Globecast Signs Up Two More Channels
Globecast hooked up two new deals with channel providers to provide them access to Sky‘s platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland using Globecast’s capacity aboard the Eurobird satellite. The...
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Comtech Subsidiary Receives Order For Communication Transceivers
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received a $2.4 million order for its satellite data communications transceivers, parent company Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced July 12. Comtech Mobile will supply the U.S. Army...
Iridium Doubles Customer Base
Iridium Satellite announced July 12 its satellite communications customer base in the aviation market has more than doubled throughout the past 12 months. At the end of June, the installed...
Raytheon Wins Navy, Air Force Contracts
Raytheon Co. won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide mission support systems to satellite communications terminals, the company announced July 13. Under the five-year, $75 million contract, Raytheon...
Sea Launch Names Vice President Of Sales And Marketing
Sea Launch Co. announced July 11 Peter Stier will be vice president of marketing and sales, effectively immediately. Stier succeeds Rob Peckham, who became president and general manager of the...
Showtime Ready To Expand DVR Presence
Showtime, the Middle East direct-to-home operator, is stepping up its plans in the digital video recorder (DVR) arena as the operator plans to introduce it in more countries across the...
ISRO Forms Committee To Review GSLV Failure
Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Narayana will head a failure analysis committee to investigate the July 10 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) failure that destroyed the Insat-4C satellite. The...
Air Force Awards ATK $21 Million Contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded ATK Space Systems Inc. a contact to develop automated composite production technologies for space launch vehicles. Work performed under the contract, valued at $21.7 million,...
AGT, Skyport Partner On Emergency Communication Solutions
Applied Global Technologies (AGT) partnered with Skyport International Inc. on joint contract awards with several National Guard states and emergency management agencies, AGT announced July 11. The partnership will offer...
Spacedev Awarded MUOS Contract
Lockheed Martin awarded Spacedev a contract to supply components for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, Spacedev announced July 12. Under the initial award, Spacedev will provide...