Polsat Adds New TVN Channel
Cyfrowy Polsat, a direct-to-home operator in Poland, signed a deal to add an additional channel from broadcaster TVN, the operator announced July 12. TVN Gra will be the eighth TVN...
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Saab Space Orders Spacecraft Release Mechanism From SpaceDev
SpaceDev Inc.’s Starsys unit will manufacture 60 low-shock spacecraft release mechanisms for Sweden’s Saab Space AB, SpaceDev announced July 11. It is the third major production order for Starsys’ Clamp...
KVH Launches Next-Generation Maritime Broadband
KVH Industries Inc. has introduced a new satellite communications service that enables 24-inch antennas to provide always-on broadband data connections to maritime vessels, the company announced July 12. The mini-VSAT...
Second Wind Orders Globalstar Modems
Second Wind Inc. has agreed to purchase 750 Globalstar satellite modems to relay data collected at remote sites throughout the United States and Canada, Globalstar announced July 12. Second Wind...
Comtech Will Provide Cellular Backhaul Equipment For Middle East Network
Comtech EF Data Corp. received an order to deliver satellite infrastructure equipment that will be used in a cellular backhaul network in the Middle East, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced July...
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Inmarsat Hopes Governments Take Note of Brazil Project
Inmarsat has forged a partnership to bring satellite-based communications solutions to 1,000 islands off the coast of Brazil, hoping to showcase the impact its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) technology...
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Comtech Will Provide Cellular Backhaul Equipment For Middle East Network Comtech EF Data Corp. received an order to deliver satellite infrastructure equipment that will be used in a cellular backhaul...
Russia Quitting Arms Treaty Seen As Ire Over European Missile Defense Plan
Russia Saturday suspended its participation in a conventional arms treaty, according to Itar-Tass, the official Russian news agency. Some Western observers see this as a move by Moscow to lash...
Senate 90-5 Backs Ballistic Missile Defense Against Iranian Threat
The Senate, on an overwhelming 90-5 vote, backed language stating that U.S. policy favors developing and deploying a ballistic missile defense system against the threat of an Iranian attack against...
Airborne Laser Shows Progress, As Congress Considers ABL Funding
The Airborne Laser ballistic missile defense (BMD) system development program showed further progress, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. ABL successfully accomplished basic steps required to complete a fire control...