Boeing To Take $320 Million Charge On Connexion By Boeing
By Dave Ahearn In yet another move to clear away old financial deadwood and gain a fresh start, The Boeing Co. [BA] will take an expected $320 million charge to...
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Engineers With Security Clearances --A Hot Commodity In Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – This center of government and military space and missile programs is looking for a few (thousand) good men and women: engineers with security clearances. The unemployment rate...
Appeals Court Blocks Tivo Injunctions Against Echostar
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a decision by a lower court that Echostar Communications Corp. to stop selling digital video recorders (DVR), the company announced Aug. 18. The...
Report: Belarus Seeking Replacement Satellite
Belarus is set to announce a tender for a new national BelKa satellite to replace the one destroyed in a July failure of a Dnepr launch vehicle, RIA Novosti reported...
Gilat CEO Examines Spacenet Prospects
Gilat Satellite Networks has high hopes for its Spacenet subsidiary over the next 12 months. Gilat recently appointed former SES Americom Chief Commercial Officer Andreas Georghiou as the new CEO...
Serbia Builds GPS Infrastructure Network With Trimble VRS Technology
Trimble announced Aug. 17 it has supplied Global Positioning System (GPS) reference stations and VRS (Virtual Reference Station) software to establish one of the first Eastern Europe nationwide VRS infrastructure...
Successful Testing of Raytheon-BAE Systems Bofors GPS-Guided Artillery Projectile
The Raytheon Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors’ Excalibur team successfully test-fired two global positioning system (GPS)-guided 155 mm artillery projectiles that functioned as intended against simulated tactical targets Aug....
Digitalglobe Expands Senior Management Team
Digitalglobe announced Aug. 16 two additions to its senior management team. Marc Tremblay has been appointed general manager of Digitalglobe’s commercial business unit, where he will be responsible for the...
Advantech Names Government Sales Executive
Advantech Satellite Networks has promoted Michael Pollack to vice president, government sales. Pollack will lead all aspects of Advantech’s government business from the company’s office in Rockville, Md. Pollack joined...