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iDirect Technologies

Herndon, Va.-based iDirect Tech-nologies, a privately held company that designs, develops, and markets bi-directional, satellite-based broadband access solutions is broadening its product offering. The new iDirect iNFINITI series product line...

Navicom Unveils Battery-Powered Unit

A new portable Global Positioning System (GPS) unit with as much as 300 percent more battery power will be available commercially this month through Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Automotive Capital Group Inc....

Honeywell Intros Space-Based IC Gear

Honeywell [HON] rolled out a 150-nanometer, 15-million-gate integrated circuit (IC) technology it says exponentially increases speed and bandwidth capabilities for processing and transmitting data in aerospace systems, including space satellites...

Sirius Goes Full Tilt For Subscriber Gains

Wall Street can be fickle in picking the financial performance measures it uses to evaluate publicly traded companies. For satellite radio companies, the focus right now is on notching subscriber...

Arabsat Confident Of Revenue Growth

Arabsat, one of the largest satellite operators in the Middle East, could report double-digit percentage revenue growth this year. Arabsat’s Director General Khalid Balkheyour told Satellite Today, “In 2003, our...

Satellite Deals Of The Day

Pembroke, Bermuda-based Intelsat Ltd. just completed its acquisition of the customer contracts and other assets of end-to-end communications services integrator Comsat General Corporation for approximately $90 million in cash. The...