’s Cyphercast IP encryption technology.     Ongoing sales and development of the Cyphercast IP product as well...

The private equity investment of capital into the satellite sector since 2003 has fuelled industry growth, consolidation, and rationalization. The subprime mortgage crisis and resulting credit crunch across investment and...

During the 1960s and 70s, the space industry attracted America’s best and brightest. But look around at nearly any conference and many of the attendees can be best described by...