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L-3 Communications Electron Technologies Inc. (L-3 ETI) received a contract from Space Systems/Loral to provide S-band traveling wave tube amplifiers for a pair communications satellites being built for ICO Satellite...

Americom Government Services (AGS) received a contract from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for shipboard terminals and satellite service, AGS announced Oct. 18. AGS will install network...

Arrowhead Global Solutions and Norsat International Inc. announced Oct. 18 they will jointly deliver Norsat’s portable broadband satellite system to U.S. military forces in the field. Under the agreement, Arrowhead...

EMS Satellite Networks announced Oct. 18 that DVB-RCS standardization organization Satlabs Group issued EMS a DVB-RCS certificate of compliance. The certificate verifies that EMS broadband satellite terminals comply with the...

Direct-to-home satellite television services provider DirecTV announced Oct. 18, in association with Sur Corp., the launching of Sur Mexico, a new channel offering regional network programming from Mexico. Sur Mexico,...

Datapath Inc. announced Oct 17 that the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command awarded the company a $96 million sole source contract to deliver 157 trailer-based satellite terminals to support the Army’s...

SES Astra announced Oct. 17 an agreement with U.K.’s Channel 4 for the lease of a third transponder on the Astra 2A satellite at 28.2 degrees East. Channel 4 will...

Transcore unveiled Oct. 16 two new terminals for satellite-based asset tracking the company describes as smaller, faster and more power-efficient. The two new Globalwave terminals, one for basic tracking applications...

Telecommunications Systems Inc. (TCS) is integrating Wavestream Corp.’s 25-watt Powerstream Deck Power Amplifier into TCS’ Swiftlink DVM-90 Ku-band VSAT deployable communications system, Wavestream announced. The DVM-90 is a man-portable broadband...

BSY.L U.K. direct-to-home satellite television operator BSkyB announced Oct. 21 an agreement to acquire ADSL service provider Easynet for 211 million pounds ($373.6 million), a move in which at least...