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The U.S. Air Force Oct. 17 announced it has set terms for a $1.1 billion contract with Boeing Co. for the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite program. The newly defined Block 2...

Arinc Direct announced Oct. 17 it is providing Inmarsat Swift satellite-communications services directly for operators of corporate jet aircraft equipped with any brand of Swift capable hardware. Arinc Direct also...

Tandberg Television delivered revenues of $80.7 million in the third quarter of 2006, up 9 percent compared to its $74.4 million revenue in the same period of 2005, the company...

Telecommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) announced that its systems have passed muster for use in the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)’s Boarding Team Communications network. TCS’s Swiftlink DVM-90 and Swiftlink 2410 deployable...

Control of Kazakhstan’s first communications and broadcast satellite, KazSat-1, was transferred Oct. 17 from manufacturer Khrunichev State Space Scientific and Production Center to customer KazSat JSC, according to Kazinform. The...

Launch of the Metop satellite on a Soyuz vehicle was stopped two seconds before engine ignition Oct. 17, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The Paris-based space agency postponed...

Norsat International announced Oct. 17 that it has been selected to provide portable satellite terminals, maintenance, support and training for the U.S. Southern Command operating in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The...

Boeing Corp.’s Family of Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) program passed a preliminary design review, the company announced Oct. 17. The review demonstrated that Boeing’s industry team incorporated scheduling and requirement...

Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) awarded a contract to Integral Systems Inc. to provide primary and backup satellite-control systems for the Vinasat-1 satellite being constructed for the Vietnam Posts...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has signed a $54.4 million contract for Raytheon Co. to provide a payload featuring a sensor with a focal plane array large enough to...