Lead Engineer Named At Boeing NASA Systems
Keith Reiley has been selected as the lead systems engineer for Boeing NASA Systems, a Washington-based unit of The Boeing Co. [BA]. He will report to Chuck Allen, the vice...
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DISH Network Delivers Interactive Television To 8 Million TV Households
EchoStar Communications [DISH] officials announced today the company’s DISH Network satellite television service launched two new interactive TV channels. The first is Trivia, offered by Buzztime, while the second is...
Japanese Telecom Satellite Readied For Launch
A Boeing [BA]-built communications satellite that would help Space Communication Corporation (SCC) of Japan to provide telecommunications and data services to customers in Asia is scheduled to launch this Thursday,...
Enhanced Security Offered For Maritime Communications
In response to increased security demands in a post-9/11 world, Chandler, Ariz.-based satellite voice and data communications service provider World Communications Center (WCC) is launching a new end-to-end maritime security...
EMS Technologies Completes First Phase Of DoD Antenna Project
Atlanta-based EMS Technologies [ELMG] completed the first set of beam-forming networks (BFN) for the U.S. Department of Defense‘s (DoD) Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications program. The communications program,...
CapRock, ViaSat Create Global Oil/Gas VSAT Networks Partnership
Houston-based CapRock Communications and Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT] formed a global VSAT (very small aperture terminal) alliance to serve the oil and gas industry. The agreement calls for CapRock to...
Automobile Makers Lift XM, Sirius
XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] received a firm boost last week from American Honda and DaimlerChrysler [DCX], respectively, in the form of expanded commitments by the...
SES Americom Moves Aggressively
Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom, a unit of Luxembourg-based SES Global [SESG], is pursuing a multi-pronged expansion that most recently features a $18.5 million purchase of the teleport facilities and other...
Inmarsat-Bashing Shows Growing Interest In MSS
By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC When industry attorneys are turned loose to verbally smack the rivals of their clients, the full reasoning behind the opposition sometimes is not fully...
Spotlight: PanAmSat Offers New Hybrid Service
PanAmSat [SPOT] has introduced a new hybrid, global broadcasting service for the transmission of breaking news and live events around the world. The new service, called PASport, is intended to...