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GPS Industries To Offer Integrated Wi-Fi/GPS Golf Product
GPS Industries Inc. (GPSI) [OTCBB:GPSN], a Vancouver-based developer and provider of global positioning system (GPS) golf course and sports solutions, announced the addition of InforeZone, a high-speed wireless service now...
ARINC Leads Aeronautical Satellite Communications Providers
Boosted by a growing demand for new air-ground communications and supported by a global satellite marketing strategy, Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC emerged in 2003 as the world’s leading provider of aeronautical...
Lockheed Martin Delivers Integrated Air and Space Command Capability
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered a prototype integrated air and space command and control (C2) capability to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Strategic Command taking the first step...
SeaDigital, Telenor To Provide Calling Card for Maritime Satellite Service
U.S.-based SeaDigital has formed an alliance with Telenor Satellite Services to market an integrated calling card solution for the maritime industry. The SeaDigital ONE Card will provide seafarers with worldwide...
LogicaCMG Wins Contract To Design Galileo Ground Facilities
London-based LogicaCMG [LSE: LOG] has won contracts worth 7.5 million euros ($9.3 million) from the European Space Agency (ESA) to design two sets of ground facilities for the Galileo navigation...
Alcatel Space Named Prime Contractor for EU Maestro Project
Alcatel Space has been selected to be the prime contractor on the European Union’s Maestro (mobile applications and services based on satellite and terrestrial internetworking) research and development project. The...
Lockheed Martin Teams with Northrop Grumman For Space-based Radar
Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has selected Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] as a teammate in the competition to develop the space-based radar (SBR) system for the U.S. Air Force....
SkyTerra Communications To Buy Verestar's Assets
Verestar, a Fairfax, Va.-based provider of managed network solutions via satellite and fiber, has reached an agreement in principle to sell substantially all of its assets to SkyTerra Communications. Under...
TPS Selects UEI's Remote Control Unit For French Satellite TV Service
Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) [Nasdaq: UEIC] has agreed to supply its new remote control platform to France’s La Television Par Satellite (TPS) to control TPS customers’ set-top satellite television receivers...