New Skies Expands In Asia-Pacific
New Skies Satellites [NSK] and REACH, an international carrier of voice, private line and IP data services, have signed an agreement that will combine the capabilities of New Skies’ newly...
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Spacenet To Provide Lottery VSATs
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s [GILTF] subsidiary Spacenet Inc. has signed multiple agreements with global lottery services provider GTECH Corp. to install more than 10,000 Gilat Skystar Advantage broadband satellite communications...
Inforetech Signs With Satellite Golf
Inforetech Wireless Technology Inc., a supplier of Global Positioning System technology for the golf industry, announced that Satellite Golf Inc. had acquired distribution rights for its products in Nevada and...
Space Imaging Signs Up Raytheon
Space Imaging has signed up Raytheon Australia, a unit of U.S.-based Raytheon [RTN], as a master reseller of Space Imaging’s products and services, including imagery from its earth imaging satellite...
Boeing Joins MUOS Team
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and General Dynamics [GD] have added Boeing Satellite Systems to their team competing to develop the U.S. Navy’s next generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, known as...
SES, Kinderkanal Extend Deal
SES Astra, a unit of SES Global, signed a new long-term agreement for Kinderkanal (KI.KA) to use transponder capacity for analog broadcasts and prime time transmissions in Europe. KI.KA can...
C-COM Sees Higher Revenues
C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., an Ottawa, Ontario-based supplier of satellite Internet technology, reported a 57 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenues from $484,146 in 2001 to $759,719 in 2002. Total revenues...
L-3 Unit Secures $52M Contract
L-3 Communications’ [LLL] Communication Systems-East division has received a $52 million contract modification for the U.S. military’s secure global communications system via the advanced extremely high frequency communications security (COMSEC)...
Ex-Comsat Official Joins Senate Staff
Paul E. Jacobson, vice president of corporate communications for Starz Encore Group LLC, has been named deputy communications director for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). Jacobson joined...
Analytical Graphics Expands Alliance
Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) has expanded its seven-year strategic alliance with Science Applications International Corp./Advanced Technology Group (SAIC/ATG) of Huntsville, Ala. AGI will assist SAIC/ATG’s business development efforts to define...