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Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT] finalized a contract with Telesat Canada to supply gateways and terminals for Telesat’s consumer Ka-band services on the Anik F2 satellite. Under the pact, ViaSat would...

ISECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based provider of GPS tracking solutions, won a contract from Alternative Corrections of Castle Rock, Colo. Alternative Corrections will use the tracNET24 for criminal-justice tracking solutions....

BAE Systems is celebrating the opening of the newly upgraded Semiconductor Technology Center (STC) along with the company’s 25th anniversary May 10 at its headquarters in Manassas, Va. The STC...

Officials from Arianespace and EADS Space Transportation signed a contract worth $3.6 billion for the production by EADS Space Transportation of 30 Ariane 5 launch vehicles. The contract makes EADS...

Satlynx S.A. will provides two-way satellite broadband communications services to ANGA’s Cable 2004 trade show, opening later this week in Cologne, Germany. ANGA e.V. is the German Association of Private...

Officials from Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of SES Americom, and Verestar Inc. today said the companies formally linked their complementary General Services Administration federal supply...

Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] appears to be revving up its growth engine after announcing strong first-quarter results and several catalysts that could accelerate its already blistering pace. The...

DirecTV, the satellite TV services unit of The DirecTV Group [DTV], appears to be regaining the momentum it lost a few years when EchoStar Communications [DISH] became the fastest-growing satellite...

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC The unspectacular first quarter financial results of New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] last week likely highlighted part of the reason why its CEO Dan...

France, Italy and the United Kingdom will provide critical new satellite-communications services jointly to NATO starting next year and continuing through 2019. The existing national Syracuse program in France, the...