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The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to development technology intended to automate and accelerate spectrum planning, the company announced Sept. 28. Lockheed...

Microsoft Corporation and Hughes announced Sept. 28 a plan to roll out 5,000 broadband-enabled kiosks across India. According to a published report from The Hindu newspaper, information and communications-technology kiosks...

Canada-based Bulldog Technologies, which combined cellular and satellite technologies in a unique cargo-tracking system, was reportedly forced to shut its doors last weekend. As first reported Sept. 29 in sister...

Agents from Iran’s state security force last week climbed rooftops in western Tehran to confiscate satellite dishes, which are banned in Islamic Iran. According to a report by Iran Focus...

EADS Astrium, the European satellite manufacturer, is enjoying a strong 2006 based on winning high-profile satellite contracts from operators, including Arabsat and Eutelsat among others. Antoine Bouvier, EADS Astrium’s CEO,...

Dahl-Morrow International (DMI), an executive-recruitment firm for the satellite, security, telecommunications and information-technology industries, has opened a London-area office, according to a company statement. With more than 15 years of...

Word of the Sept. 21 anomaly which rendered Intelsat Ltd.’s IS-802 satellite useless to customers in the Eastern Hemisphere has raised renewed concern about whether poor design is to blame...

Rocketplane Kistler and Andrews Space Inc. have entered into a strategic relationship to work on NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the companies announced Sept. 28. Rocketplane Kistler and...

If only the airlines managed passengers’ luggage so reliably: The wireless Precision Airdrop System (PADS) — developed by Reston, Va.-based Planning Systems Inc. — is proving to be a soaring...

The satellite manufacturing landscape remains a tough place to do business, with a host of manufacturers still competing for relatively few orders. Despite the intense competition, EADS Astrium remains one...